WW2 Trivia - Page 26

Papashah41 · September 18th, 2008

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Originally Posted by MontyB

Ok something easy, who commanded the Russian Central Front during that battle of Kursk.

I hope I'm not mistaken, but I believe the answer is General Konstantin Rokossovsky.

MontyB · September 18th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Papashah41

I hope I'm not mistaken, but I believe the answer is General Konstantin Rokossovsky.

Indeed it was.

Mayser · January 30th, 2009

since there hasent been a post since september ill start this thing off again....

Question:
Name the Sniper who registered over 300 kills and name the award that person earned in the soviet union.And lastly, there was a song written about them, who was the singer??

Hint...they were in the soviet union of the war....

03USMC · January 30th, 2009

Major Lyudmila Pavlichenko 307 confirmed. Hero of the Soviet Union also awarded a scoped rifle by Winchester Model 70.

Woody Guthrie wrote the song.

Mayser · January 30th, 2009

so not cool...but yes thats correct, on the award part, i was looking for the medal/award... sry didnt specify well enough...but ill still give it to u

03USMC · January 30th, 2009

Gold Star= Hero of the Soviet Union

Mayser · February 9th, 2009

u know it! take it away

48th highlanders · June 5th, 2009

Who were the "cockleshell heros " and what did they do ?

Jim B. Toronto.

BritinBritain · June 6th, 2009

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Originally Posted by 48th highlanders

Who were the "cockleshell heros " and what did they do ?

Jim B. Toronto.

The Cockleshell Heroes were Royal Marine Commandos. These men got their nickname as the canoes they were to use were nicknamed ‘cockles’. After months of training, they were ready to set-off for their target – except that none of them knew what their target was. This was only made known to them once the submarine HMS Tuna had surfaced off of the French coast.

Their target was the harbour in Bordeaux. They succeeded in sinking one ship and severely damaging four others and doing enough damage to greatly disrupt the use of the harbour for months to come. Such was the significance of the raid, that Winston Churchill said that it helped to shorten to World War Two by six months.

2 of the 12 commando's had to cancel the operation because of damage to their boat, of the other 10 only 2 made it back to UK alive.

48th highlanders · June 6th, 2009

britinafrica :

A great example of a "small unit action " that had a result far beyond what most people would expect from 10 men in folbots. A classic RM attack , still taught to current day RM recruits, as a part of their history ,

That brings me to this one...........How long in weeks is the RM basic training course for new recruits ?

Jim b. Toronto.

January 30th, 2009
Mayser	since there hasent been a post since september ill start this thing off again.... Question: Name the Sniper who registered over 300 kills and name the award that person earned in the soviet union.And lastly, there was a song written about them, who was the singer?? Hint...they were in the soviet union of the war....

January 30th, 2009
03USMC	Major Lyudmila Pavlichenko 307 confirmed. Hero of the Soviet Union also awarded a scoped rifle by Winchester Model 70. Woody Guthrie wrote the song.

June 5th, 2009
48th highlanders	Who were the "cockleshell heros " and what did they do ? Jim B. Toronto.

June 6th, 2009
48th highlanders	britinafrica : A great example of a "small unit action " that had a result far beyond what most people would expect from 10 men in folbots. A classic RM attack , still taught to current day RM recruits, as a part of their history , That brings me to this one...........How long in weeks is the RM basic training course for new recruits ? Jim b. Toronto.