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Discussion in 'What If - Other' started by Kai-Petri, Oct 13, 2002.

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  1. Maverik

    Maverik Member

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    I've Given this some thought! I know Uboats suffered the biggest causualty rates so I would not be there, does anyone know what combat unit suffered the least casualties? I would have volunteered for that!

    Otherwise I could see myself with a spitfire the googles,and perfumed scarf from my sweetheart. Sipping tea on the lawn waiting for the call to take on the jerries! Yep thats it RAF 'ground crew' for me!

    Only Joking, I am definetly an infantry man, would have joined up the infantry and marched to war, I'm a born complainer and I would have had plenty to complain about, marching, marching and more marching!
     
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  2. Martin Bull

    Martin Bull Acting Wg. Cdr

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    I think RAF Dental staff had quite low casualty rates... ;) ( Open wide :D ! )
     
    Martin Bull, Jul 28, 2004
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  3. Deep Web Diver

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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? ;)

    [ 01. August 2004, 09:03 AM: Message edited by: Deep Web Diver ]
     
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  4. Martin Bull

    Martin Bull Acting Wg. Cdr

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    DWD, that's unbelievable ! :eek:
    I'd never heard about this before !
     
    Martin Bull, Aug 1, 2004
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  5. Deep Web Diver

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    I had never heard of it either, Martin, until seeing an article on it in a recent issue of Military Illustrated magazine.

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  6. Stevin

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    Wow...reality is stranger than fiction...

    Better get your zodiac ready, Martin... [​IMG]

    Wonder how much has been documented about this operation..
     
    Stevin, Aug 1, 2004
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  7. GuidoS

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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
     
    GuidoS, Sep 20, 2004
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  8. Col. Hessler

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    I would have been in the 101st Airborne. You got an extra $50 a month. :D
     
    Col. Hessler, Nov 26, 2004
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  9. Ezri

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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!! :D
     
    Ezri, Dec 19, 2004
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  10. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    Which way? Back or forwards? :D
     
    Za Rodinu, Dec 20, 2004
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  11. Ezri

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    Both! But I'd put the turbo booster on for the way back!! :D
     
    Ezri, Dec 20, 2004
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  12. Friedrich

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    What about being a Heroine of the Soviet Union, Ezri? :D

    [​IMG]
     
    Friedrich, Jan 6, 2005
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  13. Gaucho

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    Ok, what about being the rear gunner of Rudel's Stuka? Full time action from 1940 to 1945!
     
    Gaucho, Jan 30, 2005
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  14. Kai-Petri

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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
     
    Kai-Petri, Jan 30, 2005
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  15. Tirpitz

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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
     
    Tirpitz, Jan 31, 2005
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  16. FramerT

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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] [​IMG]
     
    FramerT, Jan 31, 2005
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  17. panzergrenadiere

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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.
     
    panzergrenadiere, Jan 31, 2005
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  18. Stauffenberg

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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.
     
    Stauffenberg, Feb 2, 2005
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  19. Tirpitz

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    Stauffenberg, I wouldn't be so sure. The jabos loved to blast the German supply lines. [​IMG]
     
    Tirpitz, Feb 5, 2005
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  20. TheRedBaron

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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...
     
    TheRedBaron, Feb 6, 2005
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