WWII Quiz

Not so much a secret weapon as new tactics did the trick.
However, the Maginot Line had two major failings – it was obviously not mobile and it assumed that the Ardennes was impenetrable. Any attack that could get around it would leave it floundering like a beached whale. Blitzkrieg was the means by which Germany simply went around the whole Line. By doing this, the Maginot Line was isolated and the plan that soldiers in the Line could assist the mobilised French troops was a non-starter. The speed with which Germany attacked France and Belgium in May 1940, completely isolated all the forts. The German attack was code-named “cut-of-the-sickle” (Sichlschnitt) – an appropriate name for the attack.
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source: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/maginot_line.htm
 
Tactic: Blitz krieg (Combining fast moving armour with aircraft )
Secret weapon :stuka dive bomber
Where: the ardenen (same region as the battle of the bulge)

And yes this is a stab in the dark :-o



P.s. I have been reading the thread
 
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Istealfreefood: no
Jan-Willem: no
Zander: no

Clue time. The secret weapon was used in a place in Belgium, but the objective was France. The Belgians had a powerful defensive line in position as well....

Dean.
 
You have the place, but now you need to spell it right (can't help it, I'm an English Teacher!) and tell me what secret weapon was used during the attack.
Dean.
 
@Eben-Emael

paratroopers?
gliders?
or
hollow charges

they were all used for first time I believe there!

EDIT Its not an English place its in Belgium ;-)
 
Yes Reiben you finally got it. I did know that it is in Belgium, but seeing as I am married to a French speaking woman, and that we are both teachers, spelling of place names is something I really try to get right.

Now paratroopers and gliders, strictly speaking, are not weapons, but the shaped, or hollow charges are. They allowed a the small force that landed on the roof of the fortress to quickly and efficiently destroy the heavily armoured machinegun emplacements that were there. The next day, the paratroopers were reinforced, and the fort fell. So congrats to you Reiben, and try to stump us again.

Dean.
 
My question is in two parts:
1, What was the name of 78th British Army Division in WW2?
(ie Highland)
2, What units formed the 11th Infantry Brigade of 78th Division?

I expect Dean will have the answer witihn an hour, but who knows!
 
Of course I do (he said with a snide smile while googleing it!) It was known as the Battleaxe Division, and the 11th Brigade consisted of the
2nd Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers, the 1st Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment and the 5th Battalion, and the Northamptonshire Regiment.

And no, I don't know everything, but I am really really good with search terms.

Dean.

Oh, and BTW, Yahoo is generally better with these types of searches.
 
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What was the proper name of the German SS division known as "the Deaths Head" and who was its original commander and also played a major part in its creation?
 
Strongbow, could you please read the rules of the quiz back on page 1?
If you wish to participate, by all means do so, but in order to ask a question, you must first answer one. BTW, keep the question in case you get a shot.

thanks.

Dean.
 
Not a doozie, but a good one, thinks I. June 6th, 1944. The largest amphibious assault ever. Armies of three different countries hit the beaches of Normandy against fanatical resistance from the German Army. None of the Allied formations made it to thier initial objectives for the first day. So the question is, who got farthest, and where did they do so?

Dean.
 
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