While we are waiting for Beta to get sorted out, I thought we could try a game we played over at the "HAWKS" site. A history based game, Goes as follows. The winner asks a question. History based. it can be from any part of Military history, but you will need to back up your answer with a link as to its validity. Once someone gets the answer correct, then they must come up with the next question. If the answer is not given within 7 days you must give the answer and then post a new question. But the goal is not to stump everyone, merely to enlighten us with little known facts from history.
Thanks, I thought it was the king of spades as from the cards game, didn't realize it was the shovel one.
You are correct Warlord, it is your turn to pose a question. http://columbiadailyherald.com/opinion/columns/robert-e-lee-king-spades
Since no question was asked yet by anyone else and I want to play too. I'll ask one for anyone who wishes to answer it. What general in history buried alive more than 399,999 troops from his enemies army? Hint: It was in a popular comic series, for those who like adult comic series about warfare.
Lepanto, but the Ottoman didn't lose their supremacy over the Mediterranean! As the sultan said, if I well remember, "they just burned the top of my beard". The ottoman fleet was strong again quite soon after the battle, but the victory became a myth in Europe.
So, Which imperial general won a major land battle against the Turks in 1664, and killed the most important French general, the Grand Turenne, ten years after with a cannonball?
You're right! Veteran of the Thirty Years War, Montecuccoli did his carrer starting from being a simple soldier in the imperial army at the age of 16. He won Battle of Saint Gotthard in 1664. He even wrote several books on the art of war, and one about "The possible war against the Turk in Hungary" (Della guerra possibile col Turco in Ungeria). In his old age during the Dutch war, he as an imperial general and leader of the hofkriegsrat, fought against the French. In the battle of Salzbach (1675) the french general Henri de la Tour d'Aurvegne (Le Grand Turenne), was killed by one direct shot of Montecuccoli's imperial cannons. Montecuccoli died in 1680.
Officer in the army of country from northern Europe, known for his strong handshake. He fought in the Thirty Years' War and he was the most famous commander of an elite light cavalry from his homeland. His King was killed on the battlefield in Saxony. Who it was? EDIT: A week passed with no reply, so following the rules I give the answer: Torsten Stålhandske (surname meaning "steelglove"), commander of famous finnish light cavalry - Hakkapeliitta in the service of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (which was killed at the Battle of Lützen in Saxony) during the Thirty Years' War. Anyone can ask the next question - first come, first served.
