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Giskard
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Caterpillar wrote:
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.


Sounds about right... the Ardennes are mostly Belgian, but also a little French and Luxemburgian. I added your answer and Laz's in the summary above.
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 		Damn, I should have known this one!

policy that protected south america from european expansion - The Monroe Doctrine

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Giskard
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LazarusLong wrote:
Damn, I should have known this one!

policy that protected south america from european expansion - The Monroe Doctrine

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Darn, that's twice you beat me at finding an answer by a few minutes Smile

I found this site which might provide an answer to the Brittish Merchant Ship question. Navigation isn't exactly straightforward though, and the terminology and acronyms confuse me somewhat...

Also found this:

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Merchant Shipping War - Trawlers are the main victims of the first successful attacks by German aircraft off the East Coast. By the end of March they have accounted for 30 vessels of 37,000 tons. Losses from mines remain high - 33 ships of 83,000 tons in December.


The only amount that is mentioned on the site is the amount for december, which is 33...
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Giskard wrote:
[ I added your answer and Laz's in the summary above.


Might want to change the spelling Wink

......just in case it's marked wrong for such.

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 		Maybe you guys should re-examine your sources..

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 		Re: Status Report
Giskard wrote:
(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



a period with four items after it? sounds like maybe we're looking for a ".html"?
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 		Re: Status Report
Varin wrote:

a period with four items after it? sounds like maybe we're looking for a ".html"?


Excellent spec!
Notice the first three answers all include "M".

Could M M M = W W W??
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 		So, what do we have so far?

Bernard Montgomery
ME 262 or Shooting Star or P-80
Goster Meteor
Luxemburg or Phillipines
Divine Wind
Ethiopia
Albania
Finland
Westwall/Western Rampart/Seigfried Line
33 or 79 or ThirtyThree
Ark Royal or Courageous
Spain
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Gold Star Hero Metal
Battleships or Troop Ships or Torpedo Ships
Monroe Doctrine
Henry A Wallace or Mr. Lay (per Rowan)


Okay, anything popping out at you?
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 		Are we sure about the fastest plane at 870 km/h?

P-80 Shooting Star is listed at 967 km/h, and although it didn't really see combat:

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The Shooting Star was possibly the best Allied jet fighter to emerge from World War II (called the P-80 until after WWII), however, like the other Allied jets it was too late to be used in combat. Several were flown around Italy late in the war, but they never saw the enemy.


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 		An updated summary:

- british general who defeated rommel in north africa General Bernard Law Montgomery
- fastest plane of world war ii ME262 or P-80 Shooting Star
- 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) 33
- 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
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 		I don't know if this will make a difference, but I found this.

Messerschmitt ME 163
Speed: maximum speed 960km/h at 10,000km

It did see combat. It's kind of the same with the ME at the beginning, but the numbers are different. And I can see you guys aren't using the numbers for anything, so it probably doesn't matter.

Here is another site with a little more info. Scroll down and under German planes click on The Messerschmitt Me163B ("Komet").
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konamouse wrote:
So, what do we have so far?

Bernard Montgomery
ME 262 or Shooting Star or P-80
Goster Meteor
Luxemburg
Divine Wind
Ethiopia
Albania
Finland
Westwall/Western Rampart/Seigfried Line
33
Ark Royal
Spain
.
Gold Star Hero Metal
Battleships
Monroe Doctrine
Henry A Wallace


Okay, anything popping out at you?


Maybe, I got some different answers

Luxembourg I think should be Phillipines (forcing the biggest mass surrender of American soldiers since Bataan

From this site I found 79 allied ships were lost to mines, although it doesn't specify how many british ones.

I found another ship sunk with the Ark Royal: HMS Courageous was the first escort carrier sunk and was accompianed by the Ark Royal

The last 4 answers I believe should be .html Using that as a guide, I got:
Hero Medal of the Soviet Union
Torpedo Boats
Monroe Doctrine
Leo T. Crowley

i tried using mmgpdeafs79cs.html but that didnt work, so obviously something is wrong somewhere.
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 		Bernard Montgomery
ME 262 or Shooting Star or P-80
Goster Meteor
Phillipines
Divine Wind
Ethiopia
Albania
Finland
Westwall/Western Rampart/Seigfried Line
33 or 79
Ark Royal or HMS Courageous
Spain
.
Hero Metal
Torpedo Boats
Monroe Doctrine
Leo T. Crowley
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