Free Military Quiz III

Ok Slon I don't know everything on this planet yet. Ask us something else.

 

In 1943 a self tought desinger created additional concrete-armoring for the T-34..... Name this individual.


Hint, he was also the designer of BT-SV.

 

I believe I know that one: is it N.F.Tsyganov?

 

Yes indeed.... Good well done job Skipper!

Your turn

 

Ok , who can name a German soldier monk, born in Danzig and based at the Bourges, France Gestapo prison during the war. This good man helped many prisonners by acting in an exemplary way. There is a French stamp dedicated to this man.

 

Was it Sgt Major Charles Coward?

 

nope, He was a German soldier with a German name. You will find him by focussing on Bourges

 

Here is a hint: the first name is Alfred. If you google a little with the correct words you"ll get it.

 

Last hint: this German medic was called the Franciscan of Bourges

 

Alfred Stanke?

 

Well done Kai, this wasn't an easy one. The good man deserves to be known . He died in horrible circumstances in 1976 when his monastry burnt.
It's all yours.

 

Thanx!

Name the famous Waffen-SS commander who was killed in the 1970´s in France by being burned in his apartment possibly by Molotov cocktails?

 

Yes, that is correct!

Over to you, Slipdigit!

 

Was it May 6th, 1941 at March Field...?

 

OK....

....who 'introduced' Wing Commander Guy Gibson ( of 'Dambusters' fame ) to the Mosquito ( the type of aircraft he would lose his life in )....?

 

no idea ... I suppose the obvious answer might be Barnes Wallis ....?

didn't come up with anything on a search although I have learnt that at the age of eight Guy was sent to Folkestone in Kent and attended St George's Prep School ... .

Neil

(in Folkestone)

 

Hehehe...you won't find the answer to this one on the internet....

It wasn't Barnes Wallis - here's a clue, it was someone else who flew on the Dams Raid.....

( There, I've given it away , now.... )