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who is credited with 225 kills using only a sniper rifle in the battle of Stalingrad?
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No, its my go
who is credited with 225 kills using only a sniper rifle in the battle of Stalingrad?
In 1942, Major General Patton commanded the Western Task Force of the U.S. Army, which landed on the coast of Morocco in Operation Torch. Patton and his staff arrived in Morocco aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta, which came under fire from the French battleship Jean Bart while entering the harbor of Casablanca.Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
This my friends was the 2nd armored division in Northern Africa it consisted mainly of "Priest" (a type of mobile artillary) "FireFly's" (an early version of the sherman) "Halftracks" (also known as the Duece and a Half) "Matilda's" (an early British heavy tank) and "M10 Tank Destroyer" (also known as the wolverine)Quote:
Major General Patton commanded the Western Task Force
Vasili ZaytsevQuote:
Originally Posted by General Boreaus Brittanicus
Yes it is of course Junior Lieutenant ( he was at the time) Vasily Zaitsev
He is credited the most kills by one sniper in any war with over 400 to his name
to man he was to be able to :rifle: so many wehrmacht officers and soldiers
Your Turn, Conradus
No, that would be Simo Häyhä with 505 confirmed kills. ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by General Boreaus Brittanicus
This was one of the wealthiest men in history. Through fire he earned his gold. He ruled his empire with two of the greatest generals the world ever saw. When he himself tried to surpass their military fame, he was killed by gold and the other two were left to destroy each other.
Who am I talking about?
Patton commanded an army corps, not an army, in North Africa. He only gained command of that corps on 6 March 1943, after its previous commander Lloyd Fredendall was relived following the Battle of Kasserine Pass. On that same day Rommel was throwing his tanks against Eighth Army defences in the Battle of Medenine. Following that failure Rommel handed over his command to Jurgen von Arnim on 10 March 1943, who commanded 5th Panzer Army before his arrival. Patton intrigued to have Anderson replaced, but he was unsuccessful as Eisenhower placed the whole blame for Kasserine on the US commander Fredendall, the first of many times that Eisenhower would anger his subordinate by favouring the British. In any case, Patton was in no position to have made his intrigues successful in the 4 days in which his command of II Corps and Rommel's command of Panzer Army Group Afrika overlapped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
Correction: Panzer Army Afrika was the expansion of the Afrika Korps that fought at Alamein. Its remnants that made it to Tunisia were combined with the 5th Panzer Army (which was the expansion of XC Corps) to form Panzer Army Group Afrika.
Wasn't the US armoured division in North Africa the 1st? The one that got mauled at Kasserine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
Alexander??
Or Julius Caesar??
Adding a few hundred when counting weapons besides the sniper.Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
Marcus Licinius Crassus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus
The Firefly was a late-war , British-only, Sherman upgunned to a 17-pounder. They didn't see service until Normandy and never saw US service. You're probably thinking of the M3 Lee, the precursor to the Sherman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
Likewise, the Matilda was British only, though some were sent to the Soviets. It was an early war model and had been phased out of service well before the Torch landings.
"Duece and a Half" is Army slang for the 2-1/2 Ton truck, not the halftrack.
Indeed, your turn AggonyDuckQuote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
Simo Häyhä is greater than Vasily Zaitsev. This Finnish killer, nicknamed "White Death" by the Red Army, took down around seven hundred (!!!) Soviet soldiers before he got wounded -- and this all in just one hundred days (!!!) during the Winter War (1939-1940).Quote:
Originally Posted by General Boreaus Brittanicus
Five hundred and two of these are verified as sniper kills, but it may be as much as five hundred and forty-two (the other two hundred he killed with a submachine gun). And all of this without telescopic sights ~:shock:
Who was the only Roman Emperor to abdicate voluntarily due to his own wish?
It was Diocletian, answered wrong in the original post
Correct!
righto.. need to think of a question.
which future USSR/Russia leader got part of his hand blown off whilst messing about with a russian ww2 grenade with m8s in 1944?
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev this better be close... and not a 1/5th answer
completely worng decker
Doh! I'll try another one: Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov
wrong again
Dam*t okay okay here's another, o and unless somebody beats me to it...I'll keep posting until I find it(wiki isn't helping in this at all:gah: :wall: :furious3: )
Okay here: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
wrong once more
I'm guessing Gorbachev, because during the second world war he was a kid. So he might have run around played with german grenades.
Yuri andropov?
both wrong
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Originally Posted by General Boreaus Brittanicus
HMMM.... a USSR leader who blew off his hands... not
Gorbachev
Yuri andropov
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov
So if its non of them who could it be... a future soviet leader??
Non of them? <---- is that right?
i meant ussr/russian leader, not USSR....that would be why everyone was guessing wrong
Boris Yeltsin.
yes
Boris Yeltsin lost 3 fingers on his left hand due to an exploding grenade when entering a red army depot in 1943
ur turn
I swear that was my next guess:yes:!!!! Not fair, he cheated:embarassed:Quote:
Originally Posted by General Boreaus Brittanicus
Which British two leaders lead the failed Namsos Campaign? I'm looking for a general and an admiral who were in overall command of their respective land and naval forces.
winston churchill first lord of admirlaity, and Adrian Cartoin De wiart (sp)
Not the answer I was looking for, but sort of correct, so I'll accept it.
when was the Russian Tsar Paul I assasinated?
March 11, 1801
That better be right!!
Correct!!!!!
Your go, Decker
straight out of wikipedia I presume?Quote:
Originally Posted by Decker
Yer probably, i got the question of their as well....struggling for time to ask a questionQuote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
Of course not ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
And about dang time I got something right:birthday2: :charge: :elephant:
Okay...
It's a 2 part question
This Russian General had his first major success in armored warfare against the Japanese in 1939 at this battle.
Jukov isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Decker
Forgot the second part.
The battle is kaklin gol or something like that i think.
That was fast... but yea you are correct. All that time spent trying to get one question right and it's answered in 2 mins...:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Petrus
Sorry for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Decker
As it is too difficult for me to formulate a question in english without giving the answer, i let you choose the next one.
Are you sure? Find a translation site and type your question there and the copy and paste it here. Someone might correct it if the translation is a bit off. It is your turn.
I'll try.
During the last weeks of a lost war, a general required his government to start peace negotiations or face the circumstances of a very major military defeat.
After the conclusion of peace, he claimed the army had been betrayed by the political power.
Despise this fact that made of him a traitor, he maintained a high level of popularity until his death.
What is the name of this general?
Erich Ludendorff.
Not bad but that's not the good one.Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
The rank of the guy i think to was field marshal.
Hindenburg?
Only two dictators of Germany during World War I, so I'm guessing Hindeburg is correct, as well.
Hindenburg is correct. Conradus turn.
To be honest it was quite a guess based on what I remembered of Hitler's rise.
What was the original name of the month July before it was renamed?
Quinto-something? Quintember don't sound correct :P
Quintilis
JKarinen has the right name, sorry Favius Argentum, it wasn't precise enough.~:cheers:
aight im going for an interesting topic here
Three part and short answers
What is the name of the first quad machine gun cart(type thing) who invented it and when was it invented(if its to hard at first i can simplifie it when i chack my book at home tommorow)
Since know one got this and i can't find my book i'll ask an easier one
Who invaded spain in the 8th century?
instead of adding new post yes lofman your right have fun
Answer to the easier one. The Caliphate, or do you mean which person did it? In that case Tariq ibn Ziyad. Although the real invasion army was led by Musa ibn Nusayr. Tariq was merely plundering, got lucky and squashed the Visigoth army and seized a few cities before the Visigoths could reorganize themselves.
Assuming I was correct and not something else was aimed for, here is a question (it's easy, and i apologize if it has been asked before):
Who ruled Antioch when the crusaders came?
Yaghi-Siyan?
damn it....he's right...
That is correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
The name of the game is: "Identify the Armoured Fighting Vehicle"
What is the name of the AFV featured below?
https://img103.imageshack.us/img103/...5766jv4.th.jpg
https://img126.imageshack.us/img126/...9136et0.th.jpg
So lame my internet wont allow me to acces picture... stupid school internet gaurds.... any ways it looks like a patton but I'm probably wrong or else a... no we still used patton in veitnam so im saying patton but i'm probably wrong
a British A43 Black Prince
Yup, correct.
Who were "the Devil's Own"?
the devil's own were the Connaught rangers, was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 from the men of Connacht by John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricard. Their service in the Crimean War was recognised by the presentation to the City of Galway of a pair of guns in memoriam, which until recently remained on prominent display on the city's main square, and now are displayed outside City Hall.
In 1881, the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) were amalgamated. The amalgamation of the two regiments into one was part of the British Government's Childers Reforms of the British Armed Forces that was a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms of the forces that were implemented in 1879.
That's it. But could you at least not quote Wikipedia.Quote:
Originally Posted by GBB
:laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by MilesGregarius
whoopsidoodle my mistake
hmmm what question to ask:
Who was the assasin of Leo Trotsky? (name and nationality plus aliases please) and dont quote wikipedia.
Incidentally i didnt quote wiki a lot, i wrote it on wikipedia
The russian dictator trotsky?? i didn't even know he was assasinated... weird any ways ummmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by GBB
Ramón Mercader
aliases:
Fake passport: Frank Jacson
What his superiors called him: Gnome
What he said his name was when he was arrested: Jacques Mornard
Nationality: Born in Spain raised in France
Killed him with an ice pick to the face (OUCH)
source
ccorrect
Im askign a hard one and an easy one now(most of you figured my hard ones are really hard)
1. Who assasinated abraham lincoln and what play was he watching when he was killed?
2.(hard) When is the first recorded invasion of japan? (but not that hard)
1)Our american cousin....lincoln was killed by john wilkes booth
2) Mongols 1274
Abe right Play right
mongol's right (My pacific history is more post ww1 or shinto something war)
DAMN DAMN DAMN!!! I KNEW THAT ONE!!! This sucks, I always miss 'em.
It's okay Wiki scammed me outta an answer already, don't be so hard on yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Motep
Next question please?
Have you noticed that this thread is dominated by the few who post every half hour after a question?
Perhaps a two hour waiting time after a question is asked might be needed?
Sounds good when i'm taking a break all i have to do now is go over these forums and my teachers give easy work so I'm usually on all the time
Could we also give up on all these WWI and II-questions and open up for a wider range?