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These questions all deal with history,mostly military,and are drawn from my interest in the Civil War, WWII and other similar topics. Questions are somewhat chronological, and all the chief’s caveats apply.
1 – What is Arthur Wellesley known for?
2 – As a youth I was always confused between “Fort Necessity” and “Fort Nonsense”, one in PA and one in NJ. Help me out.
3 – The general commanding the US Army at the beginning of the civil war was ??; his nickname was “Old ? and ?”
4 – The highest ranking general on the Confederate side was ??, and his position was ??
5 - We call it the Civil War, but if the “Official Records” are to be believed, it is properly titled ??
6 – There was a difference in the naming of battlefields (and Armies) between the North and the South. Can you elucidate?
7 – There was also a difference between these 3 ranks: Brevet Major General; Major General (USA); Major General (USV). Likewise, can we clear up the confusion?
8 – One of the major Union Armies, “The Army of the Potomac” was formed by General McClellan. He was followed by 3 other Generals (of the following 5) – Burnside, Grant, Hooker, Meade, Pope. Which?
9 – Who was President of the US when General Robert E. Lee was restored to citizenship by the House of Representatives?
10. At Spotsylvania – famous last words – “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” – who?
11 – Also famous last words – “Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees” – who?
12 - General US Grant’s real first name was?
13 – In World War I, the French General Commanding the Allied Forces at the end of the war, and given much of the credit for the result was?
14 – Another well known French General lost his reputation by heading Vichy (Nazi) France in WWII. Who?
15 – And on the other side, a well known German General, then President, appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Who was this?
16 – My father served in the Army Air Force stationed in England as a Ground Mechanic with the 388th Bomb. Group (H). What did the “H” mean?
17 – His bomb group flew the B-17, nicknamed The ? ?
18 – From time to time, he was transported to another base to work as a ground mechanic on the secret “Project Aphrodite”, which cost Joe Kennedy Jr his life. What was “Project Aphrodite” trying to do?
19 – I had a friend years back who was a “ball turret gunner” on a B-24 Liberator in WWII. Where was his battle station on the plane?
20 – The “Big 3”, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at Teheran and Yalta; what was different about the meeting at Potsdam?
21 – He told Congress “If my father had been American, and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have got here on my own”. Who?
22 – In January, 1944, General Jimmy Doolittle took command of the 8th Air Force from Ira Eaker. What was General Doolittle famous for doing a few years earlier?
23 – Significance of the “Enola Gay”, a B-29 Superfortress?
24 – The WWII hero who later said “Old Soldiers Never Die, they just fade away?
25 – “From Stettin in the Baltic to Triest in the Adriatic . . . “ – Who? What? And Where said”
1 – What is Arthur Wellesley known for?
2 – As a youth I was always confused between “Fort Necessity” and “Fort Nonsense”, one in PA and one in NJ. Help me out.
3 – The general commanding the US Army at the beginning of the civil war was ??; his nickname was “Old ? and ?”
4 – The highest ranking general on the Confederate side was ??, and his position was ??
5 - We call it the Civil War, but if the “Official Records” are to be believed, it is properly titled ??
6 – There was a difference in the naming of battlefields (and Armies) between the North and the South. Can you elucidate?
7 – There was also a difference between these 3 ranks: Brevet Major General; Major General (USA); Major General (USV). Likewise, can we clear up the confusion?
8 – One of the major Union Armies, “The Army of the Potomac” was formed by General McClellan. He was followed by 3 other Generals (of the following 5) – Burnside, Grant, Hooker, Meade, Pope. Which?
9 – Who was President of the US when General Robert E. Lee was restored to citizenship by the House of Representatives?
10. At Spotsylvania – famous last words – “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” – who?
11 – Also famous last words – “Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees” – who?
12 - General US Grant’s real first name was?
13 – In World War I, the French General Commanding the Allied Forces at the end of the war, and given much of the credit for the result was?
14 – Another well known French General lost his reputation by heading Vichy (Nazi) France in WWII. Who?
15 – And on the other side, a well known German General, then President, appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Who was this?
16 – My father served in the Army Air Force stationed in England as a Ground Mechanic with the 388th Bomb. Group (H). What did the “H” mean?
17 – His bomb group flew the B-17, nicknamed The ? ?
18 – From time to time, he was transported to another base to work as a ground mechanic on the secret “Project Aphrodite”, which cost Joe Kennedy Jr his life. What was “Project Aphrodite” trying to do?
19 – I had a friend years back who was a “ball turret gunner” on a B-24 Liberator in WWII. Where was his battle station on the plane?
20 – The “Big 3”, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at Teheran and Yalta; what was different about the meeting at Potsdam?
21 – He told Congress “If my father had been American, and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have got here on my own”. Who?
22 – In January, 1944, General Jimmy Doolittle took command of the 8th Air Force from Ira Eaker. What was General Doolittle famous for doing a few years earlier?
23 – Significance of the “Enola Gay”, a B-29 Superfortress?
24 – The WWII hero who later said “Old Soldiers Never Die, they just fade away?
25 – “From Stettin in the Baltic to Triest in the Adriatic . . . “ – Who? What? And Where said”
