2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 23, 2012 4:27:54 GMT -5
Try taking this quiz WITHOUT using the Internet to come up with The answers. For all major battles or campaigns there are key terrain, objectives, identifiable locations etc.
For each of the below mentioned terrain features name the battle or campaign associated with them. For example: For Bogage your response would be the Normandy campaign.
1. San Bernadino Strait
2. Seelow Heights
3. Mt Siribachi
4. Ford Island
5. Point du Hoc
6. Elsenborn Ridge
7. Iron Bottom Sound
8. Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory
9. Highway 69
10. Henderson Field
I'll post the correct answers after folks have had a chance to respond. Have fun and no cheating!
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Post by bloodandguts5150 on Nov 23, 2012 12:51:08 GMT -5
1. San Bernadino Strait- No idea
2. Seelow Heights- No idea
3. Mt Siribachi- Iwo Jima
4. Ford Island- Pearl Harbor?
5. Point du Hoc- Normandy
6. Elsenborn Ridge- No clue
7. Iron Bottom Sound- Again, no clue
8. Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory- Somewhere in Germany I'm guessing
9. Highway 69- No idea
10. Henderson Field- Guadalcanal
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 23, 2012 15:02:55 GMT -5
On your ABSOLUTE responses you are completely correct.
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Post by kingraptor141 on Nov 23, 2012 16:18:00 GMT -5
1. San Bernadino Strait: gonna guess somewhere in Italy 2. Seelow Heights: Russia, I think 3. Mt Siribachi: Pacific theater, Iwo Jima 4. Ford Island: Hm.... 5. Point du Hoc: Normandy 6. Elsenborn Ridge: Not sure 7. Iron Bottom Sound: Sounds like the Atlantic ocean? 8. Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory: Isn't this where Mainstein retreated and held the line after the failure at Stalingrad? 9. Highway 69: Operation Market garden 10. Henderson Field: Guadalcanal
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Post by volkssturm on Nov 23, 2012 18:38:11 GMT -5
1. San Bernadino Strait- Philippine Islands, Battle of Leyte Gulf
2. Seelow Heights- SE of Berlin, basically last defensible ground before the city
4. Ford Island- Pearl Harbor? Yeppers
6. Elsenborn Ridge- Battle of the Bulge
7. Iron Bottom Sound- Solomons Islands, battle for Guadalcanal
8. Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory- Stalingrad (I think)
9. Highway 69- No idea. I don't know that one either.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 23, 2012 20:22:37 GMT -5
Volkstrum. great job. Highway 69 is a tough one but I know that odds are good that someone will get it. Hint: it had a more famous nickname.
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Post by labrador on Nov 23, 2012 23:57:31 GMT -5
would that be Hell's Highway during the Market Garden Campaign?
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Post by newcomer on Nov 24, 2012 15:54:15 GMT -5
seconding labrador's guess on hell's highway, rings a bell.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 24, 2012 16:00:45 GMT -5
Indeed that is correct, great job everyone
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