Ouch. My conscience hurts, as it should. Anyway, I will give pose a comparatively easy one. In the Little Bighorn campaign, General Custer's troops were guided by scouts from two Indian nations who were hereditary enemies of the Sioux. Which nations were these?
In the interests of keeping this moving, I'll give you that one. The "A" stands for Arikaras, or Rees. Your turn, Slip.
A general did not burn a certain small town in Alabama after the town doctor met the general's troops outside the town claiming small pox was there. The doctor brought out a young man with bad acne as proof and the soldiers rode on, leaving the location as one the few in their path that they did no burn. Name the general.
That would be it. The small town was Lowndesboro. Many of the buildings he did not burn are still standing.
British Army now. Who were: a) The Bull b) The Peer c) Hunter-Bunter d) Mad Mike e) The Massing Bird f) Rabbit g) Plum h) Jorrocks i) Crasher j) Butcher k) Sir Reverse
A rough list for starters: a) The Bull - Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby 2) The Peer - Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington c) Hunter-Bunter - Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston d) Mad Mike - Brigadier James Michael Calvert or Colonel Michael Hoare (neither are Generals) e) The Massing Bird - Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (or Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Massingbird-Massingbird, VC, DFC and Bar ... ) f) Rabbit - General Percival g) Plum - Field Marshal Herbert Plumer h) Jorrocks - Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks i) Crasher - Maj-Gen Nichols j) Butcher - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris k) Sir Reverse - General Sir Redvers Henry Buller Edit: Percival
I was thinking of General Thomas, GOC 43rd Div, for "Butcher," but we'll call this a win. Over to you, Cee.
Ok, thanks Who was the South African officer with the Raiding Support Regiment that was dropped into Southern Greece in 1944 and later wrote a book on his experience? The book is a free download on the internet. Either too obscure or too easy not sure ...?
Well done and it's all yours. Here's a link to the book in various formats. It's only 80 some odd pages, but a good read. http://www.dawtrina.com/personal/family/greekadventure/
In the RAF and I believe the USAAF the aircraft commander was the pilot - this wasn't so in the Luftwaffe where the observer (I think) was in command. If I'm right, my question is: What's the connection between a boar's head and Sussex lambs?
Paul Reed used to do a talk about Lowther's Lambs & their action at the Boars Head in 1916. Here's his webpage about them. http://www.battlefields1418.com/boars_head.htm