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[SOLVED] Email puzzle from Agent Rhein 5/24
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Varin
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 		[SOLVED] Email puzzle from Agent Rhein 5/24
Supposedly people got email through their ideltech email addresses that would lead them to http://www.geocities.com/agentrhein/. I didn't get it, but was directed to it in #ruaware.

If you view source you see...

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<!-ctrerhd xioitpj gds niuipein tsaaij ro osted putryp
upheihe qjpoi su gstjn gpt rr
urthe ctrerhd bie urxdeit
ysloetf gditi edi jptxihe aphh hlttionit su paitrypo etssqh ivit syylttin
kparkpwi ro ioxjrhd
rovphrso su edrh ysloetf yplhin hpoyersoh es ci rovskin pxprohe repjf (asnito opai)
hiyson operso es ci ysomlitin cf repjf
edi groeit gpt gph edi rovphrso su edrh operso cf edi hsvrie lorso
xitapo usteruryperso qptpjjij es edi apxrose jroi
olacit su ctrerhd aitydpoe hdrqh jshe es xitapo aroih ro 1939 (olaitrypj)
urthe ctrerhd ypttrit es ci hlok
jin cf utpoys
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pgptnin uslt eraih es apthdpj wdlksv
bpqpo dpn 12 su edihi hdrqh pe edi slectipk su gpt ro iltsqi - hiqeiacit, 1939
qsjryf edpe qtseiyein hsled paitryp utsa iltsqipo izqpohrso
pqqsroein es edi suuryi su iysosary gptupti ro 1943-->


which is...

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a cryptogram. It almost through me off with the "rr" I couldn't think of a word that had two letters both the same. Of course it turned out to be II. The rest is as follows...


british general who defeated rommel in north africa fastest plane of world war ii first british jet fighter country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred kamikaze in english invasion of this country caused sanctions to be invoked against italy (modern name) second nation to be conquered by italy the winter war was the invasion of this nation by the soviet union german fortification parallel to the maginot line number of british merchant ships lost to german mines in 1939 (numerical) first british carrier to be sunk led by franco . awarded four times to marshal zhukov japan had 12 of these ships at the outbreak of war in europe - september, 1939 policy that protected south america from european expansion appointed to the office of economic warfare in 1943

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 		So far from chat we have...

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british general who defeated rommel in north africa - General Bernard Law Montgomery

fastest plane of world war ii - me262

first british jet fighter - The Gloster Meteor.

country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred - Battle of the Bulge - Belgium

kamikaze in english - Divine wind or holy wind or godly wind

the winter war was the invasion of this nation by the soviet union - Finland

awarded four times to marshal zhukov - gold star hero medal


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 		I done these all from recalled knowlege, some will be wrong, some I didn't know Smile,


jeez, its been a while since I've done history




british general who defeated rommel in north africa --> Montogomerie?
fastest plane of world war ii------------------------------->Gotha-Go-229A-0?
first british jet fighter-------------------------------------->Gloster Meteor?

country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred --------------------------------------------------->Philipeans?

kamikaze in english----------------------------------------->divine wind????(not sure)

invasion of this country caused sanctions to be invoked against italy->Etheopia?



second nation to be conquered by italy------------>????


the winter war was the invasion of this nation by the soviet union-->Finland



german fortification parallel to the maginot line------>???


number of british merchant ships lost to german mines in 1939--->???



first british carrier to be sunk------------------------------>?????/

led by franco------------------------------------------------>


awarded four times to marshal zhukov--------------> gold star hero medal


japan had 12 of these ships at the outbreak of war in europe --->battleships

september 1939 policy that protected south america from european expansion----------------------------------------------->


appointed to the office of economic warfare in 1943--------->Henry A. Wallace

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country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred - Battle of the Bulge - Belgium


This is wrong (I think) as far as I know, only about 19,000 Americans were wounded, killed or captured.

Compare this to the 100,000 German's who were killed, wounded or captured...

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 		A few more for you:

invasion of this country caused sanctions to be invoked against italy (modern name) - Ethiopia, 1936

second nation to be conquered by italy - Albania, 1939

german fortification parallel to the maginot line - Westwall, AKA the Western Rampart

And one correction:

country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred - Phillipines (Bataan)

Belgium (The Battle of the Bulge) was the largest surrender in the European Theatre.
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LazarusLong wrote:

country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred - Phillipines (Bataan)


Argghhh! That was my first answer, hehe. Fall of Bataan. I was outvoted Wink
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 		Hmmm, it seems that we're all WRONG WRONG WRONG....

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You, collectively, couldn't be more wrong if your name was Wrongy McWrongenstein!


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LazarusLong is more right than all of you, but too bad he's still WRONG WRONG WRONG!!

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jonathan wrote:
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country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred - Battle of the Bulge - Belgium


This is wrong (I think) as far as I know, only about 19,000 Americans were wounded, killed or captured.

Compare this to the 100,000 German's who were killed, wounded or captured...


I think the number is supposed to be of american troops specifically
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 		Franco ruled Spain.
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 		I got this:

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The Americans had only a few divisions, including the 106th division, in the Ardennes guarding a fifty-mile front. The area was used to rest and refit divisions coming off the line, or to organize new units. The Germans poured fourteen infantry divisions and five Panzer divisions into this front, smashing the new 106th division out of existence. 7,500 men surrendered in the largest mass surrender in United States history.


from here: http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/ardennes.htm

Is this the same as the Battle of the Bulge mentioned before, and if so, apparently not true? (Sorry if this is a rather stupid question, but I don't recognize a lot of names of these battles because apparently they are completely different in Dutch... and besides, my last history class was aaaages ago (*cough*) Very Happy
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LazarusLong wrote:
german fortification parallel to the maginot line - Westwall, AKA the Western Rampart


It is also known as the Siegfried line, just in case that would be more fitting Smile

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Line)
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<Mosz0r> I think you guys won't solve this one today.


I think with a little joint effort, we can Wink

A summary:

- british general who defeated rommel in north africa General Bernard Law Montgomery
- fastest plane of world war ii ME262
- first british jet fighter The Gloster Meteor
- country where the largest mass surrender of american troops ever occurred Most likely Luxemburg (other considered answers were Belgium or the Phillipines)
- kamikaze in english Divine wind, holy wind, god(ly) wind
- invasion of this country caused sanctions to be invoked against italy(modern name) Ehtiopia
- second nation to be conquered by italy Albania
- the winter war was the invasion of this nation by the soviet union Finland
- german fortification parallel to the maginot line Westwall aka Western Rampart aka Siegfried Line
- number of british merchant ships lost to german mines in 1939 (numerical) UNANSWERED
- first british carrier to be sunk HMS Ark Royal
- led by franco Spain

(N.B. There's a dot/full stop after this question in the original text)

- awarded four times to marshal zhukov Gold Star Hero Medal
- japan had 12 of these ships at the outbreak of war in europe - september, 1939 Battleships (might need to be more specific?)
- policy that protected south america from european expansion The Monroe Doctrine
- appointed to the office of economic warfare in 1943 Henry A. Wallace

Any additions/corrections?
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 		Maybe because the campaign (The Ardennes Offensive) was in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxembourg ...maybe it's Luxembourg?

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December 1944 witnessed the last German offensive of the Second World War. The Battle for the Bulge, as this campaign in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxembourg is now more familiarly known, was the biggest single pitched battle of the Western Front – more than a million troops took part. It was Hitler's most desperate gamble of the war; he in fact planned its every move.

It was the climax, too, of the allied invasion of Western Europe. But it was also a time of American humiliation, for it was the largest mass surrender of US forces of the whole European War – and a surrender second in size only to that at Bataan in the Pacific in 1942.


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 		One more for the mill:

first british carrier to be sunk - HMS Ark Royal, 1941
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 		Again pointing to the possib of Luxembourg?

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While Stafford and Stephens recuperated, 30 German divisions roared across an 85-mile Allied front from southern Belgium to the middle of Luxembourg on December 16, 1944. By Christmas, the German offensive had opened a bulge 50 miles into the Allied lines, forcing the biggest mass surrender of American soldiers since Bataan (note of interest: my father-in-law is a survivor of the Bataan Death March), some 4000 men in a single day.


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