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I guess it's an easy one.

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The British counterpart to the American Bazooka or the German Panzerfaust. (AT weapon).
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Q: What high ranking officer was a hero in England but despised in USA? (also easy, I know).
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Montgomery?
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yup
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Q1: What was SHAEF?

Q2: Who was 2nd in command of SHAEF?

Q3: Why was Churchill upset by the final target line for the allied forces declared by Eisenhower? (bad phrasing I know, hopefully you guys understand what I mean)

Q4: What is the American airplane produced in the most number?

Q5: What was the nickname of the Curtiss SB2C?
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q1: Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
 
The fact that I don't really know the answers to the other four questions doesn't say much for my knowledge of WWII trivia. [:(]
 
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q2 Air Marshal (?) Tedder
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Q5: What was the nickname of the Curtiss SB2C?
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Q4. DC3 ?
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I guess it's an easy one.

What is a PIAT? Please don't look at wiki.

The British counterpart to the American Bazooka or the German Panzerfaust. (AT weapon).
Projector Infantry Anti Tank? I think that's where the name comes from.

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The most produced American WW2 aircraft was the B-24 Liberator I think. They were churning out one every 50 minutes in the vast, new factories built to produce them.

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q1: Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
q2 Air Marshal (?) Tedder
Q4: The most produced American WW2 aircraft was the B-24 Liberator I think. They were churning out one every 50 minutes in the vast, new factories built to produce them.

These are correct.

Q5: What was the nickname of the Curtiss SB2C?
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Not quite [;)]

So Q3 and 5 remains.
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Q3. It didn't encompass Berlin. Churchill knew that would cause post-war tension (which it did). Abiding by previous agreements, The Wallies turned South East and South. They were also ensuring the phantom "Southern Redoubt" didn't eventuate.

On balance, I think it was the right decision. The Cold War difficulties were overcome and a battle for Berlin would have been hideously costly and it's capture by the Wallies would have antagonised the Russkies. It was their death-match...let have have it out. The only thing I can think of that might have worked was for the Wallies to surround it and starve them out but that would bring its own problems.

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yup

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Q5: What was the nickname of the Curtiss SB2C?

Avenger? I am quite sure it must be a bomber which goes on U.S. carriers.
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Q5: What was the nickname of the Curtiss SB2C?
Son of a Bitch 2nd class
Not quite

HMMM.. how about Helldiver????
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Q5: What was the nickname of the Curtiss SB2C?

Avenger? I am quite sure it must be a bomber which goes on U.S. carriers.
Hey, Avenger is the Torpedo bomber from Grumman, the famous TBF. [8D]
The SB2C is the Helldiver, but I suppose he looks for some other nickname.
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Q5: What was the nickname of the Curtiss SB2C?

Avenger? I am quite sure it must be a bomber which goes on U.S. carriers.
Hey, Avenger is the Torpedo bomber from Grumman, the famous TBF. [8D]
The SB2C is the Helldiver, but I suppose he looks for some other nickname.
The only other name I have heard is the "Big Tailed Bastard."
The Helldiver was "truly loved"[;)] by its pilots hence the "endearing"[;)] nicknames.
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Avenger? I am quite sure it must be a bomber which goes on U.S. carriers.
Hey, Avenger is the Torpedo bomber from Grumman, the famous TBF. [8D]
The SB2C is the Helldiver, but I suppose he looks for some other nickname.
The only other name I have heard is the "Big Tailed Bastard."
The Helldiver was "truly loved"[;)] by its pilots hence the "endearing"[;)] nicknames.

Correct, I was indeed after "Big Tailed Bastard", but would have accepted Helldiver as well.

And Neilster is quite correct about Q3, Churchill was upset by two things;
a) It did not encompass Berlin
b) the fact that a C-i-C took a decision that should have been made by the national leaders.
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