Who can crack this one? 
Who, where, when?
Pay attention to the details. And to the white swastika on the tribune.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff124/sarmata_2007/Polishmountainunitmarchingonparade1.jpg
You might want to rename the file and crop the image to remove the name and flag on the building if you want this to actually be a difficult contest!
:lol:
And I might even guessed without them. At least on the third or fourth try…
Well, I was hoping the white swastika would confuse everyone.
Is there any date on the photo? I imagine it’s obviously sometime in the 1930s prior to the outbreak of War…
It is atributed to 1936.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_warfare#Poland
Podhale rifles (Polish: Strzelcy podhalańscy) is a traditional name of the mountain infantry units of the Polish Army. Formed in 1918 out of volunteers of the region of Podhale, in 1919 the smaller detachments of Podhale rifles were pressed into two mountain infantry divisions, the 21st Mountain Infantry and 22nd Mountain Infantry Divisions, as well as into three brigades of mountain infantry. Considered an elite of the Polish Army, the units were roughly equivalent to the German Gebirgsjäger troops.
THis photo can be found here: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Pułk_Strzelców_Podhalańskich
Heh. Even without the flag and file name, it’s painfully obvious these guys are polish Mountaineers - just look at those ornate collar patches!
Maybe we can start again???
Start with an easy one…
Where this guy is from?
TGR
I’d say Canada.
Sorry to say no!
Let you study the details of the soldier (weaponS for example!!!)
TGR
37 pattern basic pouch but not 37 pattern bayonet. More like a kukri.
So it’s a Gurkha, from Nepal.
The terrain and vegetation looks more Mediterranean than Asian, plus he’s not wearing tropical uniform, so I’d hazard a guess he’s in Italy. Possibly Monte Cassino.
Well Done Rising Sun!
Congrat!
Your turn!
Thanks.
Was it Italy?
Here’s my quiz.
Papua New Guiena?
Cape Endaiadere area?
Dec. 1942?
American/Aussie casualties?
To be moved to the rear by the so called “FUZZY WUZZY” natives?
That’s about as close as you’re going to get.
Well done, on something that is little known in most of the world, and probably virtually unknown in Hungary and most of Europe.
The picture’s details aren’t too certain, apart from being Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels with Australian wounded in Papua New Guinea. http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww2/pages-2aif-cmf/fuzzy-wuzzy.htm
Naturally, the Australian government treated them like shit after the war was over, but the soldiers who served with them retained a great affection for them and thought they deserved better.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/24/2635119.htm
http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/5521214/general/fuzzy-wuzzy-angels-forgotten-heroes
Then again, the Australian government treated its own returned servicemen rather poorly after the war, so at least there is a degree of consistency there.
Your turn.
Thanks a lot,
I am not an average Hungarian, one of my favourite author at my teenager era was Eric Lambert for example (this is an origin of my interest) :army::lol:
So, a very easy one now: who are this cavalrymen?
Cossacks or Kalmucks in the Germany army.
No idea which. Both formed separate units but were united in Croatia later in the war.
In a quiz I’d usually go for the lesser known and say they’re Kalmucks, except you say it’s an easy one so I’ll go for the Cossacks.
Well Done!
Sorry for the late response!
Cossacks in the SS Cossack Corps (!)
Your turn!
Thanks.
I’d actually forgotten I’d posted in this thread.
Next quiz.
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