nostalgia

[ray smith]

Picked up this set of ten match boxes in Shanghai on my recent visit there.
A lot of these Field Marshals & Generals are obvious.
Who can put a name to these historic gentlemen.
Thought I would share them with the lads on the Forum.
Regards
Ray.

[soldier1]

I'll have a go Ray; top left to right;

Zhukov/Koniev/Monty/Rommel/ ????

Bottom left to right;

Halsey/Patton/MacArthur/Eisenhower/ Bradley.

A good exercise. Thanks for posting.

Cheers Al

[Ian B]

Agree with the above, it's a fun exercise. Think top row right is Guderian, and have to disagree with bottom row left, think it's Nimitz (although I stand to be corrected on it!).

Ian

[Staffsyeoman]

Great fun. Agree with most of the answers thus far, except not that second from left top is Konev; he was bald as a coot. I think it's Rokosovssky? Bottom left is definitely Chester Nimitz. Why Guderian? Why not Manstein, or Model, or even Von Rundstedt?

[Nozzer]

Originally Posted by Staffsyeoman

Why Guderian? Why not Manstein, or Model, or even Von Rundstedt?

Heinz Guderian https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gu...ed=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

[Staffsyeoman]

Yes, yes.... I know it's Guderian - god, I even read Achtung Panzer in German just in case there were any nuances missed in the translation - I was pondering why him, rather than.... etc. etc.

And I still think it's Rokosovssky.

[Nozzer]

Originally Posted by Staffsyeoman

Yes, yes.... I know it's Guderian - god, I even read Achtung Panzer in German just in case there were any nuances missed in the translation - I was pondering why him, rather than.... etc. etc.

And I still think it's Rokosovssky.

Sorry I offended you. I will go back to being one of the many silent members of this forum.

[Phil2M]

Originally Posted by Nozzer

Sorry I offended you. I will go back to being one of the many silent members of this forum.

Mumble mumble, lol ha ha

[Staffsyeoman]

Originally Posted by Nozzer

Sorry I offended you. I will go back to being one of the many silent members of this forum.

No need for that; crossed wires and the lack of nuance in electronic discourse. Come back!

[ray smith]

Hi Lads,
Sorry I am late getting back on this one,Out of action for a few days with a chest infection.
Thanks to all of you who had a go at identification,It was great fun.
I was stuck on No 2 for awhile but finally tracked him down.
From left to right top row. 1/ Zhukov, 2/ Vasilevsky, 3/ Monty, 4/ Rommel, 5/ Heinz Guderian.
Second Row 6/ Chester Nimitz, 7/ Patton, 8/ Mac Arthur, 9/ Eisenhower,
10/ Bradley.
Thanks once again for a good bit of fun.
All the very best
Ray Smith.