WWII Quiz

Oioi mates, can't you throw in an easy one for someone like me! I am rereading the last couple of posts and it starts to become a little bit creepy! Can someone ask who lost the war? At least I know that one.... :(
 
I also found August 12, which was a raid that hit the airfield at Hawkinge rather than a nearby radar station. So far, I have not found any earlier ones.

Dean.
 
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The first attack on London according to Stephen Bungay in his book, 'The Most Dangerous Enemy, A History Of The Battle Of Britain', was on August the 15th. When Erprobungsgruppe 210, a mixed Bf 109 and Me 110 fighter-bomber unit, instead of bombing the RAF airbase at Kenley, mistakenly bombed the pre-war London Airport in the London suburb of Croyden. The unit was under heavy attack at the time, and a number of bombs fell outside the airfield, hitting some factories including the Bourjois soap and perfume factory. Six RAF airman and sixty-four civilians were killed in this attack.

Due to work commitments, I will be unable to post anything for a few days. So if someone wish's to post a new question they are welcome to do so.
Thank you
 
We hope to see you again soon, Redcoat.

Ok. Early in the war against the Japanese, the US Army is fighting against the Japanese on the Philippines. They are outmanned, outgunned, outmanuvered and out of luck. What was the name of the last place that surrendered to the Japanese and when did they do so?

Dean.
 
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zander_0633 said:
It was on one of the Philipine islands right?
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Hmmmm...

Zander, once again, you impress me with your incredible grasp of the obvious.

Dean.

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Bataan. They surrendered to the Japs on April 9th, 1942 then the death marching has began.
 
Fox said:
Bataan. They surrendered to the Japs on April 9th, 1942 then the death marching has began.
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Nope. In fact, there were a whole pisspot full of people still fighting after that date.

Dean.
 
Find it in "This day in Military History" thread

6 May 1942: All American forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally - U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders all U.S. troops in the Philippines to the Japanese. The island of Corregidor remained the last Allied stronghold in the Philippines after the Japanese victory at Bataan (from which General Wainwright had managed to flee, to Corregidor). Constant artillery shelling and aerial bombardment attacks ate away at the American and Filipino defenders. Although still managing to sink many Japanese barges as they approached the northern shores of the island, the Allied troops could hold the invader off no longer. General Wainwright, only recently promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and commander of the U.S. armed forces in the Philippines, offered to surrender Corregidor to Japanese General Homma, but Homma wanted the complete, unconditional capitulation of all American forces throughout the Philippines. Wainwright had little choice given the odds against him and the poor physical condition of his troops (he had already lost 800 men).
 
tomtom22 said:
6 May 1942: All American forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally - U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders all U.S. troops in the Philippines to the Japanese. The island of Corregidor remained the last Allied stronghold in the Philippines after the Japanese victory at Bataan (from which General Wainwright had managed to flee, to Corregidor). Constant artillery shelling and aerial bombardment attacks ate away at the American and Filipino defenders. Although still managing to sink many Japanese barges as they approached the northern shores of the island, the Allied troops could hold the invader off no longer. General Wainwright, only recently promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and commander of the U.S. armed forces in the Philippines, offered to surrender Corregidor to Japanese General Homma, but Homma wanted the complete, unconditional capitulation of all American forces throughout the Philippines. Wainwright had little choice given the odds against him and the poor physical condition of his troops (he had already lost 800 men).
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Not bad... but not right. There was another general and other formations which refused to honour General Wainwright's surrender order. There was some logic to their position as well, due to the fact that General Wainwright had granted him full freedom of movement some time before the 6th of May. The date that organized resistance ended was more than a month later.

Dean.
 
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Ok, then, a clue. This General refused to surrender as General Wainwright had given him freedom of movement. As such, he fell under the chain of cammand of General MacArthur, who had previously ordered that none of his subordinates were to surrender if they were still able to resist. This General was able to resist, in fact, he know that many of his units were supplied and ready fight a gurerilla war indefinitely. He surrendered only when Congress rescinded the fight until you can resist no longer order and also when he found out that the Japanese were ready to kill all of the men taken on Corregidor.

Dean.
 
10 May 1942: General William Sharp, commanding the Central Philippines orders the surrender of the remaining US and Filipino forces to the Japanese, thus ending resistance throughout the whole of the Philippines.
 
tomtom22 said:
10 May 1942: General William Sharp, commanding the Central Philippines orders the surrender of the remaining US and Filipino forces to the Japanese, thus ending resistance throughout the whole of the Philippines.
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You're getting closer!!!

You have half the answer in that it was indeed General Sharp who ordered the surrender. However, once again, many formations did not believe the order, which is why I asked the second part of the question. Where and when was the last place to surrender? The date will surprise you.

Dean.
 
Wainwright tried to limit the surrender to his forces on Corregidor, but Homma insisted that surrender include all U.S. forces in the islands. Convinced that the lives of the 11,000 men left on Corregidor would be unusually endangered, Wainwright finally capitulated. On 8 May he sent a message to General Sharp, commander of the Visayan-Mindanao Force, ordering him to surrender. Sharp complied and in turn ordered his scattered forces, then preparing to fight on as guerrillas, to surrender. Some units refused at first to comply, but one by one they followed orders. Many individuals, however, escaped to carry on the fight as guerrillas. By 9 June, almost all commands had surrendered.
source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/pi/pi.htm
 
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