WW2 Quiz Part 6 - Page 3

Owen · 22-04-2006, 12:24 AM

Hold on Adam, I never told you that you were correct.
ok You were CORRECT. Now it's your turn.

Aha The KING stopped him going!
George VI persuaded him to change his mind, arguing that "if a bomb should remove you from the scene, it would be a serious matter for the country and the Empire

von Poop · 22-04-2006, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Von Poop

How was Churchill (Ultimate top bloke) stopped from attending the D-day Landings in person? (or at least from the deck of the Belfast) A scheme I believe Alanbrooke engineered.

Swine! now i've had to quote myself.
odd.

Owen · 22-04-2006, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Owen D

Aha The KING stopped him going!
George VI persuaded him to change his mind, arguing that "if a bomb should remove you from the scene, it would be a serious matter for the country and the Empire

ok now I'm quoting myself

von Poop · 22-04-2006, 12:32 AM

The king did stop him going but not just by telling him. There was a little more subterfuge than that. There's a letter relating to it at Chartwell. Give me more.

(Chartwell..Now there's a house I could move into tomorrow...Somewhat let down by the very expensive sausage rolls though...)

spidge · 25-04-2006, 05:20 PM

Time has run out.

Quiz is open to anyone to ask the next question.

morse1001 · 25-04-2006, 07:45 PM

Who or what was "Darkie"?

spidge · 26-04-2006, 11:34 AM

Captain Joe Darkie of Darkies Mob fame?

morse1001 · 01-05-2006, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by spidge

Captain Joe Darkie of Darkies Mob fame?

You are frozen!

von Poop · 01-05-2006, 10:17 PM

Darkie walsh?
Belfast Air-raid warden.

spidge · 01-05-2006, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by morse1001

You are frozen!

You are frozen?

22-04-2006, 12:24 AM	#21 (permalink)
Owen Grumpy Old Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,484	Hold on Adam, I never told you that you were correct. ok You were CORRECT. Now it's your turn. Aha The KING stopped him going! George VI persuaded him to change his mind, arguing that "if a bomb should remove you from the scene, it would be a serious matter for the country and the Empire Last edited by Owen; 22-04-2006 at 12:26 AM.

25-04-2006, 05:20 PM	#25 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,054	Time has run out. Quiz is open to anyone to ask the next question. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

26-04-2006, 11:34 AM	#27 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,054	Captain Joe Darkie of Darkies Mob fame? __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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22-04-2006, 12:32 AM	#24 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,489	The king did stop him going but not just by telling him. There was a little more subterfuge than that. There's a letter relating to it at Chartwell. Give me more. (Chartwell..Now there's a house I could move into tomorrow...Somewhat let down by the very expensive sausage rolls though...)

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morse1001 Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland Posts: 4,585	Who or what was "Darkie"?

01-05-2006, 10:17 PM	#29 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,489	Darkie walsh? Belfast Air-raid warden.

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