WWII trivia thread

[Veldmaarschalk]

hard to answer a question that is not on google isnt it?

Why do you think I get my knowledge from Google, there are also books you know ?

 

[von_Manstein11]

Well the first plans for Fall Fritz, later to be known as Barbarossa were drawn up by General Marcks (still Colonel then, he was a division general in Normandy in 1944) of the General Staff.

excellent I knew you would be the only one to get that one.

and btw I wasnt aiming the google thing to you I know you would take offense to it.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

What was the most far-flung division in WWII ?

Meaning which division had its regiments fighting at the greatest distance from each other.

Here is my question, it still stands from yesterday.

 

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Why do you think I get my knowledge from Google, there are also books you know ?

www.justfuckinggoogleit.com

 

[von_Manstein11]

Ok Veldmaarschalk, this one is exclusively for you

What was Erich Marcks rank and posting when he was developing the plan?

 

[ROMMEL_HSQ]

I have a question for the eastern front fans.
When and where was it the first time that the 1st SS Pz Div (LAH) launched an attack and failed to gain it's objective??

edit: correct some words

 

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Ok Veldmaarschalk, this one is exclusively for you

What was Erich Marcks rank and posting when he was developing the plan?

i know this isn't for me, but i think he was the chief of staff for 18th army. he could have been halder's deputy, but i'm pretty sure he was with the 18th.

 

[von_Manstein11]

For some reason I am thinking oct 30 at Tula but it was probably before Operation Typhoon

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Don't know exactly but I guess he was a General Major and chief of staff of the 18th army.

EDIT
Beaten by XIX corps

 

[von_Manstein11]

i know this isn't for me, but i think he was the chief of staff for 18th army. he could have been halder's deputy, but i'm pretty sure he was with the 18th.

Halder selected him as the planner but was not his deputy, and he was chief of staff for the 18th army i think we must of got that from the same book

 

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Well the first plans for Fall Fritz, later to be known as Barbarossa were drawn up by General Marcks (still Colonel then, he was a division general in Normandy in 1944) of the General Staff.

halder also proposed a plan, very similar to Marcks, but Hitler...altered them.

 

[ROMMEL_HSQ]

For some reason I am thinking oct 30 at Tula but it was probably before Operation Typhoon

no...a clue: it was after the battle of Kursk

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Halder selected him as the planner but was not his deputy, and he was chief of staff for the 18th army i think we must of got that from the same book

No this is from the internet

Name Erich Marcks
Born 6.6.1891 at Berlin
Died Killed 1944 near St Lo
First Joined 1.10.1910
Became Lt Felda.Regt.9 19.12.11
Prewar Service Chef Gen.St.VIII.Army Corps 1.10.35

Promotions Obstlt 1.10.33
Oberst 1.9.35
Gen.Maj. 1.4.39
Gen.Lt. 1.3.41
Gen.d.Art. 1.10.42

Command Chef Gen.St.VIII.Army Corps 1.9.39
Chef Gen.St.18 Army 25.10.39
101 Jag.Div 10.12.40.-26.6.41(Beinamputiert)
337 Inf.Div. 25.3.42
LXVI.Army Corps 20.9.42
LXXXVII.Army Corps 1.10.42
LXXXIV.Army Corps 1.8.43.-19.7.44

Awards Ritterkreuz
Oakleaves

 

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Halder selected him as the planner but was not his deputy, and he was chief of staff for the 18th army i think we must of got that from the same book

i remember reading that in Cooper's THE GERMAN ARMY. A very underrated book.

 

[von_Manstein11]

Counter attack at Kiev?

 

[von_Manstein11]

well thanks for admitting the internet use i knew it. lol but seriously I think Fall Fritz is the most important plan to study to get an idea of what could of happend if Hitler was out of the picture

 

[liuzg150181]

Tomoyuki Yamashita also known as Yamashita Hobum in Japan

Bingo.

Answer a question, then you ask one. Ok?

Sorry but seeing that now the thread is getting rather confusing........

 

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No this is from the internet


yeah, i thought this thread was for knowledge we already have. none of this hunt and seek stuff. it kinda takes the fun out of it.

 

[ROMMEL_HSQ]

Counter attack at Kiev?

it was in the battles around Brussilov near the Kiev Salient on 20 Nov 1943

 

[von_Manstein11]

that reminds me do you guys know any good sites on the counter attack at Kiev? my grandfather was transferred to the western front just before then so I never really got to get the first hand jounral entires