Posts made by Clyde85

@ABWorsham:

I would be aiming for a German victory in WWI, the Allies had their chance and screwed up.

A German victory in WW1 would be ideal here, but I believe that you wouldn’t need to bring and weapons back with you, just a history book, and point to the few mistakes Germany made and say, “ok, now don’t do that, do this instead”.

If I had to choose a weapon though, i’m kinda torn. On the one hand, bringing back the StuG III would be great to help the Germans break the dead lock without a doubt, but I wonder how well German industry could support them once they went into action, long enough to break the front? Maybe. On the other hand, if I were to bring back the MG42, I know that German industry could support and and keep these weapons running, meaning longer usage and a greater chance of this weapon tipping the balance for a German victory.

Send in a third wave of whatever ad-hoc combination I could manage, but use it as a cover to land a small commando unit of SNLF troops to land clandestinely and capture Admiral Kimmel and all the US’s top Naval brass and any intel they can gather. I remember reading somewhere that Yamamoto proposed something similar, but on a grander scale, with a full on invasion of Oahu and capturing the fleet, towing it back to Japan for scrap, or something like that. The army leaders freaked when they heard the idea and it was dismissed.

I figure barring that awesome above, I might only send in a small attack force to hit just the Oil tanks, repair shops, and maybe the destroyer moorings, and the sub pen. I would conserve and rest the bulk of my forces and start to try to track down those annoying American carriers.

@Lazarus:

Simple geography. The position of every tank wreck is known as is the route Wittmann took into the town.
Wittmann could not possibly knock out any more than the 9 tanks on that road  that  came into his direct sight.
Between Wittmann and A Squadron there was a large hill (pt 213) so they never came into contact.

Thats right, HILLS! The tanks greatest obstacle, because it’s not like a tank could, ya’know, drive over it or something. One must wonder how the Tank gained such prominence on the battle field with this huge weakness  :roll:

Come on Gar, have you forgotten the ROT (Rule of Thumb) when dealing with Lazarus posts? Remember, whatever he says, the opposite is what really happened.

@Gargantua:

What’s your source Dr. Lazarus?

Gar, it’s called having an imagination, duh! Don’t you remember having one of those?

So I just finished reading this book a few days ago and It was very interesting. One of the most fascinating thing was to learn just how deeply involved Germany was in China’s war effort. Right down to the Company level German officers were posted to units as advisers and assistants to their Chinese counterparts. The entire plan for the assault on Shanghai by Chinese forces was written and drawn up Gen. Alexander von Falkenhausen and his staff of German officers. The level of involvement led to Japanese veterans of the battle for Shanghai to call it “the German war” afterwards.

This was a really great read as gives a lot of useful information on a number of figures who were very important to China’s war effort. People like Claire Chennault who had be brought in to help build a Chinese airforce after the disastrous Italian effort, and Bai Chongxi who would become one of the stand outs in the Chinese army and an able and capable commander (and the only one who could ignore Chiang Kai-sheks orders and get away with it).

The book filled me with the same feelings that I got when reading Anthony Beevor’s “the Battle for Spain”. I knew the ending and the “good guys” lose, and in both instances they lose less because of the power of their enemy and more because they get in their own damn way!

As a result of finishing this book I’ve moved on to Iris Chang’s “The Rape of Nanking” as it seems like a logical next step as the battle of Shanghai was directly followed by the fall of the Chinese capital. There are a series of books in this theme that I intend to read, Battle of Shanghai is done, i’m about 70 pages into Rape of Nanking, after that I intend to read “Wuhan 1938” by Steven MacKinnon which covers the next major event in the second Sino-Japanese war, including the Chinese victory at Taierzhuang and the siege and battle for Wuhan.

Tall Paul and wittmann- As far as books on this subject go, I recommend Robert Thompsons Empires on the Pacific, which presents WW2 from American, Japanese, and Chinese perspectives, and Jonathon Fenby’s Chiang Kai-Shek; China’s Generalissimo and the nation he lost which is a wonderfully written and very informative biography on the figure who was central to China’s war effort in WW2 (and it also serves as a detailed history of his period in time as well.

That’s a really cool story Wittmann, I wondered if the picture in your avatar matched the name you used.

It’s really not that surprising that wittmann would have gotten such a high kill rate as the British seemed to have trouble coordinating infantry and armour operations. I’m reminded of reading Has von Lucks memiors and his actions during the same time period.

When I saw “Lee takes command of the ANV” I thought this was going to be about some high ranking shake up in Vietnam in the 60’s, I was so confused when I saw the year 1862  :-P

For those of you who have done this how does it affect the game? Does it unbalance things, give the allies to much of an advantage? I could see this messing up the precarious balance of power in the pacific with Japan having to deal with a 25+IPC beast ANZAC player if the allies focus their income there (and since Canada is relatively safe from direct Axis invasion, why wouldn’t you?). I could see having the ability to spend the Commonwealth 17IPC income in Europe early on, until the US gets into the war, (or in the event of London falling the liberation of the home islands), being a boon to the allies, but after that I could see most players just focusing on the pacific and that might be unfair to Japan.

Just some musings on the idea, I still like it and would really like to test it out.

I was thinking about this the other day and I wanted to bounce this idea off you guys.

So just spitballing here, but what do you guys of taking the Canadian IC and adding that to the ANZAC and calling them the “Commonwealth forces” instead? The turn order would remain the same, but now you would have a single power with 17IC instead of the ANZAC just having 10IC. I know that the loss in IC to GB wouldn’t be ideal so to compensate I was thinking of combining their income with that of India’s. The loss roughly balances out as I think the two Canadian tt on the pacific usually go to India anyway (the only problem is HK throws and extra 3 into GB’s income but I don’t know if that’s enough to break the game).

Just tossing this out there, wanted to see what you guys think.

While I am not in a position to give anything financially at the moment (that may change)I send all the moral and emotional support (healing waves) that I can, Mr. Bear will be in our prayers, Good Luck!

Laughing… believe what? � You have yet to say “I’m from here” or “I’m not from here…” � It’s like you don’t want to commit to being from one place or not being from another place in particular.

Look, I’ll lay my cards out on the table. � I don’t think you went to Stanford. � I don’t think you live in Malibu and own some apartment buildings like you claim. � You’re not Californian or even American. � Your too dumb to have gone to a good school (if you did go to a decent school, you’d know the correct term to use for me would be “homophobe” not “homophobic.”  I’m neither, btw, just trying to help you out on proper English) � If you did graduate from college in 90, that would make you mid-late 40s, but you say that you play badminton most evenings… which I tend to believe (because why in the world would anyone make THAT up), but it shows that you likely are single and don’t have a family–which is kinda sad. � I spend most evenings playing with my kids and then having some quiet time with my wife. � Watching a movie or reading together, usually, once the munchkins are in bed. � So I know how nice those moments are, and it does make sad to think that a middle aged man isn’t able to enjoy that. �

But, at the end of the day, I think you maybe had some college, or went to an average school, but are single, likely British. � For sure not American. � Probably don’t live in California, otherwise, you’d know that Malibu is a pretty small and super-exclusive place populated by really, really successful movie stars, Russian oligarchs, or California tech billionaires. � More plausibly if you were a successful upper middle class business person, you’d live in Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Pasadena, Santa Ana, Orange, Marina Del Ray, Santa Barbara, etc… but Malibu, Mulholland Drive, Bev. Hills, etc. would be out of your price range. � And if you were a tech billionaire who really did live in Malibu… I’d expect more out of your postings… if you even were on here to begin with.

I just think you’re a normal, middle-class, working class stiff (like me) who likes World War II and gaming… nothing wrong with that. � But you make up this story about who you are and what you do and where you live and it’s just… sad. � And the bullying is really, really unbecoming. � And I fully admit that I’ve been bullying you on here, but it really is in reaction to way over the top reactions on your part (think back to the first time we crossed paths. � I think my first posting response to you was “dude, chill out” and you kept going, berating me for having a different opinion than you, without awknowledging that differing opinions can be perfectly valid and defendable, even if you disagree with them). �

So… I’m tired of this. � I’ve got work piling up, and honestly, I don’t think this is doing any good. � I think you’re a sad asshole. � And I freely admit I’ve got a foul mouth, but I work with the military and it kinda rubs off. � My fault, but that’s honestly a lot of how people I work with talk. � If it offends people, sorry, but I’ve done a lot of self-censoring already. �

I have saved this post from Rjpeters and I’m going to just post it whenever IL gets all full of him self in threads from now on  :-D enjoy

@rjpeters70:

Laughing… believe what? � You have yet to say “I’m from here” or “I’m not from here…” � It’s like you don’t want to commit to being from one place or not being from another place in particular.

Look, I’ll lay my cards out on the table. � I don’t think you went to Stanford. � I don’t think you live in Malibu and own some apartment buildings like you claim. � You’re not Californian or even American. � Your too dumb to have gone to a good school (if you did go to a decent school, you’d know the correct term to use for me would be “homophobe” not “homophobic.”  I’m neither, btw, just trying to help you out on proper English) � If you did graduate from college in 90, that would make you mid-late 40s, but you say that you play badminton most evenings… which I tend to believe (because why in the world would anyone make THAT up), but it shows that you likely are single and don’t have a family–which is kinda sad. � I spend most evenings playing with my kids and then having some quiet time with my wife. � Watching a movie or reading together, usually, once the munchkins are in bed. � So I know how nice those moments are, and it does make sad to think that a middle aged man isn’t able to enjoy that. �

But, at the end of the day, I think you maybe had some college, or went to an average school, but are single, likely British. � For sure not American. � Probably don’t live in California, otherwise, you’d know that Malibu is a pretty small and super-exclusive place populated by really, really successful movie stars, Russian oligarchs, or California tech billionaires. � More plausibly if you were a successful upper middle class business person, you’d live in Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Pasadena, Santa Ana, Orange, Marina Del Ray, Santa Barbara, etc… but Malibu, Mulholland Drive, Bev. Hills, etc. would be out of your price range. � And if you were a tech billionaire who really did live in Malibu… I’d expect more out of your postings… if you even were on here to begin with.

I just think you’re a normal, middle-class, working class stiff (like me) who likes World War II and gaming… nothing wrong with that. � But you make up this story about who you are and what you do and where you live and it’s just… sad. � And the bullying is really, really unbecoming. � And I fully admit that I’ve been bullying you on here, but it really is in reaction to way over the top reactions on your part (think back to the first time we crossed paths. � I think my first posting response to you was “dude, chill out” and you kept going, berating me for having a different opinion than you, without awknowledging that differing opinions can be perfectly valid and defendable, even if you disagree with them). �

So… I’m tired of this. � I’ve got work piling up, and honestly, I don’t think this is doing any good. � I think you’re a sad asshole. � And I freely admit I’ve got a foul mouth, but I work with the military and it kinda rubs off. � My fault, but that’s honestly a lot of how people I work with talk. � If it offends people, sorry, but I’ve done a lot of self-censoring already. �

This is the greatest post I have ever read on this forum, thank you Rjpeters, thank you for doing this  :-)

Wittmann,
I understand that and I feel there are a lot of people who are the same way. It’s not that this is inherently a bad thing, I myself started with a keen interest in the ETO, especially in the Eastern Front. However (and please don’t take this as an insult towards you) I feel that it’s such a shame that there is such little interest in the China theater of WW2. Being able to speak Chinese and having spent a considerable amount of time traveling in China gives me somewhat of a bias towards this theater, and also gives me access to a larger wealth of material on the subject, but I think it should be better known among western audiences as it was the events in China which brought America into WW2 in the end.

I got this book for my birthday last week and I haven’t been able to put it down!

http://www.amazon.com/SHANGHAI-1937-Stalingrad-Peter-Harmsen/dp/161200167X

I say it is a must read for any WW2 historian as it fills a critical gap in lot of peoples knowledge on this front and the beginnings of the Pacific war. It gives a detailed account of the event leading up to the battle and then follows proceedings step by step through the battle. It gives a lot of detail on individuals big and small and their involvement in the battle but does so in a easy to follow narrative that is fun to read. Can not recommend this book enough.

@CWO:

I once heard that one referred to as “Star Trek: The Motionless Picture.”

The other major problem when assessing the first Star Trek movie is that it is in the unfortunate position of having to be compared to The Wrath of Khan. In that light TMP can only look bad, especially when you consider that Wrath has the famous “death” of Mr. Spock. I’m sure when compared to other Sci-fi films of its era, like Odessy it;s a good film, that dosn’t make it any less boring, but objectively i’m sure it will hold up.

The other thing to remember is that Star Trek TMP, wasn’t given the go ahead by Paramount not to be another “hard” sci-fi film, but to capitalize on the bump in popularity sci-fi was having because of the release of Star Wars. Now thinking on that we can see just how much of a failure TMP really was, because compared to Star Wars, TMP is like a dead dog nailed to an armchair. TMP nearly ruined the franchise where as ANH (that’s A New Hope) was the birth of one of the biggest and most profitable Science fiction series in history.

Another thing I’d like to hear opinions on; J.J. Abrams has been taped to direct the new Star Wars movies that Disney will be putting out and is also the director of the relaunch, or reboot or rewhatever, of the Star Trek series. What do you guys think of one man holding the directors chair on two of the biggest and most influential Science fiction series in our history?

I tend to agree with this theory.

There is really no reason for Germany to fight England. I believe that if Germany had won the First world War there would have been no WW2.

@Cmdr:

Sorry, I digress.  For a 1977 movie, Star Wars was good.  Star Trek, however, in my opinion, is far superior since it’s based on magic and not midichlorians or however you spell that. =^_^=

I hope to god you’re not referring to the first Star Trek movie? Have you gone back to re-watch that lately? It is unwatchable in my opinion.

The greatest strength Star Trek has over Star Wars is that after its creator, Gene Roddenberry, made one bad movie, the people around him had enough sense (and courage) to smack his hands away from the controls before he could completely ruin the series, unlike George “franchise-icide” Lucas. It’s really the only reason I think Star Trek has endured as well as it has.

@Gargantua:

I was thinking about this the other day… and started making a list of countries the USA has bombed since 1945.

Someone was watching Battle Royal 2 weren’t they  :wink:

@Cmdr:

I didn’t like DS9.  Maybe because I was such a huge B5 fan and that, in my opinion, they did a far superior job writting babylon 5 that ds9 seemed like a knockoff to me.

It funny, the other day my girlfriend mentioned that when ever she watched the show while it was on the air, it just seemed like a bunch of aliens sitting around the bar. I thought for a minute and said, “oh my god, it was Space Cheers!”  :lol:

The best WW1 book I have read are

Hew Strachan’s “The First World War” is a great and very easy read and there is an accompanying documentary series based off the book to go along with it. It covers the basics of each front and each year of the war very, splitting it’s time between the tactics and battles on one hand, and on letters and journal entries of the people who live through it on the other. Overall, and very good read, well written but not overly complicated.

S.L.A. Marshall’s “World War One” is another great book and covers things much more in depth I feel. Marshall served with the US army in France and fought in the front lines, so he brings a keen understanding of what it was like in the trenches to his writing. He covers the war from the lowly troopers perspective up to the Highest general and statesman seeing the whole picture. He discusses tactics and strategy of all sides, the advancement of technology during the war, the various weapons and how the functioned. It really is an all inclusive study of the war and I love reading it again and again.

Erwin Rommel’s **“Infantry Attacks”**which I am currently reading is another great book on WW1. It gives great perspective on what the war was like for the average infantrymen, what challenges they faced and how their tactics changed when the war moved from open country fighting, to trench warfare. Well written and very informative on a basic tactical level as well as giving an idea of the larger picture at the same time. Well worth picking up.

Honorable Mention goes to Sean McMeekin’s “July 1914: Countdown to War” I haven’t read this one yet but it’s next on my list. It covers in great detail the events and actions that took place during the “July Crisis” that lead to the war. I’m looking forward to picking it up and i’ll be sure to let you know if it turns out to be any good.