General Military History Quiz

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  1. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Let's get it going again .
    Next question open to anyone who can be bothered to set one.
     
  2. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    Ouch. My conscience hurts, as it should.

    Anyway, I will give pose a comparatively easy one.

    In the Little Bighorn campaign, General Custer's troops were guided by scouts from two Indian nations who were hereditary enemies of the Sioux. Which nations were these?
     
  3. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Crow and another that starts with an "A."
     
  4. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    In the interests of keeping this moving, I'll give you that one. The "A" stands for Arikaras, or Rees. Your turn, Slip.
     
  5. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    A general did not burn a certain small town in Alabama after the town doctor met the general's troops outside the town claiming small pox was there. The doctor brought out a young man with bad acne as proof and the soldiers rode on, leaving the location as one the few in their path that they did no burn.

    Name the general.
     
  6. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    James Harrison Wilson?
     
  7. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    That would be it. The small town was Lowndesboro. Many of the buildings he did not burn are still standing.
     
  8. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    British Army now.

    Who were:
    a) The Bull
    b) The Peer
    c) Hunter-Bunter
    d) Mad Mike
    e) The Massing Bird
    f) Rabbit
    g) Plum
    h) Jorrocks
    i) Crasher
    j) Butcher
    k) Sir Reverse
     
  9. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Do you want individual IDs for each one or just an answer ''They were all British Generals' ?
     
  10. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    Best you can do on the ID's for each.
     
  11. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    A rough list for starters:

    a) The Bull - Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby

    2) The Peer - Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

    c) Hunter-Bunter - Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston

    d) Mad Mike - Brigadier James Michael Calvert or Colonel Michael Hoare (neither are Generals)

    e) The Massing Bird - Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (or Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Massingbird-Massingbird, VC, DFC and Bar ... :) )

    f) Rabbit - General Percival

    g) Plum - Field Marshal Herbert Plumer

    h) Jorrocks - Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks

    i) Crasher - Maj-Gen Nichols

    j) Butcher - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris

    k) Sir Reverse - General Sir Redvers Henry Buller

    Edit: Percival
     
  12. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    I was thinking of General Thomas, GOC 43rd Div, for "Butcher," but we'll call this a win. Over to you, Cee.
     
  13. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    Ok, thanks

    Who was the South African officer with the Raiding Support Regiment that was dropped into Southern Greece in 1944 and later wrote a book on his experience? The book is a free download on the internet.

    Either too obscure or too easy not sure ...?
     
  14. RoughEngineeringMadeEasy

    RoughEngineeringMadeEasy Junior Member

    Major Jack Gage, author of Greek Adventure
     
  15. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

  16. RoughEngineeringMadeEasy

    RoughEngineeringMadeEasy Junior Member

    In what way did Luftwaffe bomber crews differ from those of the RAF and US Air Force?
     
  17. Pat Atkins

    Pat Atkins Well-Known Member

    In the RAF and I believe the USAAF the aircraft commander was the pilot - this wasn't so in the Luftwaffe where the observer (I think) was in command.

    If I'm right, my question is: What's the connection between a boar's head and Sussex lambs?
     
  18. RoughEngineeringMadeEasy

    RoughEngineeringMadeEasy Junior Member

    Dead right. Well done.
     
  19. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Paul Reed used to do a talk about Lowther's Lambs & their action at the Boars Head in 1916.
    Here's his webpage about them.
    http://www.battlefields1418.com/boars_head.htm
     
  20. Pat Atkins

    Pat Atkins Well-Known Member

    Spot on! And a good link, to boot. Sorry about the delay...
    Pat
     

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