Post by Sepp Reinard on Dec 2, 2008 20:15:33 GMT -5
1. What was the operational name for the invasion of Normandy, France in 1944? (one word)
Answer: its one word
2. Perhaps the best kept secret of the war (which wasn't made public until the 1970s) was that the British had a code machine which, along with some brilliant code-breaking skills, allowed the Allies to read most of Germany's diplomatic code as well as some encrypted high-level military communication. The secret was known as Ultra. What was the name of the German encoding machine?
Pianoforte
Enigma
Norden
Labyrinth
3. Operation Torch, in which my father participated, referred to which operation?
The trap set for the Japanese at Midway Island
The building of the Burma Road
The invasion of North Africa
The return to the Philippines
4. The invasion of Sicily by British and American troops in 1943 was known as Operation _______________.
Cricket
Bulldog
Husky
Rugby
5. Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, who had planned the invasion of Pearl Harbor, was shot from the skies less than a year and a half later. The aerial interception was an ambush made possible by US intelligence, whose breaking of the Japanese Naval code and its exploitation was known as __________.
Magic
Red Piano
Venona
Setting Sun
6. To keep the Germans guessing about Allied plans and unit strengths as preparations were made to invade Europe, an intricate deception plan was undertaken that involved fake radio traffic, inflatable tanks, and a host of other tricks. Gen. Patton, who the Germans believed to be the obvious choice to command the ground forces of the invasion, was even paraded about England to show that he was in command of the bogus force that had been created. This operation was ___________.
Pogo
Thrust
Fortitude
Valiant
7. Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941 was called ____________.
Case Red (B)
Barbarossa
Plan Lebensraum (English "Living Space")
Vorsehung (English: "Destiny" or "Providence")
8. In its early stages, Operation Dragoon had been designated Operation Anvil. The former name was perhaps more appropriate, in that the real "hammer" was being swung north of its objective. Anvil, and later Dragoon, was the invasion of _______?
The Salerno Beachhead
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Southern France
9. 15 June 1944: B-29 bombers dropped the first American ordnance on Japan since Doolittle's raid two years earlier. When the bombs were away, the codeword for success was sent out from the bomb group. It was_________?
Climb Mt. Fuji
Betty, Betty, Betty
Remember Bataan
Enola Gay, All the Way
10. When the A-bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, the US was engaged in planning for what would certainly be the costliest battle of the war (for both attacker and defender): the invasion of the Japanese home islands. When Japan capitulated after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the invasion plan lost its raison d'etre. Operation _______, had it been necessary, would have killed millions upon millions, including US boys shipped in after having defeated Hitler.
Spectre
Cave/Fire (Cave= aerial assault; Fire, the landings)
Olympic
Pearl Necklace
11. What was the "Gooney Bird"?
B-29 Superfortress
PBY Catalina (Landed and took off at sea)
B-17 Flying Fortress
C-47 Dakota Transport
12. Who or what was "Bouncing Betty"?
A German mine that exploded above ground
A Sicilian prostitute shot as a German spy
A British bomb that skimmed across water to destoy dams
A female German-American propaganda broadcaster
13. "Ike" was in command of SHAEF. This acronym stood for what?
Answer: its five words
14. Operation Cobra referred to what?
The Allied breakout from the Normandy area
The building of the airfield on Tinian from which the A-bomb was delivered
The British attempt at relieving Greece
The failed attempt on Hitler's life in 1944
15. Replacement Depots in the European Theater of Operations were known to troops as __________.
Meat Markets
Repple-Depples
New Useless Guy (NUG) Factories
Camp Disney
16. A drug used for "battle fatigue" cases at convalescent hospitals was thought to get combat soldiers over their fear of battle by causing them dream flashbacks to the front. There success rate was meager, at best. These pills were known to troops as a variation of the name of one of the best weapons the Germans fielded in the war. What were they?
Panzer Poppers
Blue .88s
Stuka Shriekers
Potato Skull Mashers
17. Churchill was fond of the idea of attacking the "soft underbelly" of Axis-controlled Europe. When this was undertaken, one American general-- seeing the bloody fighting in this country--instead found it "a tough old gut."
Greece
Austria
Yugoslavia
Italy
18. The first enemy ground troops faced by American soldiers outside the Pacific were referred to by this epithet.
Krauts
The Hun
Spaghetti Soldiers
Frogs
19. The MF in REMF is an obscenity still in common use. What did the RE stand for?
Rear Echelon
Routine Evacuee
Restricted Engagement
Reserve Enlisted
20. A G.I. party referred to the following activity. Its use was still current when I was a cold-war soldier.
An mandatory, organized clean-up, particularly of a latrine area
A roving band of inebriated soldiers looking for a fight with sailors or marines
The beating (w/ soap bars in socks) of a soldier whose misdeeds brought collective punishment
Surprise P.T. the morning after a unit had a drinking bout
Answer: its one word
2. Perhaps the best kept secret of the war (which wasn't made public until the 1970s) was that the British had a code machine which, along with some brilliant code-breaking skills, allowed the Allies to read most of Germany's diplomatic code as well as some encrypted high-level military communication. The secret was known as Ultra. What was the name of the German encoding machine?
Pianoforte
Enigma
Norden
Labyrinth
3. Operation Torch, in which my father participated, referred to which operation?
The trap set for the Japanese at Midway Island
The building of the Burma Road
The invasion of North Africa
The return to the Philippines
4. The invasion of Sicily by British and American troops in 1943 was known as Operation _______________.
Cricket
Bulldog
Husky
Rugby
5. Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, who had planned the invasion of Pearl Harbor, was shot from the skies less than a year and a half later. The aerial interception was an ambush made possible by US intelligence, whose breaking of the Japanese Naval code and its exploitation was known as __________.
Magic
Red Piano
Venona
Setting Sun
6. To keep the Germans guessing about Allied plans and unit strengths as preparations were made to invade Europe, an intricate deception plan was undertaken that involved fake radio traffic, inflatable tanks, and a host of other tricks. Gen. Patton, who the Germans believed to be the obvious choice to command the ground forces of the invasion, was even paraded about England to show that he was in command of the bogus force that had been created. This operation was ___________.
Pogo
Thrust
Fortitude
Valiant
7. Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941 was called ____________.
Case Red (B)
Barbarossa
Plan Lebensraum (English "Living Space")
Vorsehung (English: "Destiny" or "Providence")
8. In its early stages, Operation Dragoon had been designated Operation Anvil. The former name was perhaps more appropriate, in that the real "hammer" was being swung north of its objective. Anvil, and later Dragoon, was the invasion of _______?
The Salerno Beachhead
Guadalcanal
Iwo Jima
Southern France
9. 15 June 1944: B-29 bombers dropped the first American ordnance on Japan since Doolittle's raid two years earlier. When the bombs were away, the codeword for success was sent out from the bomb group. It was_________?
Climb Mt. Fuji
Betty, Betty, Betty
Remember Bataan
Enola Gay, All the Way
10. When the A-bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, the US was engaged in planning for what would certainly be the costliest battle of the war (for both attacker and defender): the invasion of the Japanese home islands. When Japan capitulated after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the invasion plan lost its raison d'etre. Operation _______, had it been necessary, would have killed millions upon millions, including US boys shipped in after having defeated Hitler.
Spectre
Cave/Fire (Cave= aerial assault; Fire, the landings)
Olympic
Pearl Necklace
11. What was the "Gooney Bird"?
B-29 Superfortress
PBY Catalina (Landed and took off at sea)
B-17 Flying Fortress
C-47 Dakota Transport
12. Who or what was "Bouncing Betty"?
A German mine that exploded above ground
A Sicilian prostitute shot as a German spy
A British bomb that skimmed across water to destoy dams
A female German-American propaganda broadcaster
13. "Ike" was in command of SHAEF. This acronym stood for what?
Answer: its five words
14. Operation Cobra referred to what?
The Allied breakout from the Normandy area
The building of the airfield on Tinian from which the A-bomb was delivered
The British attempt at relieving Greece
The failed attempt on Hitler's life in 1944
15. Replacement Depots in the European Theater of Operations were known to troops as __________.
Meat Markets
Repple-Depples
New Useless Guy (NUG) Factories
Camp Disney
16. A drug used for "battle fatigue" cases at convalescent hospitals was thought to get combat soldiers over their fear of battle by causing them dream flashbacks to the front. There success rate was meager, at best. These pills were known to troops as a variation of the name of one of the best weapons the Germans fielded in the war. What were they?
Panzer Poppers
Blue .88s
Stuka Shriekers
Potato Skull Mashers
17. Churchill was fond of the idea of attacking the "soft underbelly" of Axis-controlled Europe. When this was undertaken, one American general-- seeing the bloody fighting in this country--instead found it "a tough old gut."
Greece
Austria
Yugoslavia
Italy
18. The first enemy ground troops faced by American soldiers outside the Pacific were referred to by this epithet.
Krauts
The Hun
Spaghetti Soldiers
Frogs
19. The MF in REMF is an obscenity still in common use. What did the RE stand for?
Rear Echelon
Routine Evacuee
Restricted Engagement
Reserve Enlisted
20. A G.I. party referred to the following activity. Its use was still current when I was a cold-war soldier.
An mandatory, organized clean-up, particularly of a latrine area
A roving band of inebriated soldiers looking for a fight with sailors or marines
The beating (w/ soap bars in socks) of a soldier whose misdeeds brought collective punishment
Surprise P.T. the morning after a unit had a drinking bout
