These are all positions/hills involved with the actions around Palel (Assam) during the Japanese advance in 1944.
That's correct Steve, those were names given to features in the Shenam Pass I wondered again what names the British had given these hills. Interestingly, they had used mostly Mediterranean names, such as Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, Sardinia, Crete East and Crete West, but there was also a "Penis Peak" and "Knipple Knob." Some others were called "Nippon Hill," "Gurkha Ridge," "Scraggy Hill," "Flat Top Hill," "Pyramid Hill," "Lynch Hill," Garrison Hill," "Slim Peak," and so on. The British indeed had a strange sense of humor. Over to you
Thanks sol, In 1909, Winston Churchill spent a weekend watching important Army manoeuvres. With whom did he share this spectacle?
He watched the Imperial German Army with Kaiser Wilhelm II. Winston Churchill and Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1909, Churchill and the Great Republic (A Library of Congress Interactive Exhibition, Text Version)
Picture question again. What city is this memorial (highlighted in background ) & what battle does it commemorate ? Clue : they were on our side back then & we won.
I think Za Rodinu may have missed out the answer to the first part of the question, i.e. it is Napoleon at the top of the Colonne de la Grande Armée at Boulogne.
Yes, I misread the question so I only have half the question right, but who else could be concerned with La Grande Armée and the Camp de Boulogne? Long John Silver?
A famous WW2 shipwreck which sank in the Red Sea in 1941 is now a popular diving site. What is the name of the ship?
A clue to the above question: the ship lies off Sharm El Sheikh and was sunk in the area of Sha'ab Ali in the Gulf of Suez. She was packed to the gunwales with a cargo of supplies destined for the British fifth army based in Alexandria. Her cargo included armoured Bren-Gun carriers, BSA motorcycles, jeeps, trucks, rolling stock, aeroplane parts, stacks of rifles, radio equipment, munitions, and a plentiful supply of Wellington boots.
