Posts made by Field Marshal

The Axis needed to keep the US out of it. Dec. 7, 1941 was the end of it. All the big military planners knew it. If Hitler would have WAITED and took down England, THEN invaded Russia they may have had a chance. Most importantly, keep the US out of it! Again, England and Russia would have long, drawnout engagements, something Hitler had zero patience for…

I’m sure I’ll pick up the system and game at some point. I was wondering when game system graphics would out do PC. PS2 seems to have achieved it…

Had a similar experience with the demo. Not sure what mission or level it is, but you go into a French town with German troops, snipers, and tanks in an attempt to knock out some German heavy batteries. Watching your buddies get wounded and killed, seeing the enemy make real-life movements, the scenery and detail, etc. - almost TOO much like the real thing. Like I said, INTENSE!!!

The previews look promising. Have you tried the “Allied Assault” demo or game? The demo gave me a good run for my money. The D-day sequence must be intense!

I found that quite humorous as well. My favorite level was the “Attack on Fort Schmerzen”. It took me forever to get through it, I found completing it rewarding. As bad as it sounds, I didn’t mind shooting Nazis in the back of the head, either. But hey, they’re Nazis…

Beat the original and half way thru the second game on PS1. Tried the Allied Assault Demo on PC, got my but handed to me. Don’t have PS2 yet, I’ll have to wait on Frontline…

Same as above…

TG Moses VI - That’s still being debated at the official Star Wars site’s forums. I don’t go to it often due to the endless sea of posts. Alot of reading through trash to get to something of substance…

Nice try though. Hey, if your son turns into a fan, he’ll be happy knowing he went. If he remembers some of it or not!

According to George Lucas, questions such as the above will be answered in episodes II and III.

Ditto, still hold it against Mom and Dad for not taking me to the movie in 1977. It’s lame and childish, but a hangup anyway!!!

TG Moses VI - thanks for all your information on this posting. It seems even with alleged advanced knowledge of the attack, there was little the US could have done to prevent the attack. Alot of good intelligence does. Lucky it wasn’t an occupational force. I’m not sure if that was in Japan’s future agenda, but initially I know they just wanted to cripple the US Fleet. Japan did not yet have the resources to fight the US, and needed to keep them out of the picture long enough to get them. Yamamoto was quite aware of this, unfortunately their gamble at Pearl didn’t workout that way.
Again, thanks for your imput.

It was clear to alot of people that the Philipines were on Japan’s hit list. Inteligence from a few countries showed a large task force leaving northern home island waters in late November. Pearl was a target discussed by many in the US, but they thought the Japanese wouldn’t dare attack. I don’t believe too many of our military leaders actually had knowledge of the immiment attack for good reason of security. Otherwise, history may have been played out differently. As far as the convoys went, most Americans did agree with our actions. It wasn’t our boys bleeding to death in French trenches, so it was a more acceptable way to help our old Ally.

I do have one question for you reguarding the carriers. Did we have any closer to the West Coast (San Diego, San Francisco, etc.)? Considering inteligence, any Pacific US ships could have joined the party…

The last post was me…

Yanny - I wonder if the Roosevelt Administration had just that idea and felt the gamble for a good result to be too much of a gamble??? We’ll probably never know…

As for 9-11, Yanny’s got the idea. It may not be the time to go there I’m afraid…

I’m sure most military with knowledge of those upcoming events suggested such actions. Unfortunately, the US HAD to endure a huge tragedy to sway public opinion towards joining the Allies. Even if we beat off the intended attack on Hawaii, and no one would have argued against such action, it still would not have been enough to win over the majority of the public of the REAL danger the US faces with the Axis Powers.

Dead Americans on a peaceful Sunday morning in the US’ vacation spot does alot to mobilize a nation…

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That would be logical. However it would show the US as the aggressor. Japan could argue the US attacked their North Pacific “training mission”. We had to keep our good guy image. The US public would not accept the administration’s decision to join the war by attacking first. Even if it seemed purely the correct thing to do. Isolationism ran high - “Our boys will not die fighting in foreign wars”…

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3. All religions are fine until they deny others basic human rights. The right to believe or not to believe is essential to uphold.

Alot of warnings were there and ignored by the ranking officials. It had to be a successful “sneak attack” to arouse the nation. Primary targets were US carriers. They were all conviently elsewhere…

With so many heated new topic posts, let’s visit a good old WWII one - DID THE US GOVERMENT KNOW THE JAPANESE WERE TO STRIKE AT PEARL HARBOR ???

New declassified information from intelligence sources seem to confirm this to be true in recent years. Roosevelt knew the British were in real trouble. The Russians were getting hammered terribly at that time, also. Who else could help out? Was the US in danger? He knew we had to step in to stop the Axis. But the American people do not want war. How is that corrected? Oh yes, we’ll eventually get attacked and turn it into a real tragedy for extremely angered US people to take the reins and start to kick some butt!!!

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