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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Bino on June 18, 2008, 08:01:22 AM
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After reading some of the posts here in "Wishlist" lately, I would like to make a modest proposal...
Require users of the BBS to successfully pass a rudimentary test of their knowledge of WWII before permitting them to post. You know, have users demonstrate at least a passing familiarity with the era. If that's too tough, perhaps allow them to choose from various sub-topics, such as Aviation, Armored Vehicles, etc.
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but even if they didnt know the stuff they could always make a new tab or window and search for the awnsers.(mabye they would learn something)
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I'm sorry, but just because people haven't heard of the C.200, P.108, Cant Z.1007, Br.20, Sm.79 doesn't mean that there should be a history test. What a load...
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I think that its a good idea people need to research before they post, and in general should know some historical stuff , you have to search for stuff in general you are not going to learn everything from school and stuff like that, my class spent like 3 days on WW2 and i know alot of stuff about the war, watch the history or military channel for some info on this stuff it does help.
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We need to start with a spelling test :noid
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I'm sorry, but just because people haven't heard of the C.200, P.108, Cant Z.1007, Br.20, Sm.79 doesn't mean that there should be a history test. What a load...
No, the reason there should be a test is to keep people from posting utter BS.
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We need to start with a spelling test :noid
AND punctuation. (or lack thereof) :D
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Hello Bino,
With all due respect I do not think this is a good idea. To lockup the boards to newcomers because a few are either ignorant of facts or wasteful of this resource (not to mention senior members that do it also) is detrimental to the Aces High community. This BBS is a great place to gather knowledge, and should always remain an open forum.
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Waystin2
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We need to start with a spelling test :noid
AND punctuation. (or lack thereof) :D
Wow. Only two folks recognized my lure as artificial, and refused to rise to the bait! :salute
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w3 n33d teh f22 rapter bcuz it wuz uzd in ww2!!11!!!!!111!!
:noid
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We need to start with a spelling test :noid
You Just don't like me do you?
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Okay, how about some WWII trivia...
What national leader suggested that his government offer Japan a ten year non-aggression pact and eliminate most military and direct commercial ties with the USA?
My regards,
Widewing
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Okay, how about some WWII trivia...
What national leader suggested that his government offer Japan a ten year non-aggression pact and eliminate most military and direct commercial ties with the USA?
My regards,
Widewing
Stalin?
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Okay, how about some WWII trivia...
What national leader suggested that his government offer Japan a ten year non-aggression pact and eliminate most military and direct commercial ties with the USA?
Neville Chamberlain? Although he wasn't Prime Minister at the time.
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Okay, how about some WWII trivia...
What national leader suggested that his government offer Japan a ten year non-aggression pact and eliminate most military and direct commercial ties with the USA?
My regards,
Widewing
Stalin. Treaty signed 3rd April 1941.
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Neville Chamberlain? Although he wasn't Prime Minister at the time.
Excellent! Although Chamberlain made his initial proposals while he was still Chancellor of the Exchequer, he continued to press for this after becoming Prime Minister in 1937. Japan's continued aggression against China made it impractical to get any real cooperation from Parliament. The growing strength of Germany forced him to refocus on issues far closer to home.
My regards,
Widewing
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What meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the beginning of the Cold War?
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What meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the beginning of the Cold War?
Potsdam
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What meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the beginning of the Cold War?
Yalta Conference in 1945? But I think it's sort of open to debate between Potsdam and Yalta - from what I learned for my exams and what I just read on Wikipedia, I'd have to say the Yalta Conference, as I think it laid the basis for the Cold War. For example, whilst it was agreed that the original governments would be restored to all of the liberated/invaded countries, Stalin did not do this, and IMO thus started off the mistrust etc.
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Yossarian
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:salute
The Yalta Conference, a wartime meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin from February 4 to 11, 1945, is considered by many experts to mark the beginning of the Cold War. Among the issues discussed at the Yalta Conference were German war reparations, the division of Germany into zones of occupation, and the repatriation of all Soviet soldiers who had joined American and British troops whether they were willing to return or not. It is believed that many of these soldiers were put to death upon their return to Soviet control.
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I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?
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I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?
B-24....
My regards,
Widewing
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I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?
F22
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What a load...
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Then again....at Potsdam,
is when Trueman told Stalin that the US had the A-bomb
Stalin never trusted the west (never trusted anybody, actually) hearing about the bomb the way (and when) he did didn't help.
But, then again, when the cold war started is pretty subjective
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But, then again, when the cold war started is pretty subjective
Yeah, I imagine the German high command would guess around November of 1941. :aok
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I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?
hmmm... p47?
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Laugh OUT Loud!
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Then again....at Potsdam,
is when Trueman told Stalin that the US had the A-bomb
Stalin never trusted the west (never trusted anybody, actually) hearing about the bomb the way (and when) he did didn't help.
But, then again, when the cold war started is pretty subjective
Potsdam did play a huge role but it was not until July '45 where as Yalta was in Feb '45
....There was severe disagreement between the Allies about how Europe should look following the war. Both sides, moreover, held very dissimilar ideas regarding the establishment and maintenance of post-war security. The Americans tended to understand security in situational terms, assuming that, if US-style governments and markets were established as widely as possible, countries could resolve their differences peacefully, through international organizations. Soviet leaders, however, tended to understand security in terms of space. This reasoning was conditioned by Russia's historical experiences, given the frequency with which the country had been invaded over the last 150 years.
At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, the Allies attempted to define the framework for a post-war settlement in Europe but could not reach a firm consensus. Following the Allied victory in May, the Soviets effectively occupied Eastern Europe, while strong US and Western allies' forces remained in Western Europe. In occupied Germany, the US and the Soviet Union established zones of occupation and a loose framework for four-power control with the ailing French and British.
At the Potsdam Conference, starting in late July, serious differences emerged over the future development of Germany and Eastern Europe. At this conference Truman informed Stalin that the United States possessed a powerful new weapon. "Stalin’s only reply was to say that he was glad to hear of the bomb and he hoped [the United States] would use it." One week after the end of the Potsdam Conference, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to further conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. Shortly after the attacks, Stalin protested to US officials when Truman offered the Soviets little real influence in occupied Japan.......