@Tall:
Special Forces,
My Dad usually enjoys playing the US. His favorite tactic is when he can overpower the Atlantic Navies and bring a Large Bombing campaign into play.
He personally remembers seeing over a THOUSAND heavy Bombers(mostly B-17s) flying overhead for HOURS on their way to start “Operation Cobra”. He said it was unnerving to have the ground shake that way for such a long time just from all of the engines. He was very impressed by the awesome display of military power,…as I’m sure the Germans were on the receiving end of it.
He has a ton of stories, some impressive, some sad, some funny, but all interesting.
“Tall Paul”
waw.
I asked because i can imagine the emotional connotations while playing A&A when you were part of the real thing.
I agree, the stories of my grandparents about the war were always interesting as well, i wish they’d had talked more about it.
As for my grandfathers, Belgian soldiers, they didnot see much action.
One grandfather was in a fight, in a trench and ducked for incoming artillery fire. When he and his buddy stood up again, the Germans had actually passed them. that fast they were! :D
So he was a POW mostly.
And my grandmom survived a V2 attack because she came home late. Home was all gone, the only thing still standing was their iron stove.
My other grandmom was a child in the first world war (grandparents here lived through both the world wars, first as a kid, then as a young adult) and her parents had to give shelter for german soldiers, and she remembers most of them crying, with bleeding feet from marching, and just wanting to go home.
So many stories. be sure to remember them well!
By the way, a thousand bombers, that sounds just insane. Where was he deployed? France?
