The largest donation received came from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who donated £215,000 to purchase an entire squadron of 43 Spitfires.
Feel free to post a quiz!
Did they charge her the tax as well?
$368,682 us dollars for that many spitfires ,I will take 4 Please 
:o :o I will take the rest!! 
Refreshing my post…
OK who’s behind this quote:
“We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.”
Heinz Guderian.
Correct!
It was written in a letter to his wife in 1941.
Your turn!
Hope that Tiger wouldn’t be upset if I post here his quiz.
Ok… I’ll throw my two cents in I suppose. The Sentinels that guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier walk 21 steps across the Tomb and on the 21st step, the guard turns to face the Tomb for 21 seconds. The soldier then turns and faces the other way and changes his rifle to the sholder away from the Tomb and places it on the shoulder closest to the audience. After 21 seconds, the first step is repeated again.
So with that background, tell me what is the significance of the 21 seconds, and the changing of the weapon to the audience side shoulder.
Well It alludes to the twenty-one gun salute, which is the highest honor given any military or foreign dignitary.
And the changing of the rifle shows that the unknown solder is protected from all
Nicely put Gutkowski. Your turn to post a quiz! 
What country killed the first German serviceman ??
Or
What country killed the first American serviceman ??
Japanese at Pearl Harbor?
That Is incorrect :lol:
The first german, Poland I think… or possibly Austria, when Germany conquered that country a couple of years before the real start from the war.
About the north american, it could be Germany, a german pilot, when a north american pilot was flying a british aircraft from the Eagle Squadron…
Are these, or one of these correct? :?: :?: :?:
No the are not correct ,I think I got you guys LOL
Is the answer to both questions that the first serviceman was accidentally killed by their own side?
I suggest this becuase the British Army regularly loses more folk to training and road accidents than enemy action (current events being something oif an exception). This is more a function of how few troops we lose to the enemy BTW, than undue carelessness with the lives of our soldiers.
Also I dont see how the first american killed in combat could be any other than the japanese if you consider pearl harbor as the start of the war. I do know that the germans sunk a few ships before the declaration of war. Also the vice versa. An American destroyer sunk a German uboat. Be i would not count these deaths as part of the war total since the countries werent techically at war.
Anyhow it might be about answer time!
Edited to add by the same line of thinking … the first americans after the declaration of war would have been in the Philiphines
The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937)
The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940).