Free Military Quiz III

173rd Airborne Brigade ?

 

Bingo Sloniksp. "The Herd" jumped around Katum in War Zone C on 22 FEB 1967 as part of Op. Junction City. This was the only large scale jump of the war and the first one since Korea.

 

Hey Sloniksp, are you there?

 

Sorry about that....

Ok here is one, who was "White Lily"?

 

the Soviet female pilot Lydia Litvyak?

 

Good Job Skip your turn!

 

which SS Division is responsible for the slaughter of Oradour sur Glane?

 

2nd Waffen SS Pz Division "Das Reich"

 

That is correct! You're the quiz master PzJgr!

 

Woo Hoo! Here we go.

ALKETT was the manufacturer for the StuG III. Who manufactured the StuG IV?

 

Krupp?

 

That is correct Skipper. Krupp-Grusonwerk AG to be exact but the partial answer is good enough.

Your the Quiz Master now.

 

In 1946, the British rent (and later sold it) a 1942 built Carrier to the French who renamed it Arromanches. What was the initial name of this ex-British ship?

 

first hint : I mentionned this vessel in the "carrier" thread. Its tells who built it. This carrier toured the Africa colonies in 1946-1947 and also served in Indochina after WWII

 

Colossus?

 

Very good Col! You're the quiz master.

 

Thank you Skipper.

Who fired the first shot in the defense of Fort Sumter?

 

by "who" do you mean a person or a side?

 

By who I mean the man who fired the first shot in the defense of Fort Sumter, which means he must have been on the Union side.

 

Well in that case,

It was Capt. Abner Doubleday, the fort's second in command, and at about 7 AM he was given this honor 2 hours after the initial attack on the fort began.