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Shmavis

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  1. It seems to me that an attack would be a disastrous undertaking, since the Soviets didn't have the tactical numerical superiority to ensure victory over the German forces arrayed against the Kursk salient. At least, they didn't during the first week of July 1943. Some might say they never achieved tactical dominance throughout the war. It was at the strategic level that the Germans couldn't compete. I guess it all depends on how historically accurate you would want the scenario to be.

  2. Originally posted by JasonC:

    So when some knot of immoral idiots appoint themselves "superior" based on pure wind and indifference to morality, blow the living crap out of them, problem solved. Show them what rule of the stronger really means, because they are utter fools if they think it means them.

    I find your choice of words ironic, and I don't see how they can be applied, except during war. Otherwise, you're advocating murder.

    Suddenly, I'm reminded of a line I once read on a T-shirt: "Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them."

  3. Originally posted by JasonC:

    Oh, I'm so fierce about it. Those maintaining that Nazis are fluffy bunnies aren't at all delusional.

    Exactly. Whenever someone starts a thread like this, you seem to jump to the conclusion that Nazi sympathizers abound here and you must hold back the tide - personally. I've only seen this behavior with Jews and other groups targetted by the Third Reich, or(among Americans, at least) descendants of slain veterans. I'm not trying to antagonize, just understand.
  4. Originally posted by JasonC:

    "but what can you do"

    You can kill them, that's what you can do.

    So, we should just kill any perceived racist that we encounter? Shall we shoot them in the street?

    I feel compelled to ask why you maintain such a fierce stance on topics such as this. Are you of Jewish or Russian descent? Did some relative(s) of yours die during the Second World War at the hands of the Nazis? It would explain things a bit.

  5. Corvidae, if you're saying that what happened in Germany can happen to other peoples/nations, I agree. To claim otherwise, without maintaining any level of vigilance and knowledge of history, invites disaster.

    I'd like to relate something of a personal story real quick about German/Nazi doctrine in occupied territories:

    My grandmother on my father's side of the family was born and raised in Trieste, in occupied northern Italy. She worked in something of a soup kitchen that served German troops stationed in the area. She said that they were always very well-mannered, addressing her as "Signorina Alida". However, if a German soldier was killed by partisans and the like, 10 civilians were selected at random and summarily executed. I believe by hanging. Whenever there was an execution(I guess, in the city square) my great grandmother would give wide berth to the area when walking with my grandmother on their daily commutes. I think the troops were regular Heer, and if they were, it must have been even worse with the SS.

  6. Originally posted by Bannon DC:

    Oh man, we are off and running.

    This thread will really l-e-n-g-t-h-e-n when Jason C chimes in. Let me summerize... Nazi Punks F'Off.

    Jason wasn't bashing anybody. He was just singing a Dead Kennedys song. Right, Jason?

    By the way, I posted some more details on 1SS at 0115 at The Proving Grounds.

  7. This response comes late, but I found this thread while doing a search on Operation: Spring Awakening and maybe I can answer your question.

    First, I believe the primary objective of the operation was the recapture of Budapest(if for only political reasons), or at least to relieve the encircled friendly troops in Pest, but they were too late.

    I believe those figures are wildly overestimated, especially considering the heavy losses suffered not long beforehand during the Battle of the Bulge.

  8. Originally posted by Other Means:

    Additionally, MTC used with a cover arc will restrict the units that stop the MTC to those within the arc. They still stop when under fire.

    I thought I saw this happen in a scenario I was playing. One of my squads was using MTC with a covered arc, but didn't stop when contact was made with enemy troops outside of that arc. I checked and my squad did have LOS to the enemy. So, I was a bit confused for a while. Thanks for the clarification!
  9. If this is a general forum topic, I apologize for mistakenly discussing it here, but I was just wondering if anyone ever played this old turn-based strategy game on the Sega Saturn(Yes, I still own one.) console. Most of the battles in the German campaign were set in the Eastern front. So, I thought I'd ask here.

    Link

  10. I'm not the most familiar with this sort of thing, but I found *Link deleted* and just wanted to run it by you all. So, is this pirated material?

    EDIT: Alright. I'll take that as a yes. Thanks for scaring me. I'll just e-mail a moderator. By the way, I'm not advertising this stuff.

    [ May 10, 2006, 05:15 AM: Message edited by: Shmavis ]

  11. That's one of their primary functions. It's in the manual. Once any mines are discovered, just move them close to the marker(approximately 10 meters) and they'll lob a demo charge at it within a turn or two. They can remove daisy chain mines without any demolition. Also, I think you can have them area fire at the marker, but this can make them waste all of their demo charges on it.

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