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  1. TA152

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    A musical question: Marlene Dietrich was a famious German/American singer and actress but during WWII there was a French singer who sang for the Germans in Paris but helped the French resistance on the side. Who was she ?
     
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    Edith Piaf
     
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    Very Good [​IMG] Over to you.
     
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    Not surprisingly, the ammunition had the highest priority for delivery to the British combat troops. What was the second thing on the priority list?
     
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    Tea?
     
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    Yes, it was tea. Your turn.
     
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    Again?! :eek:

    Ok, In WW2 , what was the unofficial nickname of the 51st Highland Division (clue: it wasn't "Harper's Duds", or "Ladies from Hell")?
     
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    Errrr...Why us???? Or jocks dont swim?...Wheres the boats???

    Sorry..
     
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    Boy George Brigade ? :D
     
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    No, Urgh...inventive though! :D
    Oi, TA, NO!! [​IMG]
     
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    The 95th is known as the first bomb group to bomb Berlin.

    This is the best I could find
     
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    Sorry for my last post, i screwed up. I believe the answer is
    The Black Watch
     
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    Monty'sHighlanders?
     
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    The 'Highway Decorators' reflecting the HD insignia.
     
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    Well done, Jaeger! It was indeed 'The Highway Decorators', from their habit of putting up signs with the Divisional logo on nearly every road in North Africa.
    Your turn.
     
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    Staying in Scotland with the next question:

    What Scottish regiment did famous actor David Niven serve with?
     
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    Sorry, I forget the regiment, but his great book the Moon is Blue or the Moon is a Balloon, is an excellent acount of his early years in the army, hillarious at times and ends with him in Germany in Phantom I believe? Sorry for interrupting quiz but if you have not read that book your missing out big time...
     
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    I think the book is called the Moon is a blue balloon.

    A pointer is that you won't find the regiment in the 51st HD.
     
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    H.L.I? From a picture of him in said book???
     
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    The Highland Light Infantry is correct urqh.
    Among the other regiments was the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and the commandoes.

    As a curiousity Peter Ustinov was one of his soldiers in the HLI.

    Your turn urqh
     
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