Kuniworth Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 “The scale and grandeur of the russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history” General Douglas MacArthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 The same man who referred to the Korean War as, "A gift from heaven to an old war horse." Or something very similar. Achievement is an odd choice of word to describe such a long and massive slaughter. Though, of course, many of the campaigns do look very attractive when viewed on maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Many campaigns look impressive when you realise the scale of defeat inflicted despite the casualties sufered. Imagine what the world would be like had the Soviets had as much industrial might as the USA in their own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 "We should nuke the corridor between North Korea & the Red Chinese. Then send in the missionaries." -General Douglas MacArthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Originally posted by jon_j_rambo: "We should nuke the corridor between North Korea & the Red Chinese. Then send in the missionaries." -General Douglas MacArthur And boom the soviets nuke Western Europe and Japan, the end of humanity... Hmmm, I guess mother nature would have been the winner long term, ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Not in 1951 they wouldn't - 1st Soviet nuke was detonated in 1949, but they probably didn't have another one until 1950, nd probably not moer than 3 or 4 when the 2nd was detonated in 1951. Plus they lacked the means to actually deliver them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 @Blashy --- Don't worry, son, there won't be a total nuke war! Life on Earth will see eating, drinking, & marraige upto the next major event as foretold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 In 1949 the Soviets had the People's Tupelov TU-4. Known elsewhere as, The B-29 Flying Fortress. They reverse engineered the few that had to land on Soviet territory during WWII. Here's a link to an interesting article about it: < TU - 4, Soviet B-29 > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 We had Slim Pickins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 We sure did, R. I. P.. He was always one of my favorites, really a riot in both Dr Strangelove and 1941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Jersey you got a copy of sc2 yet? Would love to play my battle of Russia mod against you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Odd enough was the Korean Pennisula worth 50 thousand American lives in retrospect? I doubt that the Chinese believe it was worth what near a Million of there's? Communist Paranoid Delusions "Op Barbarossa was the last beautiful Front for a War The Last Grand Campaign from the Days of Ole, there will never been a conflict again in history with such beauty and reverence of course looking down on it" ~Liam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Originally posted by Stalin's Organist: Not in 1951 they wouldn't - 1st Soviet nuke was detonated in 1949, but they probably didn't have another one until 1950, nd probably not moer than 3 or 4 when the 2nd was detonated in 1951. Plus they lacked the means to actually deliver them! Nothing like a war to make technological progress speed up tenfold. Sad ain't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Kapitain Kuni, Yes and I'd be honored! Please send me a copy.* You'll win easily but it will good play anyway. *JohnofJersey@aol.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 lets do AAR. Im sending it to your e-mail. Take a look and decide if you wanna be germans or russians. Would be cool to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Going there now. It's 1:30 a.m. here -- if you want to start around my midnight today, that would be great for me. Usually I love to play the Germans, so, if you don't mind -- I'll polish the old spiked helmet, clean the monocle, pull on the cavalry boots and we'll at last have that AAR going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Great I love trying the russians. I'm about 6 hours ahead of you so that works fine with me, I play either PBEM or tcp(ip. After playing the germans against both JohnDiFool among others I just wanna give you some advice before this new 1.02 version; German MMP is low and troops expensive....so don't die. Not easily anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 @Sir Jersey --- I like Slim Pickens in the Western classic,"One Eyed Jacks" starring Marlon Brando as "Kid", and Karl Malden as "Dad". Slim played a minor role as a deputy with classic lines! "If you're looking to get you're back broken, I'm the one who takes care of those things around here". "Oh boy are you going to hang. You're going twist & kick. Your face is going to turn all green. And I'll be taking care of your girl before they cut you down". Also in that movie is the great Ben Johnson! -Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Thanks for the advice -- I'll try and stay clear of Stalingrad and Kursk. Haven't played either PBEM or TCP/IP yet with this game. We can mix both if you'd like. From what I've seen the game plays pretty slowly so maybe PBEM would be better as we're doing an AAR? I'll go with whatever way you prefer. Looking forward to it. Meanwhile, it's off to bed. Have a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Brother Rambo, When I was a kid in the 50s, Slim was big on both TV and the movies, what I always loved about him was he could say something like what you've just described and it would come out with at least a little humor. There were a few other guys, I've forgotten their names, but the guy who used to play Mr Haney on Green Acres was another great cowboy actor. Most of those guys started out with either Gene Autrey or Roy Rodgers during the 30s and 40s -- usually they worked for both. I really enjoy catching them on old reruns -- the problem is they're in things like the The Gene Autrey show, that only ran a few years like 1952-53, and the cable stations throw them in as fillers. Glad you like him too -- most of the time people don't know who he was till they see him in a movie and suddenly they start laughing. I knew you'd be a fan of his, true movie buff that you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Just a reminder, this forum is for discussions pertaining to the game. This post is more political and historical in nature and as such belongs on the General Forum. You may continue it there if you would like. I am closing this one down. Just to be clear, no one did or said anything wrong as such, I just want to try and clean up some of the cross posts I have been seeing. Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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