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Idk. In FI when it was just Sicily I hated the terrain. Idk why. Especially those damned vineyards. My god those were like the ultimate tank trap. FI went from being my least fav to my fav( at the time ) with the module to Rome though.

Whose defending Enemy at the Gates? I dont think anyone on either 'side' has said its even a good movie let a lone accurate. As I said its bad when halfway through a movie about one of if not THE biggest city battle of all times the ambient backround noise of battle just.. disappears. I will say this though in defense of western histories of ww2: What exactly has the SU done to help or Russia to clarify? Russia reclosed its archives. The SU made up myths and there wouldnt even be a sniper duel legend without the direct existence of the SU. Russia hasnt helped matters by tryn to charge or publicly shame people who try to come out with things that arent seen as pro Soviet at that time. Whats that leave the West with? Well we have the stories od the losers. Lots of self vindication etc. Some truth. Some stuff got out of the East or can be confirmed. Otherwise all we really knew is the biggest land war in history happened in Eastern Europe against 2 brutal dictatorships. One with every reason to lie about its failures and reasons to hide evidence of crime. The other a victor who got to write history in the manner it desired and one who perpetuated outright untruths and lies for up to even over 40 years after the event ( Katyn ) That said the German movie Stalingrad was good IMO though I wish instead of trying to make it more movie like at the end with the corrupt nazi officer and the woman etc they should have just shown the men die off in various defensive positions/starve as was much more a common reality. maybe a dream like sequence at the end in one of those massive open wire open air camps at the end of winter of 42/43 that the great majority of the 6th Army pows died in the immediate aftermath of the battle.

But what about the fulda gap? or what if god forbid they do something like say whys monty so special he gets 2 cap badges or even commits heresy and dares suggest that Monty didnt really save the US in the Battle of the Bulge? Im of irish ancestry* on both sides so Im assuming paddy has a hot tempter like me. things could get ugly. My ancestors had some *cough* issues with the British in Ireland around spring of 1916 and somehow ended up in Boston by way of Nova Scotia. They were going to be deported soon and my great grandfather would probably have beem hung vecause his alleged fenian connections.. until WW1 he enlisted and our family got to stay. he survived but dived into a shellhole and got a lung full of mustard gas. he died 5 years later from lung and throat cancer at the ripe age of 26. poor bastard. apparently was brewing beer in the bathtub to help with money. (the other side was alrdy in nova scotia and contributed a daughter to come with my great grand pappy in boston and here i am)

Read about Berlin at the end. Before Berlin there was a standing order I forget where and when but there was an order ( probably selectively enforced) to shoot "traitors" trying to surrender. They had penal battalions. If you didnt move fast enough or werent considered interested enough off to a camp. That is if you didnt have an accident first. However almost any lower level history of the Eastern Front thats lengthy you will find multiple incidents on both the Eastern and Western fronts of German troops opening fire on other Germans surrendering. Google it you.ll find examples.Of course given the nature of the combat there was a lot more bitterness and your odds of being shot bt a former kamaraden increased dramatically if you pulled that sh*t in the East. Heinrich Biddermans autobiography about his time inthe Wehrmacht is interesting because he fought most his war in the east. he ended upin the west at the end. some notable takebacks - first of all these were only his experiences. if you try to claim im inferring this was corps/front/theater wide youre an idiot. Now that said according to him yes Germans did shoot at surrendering Germans. Also generally in thr west it was considered risky but if say 4 surrendered maybe one would get shot by accident but barring any local atrocities you were going in the bag. with the east it didnt matter. you could ve taken prisoner you could all be shot out of hand. Apparently panzer crews had a real tough time because their black uniforms often led to accussations of them being SS and getting shot. Bidermann also noted that in the east no one gave a flying f*** about medics or red cross markings or cease fires to collect dead. he was flabbergasted when he saw medics not getting shot by snipers etc in the west.

Ok first of all that movies an absolute disgrace. even the backround noise of firing goes mysteriously absent about halfway through. its utter nonsense. Ok now. Order No. 227. You truly believe no one was shot under that order? Come on man. Im not going to cite examples because history is replete- especially when one side is desperate- of such things. Look at the common roving gangs of SSin Berlin hanging or shooting 'deserters'? The idea that it didnt happen in Barbarossa and otherwise is frankly naive. Second its been well admitted by bith German and Soviet sources they tried to shoot at their own surrendering troops. Also Stalin had one of his top marshalls shot for failing in 1941. Hold on let me dig up the name.. pretty sure it was Pavlov. Or he killed himself. Who really knows. Dont jump to this is HATO on Russia. I cant point to examples of british officers pulling a revolver out amd sshooting a couple of men refusing to advance to stun the rest into movement. Im pretty sure American troops would ve tempted to light up guys they saw as going over to the enemy side especially if America was in desperate straits. This isnt like some obscure fact of history DMS, yes one replete with hyperbole and exagerration, but it did happen and alot, after all it was thw biggest land war in history. If you really genuinely have no idea what Im talking about may I suggest perhaps reading books other than official Soviet histories? I dont feel I really know much about a battle military history wise unless Ive read a book from at least both sides. And i usually prefer more. Ive read American German British Russian and god knows what else about the Eastern Front. Im no expert but Im certainly not going to accept the fact the Soviet troops didnt shoot their own men on purpose spmetimes or send them into absolutley suicidal situations on purpose anf would shoot those who didnt move fast enough.And Im also certain the Germans did too.

well to be fair theres CMANO DCS added the F18 and naval ops are going to be greatly enhanced That Battle of the Atlantic turn based game Cold Waters ( yes i know its not ww2) plus mods for SH3 and 4 imcluding one where you control surface ships. If anything naval warfare is pretty well represented in the realism front. while it seems we have a plethora of ground based strat games most are jokes realism wise... And Im not even big on sea games

I like you man I really do. But no one is gonna wanna play a niche game of darts n pints with Paddy and Monty outside of the UK. (unless you got some clever gimmick like bullseyes giving u a dirty picture lol)

uh sorry USSR shooting its own soldiers is a verifiable fact. Its well noted that both sides opened up on their own trying to surrender as well. I dont think your profile has anything to do with the subject at all, I think he just thought it odd you say you live in a now for almost 30 years fictional country.

polite little blue digi-camo men?

i saw Tell Spring Not to Come This Year. Didnt really grip me. I dont know. Im sure some would find interest in it. It certainly reinforced my feeling its a hopeless war Americas fighting there.

No takers here. A NK defector and analyat said exactly what you just said. Threats/scare - charm or diplomatic offensive-concessions-repeat.

some real amazing stuff hidden in here

My god man. Then Im but a figment of a stuffed animals imagination? My life just segued into a Farside cartoon

big whoop. my lifes a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Just like the comic Hobbes is in my head

about cool enough thatd itd become really irritating if you couldnt turn it off after around the 2nd time you heard it

I agree DerKommisar I think the people who.d do this crazy stuff would anyways. its just a matta of degreees on how bad what theyd evemtually do is. its been fairly well documented violent video games music etc do not cause crimes.

just like mines..

we had down votes for the forum it didnt work. for one JK woulda been gonenyears ago and though I mock him he does find good stuff sometimes and has just as mich right here as anyone. me also. theres an unnamed person close to the development team thats notoriously short with people.i dont know why but this guy has always seemed to dislike me insomich as u can a person u dont know on a msg board. no matter what i posted- one time i got 17 likes. the unlike? him. he got to the point he.d literally downvote anything i posted whether or not he was ij the discussion or the content. Sorry but ya it gets abused. pls sulomon i like u. i still owe u a pbem i had to bail on. yes i made some jokes about your bakruptcy comment but youve been around and i respect you. do you realize the absolute torrent of downvotes you would have gotten with that bankruptcy post and especially when CARLWAW (and all the naysayers) got completely showed up by 3 part mega bone? we.re better off about it. plus its too 'dumb' if someone wants to trash me lets hear their academic or witty reasons why im strong evidence that abortion should be legal ( jk jk my views i will not state ) not just a down thumb.

facepalm. ya sry. ur right

thz aragorn let me reread. jeez howd i miss that.

Wait what about Volkssturm and partisans? Especially Volkssturm you cannot do a proper end of war germany with out them??

The sock puppet?? My god the evil American/HATO empires agitprop is getting very convincing!

it wasnt just you. and im guilty of it very often it wasnt personal at all. it was a hypocritical post of me.

tbh I think the media coverage of the events until the next goads probable killers more than anything. but i also think these shooters would probably end up doing something terrible either way. That said the game sounds like its in terrible taste and I cant see the fun in it.I mean some kid is no threat to a SWAT team its all about the body count one side for one side against. if we want that lets just play a vietnam fps.

hmm. no bankruptcy or doom. *looks around* quiet huh?