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I remember this from school, April 1980.

An Imperial Japanese Army Captain, Fumio Nakahira finally surrendered on the island of Mindiro in the Philipines.............

I also seem to recall a...

Escape to Victory (1981)

A couple of actors, Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone & Max von Sydow, along with a Who's who of some of the greatest players ever to play the beautiful game ~ Pele,...

And to think troops moan about modern ratpacks :laugh:

I don't think they actually got it into the air................

More like that line from Toy Story.......

'This isn't flying, it's falling with style' :lol:

I'll give him a while yet, he's not been on since the wee hours ;)

Pretty close.

Skorzeny led a team of commandos in a raid against a hotel on Gran Sasso. The commandos landed by glider, whilst a second team attempted to hold the cable car station at the bottom...

That's just cruel :lol:

September 1943, Captain Otto Skorzeny led one of the most famous commando raids of all time to rescue who?

I know, I know :wave:


But I'll leave it a while for Harold ;)

I thought the units were aproved by Roosevelt and paid via a 'front' company, although the personnel all had to resign from their respective US service.

The 3 squadrons in the RAF were completely...

American Volunteer Group was the official title of the Flying Tigers, and I believe they were supported by the US government

The RAF squadrons, numbers 71, 121 & 133, were completely volunteer,...

Operation Compass was an Allied offensive in North Africa, Christmas 1940..............

30,000 or so Allied troops took on five times as many Italians........over 100,000 Italians were captured.
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It is indeed the V2

Divine Wind ~ Kamikaze

I believe Operation Downfall was the proposed plan for the invasion of mainland Japan.

Which weapon did Germany use for the first time in September 1944, the descendants...

Correct, the Yamato & Musashi both carried nine 18.1 inch cannon.

Very quick one before I call it a night.....................

Which nation put afloat the largest guns ever to sail?

Alan Turing?

Fairey Swordfish off HMS Illustious attacked the Italian fleet at anchor in Taranto, sinking 3 battleships & a cruiser.

In May 1943, Lancaster Bombers from 617 Squadron attacked dams on the Eder...

King George V, and the Rodney, along with a couple of heavy cruisers and some destroyers, including a Pole IIRC..............

Paraguay & Spain...........

Which German vessel was scuttled off the port of Montivdeo to avoid being captured by the Royal Navy?

Pre Pearl, Atlantic, US Navy combat vessel

B-29 Bockscar dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki

What was the first US Navy vessel to be lost to enemy action in World War II?