Topics created by CWO Marc

Thank you.
I must confess I have never read about the movements of the two armies after the 3rd.
I will look in Freeman’s Lee’s Lieutenants, as I am not sure I will find much information in any of my other books.

Thank you Marc. Was unable to look properly yesterday, but always meant to when I could.

@CWO:

@toblerone77:

Marc, did you ever own any Table Tactics pieces?�Â

Yes, I own pieces from all the sets TT produced, including the little Abrams tanks they made.  Much better M1s (except for their size, which is a trifle big) were made for the old Supremacy game, and were later re-manufactured by another company as gaming supply items.  HBG sells them:

http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Other-Modern-Pieces_c_133.html

A funny additional story about the article on that gaming convention.  The reporter was taken around the convention floor by one of the organizers, who at one point showed him a WWII tactical game in progress at one of the tables.  The organizer explained that this was a battle on the Eastern Front between German and Russian forces, then commented "As you can see, the Germans are about to get flanked."  According to the reporter, two of the players (“presumably Germans”) looked up in surprise.  The organizer lowered his voice and added “And I don’t think they’re expecting it.”

I could never get the Central Powers pieces. Everything else was no problem unless you count “Cromwell ???” whatever it was called.

TT was based out of Tulsa, OK coincedentally HBG is from Tulsa, OK. I’ve always wondered if Coach had anything to do with them.

HBG Germany still has some old TT singles but the cost to ship plus the fact thier sold as singles rather than sets of runners makes me not want them as much.

Thanks both.
Fancy not knowing that. I would have been no use to the Axis war effort.

Michael Wittmann did……and I’m sure that you do too!  :-D

@empireman:

I saw somewhere that the Ark of the covennant is in ethopia.

Ethiopian Lies.

You had lots of Hitler puzzles. That explains alot to us in these forums.

Thank you Marc.
I only wish we had been told which unit he had fought with and where it was found.

LOL, guess I should check to see if somebody else had posted this!  Nice work, going to have to get up a bit earlier me thinks!

Thank you for the WWI topic.

Thank you Marc. I confess I have never seen Vienna, though I have twice  driven through Western Austria on my way to Florence.

Ah, I’d thought I was the only one with this difficulty.

Two of my Russian fighters are the light brown version, close to Italy in shade by still brown.

I suspect that the first run had all Russian units in light brown, but it clashed too much with Italy so they made them darker.

Shouldn’t be selling us mixed sets, though.

Too Damn Cute IMO :-P

I have often felt that WotC has lacked a strong plan for the Axis & Allies brand. There’s SO much more that they could do to market (at low cost too). Consider the way they’ve invested D&D Encounter and the Game Finder webpage. A similar investment in the A&A brand could do wonders for insuring a healthy A&A market for the future.

The pathetic official webpage is a dismal representation of any business plan that they have at WotC/Hasbro for developing the brand.

@Imperious:

Isn’t it called MP 44?

I think that was a variant name at an early stage of its development, reflecting the fact that the assault rifle concept included some characteristics of the “Maschinenpistole” (submachine gun, an automatic weapon which fires pistol ammunition).

Thanks Marc.  I often visit the BBC site but dont often go to the england section.  Missed this one!

Thank you both, but I am aware I was only confirming your thoughts, Marc.

I enjoyed it and it has caused me to reevaluate my opinion of Lee.
Have now elevated him  above genius for his thinking how best to win the war and see how he envisaged the South’s only real chance for victory. I always thought him wrong to refuse to go West when asked, but see how necessary he was in the plan of things.
You know I hold the Western defeats dear and wish a Bragg replacement had been found earlier, only acknowledge now it could not be Lee.
My search for the answer goes on.
I know the whole Confederate heirachy( and modern military thinking)would have baulked at the idea of promoting someone two ranks(and not West Point), but how would the army have fared with Cleburne at the helm?
I know it is not a credible choice as he had two immediate superiors in the army(though Hardee refused) as well as two unused Full Generals outside of it.
I would like to read about Hardee and fathom why he could not see himself in the role. He did have the Army’s confidence. He is also another reason Cleburne could never have had the Army, having always been his superior.

There are other threads that have looked at this topic, by the way, for example:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=18516.0

Thanks for sharing