History Quiz

[USViking]

The greatest world's submarine (at least until the japanese series 400), sunk by an american cargo while he was on surface, all lights out, and going to the fight, in the Caraibean sea. More than 100 people died.

U-WXYZ?

 

[padisha emperor]

No...

It's a famous submarine.
And its history is quite unsusual.
Hint : when he was sunk by the US navy, he was sailing to the pacific to fight the Japanese...........(no mistake here)

 

[padisha emperor]

Well, it was the submarine Surcouf, a french submarine taken by the Free french Forces after the defeat of 1940, to follow the fight against the Nazi Germany and after the Japanese Empire.
he was going to protect Polynesia (Tahiti) when the US cargo Thomson Lykes sunk it - a mistake, but a tragic mistake, it cost more than 100 men - while the submarine was saling in surface all lights out.

It was the greatest submarine ever made at this time.





Q : Very famous french regiment, the most distinguished Regiment of France.
Created at the beginning of the WWI, he got 18 citations at the order of the Army, and got the Légion d'Honneur (highest french decoration), the War Cross 1914-1918 with 10 palmes, the War Cross 1939-1945 with 2 palmes, the War Cross of the Extern operation Theatre (TOE) with 5 palmes, the portuguese War Cross of the Tower and the Sword, and the blue tie of the US Distinguished Unit (with the mention "Rosenau 1944")

This regiment was the first allied unit joining the Rhine in Rosenau.
His anthem is " He came back immortal from the Great Battle " - Verdun
On his flag are the name of 10 great battles fought by it :
La Marne 1914, Verdun-Douaumont 1917, La Malmaison 1918, Plessis-de-Roye 1918, L’Aisne-l’Ailette 1918, Champagne 1918, Argonne 1918, Maroc 1925-1926, Toulon 1944, Delle 1944, Kehl 1945, Indochine 1945-1954

What is the name of this regiment, still in activity now ?

 

[padisha emperor]

It was the RICM (Regiment d'Infaterie Coloniale du Maroc - Morocco colonial infantry regiment), named in 1958 Regiment d'Infanterie de Chars de Marine (Navy tank infantry regiment).

Q :

Which Athenian Demagogian lead the distastre of Syracuse ? (large defeat of the Athenians against Syracuse, colony of Sparta)

 

[USViking]

It was the RICM (Regiment d'Infaterie Coloniale du Maroc - Morocco colonial infantry regiment), named in 1958 Regiment d'Infanterie de Chars de Marine (Navy tank infantry regiment).

Q :

Which Athenian Demagogian lead the distastre of Syracuse ? (large defeat of the Athenians against Syracuse, colony of Sparta)

I think Nicias was in command, with Demosthenes
in second.

Alcibiades was originally to have led the expedition.
He was blamed for a desecration of idols which took
place on the eve of departure, and forced into exile.

 

[USViking]

I think Nicias was in command, with Demosthenes
in second.

Alcibiades was originally to have led the expedition.
He was blamed for a desecration of idols which took
place on the eve of departure, and forced into exile.

Per google I erred here: Alcibiades was not relieved
of command until after the expedition was under way.
Nicias then assumed command.

 

[padisha emperor]

Well, it was Alcibiades, the one at the origine of this expedition.

Go on, USV

 

[USViking]

Question:

For many years he was Naploeon's chief secretary.

Napoleon once commented he would be immortally
famous because of this, and he replied:

"But sire, who was Alexander the Great's secretary?"

Later given administrative jobs, he had to be relieved
because of the improper sale of exeptions to trade with
the boycotted UK, and other irregularities.

His multivolume memoirs were unremittingly hostile
to his former boss.

 

[USViking]

Question:

For many years he was Naploeon's chief secretary.

Napoleon once commented he would be immortally
famous because of this, and he replied:

"But sire, who was Alexander the Great's secretary?"

Later given administrative jobs, he had to be relieved
because of the improper sale of exeptions to trade with
the boycotted UK, and other irregularities.

His multivolume memoirs were unremittingly hostile
to his former boss.

Louis de Bourienne.

Someone else please ask the next.

 

[padisha emperor]

Louis de Bourienne.

oh, f**k !

I believed it was an harder name, I didn't expect the faithtfull Bourienne.

Q : according to everybody, where and when were used watches to coordinate a military assault, for the first time ? (help : XIXth)

 

[USViking]

oh, f**k !

I believed it was an harder name, I didn't expect the faithtfull Bourienne.

Q : according to everybody, where and when were used watches to coordinate a military assault, for the first time ? (help : XIXth)

Complete guess:

Borodino, 1812.

 

[padisha emperor]

No.

It's also against Russia.... (now you can logicly find )

 

[USViking]

No.

It's also against Russia.... (now you can logicly find )

I guess then it took place in the Crimea ca. 1854-6.

Pl-e-e-e-ze don't ask for the specific engagment-
all I know of are Balaclava and Sevastopol.

 

[padisha emperor]

You said it, Sebastopol. (I only know also Sebastopol and Balaklava )



Go on

 

[USViking]

Question:

(five answers required)
German territory ceded to Poland after WW2
consisted mainly of these three provinces
lying east of the "line" formed by these two rivers.

 

[padisha emperor]

Silesie, Hinterpommern, Dantzig, and the line Oder-Neiss ?

 

[USViking]

Silesie, Hinterpommern, Dantzig, and the line Oder-Neiss ?

Well done on (in English) Silesia, Further Pomerania,
and the Oder-Neisse.

Also well done on Danzig, which was part of cession
as well, but I was looking for the name of a much
larger territorial unit.

 

[padisha emperor]

Well done on (in English) Silesia, Further Pomerania,
and the Oder-Neisse.

Also well done on Danzig, which was part of cession
as well, but I was looking for the name of a much
larger territorial unit.

The larger territory should be the Eastern Prussia


Q : French victory against UK, one of the bloodiest battle ever fought on the canadian soil, circa at the same place of the Montcalm's defeat of 1759

 

[USViking]

The larger territory should be the Eastern Prussia


Q : French victory against UK, one of the bloodiest battle ever fought on the canadian soil, circa at the same place of the Montcalm's defeat of 1759

Per Wiki the closest seems to be Montmorency Falls.

The Red coats suffered worse during that war on what
is now US soil.

They never got it right, doing even more poorly during
the American Revolution, and the War of 1812.

 

[padisha emperor]

Answer : battle of Sainte-Foy, 1760


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sainte-Foy

the links about the main battles of the French-indian wars are interesting, at the bottom of the battle result, on the right of the web page