Stoffel
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I lost a KV2 to a 20mm cannon......it couldnt target the gun while round after round hit the tank frontal armor.
The regular crew bailed out after 2 turns.
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Evzone,
I have also visited the Allied graves,when I do I fell sorry for the vitims no matter if they are German or English or whatever,I think as a soldier.
Maybe if you see where I come from you will see that what happened in Crete has also happened in my country.
Besides bombing a ruin,hospital,or anything else is legal according to the genevian convention if enemy troops held up in or near such an item.
I am not talking here to defend the Nazi regime,I am talking as a soldier,this monument does not stand for the regime but for the soldiers who fought there.
Dont you think that here in holland we havent suffered too,here too entire villages were destroyed and all inhabitants killed.
A lot more civillians,jews and soldiers died than in Greece,and my country is smaller than Greece.
I am a jew,my family suffered too,so I am certainly not a nazifanboy,but I am a soldier.
And regarding payments,everybody knows what that can lead too,its one of the reasons for the start of ww2.
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The Bundeswehr is an official institution if I am right????
I wasnt speaking about german government though but more about the Greek government.
But nontheless PAINFBAT has a good point.
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True there are rather unfriendly reactions but everything has two sides.
A country has to make sure its historicall buildings,monuments and so on to be in good shape.
The monument can als be explained different,as a sign of a fallen umpire,overwon by the good.
Once I have the pictures on my pc from the Friedhof you see what I mean.
Children from 16 countries (including russia,greece and some other eastern countries)helped in a project to renovate the graves of the German soldiers.
The same goes for my country,allthough there was a lot of tension between Holland and Indonesia,they now respect eachothers graves and monuments.
The bundeswehr also payed for projects and layed flowers in coordination with the greek and british army.
Recently German soldiers were invited too at several commemorationmarches in Europe.
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Hi all,
I have just returned from a holiday in Crete,off course I have payed a visit to the military sites there.
Most impressive was the german friedhof at maleme where all german troops are buried.
But what really shocked me was the fact that the monument for those brave soldiers was destroyed.
Have a look at this site and join the efforts of a group people who wants to restore the monument.
Even one of the most famous partizans of that time found it hard to believe that the monumnet was broken down.
He too gave money and said he was shocked to see a part of Cretes history was gone.
http://www.fallschirmjaeger-denkmal.de/English.htm
Take a look at the site,
Stoffel
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The german tv broadcasted a series of old weekjournals with actual movies from the battle field during the early 80's.
I think it was named ...for vierzig jahren.
Try a search on the net for that,maybe you find what you need
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Count me in
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HI Sequoia,
There are a lot of voices,a real lot of voices,.....Are you planning to do them all?
Most of them are the same,or almost the same with different voices.
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I think it is number 7.
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Hi terence,
Like the major said you cant add forces off map,however there is a way to "delete" them.
In the options menu you have the ability to change the entry times of any particular force/unit which is off map.
If a battle takes an hour and your add ons enter at turn 40 all you have to do is change the entrytime to 1 hour and 1 minute .
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Cool thanks,
I have the rules on my pc but coudnt find the topic that fast
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I think its the woods.
To be able to spot a plane and return fire you should not be surrounded by trees......
Open ground or scattered trees are better.
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I think tankibanki is right
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Does anybody know which wav files represent the South African voices???
Henk
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Demo came out in 1998/99
37 now:)
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Still waiting for files????
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Oh,
And for the eben emael scenario,I need a list of Belgium names,I want names that were common in the 40's.
Any Belgium player here that can help me with that?
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Now all whats left to do is a weapons mod.....
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Keep in mind when you do so that the dutch colour is a few tones lighter than the German field grey.
I would like to be the first to see the result
On the other hand if you(andrew) would assist Sequoia........
(shameles begging)
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Hi Hans,
I have add some woods between the bunkers (for gameplay sake I did not place them with overlooking LOS)and enlarged the german force somehow.
Made the defenders green and conscript,it works quite well.
Another thought I had was to place the defenders as reinforcements and have them arrive each turn to resemble confusion and chaos.
Somehow some things arent doable with the cm engine.
One thing you miss in each battle is the element of surprise.
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grrr,I have a mail problem,so I cant react.
Bernie,I do like to see the mods,please send them over to me.
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Hi Hans,
I have been playing a bit with this idea and came up with a nice map which resembles the fort reasonably well.(editor limitations considered)
battle plays real nice,used the brits bunkers though.
And allthough its not the same calibre the battle plays well.
I have tweeked the original OOB a bit with a few more German squads.
Do you want to see it?
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Not that I know about.
I have checked some sites about this fortress,I dont think the terrain and the way it was build is suited for the cm editor.
I have several links to sites,mostin dutch.
If anybody wants to do this I can help with translating if needed.
Henk
German paratroop monument Crete
in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
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Andreas,
There wont come monuments for actions of the Germans by the Dutch government,however all remaining signs are preserved and funds are committed to keep them in shape,like PAINFBAT said as a warning for the future.
I can say that cause I saw most of them,relics of wars.
Drawings from soldiers(including swastikas)buildings,eagles and so on.
Now,this monument wasnt that big,it cant be seen from the road.
It wasnt a NAZI monument but one for soldiers who fought.
Remember in Russia the soldiers were seen as liberators,only after the SS and the occupationtroops came in the knew better.
All I did was think and act as a soldier,feeling ashamed a monument for brave soldiers who died far from home is broken down.
I mentioned a link,and after reading it everybody can have his opinion and do something or not.
No use in attacking me or hijacking my topic.
I know you feel like some sort of a god here on the forum,keep acting that way.
Like PAINFBAT and others I am fed up with your behaviour.
Goodbye.