We need another WW2 quiz

First to answer correctly, and confirmed, gets to ask the next question.



Question: Which pistol did Hitler shoot himself with?

Bonus: Which famous character (like, really famous) used the same pistol?

 

Walther PPK 7.65.

OK. Who was the only US Army Soldier executed by firing squad for desertion during WWII?

 

I didn't confirm.

You are correct. Your turn.

Oh crap, I was just reading about this US chap the other day. I can't remember his name. He went AWOL because he was scared and was ordered back to his unit by an officer he ran into and he refused and requested a court martial because until then every other soldier either got a slap on the wrist or a discharge and they ended up deciding to make him the only example during the entire war. He even requested clemency from Ike.

 

That would be Pvt. Eddie D. Slovik. Since you didn't get the answer, I'll give a much easier one . The US Army Air Corps' 99th fighter Squadron, AKA the Red Tails never lost a bomber when assigned to escort duty. they were also known to give Hitler conniption fits. What was the colloquial name of the Squadron?

 

That's a myth but they were known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

 

What myth? It's known historical fact that the 99th never lost a bomber during escorts. It's also known that the Krauts feared the 99th.

 

It is a myth. The 99th had significantly less losses than other air wings but they definitely lost bombers. For example on July 18 1944, they lost 15 B17s over Menningen

 

There's quite a few myths about them. One claim is that one of their pilots sank a Battleship with his .50 cal guns.

Anyway, my turn.

What was the largest Allied warship sunk with all hands?

 

HMAS Sydney?

 

Correct. Your turn.

 

Thank you - Who sacked more generals in the field George S Patton or Omar Bradley

 

Bradley

 

We have a winner

 

It was a guess. Bradley was Patton's superior and thus had more generals working under him than Patton did and thus more opportunities to fire more.

So, my turn.

What was the only campaign during which the Japanese inflicted more casualties on the Marines than they themselves suffered?

 

I suppose operation Cottage will fit perfectly.
313 KIA vs 0 KIA is a good ratio.

If I am correct, here is mine question:
Which submarine had inflicted the highest number of human casualties during WW2?

 

There weren't any Japanese in that though, so wrong.

 

Lol, why?
They have left the island, but have managed to inflict casualties with mines. Technically, island were under their control, when US started operation Cottage.

 

Yeah, but it was just one operation in a larger campaign.

 

Okay than.
Speaking about a campain I guess Borneo and Burma(1942 and not Marines) Allied campains might fit, at least these are the only ones with somehow comparable losses ratio, which I can recall, though not sure.

 

Remember, Marines though.

 

Ok, if we sorted all that out, what were the nicknames of the two nukes used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

 

Fat Man & Little Boy.

What was the GI nickname for the MG42?
Enjoy!

 

Hitler's buzzsaw

 

The answer to my question was actually Iwo Jima, but, whatever, you guys keep going without me

 

He didn't use a pistol, he took a pill.