History Quiz
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 16:41
Who knows (w/o looking it up) what major event of WWII happened 60 years ago today (March 10th)?
Lacadaemon II
10-03-2005, 16:44
Landing at Iwo Jima ? (I think).
Technically, much happened on 10 March 1945 but would we be thinking of the bombing of Tokyo by B-29's?
Jeruselem
10-03-2005, 16:46
NFI ... :confused:
Piquantrax
10-03-2005, 16:48
Definitly not Pearl Harbor or D-Day, or the surrender of Japan. Not Hitler's death. Not Hitler's birth. Ummm, I'm gonna say....
Perhaps the beginning of the Manhattan Project?
The State of It
10-03-2005, 16:48
The crossing of Remagen Bridge by US troops.
:)
Sarzonia
10-03-2005, 16:52
Umm... Normandy? VE Day?
The State of It
10-03-2005, 16:54
Normandy landings were June 6 1944. VE Day was in May 1945.
It's Remagen Bridge.
PapaRoach-
10-03-2005, 16:57
er no idea, im doiung WWI in History at the mo not II
Militant Feministia
10-03-2005, 17:00
Who knows (w/o looking it up) what major event of WWII happened 60 years ago today (March 10th)?
Wasn't that the day that Operation Victor IV started? The invasion of Zamboanga?
Demented Hamsters
10-03-2005, 17:00
Well, let's see: 60 years ago was 1945. European theatre was almost over.
Hitler didn't die until April 30, so he's out.
If it's Europe, I would guess something like Russian troops entering Berlin (but I think this was a bit later) - maybe invading Germany?
Perhaps a meeting between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt?
Don't know enough about the Pacific war, unless it's to do with Okinawa or Iwo Jima.
Am I close?
Czechundistand
10-03-2005, 17:08
It's the year hitler shot lenin!
bam! what do i win?
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 17:12
Technically, much happened on 10 March 1945 but would we be thinking of the bombing of Tokyo by B-29's?
Bingo. 334 B-29 Superfortress bombers dropped in execess of 1700 tons of incediary bombs on Tokyo March 10, 1945. The deaths from the resulting firestorm were greater than either Hiroshima or Nagasaki (and some estimates put the figure as high as 200,000 deaths, greater than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined).
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/images/tokyo2.jpg
The crossing of Remagen Bridge by US troops.
March 7th. ;)
Edit: deaths not just casualties. Casualties estimates are much higher. :(
I thought it was the invasion of Milidano (sp?) on the Philipines? :rolleyes:
Bingo. 334 B-29 Superfortress bombers dropped in execess of 1700 tons of incediary bombs on Tokyo March 10, 1945. The casualties from the resulting firestorm were greater than either Hiroshima or Nagasaki (and some estimates put the figure as high as 200,000 deaths, greater than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined).
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/images/tokyo2.jpg
March 7th. ;)
Woo Hoo!! *Does a little dance* My history degree taught me something right! :D
The State of It
10-03-2005, 17:21
March 7th. ;)
Ah well. :)
Czechundistand
10-03-2005, 17:23
Curses :mad:
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 17:25
Lacadaemon II - Iwo Jima landing was Feb. 19, 1945. The island was secured by Mar. 16. (Real triva point of the day - who can give the name the Japanese call Iwo Jima? In 14 years I've never met any Japanese who called it Iwo Jima.)
The Okinawa landings were Apr. 01, 1945.
The first Mindanao landings were Apr. 20, 1945
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 17:27
L-rouge, have some mochi (glutenous rice "cake").
Ah well. :)
Damned close. Have a cookie anyway.
Lacadaemon II - Iwo Jima landing was Feb. 19, 1945. The island was secured by Mar. 16. (Real triva point of the day - who can give the name the Japanese call Iwo Jima? In 14 years I've never met any Japanese who called it Iwo Jima.)
The Okinawa landings were Apr. 01, 1945.
The first Mindanao landings were Apr. 20, 1945
I know it translates as something like Sulphur Island, or Volcano Island...something like that.
L-rouge, have some mochi (glutenous rice "cake").
Damned close. Have a cookie anyway.
Mmm, I like mochi (or at least thats what I was told it was...).
Can I have a cookie too? :p
The State of It
10-03-2005, 17:33
Damned close. Have a cookie anyway.
Cheers mate. :)
Just a guess, but Iwo Jima I think is also called Suribati-yama.
Could be wrong.
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 17:38
Sure, have a cookie. "Sulpher island" is the English. But I've never heard it refered to as Iwo *Jima*. (Yes, that was a hint...)
The State of It
10-03-2005, 17:41
Hoorah! Thankyou.
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 17:44
Cheers mate. :)
Just a guess, but Iwo Jima I think is also called Suribati-yama.
Could be wrong.
Suribachiyama is the main volcano that dominated the battle for the island and was the site of the flag raising.
Oomiya? or is that somewhere else?
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 17:48
Hoorah! Thankyou.
Hey! Give L-rouge his cookie back... :D
(I can't believe I'm discussing this while listening to this (http://www.creative-native.com/lyrics/univelyr.htm). It seems evil somehow.... Either that or ultimately appropriate.)
The State of It
10-03-2005, 17:49
Never! It's mine I tell you, mine!
Never! It's mine I tell you, mine!
Damned cookie stealer! :mad:
The State of It
10-03-2005, 18:01
Damned cookie stealer! :mad:
You can have the crumbs I sweep off the table. :)
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 18:02
Never! It's mine I tell you, mine!
Fine, 2 cookies for It and a cookie and mochi for L-rouge. ;)
Ioto is the name I've always heard Iwo Jima called by the Japanese.
("To" and "jima" are different readings of the character for island.)
Fine, 2 cookies for It and a cookie and mochi for L-rouge. ;)
Ioto is the name I've always heard Iwo Jima called by the Japanese.
("To" and "jima" are different readings of the character for island.)
Interesting, will have to remember that.
Yay, cookie and mochi! :D
Snub Nose 38
10-03-2005, 18:20
March 10th, 1944: The Red Army recaptures Uman in the Ukraine.
March 10th, 1945: FM Kesselring replaces FM von Rundstedt as C-i-C of German forces in the West. German troops evacuate Wesel on the lower Rhine. The US Third Army captures Bonn. In the East, the Kriegsmarine evacuates 25,000 civilian refugees from the besieged Baltic fortress of Kolberg in Pommerania. In the battle for Danzig, the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front captures Zoppot.
Daistallia 2104
10-03-2005, 18:31
March 10th, 1944: The Red Army recaptures Uman in the Ukraine.
March 10th, 1945: FM Kesselring replaces FM von Rundstedt as C-i-C of German forces in the West. German troops evacuate Wesel on the lower Rhine. The US Third Army captures Bonn. In the East, the Kriegsmarine evacuates 25,000 civilian refugees from the besieged Baltic fortress of Kolberg in Pommerania. In the battle for Danzig, the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front captures Zoppot.
All good, but not necessarily major. ;) A cookie for effort though.
Snub Nose 38
10-03-2005, 18:41
Well - I guess a cookie is better'n nuthin'...
;)
The State of It
11-03-2005, 10:23
Fine, 2 cookies for It and a cookie and mochi for L-rouge. ;)
Ioto is the name I've always heard Iwo Jima called by the Japanese.
("To" and "jima" are different readings of the character for island.)
Cool. :p