Knarf Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Hallo Carol, You have won. it is your turn. Third question was my mistake. (###### happens) Very interesting replies without personal attacks (better than in other forums which I left so I will stay here) Sorry for the delay but sometimes I have to work and there is no access to internet. regards Frank and back to work
Carol I Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Hallo Carol, You have won. it is your turn.Thanks Frank. Here is my question.Who is this officer?Clues: He was decorated with top Axis awards, commanded a Soviet division in WWII and was Inspector for the Army during the cold war.
Christian Zulus Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Thanks Frank. Here is my question.Who is this officer?Clues: He was decorated with top Axis awards, commanded a Soviet division in WWII and was Inspector for the Army during the cold war.Dear Carol,had that comrade been a Romanian General, who first fought with the Nazis (Axis awards), then changed the front and had a Soviet division under his command and as a meritorious General he promoted to the Inspector for the Romanian Army ?His uniform is strange - have never seen before . It is not an ordinary uniform of the Romanian Army.Did he receive a RK ("Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes") from the Nazis?Best regards Christian
Carol I Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Yes, he was a Romanian officer. Would you venture to say a name?
Christian Zulus Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Yes, he was a Romanian officer. Would you venture to say a name?Mihail LascarHe got even the Oak Leaves to his RK .Maj.-Gen. Mihail Lascar:http://www.worldwar2.ro/generali/?article=95http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Lasc%C4%83r(It had been NO Wiki-question )Best regards Christian
Christian Zulus Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 (edited) NEW QUESTION ?Gentlemen,a simple - but also tricky - question about a famous person of WW II, who is known be everyone .Who am I ?I played a decisive role (economics) in WW II and a not so important role after the war.Everybody knows my name.Comrade Stalin liked my plans very much .My nationality was Jewish.I am not comrade Beria : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrenty_Beria .Best regards Christian Edited March 15, 2007 by Christian Zulus
Carol I Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Mihail LascarCongratulation Christian! It was indeed the photo of (a rather young) Mihail Lascăr.Mihail Lascăr was a capable Romanian general fighting with Romanian troops on the Eastern front (at that time in alliance with Germany). His achievements brought him the second class of the Order of Michael the Brave and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves. He was encircled at Stalingrad and although he could save himself he remained with his troops adopting a defiant stance up until his capture in November 1942. He spent more than two years in captivity until April 1945 when he accepted the command of the Soviet division Horia, Cloşca şi Crişan composed of Romanian "volunteers" (by that time Romania was on the Allied side). He remained in command of the Soviet division until it was included in the Romanian Army. After a brief period at the command of the Romanian Fourth Army, he was named Minister of Defence. He held this position until December 1947 when accused of "anti-sovietism" (he was no "comrade") he was demoted to the position of Inspector of the Armed Forces, position he held in the first two years of the new People's Republic until resigning (or forced to resign) in 1950.The photo I posted with the question showed him as a young lieutenant-colonel in the 1920s or 1930s (the uniform is from that period). After the war he looked much older.(It had been NO Wiki-question )Only after posting the question have I realised that a Google search after "Axis awards commander Soviet division" shows in the first place the list of Romanian holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross where General Lascăr is in the fourth position.
Christian Zulus Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Dear Carol,many thanks for your congratulations .But I found General Lascar - and the ident photograph - via this well know website: http://www.worldwar2.ro/ in the section "Generals" .Best regards ChristianBTW: What about my new question - it's really easy .
Wild Card Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 (edited) Henry Morganthau? Edited March 16, 2007 by Wild Card
Christian Zulus Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Hallocould be Lazar KaganovichRegards Frank Dear Frank,sorry, the photograph shows a member of a famous German Jewish familiy and not of a Russian Jewish family .But Kaganovich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Kaganovich had been a good guess, despite the fact, that comrade Kaganovich was more an expert in organization, transport & logistics. He got almost 100 years old and died peachfully 1991 in Moscow - just before the end of the CCCP .It is a pity, that in recent times some old right-wing "Cold-War-Fighters" created the myth of a "HOLODOMOR" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor - more than 10 million (!) innocent civilians should have been murdered in the Ukraine by Soviet authorities in the 1930s. This campaign is pointed against Kaganovich, Molotow and other prominent Bolsheviks with strong ties to the Jewish nation and aims to a relativation of the Shoa, the authentic Holocaust: 10 million (fictional) Holodomor-victims vs. 6 million (real) Holocaust-victims. The resultat should be: Socialism (in all his forms) is the greatest evil in the history of mankind and even much worse than the whole Nazi-regime . Sorry for my educational remarks, but according to all historic evidence, Lazar Kagonovich wasn't that "bad guy" in Soviet history as the "Monster Beria" - great purge inside the Red Army 1938, Katyn 1939, etc., etc. - or other ill characters in the service of the NKVD in the 1930s and 1940s.Maybe the coming question at our quiz will be your turn again .Best regards Christian
Christian Zulus Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Henry Morganthau?Dear "Wild Card",congratulations to your 3rd victory at the GMIC-Quiz .You promoted to rank No. 6 in the list of "good answerers" .It has been Henry Morgenthau jr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgenthau,_Jr. from the famous german Morgenthau-Family, who made a fortune in the USA in the real estate business. He had been the top-economist of the Roosevelt-Era and responsible for the "New Deal", war time economy and Bretton Woods.Here is a link to his famous "Morgentau-Plan": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthau_PlanSome hours ago I dropped a few lines at another GMIC-thread about the historic consequences, which resulted by kicking out Morgenthau and his team of the US-Administration just after the death of President Roosevelt: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=157095We are waiting for your new question .Best regards ChristianBTW: Robert Morgenthau is his son, almost 90 years old, but still active as the District Attorney of New York County http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Morgenthau .
Christian Zulus Posted March 16, 2007 Posted March 16, 2007 Henry Morgenthau at the cover of TIME during war time (1943):
Wild Card Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 Wow! Thank you Christian Zulus. Promoted to rank No. 6 = no longer a mere party functionary. Frankly Gentlemen, I had forgotten that one of the consequences of victory is the preparation and submission of the next question. Ah yes, as rank has its privileges, rank has its responsibilities. Considering the vast knowledge of my fellow Forum members (I?m serious Gentlemen, you are to be complimented) my question will probably go unanswered for about ten minutes. So here we go, have fun.One of the byproducts of the Cold War was the ?arms race? which, in turn produced some pretty bizarre items. One of my favorites is pictured below. My question is (1) what country came up with this thing. (2) What was its designation (3) what year did it come into this world? Thanks again Christian and good luck to all,
Christian Zulus Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 Dear "Wild Card",many thanks for that great question .That monster seems like a special Chinese tank for battles in rice fields .Seriously, I have never seen that type of tank before .It looks like a Soviet design in the style of the 1950s. The turret reminds me to IS-3 or T-10 design. The gun might be the 152mm of the self-propelled guns of the GPW.The design of the tracks and the wheels look strange for a Soviet design .4 tracks at a tank make only sense, if you operate on very, very soft surface: mud, snow, etc. with a very heavy vehicle.It looks somehow like a snow-mobile.No idea ....Best regards Christian
Christophe Posted March 17, 2007 Author Posted March 17, 2007 He, he, more than dynamic, here... Excellent!!!! For our winners, some new stats :This small game has now been launched 16 months ago now (on 1 Nov. 2005), and since :* 79 questions asked,* with 940 answers,* This quiz has been viewed more than 9730 times.* 31 Members of the Forum played, and 23 correctly answered at least 1 question :Nb of good answers :* 12 : Christian (Zulus) * 10 : Christophe* 9 : Bryan (Soviet)* 8 : Simon (Red Threat)* 4 : Ed (Haynes)* 3 : Andreas (Alfred), Kim (Kimj) and Wild Card.* 2 : Auke (Ferdinand), Belaruski, Chuck (in Oregon), Franck (Knarf), Gerd (Becker), Ivan (Piramida), Jan (vatjan), and Order of Victory.* 1 : Carol I, Darrell, Daredevil, Dave (Navy FCO), Dudeman, Rick (Stogieman) and Steen (Ammentorp). This is a great achievement. Thanks to all for your participation. Now, let's continue to have fun with the 79th question... Wild Card's about this curious "tank"!!! Cheers.Ch.
Christian Zulus Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 OBYEKT 279Dear "Wild Card",it is the so called "Obyekt 279" .1: Soviet Union2: A special-purpose tank was intended to fight on cross-country terrain that was unaccessible to conventional tanks and acted as vehicle to break through enemy defensive positions. It was planned as tank of the Reserve of Supreme Command. - As a already guessed somehow .3: 1957http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obyekt_279Best regards ChristianBTW: It was very difficult to find any traces of that obscure tank in the www. I have managed it with the GOOGLE-search-string: "tank designs" four tracks . Found that discussion site: http://forum.deepsilver.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21134 and as a result the Wiki-link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obyekt_279 .
Christian Zulus Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 QUESTION No. 80 Gentlemen,who am I ?I am a person of Soviet history - GPW & "Cold War".The British & US regarded me as THE liberal person in the Soviet government and wanted to cooperate with me.I had to do with the Soviet Nuclear Programme.My special love had been (very) young girls and Polish officers .Happy hunting .Best regards Christian
Christophe Posted March 17, 2007 Author Posted March 17, 2007 Christian,I really you did a great job here !!!! I tried to find infos about this tank... but did not succeed... Bravo!!!You really improve your score!!! Cheers.Ch.
Christian Zulus Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 Christian,I really you did a great job here !!!! I tried to find infos about this tank... but did not succeed... Bravo!!!You really improve your score!!! Cheers.Ch.Dear Christophe,the quiz is your invention and we are come close to 1.000 replies and 10.000 views - congratulations Christian
Christophe Posted March 17, 2007 Author Posted March 17, 2007 Christian,thanks to you... and others, we will soon beat all records!!!!! Cheers.Ch.
Christian Zulus Posted March 17, 2007 Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) QUESTION No. 80 Gentlemen,who am I ?I am a person of Soviet history - GPW & "Cold War".The British & US regarded me as THE liberal person in the Soviet government and wanted to cooperate with me.I had to do with the Soviet Nuclear Programme.My special love had been (very) young girls and Polish officers .Happy hunting .Best regards Christian Edited March 17, 2007 by Christian Zulus
Christian Zulus Posted March 18, 2007 Posted March 18, 2007 MORE HINTS TO QUESTION No. 80 Gentlemen,too make things easier, some more hints:I had the honour to work together with the great Kurchatov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Kurchatov and we have been successful .BTW: Prof. Kurchatov ended up with 3x HSL and I myself got only 1 HSL (+ 2 additional Lenins) for my personal achievments .Here are 2 small photographs showing me:Best regards Christian
Wild Card Posted March 18, 2007 Posted March 18, 2007 Congratulations Christian. It is indeed the famous ?279?, as you described.I can now credit ?Armored Machinery Photo Album? published by Polygon Press, Moscow 1994 as the source of the picture which I used. This book is a compilation of the collection at the Armor Museum at Kubinka. I would further like to add that anyone who is in any way interested in the armed forces of The Soviet Union should, if the opportunity even remotely presents itself, make an effort to visit what has to be the most complete (not just Soviet) collection of armored vehicles in the world. I promise that you will not be disappointed - even my wife thought it was super.Again, congratulations Christian. With regard to the current question, how about Lavrentyi Pavlovich Beria?Wild Card
Christian Zulus Posted March 18, 2007 Posted March 18, 2007 With regard to the current question, how about Lavrentyi Pavlovich Beria?Wild CardDear "Wild Card",congratulations to your promotion to rank No. 5: Yes, it is the "Monster" .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrenty_BeriaHow did you find the solution - young girls, Polish officers (Katyn!) or the photographs?Now it is again your turn .Best regards & and many thanks for your congratulationsChristian
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