Lane Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 I guess this is one of the dumbest questions ask to today I dont have many WW2 maps is Barbarossa a city in Russia? Thanks for any info Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Lane, No. FYI... FREDERICK I BARBAROSSA In 1152 Frederick I Barbarossa ('Red Beard') became Holy Roman Emperor, and reigned until 1190. His reign was dominated by struggles with the German nobility and the papacy. He mounted a series of campaigns in Italy to capture lands from the pope, and succeeded in capturing Rome in 1167. According to legend, Barbarossa is not dead but merely sleeping, and will one day wake up to save Germany from disaster. [ September 03, 2002, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Frenchy ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Barbarossa was the German code name for the operation to invade and conquer the Soviet Union. It was also the name of a German emporer of the 12th century who died in the Third Crusade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty's Double Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 And for a bonus point, where's Stalingrad? You won't find it on modern maps, so what's it called now? My wife's recipe for wild mushroom risotto to the first with the right answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Originally posted by Frenchy: Lane, No. FYI... FREDERICK I BARBAROSSA In 1152 Frederick I Barbarossa ('Red Beard') became Holy Roman Emperor, and reigned until 1190. His reign was dominated by struggles with the German nobility and the papacy. He mounted a series of campaigns in Italy to capture lands from the pope, and succeeded in capturing Rome in 1167. According to legend, Barbarossa is not dead but merely sleeping, and will one day wake up to save Germany from disaster.He did die, by drowning in a river in turkey, which I am forgetting the name of. I stopped by there in my travels in that land. It was an interesting site, and the memorial marker has several .38 bullet holes in it. As an interesting side note, our germans wept while our turks laughed. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Originally posted by Monty's Double: And for a bonus point, where's Stalingrad? You won't find it on modern maps, so what's it called now? My wife's recipe for wild mushroom risotto to the first with the right answer.It's now called Volgograd, but it used to be called Tsaritsyn. I s'pose we all know the old joke about a Soviet citizen being asked questions by a government census-taker: In what city were you born? -- St. Petersburg. In what city were you married? -- Petrograd. In what city do you live now? -- Leningrad. In what city would you like to live? -- St.Petersburg. At least the chap in the joke got his wish in the end. All the best, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Edit - ugh.. slow to post. Stalingrad is now Volgograd. Leningrad is back to Saint Petersburg. And hundreds of little towns have changed names since the Great Patriotic War - for reasons unknown (the obvious ones to excise Communist history at certain points). [ September 03, 2002, 02:27 PM: Message edited by: Schrullenhaft ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshik Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 While we're at it... can I get some breakfast at Tiffany's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Originally posted by Frenchy: Barbarossa is not deadI'm not dead! I'm not! I'm getting better! I don't want to go in the cart! I'm feeling fine! I think I'll go for a walk. I feel happy! I feel happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskander Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 He's in the box... with the ambiguity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakko Ichiu Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Originally posted by John D Salt: It's now called Volgograd, but it used to be called Tsaritsyn. I s'pose we all know the old joke about a Soviet citizen being asked questions by a government census-taker: In what city were you born? -- St. Petersburg. In what city were you married? -- Petrograd. In what city do you live now? -- Leningrad. In what city would you like to live? -- St.Petersburg. At least the chap in the joke got his wish in the end. Why? Did he retire to Florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Originally posted by Frenchy: According to legend, Barbarossa is not dead but merely sleeping, and will one day wake up to save Germany from disaster.Didn't do a very good job did he? He must have overslept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warphead Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 He didn't wake up yet. It would be fun to have him show up as an alternative canditate for the elections in September. He would get my vote for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammenwerfer Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Who is Berlin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaylord Focker Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Originally posted by Lane: I guess this is one of the dumbest questions ask to today I dont have many WW2 maps is Barbarossa a city in Russia? Thanks for any info LaneNotice the low member number everyone....this should take care of the aristocracy and imagined clout of having a low member number. Don't feel bad Lane, alot of people over look the Eastern Front, for the other fronts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaylord Focker Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Originally posted by Flammenwerfer: Who is Berlin? Berlin is a band from the 80's known for such hit as 'Take My Breath Away a-a-a-a'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGMB Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Berlin is really a typo from the bowls of the BTS marketing department. You see, CMBB was originally called, 'Barbarossa to Merlin' after the magical wizard who saved the Russian from defeat at the city of Stalingrad aka Volgograd. Merlin was citied many times as the infamous, but little known, factor of influence that he was, over the period of 1941 to 1945. He smote a dark cloud of disaster over the city of Stalingrad, thus destroying the 6th army, and turning the war for the Russians. As such, BTS was preparing to give the wizard his long awaited justice by titling the game after his feats of heroism against the Nazi power (for example: in many cases, in William Sherear's (sp) 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' the wizard had been mentioned, specifically in connection to his numerous testimonies at Nuremburg. However, fearing financial ruin, Sherear's publisher replaced the name 'Merlin', with the name 'Chukov'. As such, in a massive historical error, it was citied that Chukov died of drowning due to falling into a river while drunk, when in fact, it was non other then the wizard Merlin. Suffice to say, Merlin survived that incident, where as Chukov, drunk, was ran over by a rampaging T34 several hours prior). Anyway: as Moon was typing away at the title, he came under s sudden realization: His keyboard's 'M' key was not in working order, having been stuck by the coffee spilt earlier that day. To save the labor of fixing the key, the game's name was changed to 'Berlin' Hope that helps. [ September 03, 2002, 11:21 PM: Message edited by: Lord General MB ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Originally posted by Flammenwerfer: Who is Berlin? Quiet, Irving... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGMB Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 If Dorosh as the death sentance in 12 Peng threads, then in how many Word Association games does he have the sentance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 You misspelled 'sentence'. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Wow, I knew the answer to that question, but alas, I was too slow to be helpfull! Story of my life . . . Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Here's a tougher nut: what is Leningrad oblast, ie. the district around and including Leningrad/St.Pete, called today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Originally posted by Gaylord Focker: Notice the low member number everyone....this should take care of the aristocracy and imagined clout of having a low member number.Bah, everybody knows that the stock got corrupt after 1800... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty's Double Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Here's a tougher nut: what is Leningrad oblast, ie. the district around and including Leningrad/St.Pete, called today? I thought it was still called the Leningrad Oblast. Isn't it twinned with Maryland? Mmm, crabcakes...sorry, lost in seafood for a moment there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 hmmm,what is wrong with a low member number? Means you are a well respected and veteran CM player. besides Gay-lord I really dont like that sig of yours,it has a tendency to embarrass people from a certain country Me for instance I rather would like to see you remove that sig. Very friendly asked for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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