This topic is outside the Chatboard so it doesn't get out of control with spam. Anyway, talk about World War II here. You can also talk about what caused the war, what happened before the war that is related to the war, and what the war caused/did to the world.
Montgomery and Rommel !
Good old desert warfare
Yes, desert warfare is nice. There is no place to hide, victory goes back and forth between sides, and there is no need to switch to winter clothes, unlike the Russian front.
ah yes, light clothing and a rifle
I feel sorry for those who freezed to death in the Russian Front. Yet some of them deserved it (aka Nazis).
Ah, the leadership of Winston Churchill should not be forgot. He took on Hitler head on, unlike Wilt Chamberlain who just appeased Hitler and let him have Europe.
Quote"We will never surrender..."
... we will kill all the n00bs and spambots that attack TDC!
What did I tell you about not spamming on this topic!?!? Yes, Winston Churchill was better than Chamberlain. Chamberlain, the Munich Pact, and that stupid umbrella of Chamberlain's are symbols of appeasment. Let World War II remind people what that can do.
Yes. He rose to the challenge and helped stop one of history's greatest dictators.
Don't you mean worst? That sounded like you like him! Now to the invasions before the war. Lets talk about that.
You're taking my words out of context. I meant "great" as in powerful. Not "great" as in "the Wii is great"
Oh. Sorry I misunderstood!
Although I mostly prefer ancient history I'm very interested in WWII, and also a little bit in WWI. War is a horrible thing, yes, but if there's one war in the 20th century that can be justified it's WWII. WWI was a meaningless war, a waste of men. In WWII, however, the people had a reason to fight. They didn't fight for greedy leaders, like in WWI, but for their freedom.
By the way, have anyone here read a series of books called Darkness by Harry Turtledove? The reason I bring that up is that they are allegories based on WWII, but in a world where magic rules. The people in those books doesn't have air planes or tanks, but dragons and behemoths.
The story is that after the Six Years War (WWI) Algarve (Germany) lost several of their territories to the victors. One of them is a duchy called Bari (one of two Zelda cameos :P). The duch of Bari, however, dies about a generation later, with no heir to replace him. Therefore, King Mezentio (Hitler, who else? ;)), the ruling monarch of Algarve, reclaims Bari.
Seeing that, the other kingdoms are not so happy and declare war on Algarve. It goes well... for a while. The first that falls is Forthweg (Polen). Sibiu (Austria) falls in a day. Valmiera (France) and Jelgava (also France, I suppose) falls in close succession.
I'm not going to spoil too much of the story to those who might want to read it, but it eventually ends up with Lagoas (Britain), Kuusamo (USA, though the people looks kinda Japanese^_^) and Unkerlant (Soviet Union) against Algarve, Yanina (Italy), Gyongyos (Japan) and Zuwayza (?).
The books have their own little twists, but several of the happenings and battles can be recognised. Like the battle of Sulingen, which is clearly based on the battle of Stalingrad. Another is the battles of the Land of the Ice People, which is based on the desert wars. Then there's the nukes. Who knew magic could be that powerful?^_^
I mentioned earlier that there are two Zelda cameos (although I believe it's just coincidental). The other is that one of the view point characters has a sister called Saria. ;D
It's ok. It's a very easy thing to have a misconcept on.
Personnally, WWI was important, for almost all causes of WWII and the invasions before it were caused by WWI. The only real exception is the Ethiopian Campaign (1935-1936), when Italy invaded Ethiopia as revenge for the Italian loss to Ethiopia in the 1890s. Oh, and also, the other Axis coutries (besides Germany, Italy, and Japan) were Manchukuo, Nanking, French Indochina, Thailand, Bulgaria, Albania, Vichy France, Croatia, Rumania, Hungary, Finland, Slovakia, and neutral Spain. It could be one of them, but probably Thailand.
War is a terrible thing, especially when it is necessary, even though it very seldomly is.
But, man, if it weren't for WWI, Daylight Savings probably wouldn't exist! That's ONE scar from the wars...
To quote the Simpsons: "There is no such thing as a good war, with the exceptions of: The American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy."
Only truly needed wars should be fought. Like how we should fight the terrorists, N. Koreans, and Chinese communists.
At church, I thought I saw Hitler, I was about to scream ''O MY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THIS MAN FOR KILLING THE JEWS!''
Well, just remember this, Howl: Hitler killed himself about, say, 60+ years ago. Have no fear. ;)
Rumors say he didn't kill himself, we never found his body.
Quote from: MagmarFire on May 29, 2006, 06:43:05 AM
Well, just remember this, Howl: Hitler killed himself about, say, 60+ years ago. Have no fear. ;)
YEEEEYYYYYYY *jumps up and down*
Well, that encyclopedia I read was obsolete, so that information may be erroneous.
yeah there's that too
But, really, though. That encyclopedia set was, like, thirty years old.
There's a substitute teacher at my school who looks like Josef Stalin.
what about lenin? and his pimp hat?
(http://uncyclopedia.org/images/c/c3/Lenin-pimphat2.jpg)
Quote from: MagmarFire on May 29, 2006, 02:15:05 PM
But, really, though. That encyclopedia set was, like, thirty years old.
Hitler will kill us all AAAAHHHH
All because the encyclopedia was obsolete doesn't mean that Hitler isn't dead. ;)
*shrugs* owell
Hitler took the Walt Disney approach and froze himself. To awake in the future, he will be hit by some kind of future device and it will kill him.
Hopefully, he would suffer intolerable brain damage before he thawed (effects of suspended animation and all...).
Like Zombie Lenin.
"Must... crush... ca-pee-tal-eezim... erg... arg..."
Hehehe! Nice one, Jack! :)
Oh yeah Jack, you're quoting The Simpsons Right.
Anyway more Family Guy Jokes.
Peter (In Cuba): Wow you people are nothing like the communists on T.V.
Screen goes to an old sitcom: We now return to The Communists.
Father: I heard report cards came out today. What were your "Marx"?
Kid: Um....
Mom: Quit "Stalin" and tell us.
Kid: Do I "Kruschev"?
Kruschev (walks in the door): Did somebody say Kruschev?
Everybody starts dancing. Kruschev breakdances.
ookkkkkkk, get back on topic
Sorry, I just had to crack that one out.
just like my pointless "all your base" things.
yeah just like that
Back to World War II, Russia really wasn't there to actually "help" us were they. They were just hoping to get a cut of the reward right?
the thoughts of russian people:
Stalin: Mmmmm..... poland!
Average soldier: Shoot germans? hell yeah!