Correct Monty

What a tragedy this ship wasn't saved as a monument to the brave men of the RN in WW1 & WW2. It's astonishing to read the number of engagements it was involved in ranging from Jutland to Normandy. It even refused the breakers yard by breaking free!

Sorry about the double post.

Originally Posted by perseus

Correct Monty

What a tragedy this ship wasn't saved as a monument to the brave men of the RN in WW1 & WW2. It's astonishing to read the number of engagements it was involved in ranging from Jutland to Normandy. It even refused the breakers yard by breaking free!

Sorry about the double post.

Yep it had an amazing career it probably would have made a good monument.


Ok well this should be very easy:
What ship was involved in the capture of the German Enigma machine?

Originally Posted by The Cooler King

The last Cavalry charge in history took place on August 23, 1942, at Izbushensky on the River Don. The Italian Savoia Cavalry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Bettoni, and consisting of 600 mounted Italian troops, charged against 2,000 Soviet troops who had opened a breach between the German 6th Army and the Italian Army. The Italian Lancers destroyed two Soviet Infantry armoured vehicles before being forced to withdraw with slight losses, about thirty-two casualties.

Source: http://members.iinet.net.au/~gduncan/1942.html

Well, look at that:
http://www.chakoten.dk/polryt07.html

Two polish cavalry squadrons from the 1. Samodzielna Warzawska Brygada Kawalerii (1st Warsaw cavalry brigade ) on March 1, 1945, at West Pomerania, commanded by Lieutenant Spisacki and Lieutenant Starak, charged against German troops.

S-33 an American submarine disguised as a U boat !!!!

or was it HMS Bulldog?

Well fair enough the British did get to the moon first.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058100/

Originally Posted by perseus

S-33 an American submarine disguised as a U boat !!!!

or was it HMS Bulldog?

Well fair enough the British did get to the moon first.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058100/

Hehe yes indeed it was HMS Bulldog

What American General requested that bombing runs be conducted parallel to one side of a road rather than perpendicular to it, so his soldiers could remain safe on the other side? He was ignored by the air chiefs resulting in the deaths of many soldiers.

What was the Air forces excuse for not doing this?

What major ground offensive did this precede or support?

Originally Posted by perseus

What American General requested that bombing runs be conducted parallel to one side of a road rather than perpendicular to it, so his soldiers could remain safe on the other side? He was ignored by the air chiefs resulting in the deaths of many soldiers.

What was the Air forces excuse for not doing this?

What major ground offensive did this precede or support?

Well I guess I will start the ball rolling...
My initial guess will be:

General Omar Bradley.
The aircraft were already in the air and couldnt recalled (This one I am less sure about).
Operation COBRA.

Mostly correct Monty, it was Omar Nelson Bradley and operation Cobra. (Hence the clue in the picture competition with the same answer).

However, the air planners said it would take too long for all the planes to get into position for a parallel run. Perhaps the root cause was the attitude of the air force to a foot slogging General.

Perhaps we should leave this forum open for questions

Originally Posted by perseus

Mostly correct Monty, it was Omar Nelson Bradley and operation Cobra. (Hence the clue in the picture competition with the same answer).

However, the air planners said it would take too long for all the planes to get into position for a parallel run. Perhaps the root cause was the attitude of the air force to a foot slogging General.

Yeah the reason was always going to be problem I just couldn't seem to find anything that gave a definitive answer, most sources just said that Bradley demanded answers and left it at that.

Perhaps we should leave this forum open for questions

Works for me.

So it's open for anyone's questions?