Pešadija Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hi there. Like all of you, I long for the latest Combat Mission of the bunch to come out. But, instead of harassing steve about which animations german soldiers will use to defecate in a field latrine, I'd like to start a light-hearted challenge. How about you people post the most imposing/menacing photo of a WW2 officer you can find? And, as much as I like the "leading from the front" figures as much as the next guy, it should be a general officer, from lieutenant colonel upwards. I'll start. I think this pic from old J. Blaskowitz takes the cake. This dude just evil eyes-you. :eek: And sorry, the internet doesn't provide a bigger, fatter image. If it does, it's too hard to find. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Sorry, photo troubles... you post anyway, mind you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Here we go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affentitten Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 What abour Percy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Ehm... dunno... something is off... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxic.zen Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 After the fall of Germany, Zhukov became the first commander of the Soviet occupation zone in Germany. As the most prominent Soviet military commander of the Second World War, he inspected the Victory Parade in Red Square in Moscow in 1945 while riding a white stallion. American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme Allied commander in the West, was a great admirer of Zhukov,[specify] and the two toured the Soviet Union together in the immediate aftermath of the victory over Germany. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart "...losing his left hand in 1915, biting off his fingers when a doctor declined to remove them." Win! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart what a life!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Nice, nice! But, you know, this is mainly about pure appearance, not valiance! This one is where the knowledge of forum members shows (history? BAH!). I've seem many photos of comrade George, but this one! Statuesque! De Wiart's hardcore too. For some reason, the color portrait is creepier than the old age photo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Eh. I expected still obscurer, more terrifying people to come up. But this thread had a short life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Eh. I expected still obscurer, more terrifying people to come up. Would probably require too much research time. At least, that's why I gave it a pass. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbellamy Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Here you go, a Lt. Colonel and menacing. Very menacing. Just look at him. You feel menaced. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 YES! It's like a german young Ron Perlman! Who is he, sir? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abneo3sierra Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I think it would be difficult. Most German officers of the higher ranks were old Prussian nobility (ie. gentlemen ) and would not show enough emotion to the camera or the men. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 I don't see why an emotionless face couldn't be menacing! A cold stare can defeat a battle cry, can't it? The (few) preceding pictures managed well... and I never said Germans only. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abneo3sierra Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Ahh, I misread your post, and also posted before I saw the ones here...pretty good :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Maybe the "ja" in the title misdirected you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Looking back at images I came across this link to information I knew not! Extremist groups like The Stern Gang (or Lehi) and Irgun, were determined to end the British mandate in Palestine and replace it with a Jewish homeland. Hundreds of their fighters, along with many British soldiers, were killed or injured in a struggle that escalated after the end of the war. Desperate to achieve a breakthrough after the arrest or deaths of many of their members, the two groups set up underground cells in Britain. It wasn’t long before British security services got wind of what was happening and in early 1946 they issued this top secret internal warning: “Members of the Stern group are now being organised and are under training. It is expected that they will be sent to the United Kingdom to assassinate important members of his majesty’s government, particularly, Mr Bevin.” In the months that followed a number of bombs exploded in London and an attempt was made to drop on a bomb on the House of Commons from a hired plane. This last effort was only stopped after French Police discovered Stern Gang members preparing to cross the channel in a plane containing a large bomb. Mike Thomson and the Document team track down the assassin sent to kill Earnest Bevin and the man who gave him the explosives to do it. Hmmmm! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Why movies about this haven't been made? Grossly inaccurate, explodey ahistorical hollywood movies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbellamy Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 YES! It's like a german young Ron Perlman! Who is he, sir? That would be Joachim Peiper somewhere on the Eastern Front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pešadija Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'd say, he has a resume to go with that face. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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