History quiz

[Azathoth]

a WWII german general...who isn't nazi? that's.......hmm.....

Didn't we have the "not all Germans were Nazis" talk back in March or February?

[Prussian to the Iron]

Didn't we have the "not all Germans were Nazis" talk back in March or February?

yeah, but think about it. if you're a soldier, you don't necessarily believe in what you're doing. a general is really important. you'd have trouble finding a non-nazi german WWII general besides the one in AVSM's post.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

As for my answer, it would be Hasso von Manteuffel.

Yes. He was a tank general and the defense critic for the Free Democratic Party after the war.

yeah, but think about it. if you're a soldier, you don't necessarily believe in what you're doing. a general is really important. you'd have trouble finding a non-nazi german WWII general besides the one in AVSM's post.

Actually, it isn't as hard as you might think. The Wehrmacht was a hotbed of anti-Nazi conspiracies, with prominent anti-Nazi generals including Erwin Rommel, Ludwig Beck, Erwin von Witzleben, Werner von Fritsch, Johannes Blaskowitz (who personally wrote to high command vilifying the SS for war crimes), and Henning von Tresckow among others.

[Prussian to the Iron]

did you just write down the conspirators of Operation Valkyrie?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

did you just write down the conspirators of Operation Valkyrie?

No. Some of those men were involved, such as Beck and Witzleben, but Rommel and Blaskowitz, for example, were not, or at least not directly. Lots of the anti-Nazi generals in the Second World War were at least somehow involved or connected to those who were involved in the many plots to kill Hitler.

[Strike For The South]

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Not a general.

[Strike For The South]

Not a general.

Herrmann Karl Robert Henning von Tresckow

[A Very Super Market]

A lot of the old aristocratics hate Hitler and his policies with a vengeance. Frido von Senger... Hans-Jurgen von Arnim....

[Prussian to the Iron]

Yes. He was a tank general and the defense critic for the Free Democratic Party after the war.

didnt he just confirm AVSM's answer?

[A Very Super Market]

Yes. Ask a question if you want, because I got nothing.

[Decker]

I'll take it:

I was the leader of a brutal party that suppressed my entire country. Under my leadership intellectuals, artists, etc. were jailed, executed, or forced into dreadful labor conditions. Thousands of people were murdered under my reign, others starved to death or fled the country. I had a great power backing me as we fought our neighbors though I eventually lost. Who am I, what is the name of my party, what country, and which great power backed me in my war? (That last one is E.C. btws)

[Prussian to the Iron]

hitler, nazi party, germany

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Pol Pot, Communist Party of Kampuchea, Soviet Union?

[Decker]

Pol Pot, Communist Party of Kampuchea, Soviet Union?

at least I finally stumped one person
Anyways you got it right. As for the main power supporting Pol Pot during the war with Vietnam was China, although the US is claimed to have done so as well. But yes, Evil got it right.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I just took a wild guess at that one, it really could have been any of the Soviet satellite states and many more besides I suppose. Somebody else can have a turn at asking a question.

[Prussian to the Iron]

at least I finally stumped one person

oh i wasn't stumped, i took a totally uninformed, passive, and uncaring guess, knowing it wasn't so easy and that i wouldnt get it anyway.

[Decker]

I just took a wild guess at that one, it really could have been any of the Soviet satellite states and many more besides I suppose. Somebody else can have a turn at asking a question.

Well that was a nice guess.

oh i wasn't stumped, i took a totally uninformed, passive, and uncaring guess, knowing it wasn't so easy and that i wouldnt get it anyway.

Eh... Nice guess anyways. I didn't have that in mind at all but I can see your logic there

[Snite]

Since EMFM is giving it away:

What US state when admitted to the Union found it's western and northern lands under military occupation by the US Army with threats that any and all officials sent to enquire would be hung and the US President declared that he was prepared to use military force should said state continue to lay claims to the land under occupation, all while the US Army refused to risk combat with the Native Americans despite the explicit clause in the annexation treaty that it would do so resulting in over 200 citizens of the state being scalped that year due to lack of protection.

They don't teach this stuff in history class.

[Prussian to the Iron]

new mexico? texas?

[KukriKhan]

Since EMFM is giving it away:

What US state when admitted to the Union found it's western and northern lands under military occupation by the US Army with threats that any and all officials sent to enquire would be hung and the US President declared that he was prepared to use military force should said state continue to lay claims to the land under occupation, all while the US Army refused to risk combat with the Native Americans despite the explicit clause in the annexation treaty that it would do so resulting in over 200 citizens of the state being scalped that year due to lack of protection.

They don't teach this stuff in history class.

Utah, I think. Long and bloody pre-statehood history.

[Strike For The South]

Texas. He's talking about the lands that now make up Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

[Azathoth]

What US state when admitted to the Union found it's western and northern lands under military occupation by the US Army with threats that any and all officials sent to enquire would be hung and the US President declared that he was prepared to use military force should said state continue to lay claims to the land under occupation, all while the US Army refused to risk combat with the Native Americans despite the explicit clause in the annexation treaty that it would do so resulting in over 200 citizens of the state being scalped that year due to lack of protection.

Texas? There were a lot of Indians in the northern and Western region, and ear;y in its history Texas claimed large amounts of land that would later be part of the New Mexico territory.

I don't think its Utah, wasn't Utah admitted in 1896? After the polygamy scandal had ended, anyway, and the Indians were finished by then.

[Snite]

PI was first to say Texas.

[Subotan]

He made two guesses.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i figured it was texas, i just didnt think it would be that easy so i went for NM. i knew it was in the southwest.

Here:

This leage, consisting of The Papal States, France, The Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and the Duchy of Ferrara, formed an alliance against Venice. Over the 8 years of war, many of the original league changed sides, and new nations joined the league. At the end, Venice and France won an astounding victory, and secure the original cities in question for the Franco-Venetian alliance.

However, the Italian Wars reignited after only 5 years, after the new pope was elected, lasting another 9.



What was the original league, what was the war, and who was the pope elected that re-started the Italian Wars?

[Subotan]

League of Cambrai, War of the League of Cambrai, Adrian VI.

...That was all on the frontpage of Wikipedia today...

[Prussian to the Iron]

...That was all on the frontpage of Wikipedia today...

you cannot be serious? that...sucks. i cant believe i missed that; i woulda asked something different.

[Decker]

you cannot be serious? that...sucks. i cant believe i missed that; i woulda asked something different.

It is

On this day... from Wiki front page

1508 – The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.

[Prussian to the Iron]

*facepalm*