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re: WWII trivia thread
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:08 pm to Harry Morgan
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:08 pm to Harry Morgan
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Jimmy Stewart flew 20 combat missions over Europe during World War II. He flew as a B-24 Liberator pilot, including several missions to heavily fortified targets. His wartime service also earned him various decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm.
He learned to fly before the war but at 6-4, 135 lbs was rejected by the army air corps. He served as a civilian flight instructor until he gained enough weight to pass the physical.
His roles after the war tended to be darker than his prewar films.
Re Clark Gable: There was a substantial reward for his capture. Hitler really wanted him as a prisoner.
This post was edited on 6/15/25 at 8:29 pm
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Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:10 pm to ReeseBobby
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800000 women fought on the eastern front for the USSR. Many of those women served with great distinction as snipers, pilots, and even tank commanders
Night Witches
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:11 pm to Jim Rockford
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The 76mm "firefly"Shermans had a higher velocity gun thus was better in the antitank role but couldn't fire HE or smoke shells so were virtually useless in infantry support. Commanders tried to have a mix of both types, which greatly complicated logistics.
The “Friefly” Sherman’s were British. They mounted the 76.2 mm “17 ponder” British antitank gun. The Brits would put a couple of them in their tank squadrons to handle panzers while the other tanks provided infantry support. In addition to the British, other Allied counties like Poland, Canada, New Zeland, and South Africa used the Firefly extensively. As for the US, we had a small handful.
The British also modified American-made M10 tank destroyers by removing the 3” gun and replacing it with their 17 pounder. They called these the M10 Achilles.
The British 17 pounder was the best anti-tank gun the Allies had until very late in the war when the US introduced the 90mm armed M36 tank destroyer and M26 heavy tank.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:13 pm to Jim Rockford
The Army 8th Air Force lost more men than the entire United States Marine Corps.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:16 pm to TigerRoyale
The Army 8th Air Force lost more men than the entire United States Marine Corps.
True the mighty 8th Museum in Savannah Ga is a MUST visit. Not NO WW2 but still awesome
True the mighty 8th Museum in Savannah Ga is a MUST visit. Not NO WW2 but still awesome
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:24 pm to Jim Rockford
The first U.S. general killed in WWII was Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, III, great grandson of the Confederate general.
The highest ranking U.S. general killed by enemy fire in WWII was Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. Son of the Confederate general.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton was the grandson of Confederate Col. George Patton who was killed at Winchester, Virginia, in 1864.
The highest ranking U.S. general killed by enemy fire in WWII was Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. Son of the Confederate general.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton was the grandson of Confederate Col. George Patton who was killed at Winchester, Virginia, in 1864.
This post was edited on 6/15/25 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:26 pm to Jim Rockford
Edward O'Hare was a Chicago lawyer who represented Al Capone and turned states evidence, helping convict Capone for tax evasion. He was assassinated in 1939, but not before seeing his son Butch graduate from the Naval Academy, an appointment Butch allegedly received as a quid pro quo for his father's cooperation.
On February 20, 1942, Butch O'Hare singlehandedly took on 9 Japanese bombers attacking the USS Lexington. He shot down five of them, saving the Lexington, becoming the Navy's first ace of the war, and earning the Medal of Honor.
On February 20, 1942, Butch O'Hare singlehandedly took on 9 Japanese bombers attacking the USS Lexington. He shot down five of them, saving the Lexington, becoming the Navy's first ace of the war, and earning the Medal of Honor.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:27 pm to TigerRoyale
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The Army 8th Air Force lost more men than the entire United States Marine Corps.
The 8th Air Force had a higher casualty rate than any Marine Division or Army Infantry Division in any theater of the war.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:32 pm to TheHarahanian
Mine as well.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:41 pm to Jim Rockford
And had an airport named after him.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:42 pm to Jim Rockford
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Butch O'Hare
You forgot to add that the Chicago international airport is named in his honor.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 8:55 pm to secfballfan
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Ever watch the Louisiana WWII high school trivia challenge? Questions are INSANE, kids are brilliant who win this thing-think it is same HS every year.
Would like to see this. Got a link? TIA
Posted on 6/15/25 at 9:07 pm to Jim Rockford
Emperor Hirohito delivered the announcent of Japan's surrender to the public over radio broadcast. However the speech wasn't understood by the public because the emperor used formal, archaic Japanese. It was also confusing the public that they were hearing the emperor speak at all (it was his first time making a radio broadcast) with shitty radio reception. They had to have local officials and media explain the speech’s meaning for everyone to grasp that Japan had surrendered after the pre-recorded speech played.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 9:15 pm to Jim Rockford
July 18th, 1944 - 8 USO field shows landed at Normandy.
1 canister of film for V mail equaled 150 bags of regular mail.
1 canister of film for V mail equaled 150 bags of regular mail.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 9:33 pm to BFIV
The last major German offensive on the Eastern Front, code named Operation Zitadelle, better known as the Battle of Kursk, has for decades been widely considered the largest tank battle of World War II. But this isn’t actually true. The myth of the Battle of Kursk was started by this guy….
That’s General Pavel Alexeyevich Rotmistrov. He commanded the Soviet 5th Guard Tank Army during the battle. His tank army was tasked with counterattacking the II SS Panzer Corps. This counter attack is now known as the Battle of Prokhorovka. During this battle, the 5th Guard Tank Army took horrendous losses, particularly in its tank brigades. After the battle, to make his losses not look so bad, General Rotmistrov grossly over stated the numbers of German panzers from II SS Panzer Corps involved in the battle. The II SS took fewer than 300 panzers into this battle. Even counting vehicles like StuGs and SPW’s the II SS Panzer Corps had under 1,000 vehicles. But Rotmistrov, in his after-action reports overstated German vehicle numbers but over 5 times, thus making the Battle of Prokorovka the “largest” tank battle in history.
The actual title holder of “largest” tank battle of WWII, was the Battle of Brody, fought in the opening weeks of Operation Barbarossa, the initial German invasion of the Soviet Union. Fought between June 23 to the 30th in 1941, the Soviet Southwest front, counterattacked with 3 mechanized corps against the German 1st Panzer group, made up of 3 Panzer Corps. The result of the battle was an unmitigated disaster for the Red Army. All three mechanized corps the Soviets hurled against the 1st Panzer Group were virtually wiped out for no appreciable gain. The disaster was so bad the Stavka (Soviet high command) suppressed the extent of Soviet losses for years after the war. But, as far as sheer numbers of armored vehicles involved, the Battle of Brody in June 1941, eclipses the Battle of Prokorovka in July 1943 many times over.
Prokorovka: 910 AFVs
Brody: 4,250 AFVs.
(AFV stands for Armored Fighting Vehicle)
That’s General Pavel Alexeyevich Rotmistrov. He commanded the Soviet 5th Guard Tank Army during the battle. His tank army was tasked with counterattacking the II SS Panzer Corps. This counter attack is now known as the Battle of Prokhorovka. During this battle, the 5th Guard Tank Army took horrendous losses, particularly in its tank brigades. After the battle, to make his losses not look so bad, General Rotmistrov grossly over stated the numbers of German panzers from II SS Panzer Corps involved in the battle. The II SS took fewer than 300 panzers into this battle. Even counting vehicles like StuGs and SPW’s the II SS Panzer Corps had under 1,000 vehicles. But Rotmistrov, in his after-action reports overstated German vehicle numbers but over 5 times, thus making the Battle of Prokorovka the “largest” tank battle in history.
The actual title holder of “largest” tank battle of WWII, was the Battle of Brody, fought in the opening weeks of Operation Barbarossa, the initial German invasion of the Soviet Union. Fought between June 23 to the 30th in 1941, the Soviet Southwest front, counterattacked with 3 mechanized corps against the German 1st Panzer group, made up of 3 Panzer Corps. The result of the battle was an unmitigated disaster for the Red Army. All three mechanized corps the Soviets hurled against the 1st Panzer Group were virtually wiped out for no appreciable gain. The disaster was so bad the Stavka (Soviet high command) suppressed the extent of Soviet losses for years after the war. But, as far as sheer numbers of armored vehicles involved, the Battle of Brody in June 1941, eclipses the Battle of Prokorovka in July 1943 many times over.
Prokorovka: 910 AFVs
Brody: 4,250 AFVs.
(AFV stands for Armored Fighting Vehicle)
This post was edited on 6/15/25 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 6/15/25 at 10:42 pm to Darth_Vader
Jimmy Stewart Bomber Pilot is an interesting book.
His closest brush with death occurred when an unexploded German 88 mm flak round hit the bottom of his B-24, passed between his feet and went out the top of the fuselage. He had to fly the remainder of the mission with freezing air blasting his feet.
He was pulled off of flying missions for a period of time. He eventually went back to flying combat missions but it was said that he was never mentally the same again.
Years after the war, he returned to England and his bomb group air base.
There is a photo of Stewart standing alone on the airfield staring down the runway.
His closest brush with death occurred when an unexploded German 88 mm flak round hit the bottom of his B-24, passed between his feet and went out the top of the fuselage. He had to fly the remainder of the mission with freezing air blasting his feet.
He was pulled off of flying missions for a period of time. He eventually went back to flying combat missions but it was said that he was never mentally the same again.
Years after the war, he returned to England and his bomb group air base.
There is a photo of Stewart standing alone on the airfield staring down the runway.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 10:51 pm to FightinTigersDammit
quote:Great fact. Big Hawkeye fan and been to that stadium several times that bare his namesake.
Nile Kinnick, Iowa football star died in a flight training accident in the Caribbean.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 10:56 pm to TigerRoyale
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The Army 8th Air Force lost more men than the entire United States Marine Corps.
Navy lost a shite ton more dudes than the Marines at Guadalcanal as well.
8th Air Force often get cited as the toughest rig during WWII. That stat actually goes to the US Sub force. Largest percentage of deaths by a wide margin. Only 1% of navy tonnage was subs, but they sank over 80% of all tonnage sunk in the pacific.
Run silent, Run deep.
Posted on 6/16/25 at 4:52 am to auggie
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My Grandpa lost his right thumb.
He could still roll his own Prince Albert cigarettes though.
Your post reminded me of a gif I'd seen of Fatty Arbuckle rolling a cigarette. It's impressive.
This post was edited on 6/16/25 at 4:54 am
Posted on 6/16/25 at 5:41 am to TheGasMan
quote:3 Navy sailors for every 1 Marine killed on the Canal. Those early night fights around Savo island were brutal.
Navy lost a shite ton more dudes than the Marines at Guadalcanal as well
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