Fenris

yeah, not to make light of what's happening but these UKR farmer memes are going to be floating around for a while I reckon.

No one expects the Spanish Instalanza.

I saw this the other day. (If it's real) Is another clever tactic from UKR to spread the word inside Russia.
 
 

Already rehearsing it mate - sneak preview image ...

 

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The government of the Republic of Poland, following consultations with the President and the Government of the Republic of Poland, are ready to move all their MIG-29 aircraft to the base in Rammstein immediately and free of charge and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America". - the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just stated in a communiqué. This could mean that the planes will be handed over by NATO to Ukraine.
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pretty much every country has some nazi element.  f'd up but it is what it is.  Difference is in Russia the head of the country is a fascist.

From my keyboard on the other side of the planet... I get the sense Zelensky would not be willing to give up much of anything now.  It may be wishful thiking on my part but it feels like UKR is starting to get the stronger hand, at least with regards to negotiating.   In a broader picture, (edit - and with strong support from the west) I don't think he should give up anything, I believe it's important that Putin doesn't gain any concessions so that there's a clear rebuff of this sort of adventurism.  There will be other world leaders watching what happens closely and if Putin survives this fiasco it needs to be clear it's not worth trying it again somewhere else.

From my keyboard on the other side of the planet... I get the sense Zelensky would not be willing to give up much of anything now.  It may be wishful thiking on my part but it feels like UKR is starting to get the stronger hand, at least with regards to negotiating.   In a broader picture, (edit - and with strong support from the west) I don't think he should give up anything, I believe it's important that Putin doesn't gain any concessions so that there's a clear rebuff of this sort of adventurism.  There will be other world leaders watching what happens closely and if Putin survives this fiasco it needs to be clear it's not worth trying it again somewhere else.

That touched my heart. Watch till the end.
 
 

Just like 80 years ago

Just like 80 years ago

Just like 80 years ago

Been reading and learning about all kinds of wars in history since I was ten years old, but this military performance is so stunning that I only can compare it with the chaotic and incompetent way the Italian Army fought during WW2.
I'm baffled.

Long time CM player/forum lurker (think my original member number was 169).  Been following this thread for a couple of days - thanks for all the info.
Chalk me up as another one of the crowd who is scratching their head wondering what the hell was Putin thinking.  Just doesn't make sense to me.  Seems like a huge miscalculation, lose-lose situation for Russia. 
I'm angry because all this suffering is completely unnecessary.  I really hope that one of good things that comes from all this blood is the end for Putin and Lukashenko.  I don't hold out much hope for Russia but maybe Belarus can go the way of UKR and become a democratic and join the EU when this is all done.
 
 
 

Nice work mate
 

Inserting 2c on this topic (again)... I don't mind the price too much.  Would prefer it wasn't a separate game though.
 
 
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Cross post from another forum I frequent, good pics with some nice detailed info on each one presented.
 
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/look-at-these-mind-blowing-colourised-images-of-wwii.html
 

 
 
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Campaign and scenarioes should be aimed at the full monty install... You know, to encourage the masses to cough up more cash, ahem I mean upgrade  
 
 
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Guy I know pointed this out... Might be useful for scen builders...
 
 
 
 
 
http://search.slashdot.org/story/15/02/08/1854255/google-earth-pro-now-available-free
 
 
 
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With regard to CM1 they were called operations and were essentially a complete battle played out on a single map with the fighting broken up into a number of engagements (up to 10) happening over a relatively short period of time, like up to 24 hours or so, depends on how it was setup, it included the chance of night ops.  So one operation might consist of six 45 minute fire fights on a largish map with the front line adjusting on the map depending on the ending positions of each side.  IIRC the map state and destroyed vehicles etc were all retained over the course of the battle and you'd get some resupply and reinforcements happening during the lulls between fighting.
 
As I mentioned above I really don't like that this feature was dropped.  To me, from what I've read, this far more along the lines of how real battles played out.  With scenerioes we have now we get just the single firefights and don't have the option to simulate multiple attacks and counter attacks with fighting over an objective flaring up then dying down many times over the course of a day which happened basically all the time.
 
 
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Yeah, we've been told no, never.  Apparently no one liked them...???
 
Which is a shame IMO as they were better at representing how battles played out in real life than the short 30-120 minute all out struggles we tend to have now.
 
 
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Why I oughta get you two...
 

 
 

 
 
 
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