Free Military Quiz II

What's break belts and drop slouch mean in American?????

I will take a wild guess anyway. The Coldstream Guards.

 

Even in America-this would mean break belts and remove covers

 

Well bud I see U grabbed the quiz.....

the answer is the Pfalz D III.

Panzerknacker my question obviously stumped everyone so U might as well go for it !!

~E

 

Cheers Erich-I didn't wanna step on any toes.
Well guys-my question satnds...

 

Give some more clues. I still don't know what you mean and by the size of the responses no one else does either.

 

How about the Military Police Corps?

 

And Generalfeldmarschal Evans-the ball is now in your court!

 

Uh oh....


An easy two parter...

On what date did the Battle for Stalingrad began and end on?

Who won that battle?

 

Very easy!

The battle started on August 23rd 1942 when the 16th Panzer division reached the suburbs, north of the city at 18.35 hours.

The battle ended on February 3rd 1943 when the last garrison at the Tractor Factory surrendered to the Russians.

 

Its yer turn

 

Alright.

Name the four main commanders who participated in the VERY important battle of Blenheim on August 13th 1704.

Just four complete names, the two Allied commanders and the two French-Bavarian commanders.

 

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough,
Prince Eugene of Savoy,

Marshal Tallard,
Max Emmanuel.

Not happy with the last one but it is the best I can find.

 

Over to you, Kmpok!

 

John Churchill, Duke of Malborough (1650-1722). He was brought on the art of war in the 1670s in Flandes. He abandonned Jacob II during 'the glorious revolution' and earned the new king's favour, William III. And yet, he remained faithful to Jacob II and therefore he was imprisonned. Then he recovered William III's favour and during the Spansih succesion war he became the second most powerful man in England.



Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736). He was Louis XIV's favourite. When his mother was expeled from Versailles because a scandale, the king decided that Eugene had to take the orders. He refused and ran away to Austria in 1683 were he entered to the Emperor's services, Leopold I. He distinguished himself against the Turks and in 1694 was appointed Chief of the Army. After the French advance on Vienna he gathered with Malborough; their friendship was so great that he made medals that represented them as Castor and Polux.

Cammille, Count of Tallart (1652-1728). He was appointed minister of the Saint James court in 1689. Very popular in London, he knew how to warn Louis XIV of the dangers of British policy. When he recognised Jacob II as king, William III forced him to return to France where he took command of an Army and made marshal. He defeated the Allies at Speyer in 1703 but was defeated at Blenheim in 1704.

Maximilian Emmanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662-1726). He was, as his predecesors, a traditional ally of France against the Habsburgs. Ambitious, he extended his dominions in 1691 when he became governor of the Spanish Low Countries. In 1704 Malborough invaded and harhased Bavaria, so Maximilian tried to buy him to change his side but, when he knew that Marshal Tallart was going to help him, he took it back. After the defeat at Blenheim he couldn't go back to bavaria until 1714.

 

Okay....Mmmmmmm (thinks)

What two things do the 1st Duke of Marlborough and Winston Churchill have in common? (with dates please)

I expect this to be answered by the time I get home from work.

 

I have heard this before and should know it but do not recall it.

All I cna think of is either they were both First Lord of the Admirlty--or either somehow related to eachother or either are one and the same??

[[Shows ya how much I know on anything not to do with the Germans.]]

 

Well, Carl, that would make it THREE things they have in common, they both fought the Germans. So that is no excuse my friend.

 

Sorry Mate--I can't get no more specific than that--for fear of being even more wrong

 

That's OK Carl.

Any other takers?

 

I´ll try...

Sir Winston was Sir Winston to himself but as well Sir Winston Churchill was the father of first Duke of Marlborough .

I try to guess the second is the palace the Duke (1st) was given to him by Queen Anne for the victory near the town of Blenheim in Bavaria :It was to be called Blenheim ( actually building began in 1705 (?)). Winston Churchill was born there.


http://laura.chinet.com/html/titles11.html

http://www.blenheimpalace.com/palace_history.htm

http://www.kipar.org/history_blenheim.html

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Castle on November 30, 1874, and though he never resided in it, Blenheim remained a powerful compass point throughout his life. When considering Churchill's political passions, it should not be forgotten how close he actually came to assuming the title of Duke of Marlborough. Between the 1892 accession of his cousin Sunny and the 1897 birth of Sunny's only son, Winston was second in line to the Dukedom. This fact was not lost on Duchess Fanny, who, upon her introduction to Sunny's wife, the American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt, declared "Your first duty is to have a child and it must be a son, because it would be intolerable to have that little upstart Winston become Duke."