World War 2 Trivia

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Since I was one of several winners on that last one, here is a question.....

What is the connection between the Doolittle Raid and the John Birch Society?
 
The three countries that I know of that hoisted their flags at half mast was Irelan, Portugal and Spain. Portugal and Spain were somewhat predictable, but the Republic Of Eire was a member of the Commonwealth, and had been somewhat disingenuously dealt with by the Germans. Despite this the Irish leader made a visit to the german embassy 2 May to pass his persoanl condolences....something no other nation thought necessary. Irish volunteers (in and out of uniform had fought on the allied side during the war....as far as is known no Irish nationals fought for the Germans. The Germans had upset the Irish government by attampting to contact the provisional wing of the IRA....the outlawed arm, the terrorist group, to seek support in attacking the british
 
Njaco said:
What is the connection between the Doolittle Raid and the John Birch Society?
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"Doolittle and his crew, after safely parachuting into China, received assistance from Chinese soldiers and civilians as well as John Birch, an American missionary in China... Doolittle subsequently recommended Birch for intelligence work with Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers."

Wiki'd it.
 
Who said this in connection with what?:

"when the other boys ask you what you're doing, just tell them to mind their own (bl***y) business..."
 
Hm, quickly thinking of something! OK, try this (without using Google!) should be easy!
Why was the Bren gun so named, and from which weapon was it derived?
 
Didn't that have something to do with the location of the Czech manufacturer that developed and produced the ZBvz.26 gun and was located in the city of Brno and the fact that Enfield was the location of the Royal Small Arms Factory where the Czech design was developed into the Bren, hence Brno/Enfield.
 

That sounds plausible
 
Jelmer has it exactly.
The ZB design, as the Bren, had to be changed slightly to accommodate British, rimmed .303 inch ammo, which lead to the distinctive curved magazine. The weapon was in service right up until 1958/60 with British forces, when it was replaced by the FN L7 GPMG as the main section support weapon, and fire support weapon in the SF role. However, the Bren was also retained, changed back to the current NATO 7.62mm round, with a straight magazine, and looked more like the original ZB weapon. It was still in service until relatively recently.
 
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