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Posted: 1/21/2006 8:00:51 PM EDT

Okay so in the spirit of threads trying to get war pics correctly identified, here's a little ID game -

15 different wars/military conflicts are depicted by the following pics. All ya' gotta do is just name that war.

(BTW.... only seven of them was America directly involved in)

War #1

War #2

War #3

War #4

War #5

War #6

War #7

War #8

War #9

War #10

War #11

War #12

War #13

War #14

War #15

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:02:47 PM EDT

[#1]

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:10:02 PM EDT

[#2]

1 Boer
2 WWII
3 Afghan/USSR
4 Japan/China
5 USSR/Finland
6 Spanish Civil War
7 Vietnam
8 Isreal 6 day
9 Spanish American
10 Falklands
11 WWI
12 Liberia
13Afghan/US
14
15 Nationalist Chinese

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:10:33 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Okay so in the spirit of threads trying to get war pics correctly identified, here's a little ID game -

15 different wars/military conflicts are depicted by the following pics. All ya' gotta do is just name that war.

(BTW.... only seven of them was America directly involved in)

War #1
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR1.jpg
Boar War

War #2
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR2.jpg
WWII or Korea

War #3
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR3.jpg
Russian invasion of Afghanastan

War #4
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR4.jpg
Not sure

War #5
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR5.jpg
WWII

War #6
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR6.jpg
Not sure

War #7
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR7.jpg
Vietnam

War #8
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR8.jpg
6 Day War

War #9
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR9.jpg
Spanish American War

War #10
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR10.jpg
not sure

War #11
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR11.jpg
WWI

War #12
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR12.jpg
not sure

War #13
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR13.jpg
Iraqi Freedom

War #14
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR14.jpg
Civil War

War #15
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR15.jpg
Chinese Revolution?

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:10:37 PM EDT

[#4]

1 - spanish-american war
2 - WW2
3 - soviet-afghan war
4 - russo-japanese war
5 - WW2
6 - WW2
7 - vietnam war
8 - gulf war 1
9 - spanish-american war
10 - WW1
11 - WW1
12 - liberian civil war
13 - gulf war 2
14 - no idea sorry
15 - russo-japanese war or WW1 pacific theater

ETA: actually 15 is probably chinese civil war

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:12:05 PM EDT

[#5]

revolutionary war... all of them

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:15:39 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
1 Boer
2 WWII
3 Afghan/USSR
4 Japan/China
5 USSR/Finland
6 Spanish Civil War
7 Vietnam
8 Isreal 6 day
9 Spanish American
10 Falklands
11 WWI
12 Liberia
13Afghan/US
14
15 Nationalist Chinese

You got 8 of them right.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:16:25 PM EDT

[#7]

I'll take a stab....
#1 Boer War
#2 Korean War, this pic is of U.S. Marines retaking Seoul
#3 Soviet invasion/Afghan war
#4 Sino-Japanese war
#5 Hungarian Revolution
#6 Greek Civil war
#7 Viet Nam war
#8 Yom Kippur war
#9 Spanish American war
#10 WWII
#11 WW I
#12 Some African genocidal war
#13 2nd Iraq War
#14 U.S. Civil War
#15 Chinese Civil War

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:17:17 PM EDT

[#8]

1. Spanish-American
2. Korean
3. Soviet-Afghan
4. Pre-WWII China v. Japan
5. WWII
6. WWII
7. Vietnam (our version, not French)
8. Arab-Israeli '73
9. WWI
10. WWII
11. WWI
12. No clue, but I've seen the photo before.
13. OEF
14. Civil.
15. WWII (?)

ETA:

I know some of mine are wrong.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:17:20 PM EDT

[#9]

Just a quick guess from glancing at the photos... (guaranteed to be inaccurate)

1. US / Cuba
2. Korea
3. USSR / Afghanistan
4. Japan / Korea
5. WWII
6. WWII
7. Vietnam
8. Egypt & Israel
9. US / Mexico
10. WWII
11. WWI
12. Congo (no clue)
13. Somalia
14. US Civil
15. Korea

Eh...I probably got five or six right.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:18:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Boar War
WWII or Korea
Russian invasion of Afghanastan
Not sure
WWII
Not sure
Vietnam
6 Day War
Spanish American War
not sure
WWI
not sure
Iraqi Freedom
Civil War
Chinese Revolution?

You got 7 right.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:19:03 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
I'll take a stab....
#1 Boer War
#2 Korean War, this pic is of U.S. Marines retaking Seoul
#3 Soviet invasion/Afghan war
#4 Sino-Japanese war
#5 Hungarian Revolution
#6 Greek Civil war
#7 Viet Nam war
#8 Yom Kippur war
#9 Spanish American war
#10 WWII
#11 WW I
#12 Some African genocidal war
#13 2nd Iraq War
#14 U.S. Civil War
#15 Chinese Civil War

You got 8 right.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:21:05 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
War #1
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR1.jpg
Boar War

We declared war on wild pigs?

G

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:21:21 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
1 - spanish-american war
2 - WW2
3 - soviet-afghan war
4 - russo-japanese war
5 - WW2
6 - WW2
7 - vietnam war
8 - gulf war 1
9 - spanish-american war
10 - WW1
11 - WW1
12 - liberian civil war
13 - gulf war 2
14 - no idea sorry
15 - russo-japanese war or WW1 pacific theater

ETA: actually 15 is probably chinese civil war

You got 6 right.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:22:34 PM EDT

[#14]

1- WW1
2- Korea
3- When the russians invaded Afghanistan.
4- ???
5- WWII
6- WWI
7-Vietnam
8-Operation Desert Storm
9-???
10- Falklands
11- WWI
12-Liberia Civil War
13-Operation Iraqi Freedom
14-???
15-WWII, probably before 1939 when Japan was attacking China.

I know did horrible, oh well.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:22:38 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
1. Spanish-American
2. Korean
3. Soviet-Afghan
4. Pre-WWII China v. Japan
5. WWII
6. WWII
7. Vietnam (our version, not French)
8. Arab-Israeli '73
9. WWI
10. WWII
11. WWI
12. No clue, but I've seen the photo before.
13. OEF
14. Civil.
15. WWII (?)

ETA: I know some of mine are wrong.

You got 8 right.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:24:12 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Quoted:
War #1
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR1.jpg
Boar War

We declared war on wild pigs?

G

Damn spelling Nazi's.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:25:00 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Just a quick guess from glancing at the photos... (guaranteed to be inaccurate)

1. US / Cuba
2. Korea
3. USSR / Afghanistan
4. Japan / Korea
5. WWII
6. WWII
7. Vietnam
8. Egypt & Israel
9. US / Mexico
10. WWII
11. WWI
12. Congo (no clue)
13. Somalia
14. US Civil
15. Korea

Eh...I probably got five or six right.

You got 6 right. Some answers were kind of vague.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:28:08 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
War #1
members.cox.net/_themacallan/warpics/_WAR1.jpg
Boar War

We declared war on wild pigs?

G

Damn spelling Nazi's.

I'll thank you to remove your "stick" animation.

G

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:28:22 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
1- WW1
2- Korea
3- When the russians invaded Afghanistan.
4- ???
5- WWII
6- WWI
7-Vietnam
8-Operation Desert Storm
9-???
10- Falklands
11- WWI
12-Liberia Civil War
13-Operation Iraqi Freedom
14-???
15-WWII, probably before 1939 when Japan was attacking China.

I know did horrible, oh well.

You got 7 right.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:28:38 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Quoted:
1. Spanish-American
2. Korean
3. Soviet-Afghan
4. Pre-WWII China v. Japan
5. WWII
6. WWII
7. Vietnam (our version, not French)
8. Arab-Israeli '73
9. WWI
10. WWII
11. WWI
12. No clue, but I've seen the photo before.
13. OEF
14. Civil.
15. WWII (?)

ETA: I know some of mine are wrong.
You got 8 right.

I don't like this game anymore.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:28:40 PM EDT

[#21]

1. Boer
2. WW2
3. Afghan
4. China
5. Stalingrad
6. Turkish
7. VietNam
8. Siani
9. Spanish/American
10. Cuban
11. WW1
12. Angolan
13. Desert Shield
14. Civil
15. Korea

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:36:21 PM EDT

[#22]

is that the reichstag in the background of pic 5?

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:36:54 PM EDT

[#23]

OK.

1. Boer
2. Korea
3. Afghan-Soviet
4. Russo-Japanese
5. WWII
6. Yugo civil
7. Vietnam
8. '73
9. Phillipine Insurrection
10. WAG-Falklands?
11. WWI
12. Liberian civil?
13. OEF
14. Chinese civil?
15. WWII

How'd I do?

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:39:24 PM EDT

[#24]

1=Boer War

2=Korean War

3=Afgan/Soviet War

4=Sino Japanese

5= Hunagria/Soviet

6=Spanish Civil War

7= Second Indochina War (US Vietnam

8= Yom Kippur

9=Spanish American War

10= Falklands (is that the HMS Shifield?)

11=WWI

12=could be any African Civil War, I'll go with Angola

13=US in Afghanistan

14=American Civil War

15=Chinese fighting Japanese or Chinese civil war

you have to let us know which ones we got right !

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:40:18 PM EDT

[#25]

The 1st through15th Great War's for Liberation.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:46:16 PM EDT

[#26]

1. Boer War
2. WW2
3. Afghan-Soviet War
4. Chinese Civil War?
5. WW2
6. Russian Revolution
7. Vietnam War
8. 6 Day War
9. Spanish American
10. Falklands
11. WW 1
12. Congo?
13. Gulf War 2
14. Civil War
15. Chinese Civil War

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:51:11 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
is that the reichstag in the background of pic 5?

yes.

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:53:53 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
1=Boer War
2=Korean War
3=Afgan/Soviet War

7= Second Indochina War (US Vietnam
8= Yom Kippur
9=Spanish American War
10= Falklands (is that the HMS Shifield?)
11=WWI

13=US in Afghanistan
14=American Civil War
15=Chinese fighting Japanese or Chinese civil war pick one

you have to let us know which ones we got right !

How's that?

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:54:52 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
OK.

1. Boer
2. Korea
3. Afghan-Soviet

5. WWII

7. Vietnam
8. '73

10. WAG-Falklands?
11. WWI
12. Liberian civil?
13. OEF

How'd I do?

Posted: 1/21/2006 8:56:59 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
1. Boer War

3. Afghan-Soviet War
4. Chinese Civil War?
5. WW2
6. Russian Revolution
7. Vietnam War

9. Spanish American
10. Falklands
11. WW 1

14. Civil War

Posted: 1/21/2006 9:01:34 PM EDT

[#31]

1:Boer War
2:Korea
3:Afghanistan/soviet
4:Chiang Kai-Shek's men during civil war in China.
5:WW2
6:Communist Revolution in Russia
7:Veitnam/ US
8:one of the Arab/ Israeli wars. Six day war?
9:Spanish-American
10:Falklands
11:WW1
12:Liberia
13:Afghanistan/US
14: U.S. Civil War
15:Sino- Japanese war

Posted: 1/21/2006 9:04:08 PM EDT

[#32]

1. Boer
2. Korea
3. Afghan-Soviet
4. WWII
5. WWII
6. Greece
7. Vietnam
8. Israel '73
9. Spanish American War
10. Falklands
11. WWI
12. Liberian civil?
13. OEF
14. American Civil War
15. WWII

Posted: 1/21/2006 9:07:05 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
1:Boer War
2:Korea
3:Afghanistan/soviet
4:Chiang Kai-Shek's men during civil war in China.
5:WW2
6:Communist Revolution in Russia
7:Veitnam/ US

9:Spanish-American
10:Falklands
11:WW1
12:Liberia
13:Afghanistan/US
14: U.S. Civil War
15:Sino- Japanese war

Almost there.

Posted: 1/21/2006 9:08:07 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
1. Boer
2. Korea
3. Afghan-Soviet

5. WWII

7. Vietnam
8. Israel '73
9. Spanish American War
10. Falklands
11. WWI
12. Liberian civil?
13. OEF
14. American Civil War

See Hoppy right before you.