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Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: Rafe35 on May 31, 2004, 11:49:43 PM
Who said, "Nuts," and why did he say it?
Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: Guppy35 on June 01, 2004, 12:08:27 AM
General Anthony McAuliffe, Acting Commander of the 101st Airborne when given a surrender demand by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge December 22, 1945 when the 101st was surrounded at Bastongne.

Dan/Slack
Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on June 01, 2004, 12:56:01 AM
No more calls please, we have a winner. Well, actually, he's a Nomad, that precludes his really being a winner.
Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: Rasker on June 01, 2004, 02:00:54 AM
Would have been a more clever comeback if he had given the Germans the same amount of time to surrender. :)
Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: Rafe35 on June 01, 2004, 05:14:16 PM
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Originally posted by Guppy35
General Anthony McAuliffe, Acting Commander of the 101st Airborne when given a surrender demand by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge December 22, 1945 when the 101st was surrounded at Bastongne.

Dan/Slack
That's correct answer.
Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: Widewing on June 01, 2004, 06:03:48 PM
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Originally posted by Guppy35
General Anthony McAuliffe, Acting Commander of the 101st Airborne when given a surrender demand by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge December 22, 1945 when the 101st was surrounded at Bastongne.

Dan/Slack


Maybe it's just me, but "nuts" was rather lame...

I can think of several responses right off the top of my head that would not have required the slang to be interpreted for the Germans, something they would easily recognize as a colorful and emphatic no.

What McAuliffe should have done is grabbed the first rifleman he saw and aked him to supply the reply. Where's a sailor when you need one?

"&@% off you Nazi %&@$&
My regards,

Widewing
Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: capt. apathy on June 01, 2004, 06:24:06 PM
I liked the surrender response from "a bridge too far"

when the Germans asked if they like to talk over terms for surrender the reply was-

"I'm terribly sorry, we really don't have the manpower or resources to take you all in right now."
Title: World War II Trivia (001)
Post by: Fridaddy on June 02, 2004, 01:04:32 AM
Its my understanding his reply was 'cleaned up' by the censors. So what he said is lost to us.