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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? |
February 9th, 2005, 05:26 PM
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Ah i'll just send in a lanc and turn over all of your armour. even a 2000 bomb can overturn a Tiger!!
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February 9th, 2005, 07:16 PM
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Just watch out for Erich hiding behind those clouds...
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February 9th, 2005, 07:46 PM
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Don't worry Martin will be a 100 Group Mossie to get Erich.
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February 9th, 2005, 07:47 PM
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Don't worry Martin will be in a 100 Group Mossie to get Erich.
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February 9th, 2005, 10:27 PM
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Never fear,FramerT is here...wait a minute,I don't know how to fly. I'm a tanker. [img]redface.gif[/img]
Can someone parachute me over Chrome's island? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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February 10th, 2005, 12:00 AM
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Can I be the general shouting orders to Red and FramerT by phone? Then I can complain about those damned supplies never arriving from Germany because Martin bombed the factories and bloody Ross destroyed the trains… [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
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February 10th, 2005, 01:30 AM
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Typical...
My General is blaming the supply situation...
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February 21st, 2005, 10:59 AM
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I would of served with the Australian 9th or 7th infrantry divisions. I would have seen action in northern africa, PNG, or bougainville
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March 1st, 2005, 11:39 AM
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Bermuda, with the local coastal atrillery....Oh all right then, havent we done this one before?
Flower class corvette, hanging on to my cocoa on the focastle
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March 1st, 2005, 03:44 PM
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He must've seen 'The Cruel Sea' a few too many times.... 
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March 2nd, 2005, 01:35 AM
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A Coast Guard lighthouse keeper on the great lakes. The unsung heroes of homeland defense, the lighthouse keepers always kept a careful watch in case a u-boat tried to sneak past one of their lighthouses. 
[ 04. March 2005, 05:55 AM: Message edited by: Deep Web Diver ]
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March 30th, 2005, 01:07 AM
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Paratroopers or Armor with either the Americans or the Germans. [img]graemlins/panzer.gif[/img]
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April 15th, 2005, 12:13 PM
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IF I would be brave enough I'd join the Dutch resistance.
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April 15th, 2005, 02:52 PM
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Marloes...
Just keep an eye out for men in trilbys, black trenchcoats and who walk with a limp... and answer to the name of Herr Flick....
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April 15th, 2005, 08:22 PM
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in "Skalski Circus" in Tunisia
group of Polish top guns (attached to 145 Sqdn) wreaking havoc in North Africa, downing 26 German/Italian birds in just 2 months (loosing only a single plane, pilot bailed out).
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April 15th, 2005, 08:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by TheRedBaron:
Marloes...
Just keep an eye out for men in trilbys, black trenchcoats and who walk with a limp... and answer to the name of Herr Flick....
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Dont tell anyone...but i secretly fancy him
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April 15th, 2005, 09:10 PM
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Oh... you poor dear...
"Nurse! Marloes tablets please!"
I prefered Helga myself... 
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April 16th, 2005, 12:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by chromeboomerang:
Probably in Tahiti as a lookout for possible Japanese landings. for the whole war. Making cocnut rum for the troops.
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Hell and damnation, it's the first time I have to say I'm wholeheartedly agreeing with you
At my age and technical abilities I would be happy to serve my (er, your) country being manager of a plant churning out B-29s for the USAAC [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Go, Rosie, go!
Last place to be on earth: Flying a Me321 on the "PzIV to Tunisia Run"
No offence, Chrome, just pulling your leg!
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April 16th, 2005, 08:46 AM
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Was Portugal neutral during WWII like Spain or did they just keep a low profile ? I can't recall reading about anything they did but you could start a Portugal columne like others have done for Poland. [img]graemlins/tiger.gif[/img]
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April 16th, 2005, 07:52 PM
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Portugal was neutral, as non-belligerent as Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, etc. Not much to tell, really.
The form of government was ideologically close to Vichy style fascism (so to speak), leaning a lot to the Axis. However as the economy was very much dependent on the UK (most of our exports going there, most big firms being UK capital), reality demanded that ideology went a few steps behind. Moreover the news from the war were not very good after 1942 so why back a losing horse.
So in 1942 Portugal ceded airbases to the UK and USA in the Azores to help close the Mid-Atlantic Gap in exchange for a lot of war material (300+ Spit V and Hurricane II come to mind) plus more commercial privileges. That or invasion pure and simple, so we took the softer option.
But there was a lot of folklore concerning Spying and tungsten contraband, smuggling of jews out of Europe, etc, which I remember my parents telling me.
My father was at a time a lieutenant in the AA ring round Lisbon, commanding a battery of 3.7" AA guns (more militay aid!), and he took the fright of his life in Summer '43 night when a loud continuous drone went over his head for hours on end, again for a few more nights. Later on he heard about Operation Torch [img]smile.gif[/img]
Oh, and he had 4 rounds of ammunition per gun!
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April 17th, 2005, 10:21 AM
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Thanks for the information !! I did not know any of that.
Four rounds per gun
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I dont know in which part i'd like to serve in WW2 but i am so glad that i didnt have to fight in a war where people burned each other with flamethrowers. Once i burned my finger mistakefully, it really hurt.
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April 21st, 2005, 07:35 PM
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Kerem proposition t for You:
Visit Auschwitz or Majdanek in Poland
I am sure You will choose right !!!
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April 28th, 2005, 01:39 PM
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