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Saw31 said:
Name the place where a bomb was detonated in an attempt to assassinate Hitler...
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Been awhile since I read this stuff, but my best guess is Poland. It was his (maybe Eastern?, maybe Northern?) Headquarters. It wasn't a bunker, and he wasn't in a bunker at the time. The place may have had a name, but I don't remember reading it.
The dude that planted the bomb had only one hand - or maybe missing part of his hand.

Wingate1217 said:
During WWII the nazis developed a rocket which terrorized London. Name the rocket (there are actually 2 correct answers) and the chief rocket designer.

Clue: The individual who designed the rockets later came to America and designed our space rockets.
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Not a good clue really. The gentleman's name was Dr. Walter Thiel, and he died during the war. I believe in a bombing raid. While von Braum, like almost all German rocket scientists, had worked on both systems, he was far more interested in the V-2, and worked much more on it than on the V-1. With Thiel's death, he became the lead man on it.

These questions make me want to re-read this recent history.

My question:
Speaking of the V-rockets, which one was the obvious ancestor to the cruise missle? (such as the Tomahawk.)
And which was the obvious ancestor to the intercontenentl ballastic missle? (and therefore, our space rockets?)

Bonus - what did the "V" stand for? (in English)
 
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MightbeaBuck said:
My question:
Speaking of the V-rockets, which one was the obvious ancestor to the cruise missle? (such as the Tomahawk.)
And which was the obvious ancestor to the intercontenentl ballastic missle? (and therefore, our space rockets?)

Bonus - what did the "V" stand for? (in English)
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Don't know what the V stood for...

The V1 was the cruise
The V2 was the ballistic

My question:

Which German Tank was the first to incorporate design elements from the Soviet T-34?
 
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Wingate1217 said:
Wolf's Lair???
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That is correct. "Wolfsschanze" or Wolf's Lair...It was located in East Prussia which is now part of modern day Poland...

MightbeaBuck said:
Been awhile since I read this stuff, but my best guess is Poland. It was his (maybe Eastern?, maybe Northern?) Headquarters. It wasn't a bunker, and he wasn't in a bunker at the time. The place may have had a name, but I don't remember reading it.
The dude that planted the bomb had only one hand - or maybe missing part of his hand.
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The word "bunker" can be debated, since the building where the assassination attempt occurred was "only partially constructed of reinforced concrete", but it was a bunker complex none the less...

Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was the one handed officer who planted the bomb. He had lost one hand, one eye and fingers from the other hand fighting in Africa...

This is a grim reminder of the thousands of Nazi slave workers who perished whilst building these bunkers, an enormous complex which covers an area of 2.5km. This was Adolf Hitler's main headquarters between September 1941 and September 1944. Hitler spent most of his days here, except for short visits to Berlin and Berchtesgaden. These concrete bunkers, with their 6 m thick walls were built by the dreaded Todt Organisation who's supervisors were notorious for their ill treatment of prisoners. During the German retreat in January 1945, they attempted to blow up the building, despite this there is still much to be seen today.
A twenty minute walk through dense woodland, which was well camouflaged with netting, making it invisible from the air, leads one to Führer Bunker No. 13, Hitler's personal quarters. Nearby is a plaque marking the spot where Hitler was nearly assassinated on July 20, 1944 by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (1907-1944).
The surface building where Hitler was nearly killed was only partially constructed of reinforced concrete, so that the full effect of the blast was diffused and Hitler survived.
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MightbeaBuck said:
My question:
Speaking of the V-rockets, which one was the obvious ancestor to the cruise missle? (such as the Tomahawk.)
And which was the obvious ancestor to the intercontenentl ballastic missle? (and therefore, our space rockets?)

Bonus - what did the "V" stand for? (in English)
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The V1 would be the closest to the Tomahawk, excepting that the propulsion system is entirely different. It was a winged cruise missile and a predecessor of the Tomahawk.

The V2 was an early ballistic missile and would be the predecessor of inter-continental ballistic missiles of today.

The V stood for "Vergeltungswaffe" - "Vengeance" or "Reprisal" in english...

I looked up the spelling for the German word because I had no chance of even coming close to spelling it correctly...:biggrin:
 
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