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| What If? Alternate History: Speculate about WWII battles that never were. Could the Axis have won? What if Hitler had the bomb? |
August 1st, 2004, 08:31 PM
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Wow...reality is stranger than fiction...
Better get your zodiac ready, Martin... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Wonder how much has been documented about this operation..
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September 20th, 2004, 06:42 PM
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If i was at an age i could join the army in 1940. i think the 26e Regt. Inf of The Netherlands. who fought near my hometown. if i could fled out of holland Prinses Irene Brigade would be my first thought
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November 26th, 2004, 08:45 PM
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I would have been in the 101st Airborne. You got an extra $50 a month.  |
December 20th, 2004, 01:25 AM
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</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Martin Bull:
I think RAF Dental staff had quite low casualty rates...  ( Open wide ! )
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Hmmm ... didn't the dental staff have an unofficial commando force which carried out the Operation Wild Dog raid into France in 1942? </font>[/quote]Indeed. There was a film made about it not very long ago called " Men Went to War. Though the film is a bit of a comedy, it's based on this lesser known story.
As for what Id do in WWII... It would probably have to be somewhere where I wouldn't get orders barked at me as I don't take orders real well. But I have a strong stomach so would have to become a nurse/psychologist, preferably in some out of the way country hospital in England somewhere, but if they sent me to the front my ambulance would be the fastest thing on 4-wheels!!
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but if they sent me to the front my ambulance would be the fastest thing on 4-wheels!!
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Which way? Back or forwards?
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December 21st, 2004, 04:54 AM
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Which way? Back or forwards? [/QB]
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Both! But I'd put the turbo booster on for the way back!!
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January 6th, 2005, 06:43 PM
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What about being a Heroine of the Soviet Union, Ezri?
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January 30th, 2005, 09:53 AM
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Ok, what about being the rear gunner of Rudel's Stuka? Full time action from 1940 to 1945!
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Definitely action, lots of it. Unfortunately not all good as his rear gunner ( the first one?) drowned in Russia 1943, but I do understand what you´re aiming at!
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/gen9.htm
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Well, I'd like to have been a Panzergrenadier, riding in the 251 next to a Panther rumbling to the front. But chances are I wouldn't have made it through alive.
Some things I wouldn't want to be-
Red Army Conscript- survival is unexpected
U-boat crewman- depth charged in a claustrophobic steel tub? No thanks
B-17 Ball Turret Gunner- I think you get the point
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January 31st, 2005, 10:15 PM
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Commanding a StuG IV on the western front. Poke holes in a couple Shermans til my gas runs out...throw up the white flag. [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/stugg.gif[/img]
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I've ridden in a 251 already, but there was no panther next to it. Well I'm gonna say I'd wanna be a German posted in Norway for most of the war.
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February 2nd, 2005, 08:12 PM
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If I was brave I would like to be a high ranked german officer and try to get near the Führer to kill him. At best before 1943, so that there could have been a chance of terminating the war in a diplomatic way. As a nice result Germany hadn't lost his territories in East-Prussia.
But because of the fact that I am not as brave, I would like to be in a secure distance to the front-line as member of a german supply unit.
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February 6th, 2005, 04:37 AM
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Stauffenberg, I wouldn't be so sure. The jabos loved to blast the German supply lines. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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I want to be Framert's Commanding officer for when he surrenders one of my lovely StuGs to the enemy...
Now... wheres my Luger...
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February 7th, 2005, 09:48 PM
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Well, gee, you're outta gas...you're outta gas Red.  I could command a StuG ammo-carrier and bring you 88 shells for your Tiger,then scurry back behind the shoot'in. 
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As long as you keep 'em coming when it raining shells all around!
Or I could use your StuG ammo carrier as extra armour for the Tiger and have you park in front... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Framer T, you'll never win glory like that! Reminds me of the lines from a Soviet war movie:
'When we run out of fuel we become a bunker,
When we run out of ammunition we become a pillbox,
When we run out of time, we become heroes!'
I think I'd be an RAF pilot, hopefully in fighters, knowing my luck though I'd be stuck with the PBI
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February 8th, 2005, 10:20 PM
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Glory, whats that? I like this line better; "momma didn't raise a hero". [img]tongue.gif[/img] Besides, Red might need a lift when his Tiger throws a track.
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Yeah, well don't tell the army but my motto is 'he who fights and runs away wastes valuable running time with all that fighting'
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I'll be a typhoon pilot and take out Red's Tiger from underneath him or take out his supply lines and leave him stranded!! |
February 9th, 2005, 10:46 AM
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You wouldnt even be able to hit me!
And besides...
My supply line is Framert in his turbo-StuG... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Probably in Tahiti as a lookout for possible Japanese landings. for the whole war. Making cocnut rum for the troops.
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February 9th, 2005, 12:54 PM
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I'll just take out your supply line with some good old fashioned Battlefield Interdiction. Framert would not survive and thus neither would you  |
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