Das Reich
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Thanks for posting your series. I have played the first one, and I enjoyed it and look forward to playing the rest out. I don't know too much about the Winter War, so this should be a good education as well as a fun game.
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I thought the same thing. The profile certainly resembles El Duce... </font>Originally posted by Das Reich:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Mies:
Could the bald guy looking to his right on the photo with the crack in it be Mussolini?
Mies
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I thought the same thing. The profile certainly resembles El Duce...Originally posted by Mies:Could the bald guy looking to his right on the photo with the crack in it be Mussolini?
Mies
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does the German shreck have a shield in the game?Originally posted by Culex Pipiens:i see that the finnish panzershreck has not the usual shield . it is a mistake or was a regular use of the finnish troops?
I have not played a scenario with a shreck in it in a long time, so I don't remember for sure...
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War plan red was just that. A plan. After WWI, the United Kingdom was one of the few potential enemies for the United States. The British had a very large nave and they had interests in the New World. I don't think this was ever taken very seriously, but its always safe to plan ahead.
Today the United States has war plans for just about every possible situation. There is even a "US against the world" war plan where the US Navy blockades every major port in the world, IIRC.
I think there is a boardgame depicting a War Plan Red what if.
Would have been an interesting Naval war.
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Thats not very nice...Originally posted by MikeyD:And on the U.S. side, in Vietnam enlisted men would frag their more dangerous C.O.s (toss a fragmentation grenade into his tent) as a final act of sheer self-preservation.
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I think it is realistic to have green HQ's leading veteran or regular platoons. Look at it this way, their previous platoon HQ was promoted to company commander, transfered, or ended up a casualty.Originally posted by SteppenWolf:Maybe this came up before, but I'm wondering about one thing. In several QB I played I bought whole tank platoons.
Now how come in a tank platoon with multiple regular and green units a green unit becomes the HQ? Wouldn't normaly be the most experienced people be used to coordinate the fight?
SteppenWolf
They would have to replace the platoon HQ from somewhere. And there are only so many veterans and regulars in the army.
A new guy has to start somewhere.
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That certainly looks like Hitler...
I would say older Hitler as opposed to young Hitler. But that might just be because the picture is blurry?
That other one is not Josef Stalin...
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yes, but maybe he also thought ahead that i would think that he would think ahead and put another gun behind the first, so he might not do it because the thinks I know it, or maybe he thinks that i would think that he thought that i would think that he would think ahead and put another gun behind the first, so he might not do it because the thinks I know it, or maybe he thinks that ..... </font>Originally posted by M Hofbauer:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by MikeyD:
Of course, if your opponent thought ahead and has anoher gun protecting the first...
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yes, but maybe he also thought ahead that i would think that he would think ahead and put another gun behind the first, so he might not do it because the thinks I know it, or maybe he thinks that i would think that he thought that i would think that he would think ahead and put another gun behind the first, so he might not do it because the thinks I know it, or maybe he thinks that ..... </font>Originally posted by M Hofbauer:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by MikeyD:
Of course, if your opponent thought ahead and has anoher gun protecting the first...
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As in Wacht Am Rhein? The Battle of the Bulge?Originally posted by White Phosphorus:Why do people always bring up Somme, but not the Ardenes offensive. Both were all infantry battles.
All infantry?
What about the 1st SS Panzer Korps?
Or are you speaking of another Ardennes offensive?
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Yeap. That was one of the worst, too...Originally posted by benpark:Dachau is about 25 minutes outside of Munich. That could account for the recollection of the concentration camp.
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Goodale, I see we have a common opponent in Hortlund. I have time for another PBEM if you are interested.
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If he was a spy in '42 or '43, then I doubt he would be manning an arty piece during the Bulge a couple years later.Originally posted by MasterGoodale:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Das Reich:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by MasterGoodale:
(or a spy!!
). I can just see old gramps slithering around with a tiny camera in the shadows. experienced spies are hard to come by, I don't think they would use them to work artillery. </font>
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well, when I said that "something is fishy" I did not mean to imply that I was suspicious that you are not telling the truth. What I meant was, there is obviously something in your der Grossvaters story or your understanding or memory of what your Grossvater (I just started German this semester so I try to use words I know as much as possible) said. Maybe a little of both.Originally posted by MasterGoodale:LOL Das Reich! That's funny but a good idea. I will get his unit and give you guys his name so you can help me understand this. It cracks me up how you are so suspicious
I think you are part right though. Either he had his dates mixed up or he said he arrived in Europe in 42/43, then found the camera at the end of the war. I agree with what you say about the artillery not being near Munich, that makes sense to me. But also, you mentioned that Munich was the first home of the Nazis, and 50% of these pictures are of nazis and other axis leaders, mixed in with what appears to my highly untrained eye to be insignificant buildings and alley ways, and sometimes groups of people talking from a distance that you can't identify. So the camera was most likely found in Munich like he said. The rest remains to be known. . . :cool:
Next time you see der Grossvater, explain to him your interest in his past. And that you would like to learn as much from him as possible.
My Grossvater died when I was 12, so I never learned anything directly from him of his experience in the service during WW2. My dad is sketchy on the details. But I do know he served in the 1st Division.
In fact, for Christmas mein Vater gave me mein Grossvaters divisional ring. Its gold and has two eagles on either side. The face has the "1" logo and says "TUNISIA SICILY, GERMANY" to the top of the "1" and "THE BULGE" below the "1"
It was the best gift I have ever been given. I had never seen it before. But was pleased to get it.
Has anyone ever seen one of these or know anything about them? I have searched the net some, but not too much. IU found the 1st Infantry Divisions website and I am going to post something on that forum.
But anyways, next time you talk to your Groosvater, make sure you bring a tape recorder and ask him if you can tape the conversation.
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FOW may have played a factor. Wait till the end game and check the casualties caused.Originally posted by Louie the Toad:By the way,
It worked fine. A nice long and wide spray. It totaly engulfed one squad and touched at least one of the other two. However I did not see any figure reduction/elimination on either squad, not even the engulfed one. I thought it would be good for at least 3 casualties.
Also, don't forget that what you see is not always exactly whats happening.
The flame may have possibly missed the guys, but scared the crap out of them. Either way, they are probably broken, and thats almost as good, use that MG on the croc to keep 'em runnin'
I love this game.
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If he was a spy in '42 or '43, then I doubt he would be manning an arty piece during the Bulge a couple years later.Originally posted by MasterGoodale:(or a spy!!
). I can just see old gramps slithering around with a tiny camera in the shadows. experienced spies are hard to come by, I don't think they would use them to work artillery.
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I would imagine it to be hard for an American to move around Germany in '42 or '43.Originally posted by MasterGoodale:Why doesn't aht make sense? By what he said, he was in Munich from 42-43 and probably moved around some, then was finally able to go home sometime in 46, probably early in the year I don't know.
Especially in Münich, the first home base of the Nazi party.
I don't think that I said he couldn't have been in the Bulge. I just don't see how he was in Münich in '42 or '43 AND then in the Bulge. I am sure stranger things have happened.And why couldn't he have been in the BOTB? It took place in 44, while he was still in Europe. He was an artillery gunner (155 MM I think, called them "Long Toms")
I think your Grossvatter must have his dates mixed up pretty bad. Which is understandable. But he could not have reasonably been in Münich prior to 1945 if he was manning an artillery piece for the US Army. There is just no way.
He must have found the camera sometime in the spring of '45 or there-after. I think Münich was occupied by American troops just before Hitler killed himself, which was in later April of '45.
Something is fishy. Try and look up his service records or something. Or find his unit name and post it here and we can probably figure out where he was and when.I will clarify this all in the end, believe me. And when I do it's probably going to make for an interesting story, and hopefully all of our questions will be answered.
If he would just check his damn email!! :mad: :mad:
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Bulge started in December of '44 and ended in January '45.Originally posted by MasterGoodale:Please explain, I suck at history in terms of dates of battles and stuff. when was the Battle of the Bulge? He definitely seemed certain he was there, and his wife said so too. If anything it's my moronic interpretation of what he said. help me!! (or else :mad: )
There were no US troops in continental Europe in '42 and they did not land in Sicily until July of '43. But even then, they didnot leave Italy, so there is no way a US soldier who is not a spy or POW would be in Münich in '42 or '43.
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This makes no sense to me at all...Originally posted by MasterGoodale:True, it most likely wasn't Aushwitz I don't really remember which one he said. I'll find out. I do know that he was in Europe until 46' though, and from 42-43 he was in Munich. I remember him saying how he was told he would come home after two years and "I never made it back until 1946!" he said.
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I don't think so. Unless he was a spy, POW or civilian.Originally posted by MasterGoodale:Exactly das Reich! That's what the hell I'm wondering!!? Did we have soldiers in Munich in 1942-1943?? This is why I originally thought he must have said the end of the war. I'm so confused right now :confused: . . .
The US did invade Sicily in July of '43, but they would not get no-where near Munich.
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And he was in the US Army?Originally posted by MasterGoodale:I nhave an update to the info. Although I haven't heard back from Gramp on the email I sent him asking the questions I have, I talked with my wife last night to see if maybe she remembered the conversation better than I did. She said he was in Munich from 1942-1943 and that's when he found the camera (she's pretty sure)! So at least now the time frame is narrowed down.
I must be lost or something. How did he get to Munich in '42 or '43?
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yea, I have had many Vet half squads get mauled on point, but I always feel bad sending them young kids out to get cut down by an ambush of a couple of MG-42's.Originally posted by JasonC:Das Reich - thanks. I don't use the greens by preference for greens, but to save others. When you take regulars, you get a mix of qualities, with a few vets and a few greens in the mix. The greens are the least useful units. "Point" is an exceptionally hazardous duty with a low life expectancy. I consider the greens more expendable, that's all.
Nothing the point can do for itself matters a heck of a lot if it gets fired on; it is really up to the overwatch to save them. I don't mind if they rout away, even, since I prefer that to them dying. But the reason I don't use vets for it is not because vets aren't better at it, but because they are too valuable to throw away on such a hazardous mission.
It does help if the platoon HQ of the "point" has a good command rating, though. Because it keeps the response time to new orders low, and often the point has to jump from here to there, with numerous waypoints and changes of speed. Obviously morale is also useful, since you will take fire.
Reminds of platoon when they would send the new guys on point. I always felt bad for the "fat" guy who gets it on his first mission.
But anyways, I think it certainly depends on what the situation is, of course. If I expect to encounter a dug in enemy on the defensive, then I will most likely use greens. But if I am just feeling for an enemy who is also feeling for me, like a meeting engagement type situation, then I like having the Vets or Regs up front so that they can hold their position for at least a minute to give me a chance to concentrate the rest of the force and move them into a position where I can overwhelm the enemy and get them routing.
But when I try and get a green squad or half squad to do this type of duty, they usually break on first up close contact.
So, like everything else in Combat Mission, situation depicts tactic.
). I can just see old gramps slithering around with a tiny camera in the shadows.
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