WWII Forums Quiz Part VII

Well not really does it have something related with "Nova Scotia"?

 

Part 1 answered.

Part 2 hint: Eisenhower's dual role had necessitated a move from his London headquarters to a position closer to the front.

Part 3 hint re significance: 11th Armoured Division Sept 5 and in the future First Canadian Army, Polish Armoured Division, and British 4th Commando Brigade and actually affected the entire Allied Army in NW Europe.

 

I'll give the full answer tomorrow and find a different question.

 

Maybe...but not just any girl!My kid's say I'm different - lol!

 

Following not the answer yet

ON September 1st, Eisenhowed made a major change of command. American were 2/3 of the fighting troops in northwest Europe and Eisehnhower had come under intense American pressure to set in motino his long-term plan of taking command of the land forces from Montgomery. He now had the dual responsibility for tactical management of the Allied armies,as well as overal strategic command of the campaign in NW Europe. The reason he changed the location of his headquarters to where he was on Sept 5, 1944. I'm looking for the physical location as its circumstances are part of the significance.

 

I honestly can't seem to think of hints for where Eisenhower was, so will spill the beans.

Eisenhower was in a remote French villa on the west coast of the Cherbourg Peninsula, his new headquarters were 650 km behind the front lines in a French fishing village of Jollouville. On Sept 5 he was confined to bed rest with a plastered knee after severely wrenching it following his return from one of his personal visits by airplane or jeep to the advanced headquarters of his commanders. These personal visits had been necessitated following the rush to set up headquarters in Normandy, but the location meant he did not have radio or telephone linkups with either his military fronts or his SHAEF headquarters in London. "Most Immediate" signals, sent to and from Eisenhower by wireless code, were being delayed for as long as 3 or 4 days.

Churchill was on the Queen Mary and he was also not immediately in communication with what was happening on Sept 5. He too was ill.

The significance suggested in various reading was that communication with major players was broken down at a time when communication could have made a difference in the length of the war. The British 11th Armoured had driven to the banks of the Albert Canal in Antwerp. They still had 100 litres of petrol per vehicle, with a futher day's supply within reach. General Horrocks was not advised that the highest level of British Intelligence knew that the German 15th Army was trapped in Flanders and was escaping across the Scheldt and then the Beveland Penninsula. If the 11th Armoured had bypassed the city of Antwerp or fought across the bridges to block the Beveland Isthmus they would have cut the main German escape route. The German army would not have been able to reconsolidate on the north side of the Albert Canal and kept the Allied Armies from taking control of the Scheldt Estuary which was key to using the port of Antwerp which was vital as an ongoing major supply point for the Allied Armies.

Sept 5 Eisenhower wrote four paragraphs to Montgomery. Poor lines of communication caused the last half of the letter to reach command headquarters in Brussels first and two days later the beginning paragraph arrived: "While agreeing with your conception of a powerful and full-blooded thrust toward Berlin I do not agree that it should be initiated at this moment to the exclusion of all other manoeuvres...." it's final point being "While we are advancing we will be opening the ports of Havre and Antwerp, which are essential to sustain a powerful thrust deep into Germany." It has been suggested that by the time the actual shipping needs of Antwerp were back in everyone's radar following the euphoric attitudes of Dolle Dinstag, it was already too late and over 12,000 Canadian casualties amongst others would pay the price during the attritional battle of the next 2 months battling to regain the Scheldt Estuary and the Beveland Penninsula.

Would someone else ask the next question as I don't believe my schedule will allow me to participate fully for the next few days. I'll get a new question in hand in for some day in the future if I am fortunate enough to get the answer to a question again.

I enjoyed participating.

Michelle

 

Well, if it is no problem, I want:

How many Japanese Planes where shot down at Pearl Harbor (moment of attack)?

 

29?

 

Right. You're next!

 

Hey mods, is there now a 3-day MIA, "Bump". If so....Bump.
New question ?

 

I'm no Mod, but I'd say 'Go for it'.

(...I mean, really, what can they do??....Blow up your computer???... I don't think so!!)

-whatever

-Lou

 

Done then;

What ship cost the (taxpayers) 72.9 million dollars to build and equip, and was sold for scrap after the war for $466,665.00 ?

 

ummmmmm.... I'm guessing it wasn't a Liberty ship.....probably not a PT boat, either... OK... that narrows it down a little bit!

Anyone else want to take it from here?

-whatever

-Lou

 

hint...........

U.S.S. (eleven letters)

 

OK...more....

Shot down 64 planes,
14 Battle Stars,
first American warship to use her main guns against the Japanese homeland,
one of the few to engage like class ships in combat,
Atlantic & Pacific theaters.

 

USS South Dakota?

 

Yep.
I knew that would give it up.

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