History Quiz

[Said1]

Question:

This major USSR city held out under seige
for over eight months in WW2.

Unfortunately, unlike Leningrad and Stalingrad,
it eventually fell to the Germans.

Sevenstopol (sp)

 

[USViking]

Sevenstopol (sp)

Close enough: "Sevastopol" or "Sebastopol",
on the Crimean peninsula.

Give the lady a cigar!

Next question is yours.

 

[Said1]

Close enough: "Sevastopol" or "Sebastopol",
on the Crimean peninsula.

Give the lady a cigar!

Next question is yours.

Keeping in line with Russia......on the first day of the Nazi invasion, howmany planes did the Russians lose?

 

[USViking]

Keeping in line with Russia......on the first day of the Nazi invasion, howmany planes did the Russians lose?

I'll have to find my copy of Russia at War
by Alexander Werth, a 1000-page tome
by a UK journalist who was in the USSR
for the duration.

If he doesn't have it, then no one has it.

 

[USViking]

I can't find Werth, but this link gives
a figure of 2000 USSR aircraft lost
on 6/22/41:

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/mar-apr/ratley.htm

(from the link)

22 June 1941. At 0340 on that date, the combined air assets of four Luftwaffe air fleets struck a devastating blow to the Red Air Force—a blow from which, in many respects, it has not recovered to this day. The Luftwaffe used 1280 operationally ready combat aircraft for the first series of air strikes in the war against the Soviet Union.2 With these air assets the Luftwaffe destroyed more than 2000 Soviet aircraft on the first day of the campaign in approximately 18 hours of combat...

Someone else please ask a question.

 

[padisha emperor]

Why the battle of Milvius Bridge (Pont Milvius in french) changed the world ?

 

[USViking]

Why the battle of Milvius Bridge (Pont Milvius in french) changed the world ?

Was that the battle in which Constantine won
the Roman Empire, allowing Christianity to win it as well?

 

[Said1]

Was that the battle in which Constantine won
the Roman Empire, allowing Christianity to win it as well?

The Battle of Milvan Bridge.

Next.

Inspired by a dream the night before the battle, what did he do to the soldiers sheilds. Easy one, right?

 

[USViking]

The Battle of Milvan Bridge.

Next.

Inspired by a dream the night before the battle, what did he do to the soldiers sheilds. Easy one, right?

Good question, which I had to look up.

I'll give M. p. emperor a shot at it before
I say anything.

 

[padisha emperor]

in his dream, Constantin heard "In hoc Signo vinces", showing a cross. The its army had shields with cross painted on. And the flags of the Roman were wearing the monogram of the Christ (XP), which flags are called "Labarum".

Go on, viking

 

[Said1]

in his dream, Constantin heard "In hoc Signo vinces", showing a cross. The its army had shields with cross painted on. And the flags of the Roman were wearing the monogram of the Christ (XP), which flags are called "Labarum".

Go on, viking

Go ahead. Ask something about Napoleon. Something like "how tall was he?" You know, easy.

 

[USViking]

Go ahead. Ask something about Napoleon. Something like "how tall was he?" You know, easy.

Question:
What was Napoleon's class rank (out of 58 students)
at the Ecole Militaire?

Easy enough?

 

[Said1]

Question:
What was Napoleon's class rank (out of 58 students)
at the Ecole Militaire?

Easy enough?

Damn, I know this one too! Maybe it'll come to me later.

 

[USViking]

Damn, I know this one too! Maybe it'll come to me later.

Heh heh- I knew his rank was quite low,
but I confess to having to google to
find out exactly how low.

This should be a good one for M. emperor.

 

[Said1]

Heh heh- I knew his rank was quite low,
but I confess to having to google to
find out exactly how low.

This should be a good one for M. emperor.

I googled too. Was surprised, thought it was a bit higher. Oh well, street smarts. :cof:

 

[Kagom]

Japan would've surrendered in World War II if what country had declared war on it?

 

[Said1]

Japan would've surrendered in World War II if what country had declared war on it?

You have to answer the previous queston.

Japan did surrender. Do you mean prior to this?

 

[Kagom]

You have to answer the previous queston.

Japan did surrender. Do you mean prior to this?

Oh, didn't know that a question had been asked. >.> My bad!

Actually, prior to their surrender. They said they would surrender if Russia had declared war on them.

 

[USViking]

Question:
What was Napoleon's class rank (out of 58 students)
at the Ecole Militaire?

Easy enough?

Answer:

42nd

Question, anyone?

 

[padisha emperor]

How did the 30 Years War begin ? (an amazing and quite funny act )