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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games.

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Old 12-26-2011, 01:19 AM
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Yup, i will take the Eastern Front followed by North Africa, over the Pacific any day of the week!

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Old 12-26-2011, 01:36 AM
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Our western history and it's ignorance of the contributions of the Red Army/VVS is deplorable. The new theatre (I'm only opposed to not getting all the fixes in the current game, nothing wrong with getting the Eastern Front itself) is a great oppurtunity to learn about the most vicious air war in the history of man. That's where the real meat grinder was that chewed the Third Reich up.
Couldn't agree more mate. Flying the old IL2 series made me research the Eastern front in depth, and I couldn't believe how dismissive of the importance of it my historical upbringing had been. No doubt down to cold war suppression of the facts.
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Old 12-26-2011, 02:18 AM
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Not really from a VVS perspective, other than a 'VVS Fighter Aces of WWII' type book, but a good read generally is 'A Writer at War' from actual notes made at the time by war correspondent for Krasnya Zvezda, Vasily Grossman.

Superb book. Most of my other research was online via links from good ole wiki.
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Old 12-26-2011, 02:32 AM
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WHat you guys need is this:

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Cross-Re.../dp/0935553487

First volume got a bit expensive. Still the best book series on the airwar over the eastern front available.
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Old 12-26-2011, 03:06 AM
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It's a great suggestion. New Guinea is a very interesting area and I was disappointed to not have it when Pacific Fighters shipped. Yeah we have the initial Port Moresby area covered but the majority of the fighting happened further to the north west.

North Africa is also high on my list.

And... you know the battles in China and Burma were very interesting and hardly ever covered although I suspect political interference would probably kill any official expansion into this realm.
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Old 12-26-2011, 05:02 AM
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The Pacific would be nice, and in the same vein as what Europe proposes to be, with packs released covering the major battles/ fronts in order of historical development.
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Old 12-26-2011, 06:47 AM
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One thing i really miss with CoD is the planesets from the pacific. The difference in tactics required is stark in the midwar years- the USA planes are heavily armoured and dive like banshees, but the Japanese planes are nimble and pack a killer punch.
I really enjoyed the online battles regularly swapping sides and adopting the different tactics required. With any luck the CoD series will move into the pacific theatre to give us that opportunity again (i notice the list of key commands includes things like arrestor hooks and seat height adjustment, so that's a good sign).
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hey guys!can you please enlighten me and tell me what the Northrop-Grumman problem is?
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Old 12-26-2011, 07:50 AM
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hey guys!can you please enlighten me and tell me what the Northrop-Grumman problem is?

Read this:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=27537
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Old 12-26-2011, 08:20 AM
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thx for the link!interesting and disappointing at the same time.never heard of it before.
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