WWII Forums Quiz Part VI

It's ok skunk works.

 

it was Joe Beyrle, this guy was unbelievable

 

http://www.506infantry.org/stories/beyrle_his.htm

the story as told by the man himself

 

I hope you don't mind me continuing with a similar question; Who is the only soldier who fought against communism in the ranks of armies of three different nations? (Not necessarily only during ww2)

 

Oh no. That must be a Finn!?



BTW, welcome to the Forums, Lord!

 

surprisingly, Kai... yes, it so happens to be a Finn, as I'm sure you're aware

and thanks, I've been checking this place out for a while, and have found it to be a place of healthy discussion. And I promise not to forcefully mention Finnish war heroes in every post, in case you were fearing that

 

Lord of War,

I don´t mind. But I´m a bit afraid that the heroes we are aware of don´t bring any ideas even to those German WW2 history fans...
Great question however. Hope someone else knows the answer as the person is a bit of an international star!

 

Ok, Lord.

I´ll give it a go:

Lauri Törni a.k.a. Larry Thorne

 

surprise, surprise, that is the correct answer shouldn't have been so hard for someone else to figure it out too, but what can you do...

 

Yes sir, that's the man. Quite a guy if you ask me. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I completely missed this thread.

 

Thax Lord of war!

My question:

Where was Adolf Hitler ( sleeping ) when the Overlord took place?

 

His Eastern HQ in Rastenburg

 

Sorry, no. Tip:A castle in Austria...

 

Hohensalzburg in Salzburg

 

OK, that´s good enough for me. Actually it was the Klessheim palace(castle) but Salzburg is the place.

Over to you PzJgr!

 

Well Thank you sir. Here it goes.

In 1941, Yakov Dzhugashvili was captured by the Germans. What was the significance of this?

 

Field Marshal Paulus stayed with the Russians, Stalin lost a son, Yakov lost his life, and I won the quiz !

 

Ha ha. Correct!

Josef Stalin's oldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili (Stalin's original last name was Dzhugashvili), was captured by the Nazis in 1941. The Nazis offered Stalin a trade: the release of a German general for the return of Yakov, his son. Unfortunately for Yakov and for millions of other captured Russians, Stalin believed all captured soldiers were betrayers - possible spies. Stalin refused the trade. Yakov died in 1943; he was shot while trying to escape from the Nazi concentration camp of Sachsenhausen. For over half a century, Yakov's family had not known his fate. the U.S. handed over the information about his death to Galina Dzhugashvili, Yakov's daughter.

Over to you TA152

 

In August 1939 there was a tank battle on the "eastern front", that produced one of WWII's greatest exponents of tank warfare.

Name the person or the two waring parties.

 

Zhukov and it was between USSR and Japan