World War 2 Trivia

[mikewint]

The two Rommel and Monty had almost the same nickname. Rommel refered to Monty as "the Fox"

 

[redcoat]

The two Rommel and Monty had almost the same nickname. Rommel refered to Monty as "the Fox"

Well done, you are correct.
Your turn.

 

[mikewint]

Thanks, In 1935 a British engineer was working on a "Death Ray". Who and what developed?

 

[Airframes]

Watson Watt - RDF / A.I., later known as RADAR, using the American term.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

You beat me to it Terry, way to go!

 

[Rogi]

Thanks, In 1935 a British engineer was working on a "Death Ray". Who and what developed?

Tesla invented the death ray :O Along with a couple other things other inventors have borrowed as their own

 

[mikewint]

Tesla, if you believe such, but he were not British so Terry, you got it, was too simple for you. So Tally Ho my friend!

 

[Airframes]

Well, he was a scientist really, more than an engineer.
OK, this one shouldn't be too difficult; 'Rupert' was the code name for what, in WW2 ?

 

[buffnut453]

Weren't Ruperts the exploding dummy parachutists used during Market Garden?

 

[Airframes]

Very close, but not quite correct.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Code name for British expedition to Narvik, April, 1940.

 

[Airframes]

Nope.

 

[redcoat]

Well, he was a scientist really, more than an engineer.
OK, this one shouldn't be too difficult; 'Rupert' was the code name for what, in WW2 ?

It was the codename given to one of the JEDBURGH teams sent to France for D-Day, to help organize the resistance support for the operation.

 

[tyrodtom]

The small dummy parachutists were used over the Normandy invasion, not Market Garden.
Or I'm not aware that they used them again during Market Garden.

I didn't know they were code named Ruperts though.

 

[Airframes]

Tyrod has it.
They were used as a diversion, during the British airborne night drops during Overlord. I am not aware of their use during Market Garden and, the latter being a daylight op, they would not have been much use.

 

[yulzari]

Rupert is still the term used by the rude and licentious when referring to any junior officer in the British army.

I recall one bumptious young prig who found troops whistling the tune 'Rupert the Bear' everywhere he went. He complained about this to his company commander who told him to 'earn their respect, not demand it'. He turned out to be quite good in the end.

 

[buffnut453]

Tyrod has it.
They were used as a diversion, during the British airborne night drops during Overlord. I am not aware of their use during Market Garden and, the latter being a daylight op, they would not have been much use.

Getting my movies mixed up! Ah well, I was close...

 

[Airframes]

Rupert is still the term used by the rude and licentious when referring to any junior officer in the British army.

I recall one bumptious young prig who found troops whistling the tune 'Rupert the Bear' everywhere he went. He complained about this to his company commander who told him to 'earn their respect, not demand it'. He turned out to be quite good in the end.

Yes. There are 'Ruperts', and then there are 'Rodneys' .....................

 

[Njaco]

Shall we try this again?

Who was the first war-related American female casualty of World War II?

 

[Lucky13]

Innocence?