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BuckeyeRyn said:
There were 5 brothers and the ship was the Juneau (at least I think that is how it is spelled.)
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Good job.

Another question for somebody...

The strategic importance of capturing Guadalcanal was an unfinished Japanese airfield. When the Marines captured the airfield, it was completed and renamed.

Who was the airfield named after and what was the name given to the captured airfield?
 
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Saw31 said:
Good job.

Another question for somebody...

The strategic importance of capturing Guadalcanal was an unfinished Japanese airfield. When the Marines captured the airfield, it was completed and renamed.

Who was the airfield named after and what was the name given to the captured airfield?
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It was named after Henderson a Marine pilot killed in the Battle of Midway, so I think it was called Henderson Field and the air force that flew there was called the Cactus air force.
 
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Zeta16 said:
What was the name of the main Japanese navy fighter during the war?
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I suspect that this brought Zero to mind for many including me (Mitubishi A6M) - but the Mitsubishi A5M (aka "Claude") also had a pretty long duration of use.

I'm drawing a blank, so I'm settling on the Zero.

If I am correct that it is the Zero (Reisen) then the folow-up question becomes --

What was the nickname the British gave to the V1?
 
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Juneau how it is spelled?
Zeta16 said:
What was the name of the main Japanese navy fighter during the war?
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The Allied nickname was Zero, or often-enough, chopped to Zeke. Or, as sandgk said: mitusbishiguowajingleheimerschmit.
sandgk said:
What was the nickname the British gave to the V1?
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This has been said in here, so is probably wrong, but my guess would be: BuzzBomb.

And as a question:
What was the biggest Battleship used in WWII? (and therefore, ever?)
 
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Saw31 said:
The Pershing???
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Yep, the M-26 (originally T26).

It was also the basis for the later M-48 & M-60 series tanks.

MightbeaBuck said:
And as a question:
What was the biggest Battleship used in WWII? (and therefore, ever?)
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The Yamamoto.

She was even larger than the U.S.'s proposed Montana class of BBs.


Who was the female to be awarded Germany's Iron Cross?
 
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MightbeaBuck said:
Juneau how it is spelled?
The Allied nickname was Zero, or often-enough, chopped to Zeke. Or, as sandgk said: mitusbishiguowajingleheimerschmit.
This has been said in here, so is probably wrong, but my guess would be: BuzzBomb.

And as a question:
What was the biggest Battleship used in WWII? (and therefore, ever?)
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Buzz-bomb was not what I was going for.

But - it is a generally accepted nickname for the V1. So ya gets the points :biggrin:

What they were also called were Doodlebugs - which is for similar reasons to the asserted attribution for the Buzz-bomb, i.e. because of the sound of the weapon in flight. Though, those I know (or knew, most have passed on) that were there always called them doodlebugs because of the way they sounded, those calling them buzz-bombs were more often talking about the cruise missile manner in which they would progress overhead, till they ran out of fuel and plummeted to their eventual and completely random target.

Muck - there were 39 women awarded the Iron Cross - would you settle for me getting the points if I know the youngest person that received the award?

12-year old Jungvolk-Zugführer Alfred Zeck from Goldenau in March of 1945.

The most famous of the two women to win the First Class of the Iron Cross was Hanna Reitsch (a test pilot), is this who were you thinking of BTW?
 
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In case Muck accepts my anwers on Iron Crosses (and I think he will) :biggrin:

Here is a good little puzzler.

One of the ships that survived Pearl Harbor was called The Phoenix (pretty appropriate really).

Who sank her?

Where? When?

And under what flag was she flying at that moment?

(Hint - Think tibor :tongue2:)
 
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sandgk said:
The most famous of the two women to win the First Class of the Iron Cross was Hanna Reitsch (a test pilot), is this who were you thinking of BTW?
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Actually yeah except I meant "first" not "only".

sandgk said:
In case Muck accepts my anwers on Iron Crosses (and I think he will) :biggrin:

Here is a good little puzzler.

One of the ships that survived Pearl Harbor was called The Phoenix (pretty appropriate really).

Who sank her?

Where? When?

And under what flag was she flying at that moment?

(Hint - Think tibor :tongue2:)
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Sold to the Argentine's and reflagged as the General Belgrano.

She was sank by a Brit submarine during the Falklands war...also making her the first ship in combat to be sunk by a nuclear powered sub.
 
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Muck said:
What was the biggest Battleship used in WWII?

The Yamamoto.

She was even larger than the U.S.'s proposed Montana class of BBs.
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Correct. She was Japan's flagship for any battle she was in. I knew the Yamamoto had sister ships, and was going to ask their names. I would have had to cheat (google) to know the answer myself. I do remember reading that they used the largest camouflage net ever to build one of them.
 
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No open questions?

Here's one...

What was the name of the 1300 year old Benedictine Monastery that was determined, by the Allies, had to be bombed and captured to open the road to Rome and who gave the Catholic Church's "permission" to bomb the Monastery?
 
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