History quiz

[Prussian to the Iron]

That's right, let's knock people down for knowing stuff about Geography.

oh its not about geography. its boring, menial, and not fun.

[seireikhaan]

I'll pass the question on.

[G. Septimus]

So, who's gonna start teh new Question??????

[Prussian to the Iron]

Ivan the terrible had many secret police, who were feared by even members of the royal court. who were these police?

[seireikhaan]

The Oprichniki/oprichniks.

[Prussian to the Iron]

D'oh!

i meant to ask a question about the Streltsy. oh well.

go.

[seireikhaan]

Right. Uh.... I'll pass it again.

[A Very Super Market]

I'll swipe my chance then.

This general was notorious for the abuse he levelled on his subordinates. He commanded a low-priority area, and felt overshadowed at all times by other fronts, even when he captured a capital city. His constant frustration led to great breakdown in efficiency in his command, but he proved himself a competent enough leader by the end of the war.

[Subotan]

Montgomery?

[Prussian to the Iron]

I'll swipe my chance then.

This general was notorious for the abuse he levelled on his subordinates. He commanded a low-priority area, and felt overshadowed at all times by other fronts, even when he captured a capital city. His constant frustration led to great breakdown in efficiency in his command, but he proved himself a competent enough leader by the end of the war.

general sherman?

[Fisherking]

It sounds more like Arthur Wesley, later Wellesley, later Wellington.

[Subotan]

He would have mentioned his Preimership, were it Wellington

[Quintus.JC]

Blücher?

[A Very Super Market]

My question is too vague... Hm....

He was subordinate to a rather passive commanding officer, and would constantly quarrel with his counterpart in the other army in his theatre. Said counterpart would be promoted and shipped off to a different area later on.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i assume himmler is the counterpart.


uh.......no idea but i think that fits.

[Snite]

I think I know who you're talking about. Didn't one of his officer's die from exhaustion during an assault up a mountain? Gonna look up his name now.

This is the second time Himmler's name's been thrown arounds as that of a military commander in action. Himmler never saw military action a day of his life.

[A Very Super Market]

Mountains are quite hot, depending on the local climate...

[Meneldil]

i assume himmler is the counterpart.


uh.......no idea but i think that fits.

Wut?

[Snite]

Mountains are quite hot, depending on the local climate...

That hint has thrown me off. You're now obviously talking about somewhere other than Italy when I thought you were talking about the guy who was originally given a Pour le'Merit for what was Rommel's accomplishment in WWI.

[A Very Super Market]

Don't take it literally, I just mean that mountains bring you closer to the answer. Your answer is incorrect, though.

[Decker]

Patton

[Snite]

Patton never commanded in a low-priority area, he was in the Bulge.

Clark? Commanded in Italy in the mountains and took Rome, but was overshadowed by the war in France. Don't know about abuse and quarreling though.

[A Very Super Market]

Yep, Mark Clark, commander of the US Fifth Army. I'm not sure if he was an anglophobe, but he sure didn't work well with Oliver Leese of the British Eight Army. And under the command of Harold Alexander, they quarreled freely until Italy turned into to separate campaigns. Clark wasn't exactly the nicest commanding officer either, and angrily sacked the fairly competent Lucas at Anzio, in addition to several more examples before and after. Clark was driven to capture Rome after Monte Cassino in order to try and receive some last minute recognition before D-Day kicked off. He had the front page for a day before Italy slipped back from everyone's minds.

It ends as well as it could. As the war was ending, Clark managed to create some pseudo-cooperation with the two armies in Italy. The Po valley was occupied after some decent planning in his part, but he still never made the fame he wanted so much.

Your question, Snite.

[Snite]

I really didn't think a WWII answer would be correct.

Here goes:
Despite their technological superiority, the British had trouble contending with this enemy weapon whilst fighting in Afghanistan in the 19th century.

[Fisherking]

Could you be talking about the tactic of Ambush rather than a technological weapon?

[Prussian to the Iron]

the composite bow?

[aimlesswanderer]

The first things that came to mind were IEDs, utes and AK47s, but they're for a different Afghan war. Good thing that history doesn't repeat itself, and that lessons were learnt!!!

Camels and horses perhaps? Caves? Holes in the ground? Poppies? Corruption?

[Snite]

Anyone else having trouble using the forums?

Anyways, none of those are correct. Another hint: There Afghans who used this weapon were given a name that was "weapon-name"ichi. There's been talk lately of instituting a a kind of Afghan privateer and calling them ___ichis in order to give them a historical aspect to draw upon.

[Fisherking]

Hum, I can‘t find a thing about any type of weapon used by the Afghans.

I can leave you with a little poem of Kipling‘s...


“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, just roll on your rifle and blow out your brains. And go to your God like a Soldier.”

[Snite]

A Kipling poem does have the name of what I'm looking for. Which is funny that posted that.

EDIT: But the setting of the poem is in the wrong country