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Off-Topic / Re: Guess the WW2 battle Game?
« on: 09-05-2009, 20:05:13 »
Walcheren Island?

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Off-Topic / Re: New Names?
« on: 09-05-2009, 03:05:10 »
I am still the pyjama-clad shark captain.

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General Discussion / Re: Worst Map You Can Think Of
« on: 09-05-2009, 01:05:41 »
First Day of the Somme.
Germans-Enviously watch machine-gunners mow down long lines of struggling Brits.
British-Die.

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General Discussion / Re: It's almost like Normandy :-)
« on: 09-05-2009, 00:05:57 »
AdamPA, weren't you that guy who was playing one day and hated FH2?

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General Discussion / Re: Сталингра́д
« on: 07-05-2009, 02:05:45 »
Hahaha... today my uninformed "history" teacher taught us about Stalingrad. She referenced Enemy at the Gates as the place to find facts, and proceeded to tell us about how Russian snipers apparently won the battle single-handedly. One of my more intelligent comrades raised his hand to say "What by shooting officers and stuff?" Obviously snipers didn't win the battle of Stalingrad, but what he was saying makes sense, also obviously. Our teacher responded "No, they only shot the Russian officers because they ordered retreats." I wasn't surprised though because since she told us about the Battle of Thermopylae by talking about 300.  Other things she has taught us is that the Christmas Truce of 1914 happened in World War II, that there was only one Punic War, and that U-571 was an amazing film and somehow Das Boot was inaccurate. So. She is not smart.

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Off-Topic / Re: War Museums in France?
« on: 06-05-2009, 02:05:28 »
I just got back from France yesterday, some great historical sites! In Paris, Les Invalides had a fairly good museum on the Great War and the Second World War. And when I went to visit mu uncle up near Arras, I saw all the sites from the First World War. If you have the time, stop in Peronne to see their museum of the Great War, and the underground museum in Albert is remarkable too. It stretches about a mile under the city, and has many artefacts, even authentic headgear from the wars and the Cold War for sale! Even more amazingly, it's right under the famous basilica of Albert itself, the site of the "Leaning Virgin." Memorials dot the landscape of French Flanders. Particularly moving to me was the care and devotion still given to the graves of the dead, both Commonwealth and German. The cemeteries are tranquil and well-kept.  Memorials of those who have no known grave also frequent the area, I went to see the name of my great-grand uncle, a VC winner killed at the Battle of Cambrai. I had been told much about him, but we went to the town he was killed at, and it was quite an experience.
Also, the Newfoundlanders memorial has preserved the battlefield of the Somme. You can still see the original, non=tampered with trenches that men went over the top with on July 1st, as well as the thousands of craters. The original barbed wire stakes have been left in, as well as somw war-weary trees in No-man's Land!

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Modding / Re: Infantry Boot Camp for FH2
« on: 27-04-2009, 04:04:52 »
How has no one had this idea before? You sir, are a genius.

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Off-Topic / Re: Review the latest movie you have seen
« on: 26-04-2009, 05:04:29 »
Gallipoli- Possibly the best film I've seen. Mel Gibson was good in it (I did not expect that) and the ending left me absolutely speechless. I spent the next two hours contemplating.  Ten out of ten. Also, I'm reading A history of the First World War, and so I was very interested to actually see some of what I'd been reading.

Edit: Weird, but I just realized that I watched Gallipoli on Anzac Day itself, celebrated each year on the landings on Anzac Cove!

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Off-Topic / Re: The "I pwn you thread"
« on: 30-03-2009, 00:03:59 »

History pwns physics.

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Off-Topic / Re: What do you know about WW2 generals?
« on: 30-03-2009, 00:03:13 »
When it comes to the UK you can't forget Slim!

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General Discussion / Re: New Forgotten Hope Forum!
« on: 30-03-2009, 00:03:22 »
Von Mudra you owe me a pint.

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General Discussion / Re: New Forgotten Hope Forum!
« on: 29-03-2009, 20:03:59 »
I'm scared.

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