WWII True/False Quiz

[dcunning30]

To be fair to everyone, please don't google for these answers:  


1) Admiral Yamamoto famously said "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant"

2) General Patton end his career at West Point.

3) After Hitler invaded Russia, did Stalin fear that he would be executed by his own generals?

4) Did Japanese soldiers occupying Attu and Kiska in the Alution Islands resort to cannabalism to stay alive?

5) The Kasserine Pass a resounding victory for the US army?

6) the "Dam Busters" mission was called Operation Chastie

The U505 is currently on display at Williamshaven, Germany.

9) Chester Nimitz was from Fredricksburg, Texas.

10) Stalin's Organs are Katyusha rockets

11) Stalin actually means "Strong Man"

12) German Army Group A drove to seize Russian oil fields in the Crimea.

13) Broadway is an airfield in Burma.

14) The Kwainung Army skirmished against the Australians in New Guinea.

15) German paratroopers landed in Crete.

16) The Bristol Beaufighter's main role was tank-buster.

17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.

17) The Doodle-Bug was a popular dance in 1944.

[Hagar]

I'll have a go at a couple.

1) Admiral Yamamoto famously said "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant"

I've seen various translations but words to that effect.

6) the "Dam Busters" mission was called Operation Chastie

I believe it was actually Operation Chastise.

15) German paratroopers landed in Crete.

I think this was the first operation by paratroops during WWII. (Maybe it was gliders.)

18 ) The Doodle-Bug was a popular dance in 1944.

That's possible but the V1 missile was referred to as a Doodlebug by the British public.

PS. I added these. I haven't cheated.

16) The Bristol Beaufighter's main role was tank-buster.

I think the Beaufighter was intended as a general purpose heavy fighter. It served in various roles in several theatres but I believe it was first used as a night-fighter.

17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.

Originally yes. It wasn't considered suitable for the job it was intended for & by the time it was delivered was no longer required.

[C]

2) General Patton end his career at West Point.

I thought he ended it upside down in a Jeep (or similar vehicle in Germany)

6) the "Dam Busters" mission was called Operation Chastie

As Doug said, "Chastise"

16) The Bristol Beaufighter's main role was tank-buster.

Over the balance of the war it could be argued that it was more of a Nightfighter and all round ground attack aircraft

17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.

No, but we gave it a better engine, but we didn't need the later versions...

[Apex]

While I'm logged in:  (I have not read through the other posts yet):

Yamamoto: True
Patton: False (Vehicle accident in Germany)
Stalin's name: False ('Man of Steel')

Do not know any others.

[Woodlouse2002]

3) After Hitler invaded Russia, did Stalin fear that he would be executed by his own generals?

No because he'd already executed his own Generals.

10) Stalin's Organs are Katyusha rockets

Thats a fact.

15) German paratroopers landed in Crete.

True. It's also true that the British high command knew of this plan through Station X but considered keeping the secret was greater than keeping Crete.

17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.

Not at all. Before we fitted the Merlin we saw it as a good low level figher/ground attack aircraft.

16) The Bristol Beaufighter's main role was tank-buster.

Not really. Night fighter in Europe. Antiship and fighter bomber in Asia.

11) Stalin actually means "Strong Man"

I thought it meant "Man of Steel" or something to that effect.

5) The Kasserine Pass a resounding victory for the US army?

I shouldn't think the Germans look upon it as that.

9) Chester Nimitz was from Fredricksburg, Texas.

True.

6) the "Dam Busters" mission was called Operation Chastie

As stated above. Chastise.

[Papa9571]

1. Translations rended what he said as such

2. No. He died in a car accident.

3. No.

4. Yes.

5. No

6. Yes

8. No. It's in Chicago as part of the Museum of Science and Indusry, including all shell holes, and can be walked through.

9. Yes he was.

10. Not quite. Katusha rockets were nicknamed Stalin's Organ

13. I dont think so

15. Yes

16. No. It was designed as a fighter but was too slow for daytine use so it was converted for a nighttime role.

17. Yes until they added the merlin engine. The original Allison didn't have the umph and the aircraft was relegated to a ground support role as the A-36.

18. Actually the Allied nick name for the V1.

Thats it for me

[cspyro21]

1) Admiral Yamamoto famously said "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant"

2) General Patton end his career at West Point.

3) After Hitler invaded Russia, did Stalin fear that he would be executed by his own generals?

4) Did Japanese soldiers occupying Attu and Kiska in the Alution Islands resort to cannabalism to stay alive?

5) The Kasserine Pass a resounding victory for the US army?

6) the "Dam Busters" mission was called Operation Chastie

The U505 is currently on display at Williamshaven, Germany.

9) Chester Nimitz was from Fredricksburg, Texas.

10) Stalin's Organs are Katyusha rockets

11) Stalin actually means "Strong Man"

12) German Army Group A drove to seize Russian oil fields in the Crimea.

13) Broadway is an airfield in Burma.

14) The Kwainung Army skirmished against the Australians in New Guinea.

15) German paratroopers landed in Crete.

16) The Bristol Beaufighter's main role was tank-buster.

17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.

17) The Doodle-Bug was a popular dance in 1944.

1) Words similar, if not the same, to this (as Doug, Charlie etc pointed out)

2) Never heard of him.  :D

3) Dunno.

4) Probably.

5) Dunno.

6) As the others pointed out, "Chastise".

7) What's the U505?

8 ) Was he?

9) Sure, why not?

10) Probably.

11) I'm pretty sure they did.

12) Broadway was indeed an airfield in Burma, or in a similar location to Burma (Vietnam etc)

13) Wow! the Aussies fought!! But did the Japs skirmish with them?

14) Okay, if you says so.

15) Nope, the Beaufighter was a coastal patrol and defense aircraft I believe.

16) No, we Brits considered it a success I think.

17)Doodle-bug was our nickname fro the V1's.

Am I historically accurate or what!?

[C]

17) The Doodle-Bug was a popular dance in 1944.

Missed that one. No, but the Jitterbug was...

[dcunning30]

You guys are good, very good!  


1) Admiral Yamamoto famously said "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant"

Unlikely,  1st tracable quote of this is from the movie, Tora Tora Tora.

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2) General Patton end his career at West Point.

U guys got this one.  He died in a car crash in late 1945.

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3) After Hitler invaded Russia, did Stalin fear that he would be executed by his own generals?

Maybe I should have changed the word generals.  So those who said no because he killed his generals got it correct, even though I was looking for yes.  When those staff members reported to Stalin that Hitler had invaded, Stalin thought they came in to shoot him precicely because he killed off his generals.

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4) Did Japanese soldiers occupying Attu and Kiska in the Alution Islands resort to cannabalism to stay alive?

Nope.  The resorted to cannabalism on New Guinea, Guadalcanal, and in isolated yet highly charged incident on Chi Chi Jima.

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5) The Kasserine Pass a resounding victory for the US army?

Nope!

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6) the "Dam Busters" mission was called Operation Chastie

Oh, my poor spelling!  

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The U505 is currently on display at Williamshaven, Germany.

Wrong, Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Ill

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9) Chester Nimitz was from Fredricksburg, Texas.

Correct

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10) Stalin's Organs are Katyusha rockets

correct

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11) Stalin actually means "Strong Man"

Nope, "Man of Steel"

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12) German Army Group A drove to seize Russian oil fields in the Crimea.

Correct, BTW, they never made it.  Russian counterattacks during the greater battle of Kursk

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13) Broadway is an airfield in Burma.

Correct - Wingate's Chindits established an airfield some 200 miles behind Japanese lines, they called Broadway.  The Japanese never found out about this - until it was too late.

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14) The Kwainung Army skirmished against the Australians in New Guinea.

Nope - the Kwaintung Army was Japan's standing army hanging out at the Russian border.  The Japanese never figured out the Russians never planned to attack, so several hundered thousand Imperial soldiers were going to waste, being kept out of the war along the Russian border.

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15) German paratroopers landed in Crete.

correct - Musolini tried to grab some glory for himself and got in over his head, so Hitler had to come along and bail him our

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16) The Bristol Beaufighter's main role was tank-buster.

Nope, coastal patrol plane and night fighter

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17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.

correct, and as was stated previously, it was underpowered at the time

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17) The Doodle-Bug was a popular dance in 1944.  

nope - V1

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[dcunning30]

Oh yea, the Aussies definately did fight and die.

In New Guinea, they saved Port Morsby from being overrun by Japanese soldiers, fighting in the Owen-Stanley mountains along the kokoda trail.  Also, at the defeat at the battle of Savo Island, the HMAS Canberra was sunk by the Japanese .

[C]

17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.

correct, and as was stated previously, it was underpowered at the time

I wouldn't call it underpowered - if it had been underpowered it would have been totally useless. I think it lacked a decent supercharger though, hence it was useless above 15,000ft (well, underpowered really! )

The British don't tend to think of things as failures. The early Mustangs were just found a suitable role, in their case Army Cooperation for the most part.

[Woodlouse2002]

15) German paratroopers landed in Crete.  

correct - Musolini tried to grab some glory for himself and got in over his head, so Hitler had to come along and bail him our

Actually that was the Balkans that Hitler had to get Musilini out of trouble. The same could be said for the early north African campaigns. The invasion of Crete was an entirely German affair.

14) The Kwainung Army skirmished against the Australians in New Guinea.  
 
Nope - the Kwaintung Army was Japan's standing army hanging out at the Russian border.  The Japanese never figured out the Russians never planned to attack, so several hundered thousand Imperial soldiers were going to waste, being kept out of the war along the Russian border.

You forget that in the closing months of the war the Russians did attack.

17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.  

correct, and as was stated previously, it was underpowered at the time

As stated we didn't consider it a failiure as even with the Alison engines it was a more than reasonable ground support aircraft. Problem is that even with the Merlin in it it wasn't as good a fighter as the Spitfire.

[Hagar]

The British don't tend to think of things as failures. The early Mustangs were just found a suitable role, in their case Army Cooperation for the most part.

I'm not sure about that Charlie. A lot of aircraft ordered by the British Purchasing Commission sent to the US in the early part of WWII were later found to be almost useless for their purpose when tested by the pilots at Martlesham Heath. Many of them sat in maintenance units for years before being scrapped or used as squadron hacks. The Mustangs had been ordered when we were desperately short of fighters during the BoB. By the time they were delivered the BoB was over & they were no longer needed. In fact production of the Spitfire & Hurricane had kept up with demand & the shortage was of trained pilots to fly them. It's quite possible that if they'd been delivered sooner the RAF Mustangs would have been sent to places like North Africa & the Far East until better replacements became available.

I'm not saying the Mustang I as the original P-51 was called was a bad aircraft. Because of the lack of a supercharged engine it was simply inferior to home produced types like the Spitfire at the time.

PS. Bear in mind that the original requirement was for the P-40 which I believe had the same Allison engine. Many of these Tomahawks & later Kittyhawks were sent to North Africa.

[Papa9571]

Actually Hagar you got it partially right.

The P-51 came into being when the British went to the US looking to buy P-40's in January 1940. The production lines were running full bore so the British couldn't get any. Instead they wer treated to a discussion fron North American who told them they could have a prototype ready in 120 days.

Two Mustang I aircraft were delivered with the Merlin engine. The british at the time however kept the Merlin for the Spit and others. It wasn't until they licensed the Merlin to the US, and Packard began building them, that the aircrafts true potential as a high altitude fighter became known.

Each engine had it's good points and it's bad points and each engine was capable of being supercharged. The Merlin Mustang was unbeatable above 15,000 ft. Below that the Allison Mustang was faster and could out perform it's merlin powered sibling.

The US took the Allison engined aircraft and renamed it the A-36 to get around budget constraints. They also called it the Apache and it became one of the best ground attack aircraft of the war.

I would also go so far as to wager the P-51 was one of the best aircraft of the war. It's ability to go toe to toe with anything the Germans had was legendary. It was also the first propeller driven aircraft to shoot down the ME-262.

The Spit and Hurri were the right aircraft at the right time for the British and they and their pilots saved Britian from being invaded.

Later versions of the Spit were good aircraft and performed wery well in their assigned roles.

We must remember that it was because of the British the P-51 came into existance. Otherwise we might be talking about the Curtis P-46 ot he Republic P-47.

[H]

1) in the movies.
2) auto accident (not fair: I have Last Days of Patton on DVD)
3) his generals feared being executed by him
4) for why? It wasn't like they were forever trapped there.
5) OK, I don't know about that one.
6) according to the documentary I saw, Operation Chastise, with a lot of practice in similar scenery (Scotland, I think).
I lose count here:
8?) it's on display but not in Germany (on this side of the puddle but I've forgotten where; hope this wasn't the double-credit question )
9) I'll guess yes but not sure.
10) rockets they are by name; the real ones are dust
11) Sort of... he liked this name as meaning "Steel Man" or "Man of Steel"
12) Not sure which units but the event happened
13) at one time or another; it's better known for a different type of runway in New York.
14) Don't know about that... exactly when; how long were they in China?
15) Definately... they also left later on but I'm not sure they did much jumping
16) I know it was rather slow so was better as a night fighter.
17) certainly not as a failue and it was employed, I believe, as the Apache rather than Mustang
Is this the missing #7 (we subtract 10?):
17)My Grandmother! The 'jitterbug' was a roaring '20s' dance and the doodlebug was a nickname for the Model A Ford, I do believe. During WW2, (those who play the stock CFS1 Single mission - defaulted with the Spitfire IX - would know this) it was the nickname for the V-1 Flying Bomb.