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Toni74 11-17-2012 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber (Post 481841)

Such a small gap doesn't let the train derail.

One have to put at least 1,50 metres out of the rail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8gV4DJZUw#!

F19_Klunk 11-17-2012 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Frequent_Flyer (Post 481821)
The Allies won WW II because the US developed the most potent weapon still known to man and the most technologically advanced delivery system, for its time . They out managed and produced the axis at every phase necessary to prosecute a war.

Yet another believer of modern myths and simplistic explanations i see.

Toni74 11-17-2012 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frequent_Flyer (Post 481821)
The Allies won WW II because the US developed the most potent weapon still known to man and the most technologically advanced delivery system, for its time . They out managed and produced the axis at every phase necessary to prosecute a war.

m(

that's of course is the reason they do win all wars they declare against others. and even those they didn't declare. you are so...

JG52Krupi 11-17-2012 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by F19_Klunk (Post 481940)
Yet another believer of modern myths and simplistic explanations i see.

:lol:

"America **** YEAH, USA USA USA..."

Mean while the rest of the world..

"Sigh...."

5./JG27.Farber 11-17-2012 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni74 (Post 481915)
Such a small gap doesn't let the train derail.

One have to put at least 1,50 metres out of the rail:

You forgot one thing, this is the banana forum - the laws off physics dont exist here! :-P

KG26_Alpha 11-17-2012 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber (Post 481956)
You forgot one thing, this is the banana forum - the laws off physics dont exist here! :-P

And priss monunciation.

:)

major_setback 11-17-2012 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha (Post 481958)

And priss monunciation.

:)

Ironically (and unfortunately), I think you will find that it's spelled 'piss minunciation':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0nFQgRApY

http://www.google.se/#hl=sv&sclient=...w=1302&bih=540




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JG52Krupi 11-17-2012 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by major_setback (Post 481962)
Ironically (and unfortunately), I think you will find that it's spelled 'piss minunciation':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0nFQgRApY

http://www.google.se/#hl=sv&sclient=...w=1302&bih=540




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And I think you will find it was Ronnie not Ronny :P

major_setback 11-17-2012 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jg52krupi (Post 481964)
and i think you will find it was ronnie not ronny :p

[redface]:-([/redface]



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KG26_Alpha 11-17-2012 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by major_setback (Post 481962)
Ironically (and unfortunately), I think you will find that it's spelled 'piss minunciation':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0nFQgRApY

http://www.google.se/#hl=sv&sclient=...w=1302&bih=540




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The clue is in the name of the tile of the sketch its the same as my misspelling.

You failed on all levels with this rhetorical attempt of irony.

Have another go.

:razz:

Rjel 11-17-2012 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 481943)
:lol:

"America **** YEAH, USA USA USA..."

Mean while the rest of the world..

"Sigh...."

More and more I wish the rest of the world would "sigh" it's self right to hell. Your self righteous posts really wear thin. Give China a call if you need help of any nature in the future. I'm sure they are chomping at the bit to help. I'd rather my tax dollars stay home for a while.

major_setback 11-18-2012 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha (Post 482003)
The clue is in the name of the tile of the sketch its the same as my misspelling.

You failed on all levels with this rhetorical attempt of irony.

Have another go.

:razz:

You missed my Google link (posted under the video), showing the appropriate spelling.

http://www.google.se/#hl=sv&sclient=...pw.r_qf.&cad=b


So no need to try again :-)
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Faustnik 11-18-2012 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw* (Post 481826)
In the crucial period Jan. 1944 to September 1944, the Western Allies had the superior technology versus Germany. The Mustang and Spitfire of that time period were superior to the German aircraft they opposed, (primarily the 109G6) and despite not having any better numbers advantage than the Germans had during the BoB, the better aircraft told.

The lufwaffe had good fighters in 1944 for technology. The Bf109s and fw190 had improved power.

The improvment for the allies was pilot training.

The Soviets has a problem with tech in 1941 to mid 1942.

The RAF maybe had a tech problem in mid 1942, but, it was a very small fight.

RAF, US and USSR trained a large number of pilots with new tactics.

LW had kept their veteran pilots in combat.

Catseye 11-18-2012 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw* (Post 481826)
In the crucial period Jan. 1944 to September 1944, the Western Allies had the superior technology versus Germany. The Mustang and Spitfire of that time period were superior to the German aircraft they opposed, (primarily the 109G6) and despite not having any better numbers advantage than the Germans had during the BoB, the better aircraft told. During that time period the Western Allied airforces established complete air superiority, destroyed the German ability to manufacture and distribute fuel, attritioned the German pilot cadre to the point it could not recover and managed to land in France and liberate it. During the same time period, in an effort to counter the Allied air offensive, the Germans committed the bulk of their airforce to oppose the Western Allies, reduced their aircraft opposing the Soviets to the point the Soviets also gained complete air superiority, and were able to mount a ground offensive which liberated most of the remainder of the Soviet Union as well as seizing the oil assets in Rumania.

The Allied and Soviet air superiority greatly improved their ground force's ability to mount offensives as well as advancing and capturing territory. The lack of fuel, (due to the Western Allied bombing of German assetss) on the German side led to strategic paralysis, the inability to maneuver and position reserves to counter Allied or Soviet attack thrusts, or properly exploit counterattacks. (France being the primary example)

In the second half of 1944 and the first half of 1945, the Germans began to produce a few superior aircraft, in particular the Me-262, but these were built in too small numbers and the Luftwaffe could not take advantage of this superiority due to the lack of trained and experienced pilots remaining, (many not being trained sufficiently in the flight schools due to the lack of fuel allocated to training, a direct result of the bombing campaign) and the misallocation of the few aircraft which were produced. And of course, the situation on the ground had irretrievably deteriorated to the point Germany had lost most of the resources it needed to continue.

Source?
Or your conjecture?

Faustnik 11-18-2012 06:58 AM

Buzzsaw has solid sources.

I was just pointing what was the main advantage of the Allies where excellent training.

JG52Krupi 11-18-2012 11:19 AM

Training and numbers, having that many pilots allowed for rotations/rests, something that the luftwaffe could not afford to give its pilots.

@Buzzsaw- The aircraft were not "superior" they just had the upper hand it was the numbers and when it comes to things like fuel manufacturing it was also numbers that destroyed them too a HUGE amount of bombers constantly pounding crucial facilities to dust.

Hood 11-18-2012 01:50 PM

I always thought the allies one because they had more people and more stuff?

Nuclear bombs just sped the end up that's all. I'm not even getting into the rights and wrongs of dropping them. The delivery method wasn't special though. It was a bomb dropped from a plane.

Hood

lonewulf 11-18-2012 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw* (Post 481826)
In the crucial period Jan. 1944 to September 1944, the Western Allies had the superior technology versus Germany. The Mustang and Spitfire of that time period were superior to the German aircraft they opposed, (primarily the 109G6) and despite not having any better numbers advantage than the Germans had during the BoB, the better aircraft told. .

I'd be very interested to see the basis for your assertion that the western allies didn't have an overwhelming advantage in fighter aircraft in 1944. And given that the numerical advantage the Germans held in single seat fighters at the beginning of BoB was but a few hundred, this doesn't really sound like a particularly useful or valid comparison.

raaaid 11-18-2012 02:36 PM

the truth is that war was won thank to certain unknown churchill brillliant move:

they were losing badly so they influenced the natzis into bombing civilians instead of strategy targets known to be not only harmless in the big scheme of war but besides boosting own war moral

how he did it?

he commanded a 007 small bomber on a full moon to bomb london and make it appear as a natzi raid and as this justify what appeared a retalation(something on the maine style and as some propose 911)

hitler with his philosophy of two eyes for an eye fell for it dumbly

this changed the course of war had this not happened then we would be all praising hitler

JG52Krupi 11-18-2012 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by raaaid (Post 482131)
the truth is that war was won thank to certain unknown churchill brillliant move:

they were losing badly so they influenced the natzis into bombing civilians instead of strategy targets known to be not only harmless in the big scheme of war but besides boosting own war moral

how he did it?

he commanded a 007 small bomber on a full moon to bomb london and make it appear as a natzi raid and as this justify what appeared a retalation(something on the maine style and as some propose 911)

hitler with his philosophy of two eyes for an eye fell for it dumbly

this changed the course of war had this not happened then we would be all praising hitler

OMFG... Is that supposed to be funny?

raaaid 11-18-2012 02:54 PM

isnt to much wishfull thinking atribute to coincidence the single most afecting event to war?

are you negating that if the nazis had kept bombing strategic targets and not swithching to bombing civilians they would have had much more chances to win the war?

so do you think the reason why the civilian bombing started was a coincidence?

FFCW_Urizen 11-18-2012 03:43 PM

raaaid, take your meds and steer clear of this thread, thank you very much.

CWMV 11-18-2012 04:09 PM

Sweet Jesus tap-dancing Christ....

klem 11-18-2012 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen (Post 482147)
raaaid, take your meds and steer clear of this thread, thank you very much.

:D

They're not all locked away are they?

Kaiser 11-18-2012 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Frequent_Flyer (Post 481821)
The Allies won WW II because the US developed the most potent weapon

Allies have destroyed 176 enemy divisions. Red Army - 607 enemy divisions.
You can not ignore the following fact. After the Allied landing largest and the best part of the fascist forces remained in the East.

JG52Krupi 11-18-2012 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaiser (Post 482203)
Allies have destroyed 176 enemy divisions. Red Army - 607 enemy divisions.
You can not ignore the following fact. After the Allied landing largest and the best part of the fascist forces remained in the East.

They can't but they will ;)

DD_crash 11-18-2012 07:16 PM

It seems to me that the land war was mainly in the east and the air war was in the west.

FAE_Cazador 11-18-2012 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni74 (Post 481915)
Such a small gap doesn't let the train derail.

One have to put at least 1,50 metres out of the rail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8gV4DJZUw#!

Right but, here in the banana forums, just one post is enough to derail the whole thread !

Pls don't take offence but, wasn't this thread about the future of BOM? :grin:

Cheers!

bongodriver 11-18-2012 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by FAE_Cazador (Post 482209)
Right but, here in the banana forums, just one post is enough to derail the whole thread !

Pls don't take offence but, wasn't this thread about the future of BOM? :grin:

Cheers!

Yes it was but someone got the tape measure out and started measuring.....

major_setback 11-18-2012 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by FAE_Cazador (Post 482209)
Right but, here in the banana forums, just one post is enough to derail the whole thread !

Pls don't take offence but, wasn't this thread about the future of BOM? :grin:

Cheers!

No, no, no...it's about Spitfires being the best planes in the war.
Honestly, it is.
:-)

WTE_Galway 11-18-2012 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by FAE_Cazador (Post 482209)
Right but, here in the banana forums, just one post is enough to derail the whole thread !

Pls don't take offence but, wasn't this thread about the future of BOM? :grin:

Cheers!

but think of the money you could save laying tracks with a 1.25 metre gap in the rails every 3 metres.

He111 11-18-2012 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaiser (Post 482203)
Allies have destroyed 176 enemy divisions. Red Army - 607 enemy divisions.
You can not ignore the following fact. After the Allied landing largest and the best part of the fascist forces remained in the East.

Very telling point that the media always ignores.

Thus my point that if Hilter had made an alliance with stalin, i can see it now .. to meglos at dinner together comparing mass-murders, laughing and drinking into the night while the world burns ...

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JG52Krupi 11-18-2012 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by He111 (Post 482232)
Very telling point that the media always ignores.

Thus my point that if Hilter had made an alliance with stalin, i can see it now .. to meglos at dinner together comparing mass-murders, laughing and drinking into the night while the world burns ...

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Hitler would never have kept his "no conflict" pact with Stalin, Hitler was a deranged fool who thought that the Russians and Polish were "sub human". It wasn't only Jews that he ordered sent to the concentration camps.

lonewulf 11-19-2012 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by He111 (Post 482232)
Very telling point that the media always ignores.

Thus my point that if Hilter had made an alliance with stalin, i can see it now .. to meglos at dinner together comparing mass-murders, laughing and drinking into the night while the world burns ...

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Hitler and Stalin did form an alliance of course, the so-called Nazi Soviet Pact in 1939, which is one of the great ironies when you consider that German expansion into the soviet sphere was a stated National Socialist objective; as was the total elimination of European Marxism.

I agree that generally speaking the most significant land engagements fought after 1940 occurred in the East. However, it would be a serious misreading of history to go on and argue that the Soviets are mainly responsible for the defeat of the Axis powers. In essence, without western aid the Soviet armies could not have pushed German forces out of Eastern Europe. Specifically the western allies (and mainly the US) supplied the soviets with over 240,000 trucks and lesser but highly significant quantities of aircraft and tanks as well as vast quantities of other war materials. The supply of western food stocks (SPAM) was crucial to the maintenance of viable soviet land forces up to and following the Battle of Stalingrad. And one shouldn't underestimate the contribution made by British and US land forces prior to the D Day landings in 1944. The campaigns in Italy, Tunisia and the Middle East took an enormous amount of pressure off the Soviets - as did the strategic air campaign over Germany, which the US joined in 1944. The German decision to break off the Kursk offensive, (which the Soviets claimed as a great victory) was largely due to the pressing need to transfer vital armoured units to Tunisia, where an allied success would threaten vital German oil supplies. Frankly, for anyone to even suggest that the Soviets might have defeated the Germans on their own is simply nonsense.

For me the greatest irony of the whole War concerns Poland. Ostensibly the war was fought to secure Polish independence and yet, in the end, after all the blood letting and sacrifice by countless millions, the Poles were sold down the bloody river and handed over to the Soviets. If the whole ugly business wasn't so tragic and shocking one might almost laugh.

zapatista 11-19-2012 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 482239)
Hitler would never have kept his "no conflict" pact with Stalin, Hitler was a deranged fool who thought that the Russians and Polish were "sub human". It wasn't only Jews that he ordered sent to the concentration camps.

with poland being the country in ww2 where hitler killed the most jews (almost 3.000.000), most people dont realize the germans killed even more polish Catholics in poland then jews. the jewish lobby is just much better at reminding the world of how many of their own tribe got killed, compared to our willfully poor collective west european memory. the genocidal war initiated by the fascists in ww2 was on a massive industrialized scale, and had a disproportionately high death rate amongst civilians. once hitler's henchmen moved into russia the civilian casualty number became apocalyptic, with over 15 million civilians killed (compared to 12 million military russian casualties in the whole of ww2). less then 10% of those civilian casualties in russia were jews. much of that death toll was due to the indiscriminate bombardment and destruction of civilian area's by the germans, but also the executions squads that followed behind the advancing german troops to round up civilians, then mass deportation to concentration camps, and the forced relocation of civilians under starvation conditions etc. for the jewish populations of those central and east european countries however (for ex Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia etc), proportionately jews were more targeted as a subgroup then any other group, and in many of those eastern countries over 90% of them were killed during the german occupation (compared to 50% of jews in belgium, 70% in holland, 25% in france, 10% in denmark etc..)

with those high numbers of russian military deaths (and in the early part of the war 100.000's of russians surrendering, many of whom would later die in captivity), it indicates stalins total disregard to his own population and how he used massive numbers of poorly trained men from other parts of russia to try to halt the german advance, fight them to a standstill, and then push them back (2 years later) . iirc the death ratio on the eastern front was at least around 5 russian soldiers for every german killed. at the time the russians halted the german advances (with germans affected by over stretched supply lines), there was very little allied millitary aid to russia. it was basically the indiscriminate sacrifice of a very high number of russians (both military and civilian) by stalin that stopped the german advances, giving the russians just enough time to start rearming themselves with basic war supplies from factories located further east (combined with the russian winter, during which german equipment and soldiers were under-performing, while the russians performed better).

comparing ww1 and ww2 casualty lists, there is an obvious difference in civilian vs military numbers
WWI 95% of casualties were Military Dead, and 5% Civilian Dead
WWII 33% of casualties were Military Dead and 67% Civilian Dead (with over 80% of all those civilian deaths being in poland and russia)

most of those civilian deaths were caused by the germans as a deliberate act of targeting the "sub human races of the east" (not the jews), which was exacerbated by stalin's total disregard of his own civilians. hitlers main purpose of moving east was to create "lebens raum" (living space) for his german race, and he/they saw the eastern lands as populated by subhumans that could just be exterminated with their land free for the taking. with the russians being fairly poor opponents during the 800 years of the austro-hungarian empire, hitler seriously miscalculated how different an industrialized mechanized war would be against an adversary that significantly outnumbered him, compared to the old days of horse and cart when russia was feudal empire populated by uneducated peasants.

it is no surprise the current russian government is trying to put in place some elements that help remember the terrible death toll and destruction that took place in the east during ww2 (including the possible funding of our il2 flightsim series), so that this theater of war does not get forgotten (or overshadowed by western selective memory of how the war affected them). with western countries dominating the world media and press, their selective remembrance of events that affected these western countries risks creating globally a distorted perspective of the horrors of ww2

Walrus1 11-19-2012 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by zapatista (Post 482262)
with poland being the country in ww2 where hitler killed the most jews (almost 3.000.000), most people dont realize the germans killed even more polish Catholics in poland then jews. the jewish lobby is just much better at reminding the world of how many of their own tribe got killed

You are right that millions and millions of Polish Catholics died, and millions of other non Jews in Europe as well, although sources I looked at quoted the number of non Jewish Poles as slightly less than the 3 million Jewish Poles. See this article about the terrible toll on the Polish people, especially the Catholic Clergy in Poland, during the Holocaust.

http://www.catholicculture.org/cultu...TOKEN=46917956

But there is still a reason that there is a special association of the Holocaust and its Jewish victims.
This quote from the article linked above, sums it up well:
Quote:

If we must rank the Nazis' victims, it is only right to place the Jews first. They were the primary target of the Nazis. For as long as the Third Reich endured, they bore the full brunt of Nazi hatred. And when the Third Reich collapsed, six million Jews were dead, over one million of them children. The slaughter inflicted on the Slavs, the Gypsies and the other designated victims of the Third Reich was haphazard compared to the systematic annihilation of the Jews. Even the Nazis, those twentieth-century paragons of ruthless efficiency, could not fight a global war, administer occupied territory that covered almost the entire continent of Europe, operate a campaign of genocide against the Jews and cleanse Europe of the tens of millions of other "undesirables."

arthursmedley 11-19-2012 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by lonewulf (Post 482251)

I agree that generally speaking the most significant land engagements fought after 1940 occurred in the East. However, it would be a serious misreading of history to go on and argue that the Soviets are mainly responsible for the defeat of the Axis powers. In essence, without western aid the Soviet armies could not have pushed German forces out of Eastern Europe. Specifically the western allies (and mainly the US) supplied the soviets with over 240,000 trucks and lesser but highly significant quantities of aircraft and tanks as well as vast quantities of other war materials. The supply of western food stocks (SPAM) was crucial to the maintenance of viable soviet land forces up to and following the Battle of Stalingrad. And one shouldn't underestimate the contribution made by British and US land forces prior to the D Day landings in 1944. The campaigns in Italy, Tunisia and the Middle East took an enormous amount of pressure off the Soviets - as did the strategic air campaign over Germany, which the US joined in 1944. The German decision to break off the Kursk offensive, (which the Soviets claimed as a great victory) was largely due to the pressing need to transfer vital armoured units to Tunisia, where an allied success would threaten vital German oil supplies. Frankly, for anyone to even suggest that the Soviets might have defeated the Germans on their own is simply nonsense.

Laughable and you forgot the bit about the P51 winning the war too!

major_setback 11-19-2012 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAE_Cazador (Post 482209)
Right but, here in the banana forums, just one post is enough to derail the whole thread !

Pls don't take offence but, wasn't this thread about the future of BOM? :grin:

Cheers!

You'd never believe it would you?

Thread history: BoM>Spitfires rule>Why the war was lost/won.

Is there any way to get back on track? Or is this thread a lost cause?

By the way...wouldn't it be a good idea if we paid for multiplayer sessions? This way the revenue would be secured for the future development of the series, and those who are most dedicated to the series would be the ones who contribute most to those future developments.


:-);-):-)




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csThor 11-19-2012 06:15 PM

Lonewulf is actually right. Soviet truck production was whoefully inadequate even before the war and once the war had started the increased need for tanks lowered it even more (in relative numbers). Without the allied truck deliveries the Red Army's composition and/or performance (after 1943) would have been very different: either they wouldn't have had the enormous amount of tanks due to a modified production schedule or they would not have had the strategic mobility of 1944/45. The real contribution of Lend&Lease was the provision of the logistic part of an army (trucks, food, radios and other technical systems etc) so that the Soviet industry could concentrate fully on producing the sharp tip (aircraft, tanks, artillery). Without either the sweeping offensives of late 1943 and 1944 would not have been possible with the results we know.

KG26_Alpha 11-19-2012 06:48 PM

Nah .....

The war was won right here.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...chley-park.jpg

5./JG27.Farber 11-19-2012 06:52 PM

So much for the thread then, even the mods are in on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UPgdzgncG0

addman 11-19-2012 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha (Post 482436)
Nah .....

The war was won right here.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...chley-park.jpg

Aaah, Bletchley Park. Indeed, suddenly the allies new almost every step that the Germans were taking, especially German sub-marine operations were seriously impaired.

arthursmedley 11-19-2012 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by addman (Post 482440)

Aaah, Bletchley Park. Indeed, suddenly the allies new almost every step that the Germans were taking, especially German sub-marine operations were seriously impaired.

Oh lordy! More nonsense.

major_setback 11-19-2012 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha (Post 482436)
Nah .....

The war was won right here.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...chley-park.jpg

Really, what does this have to do with the original post?

What has this to do with the future of BoM?

KG26_Alpha 11-19-2012 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by major_setback (Post 482450)
Really, what does this have to do with the original post?

What has this to do with the future of BoM?

Nothing.

Same as the rest of this thread.

fruitbat 11-19-2012 08:16 PM

what future? :rolleyes:

zapatista 11-19-2012 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by major_setback (Post 482450)
Really, what does this have to do with the original post?

What has this to do with the future of BoM?

OK's, back on track !

i think right now all we can do is keep an eye on the russian forums to see if there are any other snippets of information from DEDA being posted, or any further progress reports or updates on BoM development from other russian posters who are closer to the project.

since B6 stopped managing the CoD/BoM forums, our english 1C forums have been left in a bit of an information vacuum. so all we can do is wait for now :)

WTE_Galway 11-19-2012 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha (Post 482436)
Nah .....

The war was won right here.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...chley-park.jpg

Fixed your picture ...





http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...nagh/drwho.jpg

lonewulf 11-20-2012 12:21 AM

Yup, we came within an inch of the truth and then what do you know 'booomfffffa'; derailed by IC fifth columnists. Bugger!

Al Schlageter 11-20-2012 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by csThor (Post 482427)
Lonewulf is actually right. Soviet truck production was whoefully inadequate even before the war and once the war had started the increased need for tanks lowered it even more (in relative numbers). Without the allied truck deliveries the Red Army's composition and/or performance (after 1943) would have been very different: either they wouldn't have had the enormous amount of tanks due to a modified production schedule or they would not have had the strategic mobility of 1944/45. The real contribution of Lend&Lease was the provision of the logistic part of an army (trucks, food, radios and other technical systems etc) so that the Soviet industry could concentrate fully on producing the sharp tip (aircraft, tanks, artillery). Without either the sweeping offensives of late 1943 and 1944 would not have been possible with the results we know.

http://www.1jma.dk/articles/1jmaarticlelendlease.htm

As of 05/01/45, Soviet truck park

domestic trucks 58,1%
imported trucks 32,8%
captured trucks 9,1%

csThor 11-20-2012 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Al Schlageter (Post 482541)
http://www.1jma.dk/articles/1jmaarticlelendlease.htm

As of 05/01/45, Soviet truck park

domestic trucks 58,1%
imported trucks 32,8%
captured trucks 9,1%

Thanks for the link. Interesting. :)

Skoshi Tiger 11-20-2012 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by DD_crash (Post 482205)
It seems to me that the land war was mainly in the east and the air war was in the west.

There is a US propaganda film "target for today" (I think) that talks about this as being a deliberate strategy for grinding down the German war machine.

Although there was a major Tactical air war in the east which will hopefully be modeled soon in the BOM sim!

Cheers!

Kaiser 11-20-2012 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lonewulf (Post 482251)
In essence, without western aid the Soviet armies could not have pushed German forces out of Eastern Europe. Specifically the western allies (and mainly the US) supplied the soviets with over 240,000 trucks and lesser but highly significant quantities of aircraft and tanks as well as vast quantities of other war materials. The supply of western food stocks (SPAM) was crucial to the maintenance of viable soviet land forces up to and following the Battle of Stalingrad. And one shouldn't underestimate the contribution made by British and US land forces prior to the D Day landings in 1944. .

You in vain think that it is not undervalued.
Financial assistance from the West USSR has a great appreciation.
We store this memory.

But it would be better if the allies fulfilled their promise at the set time ... During the visit of the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov to London and Washington allies have promised a few months later disembark at continental Europe. But they have not made this neither in 1942 nor in 1943, when we were carrying particularly heavy losses. From May 1942 to June 1944, while the Allies been putting off the opening of the second front in the fierce battles left more than 5.5 million Soviet troops.
And other important nuance. If for us a problem of a second front was a matter of life and deaths of millions of Soviet people, for the Allies it was an issue strategy: where appropriate to disembark? They had landed in Europe, hoping determine the advantageous post-war map of the world. The more so was already obvious that the Red Army independently able end this war and get out on the coast of the English Channel, providing the USSR for the winner leading role in the postwar reconstruction of of Europe. What the Allies could not allow.

As for supplies lend-lease, we must understand if Hitler took possession resources of the USSR, the next on turn would be Britain. Churchill as a wise politician could not allow of this.
And after all if to look at the history of impartially, all countries of the world then, except Germany and its allies, looked at the Soviet peoples with hope. June 22, 1941, Winston Churchill stated that although he and anti-communist, but the security of Great Britain and the U.S. is now entirely in the hands of Russia. June 24 a similar speech said, and the American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Newspaper Times, mouthpiece of financier-oligarchical elites of the West, has also stated that the fate of humanity is decided on the Eastern Front. Today reminisce then in effect, the whole world behind the scenes reached for our country as a magic wand, few want. Therefore through myths and falsifications of role of the USSR in war every way lowered.

klem 11-20-2012 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaiser (Post 482705)
You in vain think that it is not undervalued.
Financial assistance from the West USSR has a great appreciation.
We store this memory.

But it would be better if the allies fulfilled their promise at the set time ... During the visit of the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov to London and Washington allies have promised a few months later disembark at continental Europe. But they have not made this neither in 1942 nor in 1943, when we were carrying particularly heavy losses. From May 1942 to June 1944, while the Allies been putting off the opening of the second front in the fierce battles left more than 5.5 million Soviet troops.
And other important nuance. If for us a problem of a second front was a matter of life and deaths of millions of Soviet people, for the Allies it was an issue strategy: where appropriate to disembark? They had landed in Europe, hoping determine the advantageous post-war map of the world. The more so was already obvious that the Red Army independently able end this war and get out on the coast of the English Channel, providing the USSR for the winner leading role in the postwar reconstruction of of Europe. What the Allies could not allow.

As for supplies lend-lease, we must understand if Hitler took possession resources of the USSR, the next on turn would be Britain. Churchill as a wise politician could not allow of this.
And after all if to look at the history of impartially, all countries of the world then, except Germany and its allies, looked at the Soviet peoples with hope. June 22, 1941, Winston Churchill stated that although he and anti-communist, but the security of Great Britain and the U.S. is now entirely in the hands of Russia. June 24 a similar speech said, and the American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Newspaper Times, mouthpiece of financier-oligarchical elites of the West, has also stated that the fate of humanity is decided on the Eastern Front. Today reminisce then in effect, the whole world behind the scenes reached for our country as a magic wand, few want. Therefore through myths and falsifications of role of the USSR in war every way lowered.

All true except that the Allies were not in a position to launch a successfuil invasion before June '44. Even then it was not an "easy victory". I expect Stalin would have liked them to try and destroy themselves on the beaches while drawing German forces away from the East and leaving Europe open to him although its not certain he would have succeeded without the Allies strategic devastation of the German war machine and logistics capability. I believe Stalin had no Strategic air capability of his own. In any case my own belief is that Hitler could never win a war against the Soviet Union. The Allies were well aware of Stalin's appetite for the rest of Europe and History shows that he was as bad as Hitler in many ways. Even so, the Allies had to watch Poland (the reason the West went to war) and other countries slip from one oppressive dictator to another. But its true, the Soviets suffered huge casualties on the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front was the WWII killing ground that mirrored the Western Front killing ground in WWI, only more so.

Al Schlageter 11-20-2012 09:49 PM

Kaiser, have you heard of a place called Dieppe?

I did not know that Italy was not part of continental Europe.

*Buzzsaw* 11-20-2012 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaiser (Post 482705)
You in vain think that it is not undervalued.
Financial assistance from the West USSR has a great appreciation.
We store this memory.

But it would be better if the allies fulfilled their promise at the set time ... During the visit of the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov to London and Washington allies have promised a few months later disembark at continental Europe. But they have not made this neither in 1942 nor in 1943, when we were carrying particularly heavy losses. From May 1942 to June 1944, while the Allies been putting off the opening of the second front in the fierce battles left more than 5.5 million Soviet troops.
And other important nuance. If for us a problem of a second front was a matter of life and deaths of millions of Soviet people, for the Allies it was an issue strategy: where appropriate to disembark? They had landed in Europe, hoping determine the advantageous post-war map of the world. The more so was already obvious that the Red Army independently able end this war and get out on the coast of the English Channel, providing the USSR for the winner leading role in the postwar reconstruction of of Europe. What the Allies could not allow.

As for supplies lend-lease, we must understand if Hitler took possession resources of the USSR, the next on turn would be Britain. Churchill as a wise politician could not allow of this.
And after all if to look at the history of impartially, all countries of the world then, except Germany and its allies, looked at the Soviet peoples with hope. June 22, 1941, Winston Churchill stated that although he and anti-communist, but the security of Great Britain and the U.S. is now entirely in the hands of Russia. June 24 a similar speech said, and the American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Newspaper Times, mouthpiece of financier-oligarchical elites of the West, has also stated that the fate of humanity is decided on the Eastern Front. Today reminisce then in effect, the whole world behind the scenes reached for our country as a magic wand, few want. Therefore through myths and falsifications of role of the USSR in war every way lowered.

In 1942 and 1943 the Western Allies inflicted quite a number of casualties on the German and Italian Armies as well as diverting after November of 1942, the majority of the Luftwaffe. They captured over 250,000 men in Tunisia, and invaded Sicily and Italy, driving Italy out of the war, and forcing the Germans to send large numbers of troops to Italy to maintain their lines there. At the height of the Kursk battle, the Germans were forced to send their elite 1st and 2nd SS Panzer divisions, plus quite a number of other Panzer and Panzergrenadier divisions to Italy from the East Front. So to say the fact that the Western Allies did not invade France in 1943 was a failure on their part is not completely accurate.

There is no question the Soviets did the majority of the fighting on the ground on the European Front in WWII, no one can deny their contributions and suffering. At no time was less than 50% of the Wehrmacht deployed on the East Front, much of the time the figure was closer to 65%.

Still the facts are WWII was won by an alliance of countries fighting against Germany, Italy and Japan. The Japanese were beaten by the Americans and British fighting on their own, the Soviet declaration of war in 1945 had almost no effect on the outcome in the Pacific and was more a political decision by Stalin to allow him to occupy parts of Manchuria and Korea for resource rather than for noble reasons.

The Soviets would have had much more difficulty in succeeding had they not had the assistance of American and British Lendlease in the form of supplies and war materials. Fuel supplied, or things such as locomotive engines are sometimes overlooked when the overall contributions are accounted for.

*Buzzsaw* 11-20-2012 11:16 PM

Salute

A real examination of the facts would show that Germany should have been defeated in the first year of a war with the Soviet Union.

Why were they not?

One answer: Stalin

The Soviets had one of the most advanced armies in the world in 1936, with tanks which were superior to others, aircraft which were on a par, and leaders who were innovative and far thinking. Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky was a brilliant tank theorist who was a leading Marshal in the thirties, he invented armour use doctrines know as "Deep Operations" which mirrored the German Blitzkrieg tactics of deep penetration by armoured forces and the surrounding and pocketing of enemy forces. He created the beginnings of a Soviet tank force which would have been a dangerous opponent for the Germans.

But Stalin perceived him as a political opponent, and set a series of false accusations during the purges of 1936 which led to a show trial and the execution of Tukhachevsky. With him went the needed reforms to the Soviet Army. Worse, almost all the innovative officers who were supporters of him were also purged, many executed or sent to the Gulags. In their place Stalin appointed old incompetent cronies of himself, yes men and toadies who were selected on the basis of their unquestioning loyalty, not for their skills as officers.

As WWII started, the Soviet army was in a state of paralysis, commanded by incompetents who were afraid to speak out regarding needed reforms or new ideas lest they too would be either shot or sent to Siberia.

And Stalin added to this failure by refusing to acknowledge the warnings the Germans were about to invade. He insisted troops not prepare defenses, not plan for a German attack and not make any movements which might give offense to Hitler. This happened despite reports from his own troops of German reconnaissance overflights, infiltration by German scouts, etc. etc.

The result was that on May 22nd 1941 the Soviets were caught completely unprepared, and the commanders on the spot were frozen in place because of Stalin's insistence no one had authority to respond until he gave his personal say so.

The Soviets had their armies on the Frontier nearly completely destroyed in a matter of a few weeks.

It wasn't till Stalin retreated into a depression in the fall of 1941, leaving most of the running of the war to his generals that the situation began to recover. That and the fact that many of the disgraced and purged officers were brought back to positions of authority. Generals like Rokossovsky, one of the premier tank commanders of the war on the Soviet side, and the man who led Operation Bagration, also known as the 'Destruction of Army Group Center', was an example.

All of the tactical doctrine formulated by Tukhachevsky was re-adopted by the Soviet Army and formed the basis of the tactics used at Stalingrad, Kursk and other major battles.

Had the Soviet Army been led by Tukhachevsky at the beginning of the war, with his armoured doctrine and formations in place, there is very little doubt in my mind the Germans would have run into a brick wall, and been soundly defeated.

lonewulf 11-21-2012 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw* (Post 482765)
Salute

A real examination of the facts would show that Germany should have been defeated in the first year of a war with the Soviet Union.

Why were they not?

One answer: Stalin

The Soviets had one of the most advanced armies in the world in 1936, with tanks which were superior to others, aircraft which were on a par, and leaders who were innovative and far thinking. Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky was a brilliant tank theorist who was a leading Marshal in the thirties, he invented armour use doctrines know as "Deep Operations" which mirrored the German Blitzkrieg tactics of deep penetration by armoured forces and the surrounding and pocketing of enemy forces. He created the beginnings of a Soviet tank force which would have been a dangerous opponent for the Germans.

But Stalin perceived him as a political opponent, and set a series of false accusations during the purges of 1936 which led to a show trial and the execution of Tukhachevsky. With him went the needed reforms to the Soviet Army. Worse, almost all the innovative officers who were supporters of him were also purged, many executed or sent to the Gulags. In their place Stalin appointed old incompetent cronies of himself, yes men and toadies who were selected on the basis of their unquestioning loyalty, not for their skills as officers.

As WWII started, the Soviet army was in a state of paralysis, commanded by incompetents who were afraid to speak out regarding needed reforms or new ideas lest they too would be either shot or sent to Siberia.

And Stalin added to this failure by refusing to acknowledge the warnings the Germans were about to invade. He insisted troops not prepare defenses, not plan for a German attack and not make any movements which might give offense to Hitler. This happened despite reports from his own troops of German reconnaissance overflights, infiltration by German scouts, etc. etc.

The result was that on May 22nd 1941 the Soviets were caught completely unprepared, and the commanders on the spot were frozen in place because of Stalin's insistence no one had authority to respond until he gave his personal say so.

The Soviets had their armies on the Frontier nearly completely destroyed in a matter of a few weeks.

It wasn't till Stalin retreated into a depression in the fall of 1941, leaving most of the running of the war to his generals that the situation began to recover. That and the fact that many of the disgraced and purged officers were brought back to positions of authority. Generals like Rokossovsky, one of the premier tank commanders of the war on the Soviet side, and the man who led Operation Bagration, also known as the 'Destruction of Army Group Center', was an example.

All of the tactical doctrine formulated by Tukhachevsky was re-adopted by the Soviet Army and formed the basis of the tactics used at Stalingrad, Kursk and other major battles.

Had the Soviet Army been led by Tukhachevsky at the beginning of the war, with his armoured doctrine and formations in place, there is very little doubt in my mind the Germans would have run into a brick wall, and been soundly defeated.

Yeah well, we'll never really know will we, because that isn't the way events played out. Hitler attacked the Soviets on the basis on the facts as he understood them to be at the time. The leadership of the Red Army had been all but annihilated throughout the 1930s, as you note. That he also knew. The consequences of those purges became apparent for all to see during the Winter War in 1939, when the Finns inflicted horrendous casualties on the Soviets (perhaps as many as 2 million men) by some accounts. It has also been noted elsewhere that Stalin's decision to systematically murder virtually the entire leadership of the Red Army may have come about through a dis-information campaign launched by the Germans. Whatever the truth of the matter, it was clear for all to see that the Red Army was in a very vulnerable state by 1941. Given that a confrontation between National Socialism and Soviet-style Marxist Leninism appeared inevitable, an attack on the Soviets in 1941 is not as absurd as it may at first appear. As events in the East unfolded, the Germans came very close to achieving their overall objectives. In 1942, very few people would have bet on a Soviet victory.

As regard's German so-called Blitzkrieg tactics, these are more myth than reality. There was nothing revolutionary about German combined arms tactics in 1939-41 and in reality these were just an extension of the tactics developed by the Germans in 1914-18. Although the Germans were no doubt flattered by the attention their endeavours received in 1939-40, they tended to attribute their battlefield successes to the fighting spirit of their soldiers, which they believed, and with very good reason, to be second to none (National Socialist furvour no doubt playing a role here). Blitzkrieg, as a concept, was essentially invented by the defeated western powers to explain and cover-up their dismal performance and subsequent defeat during the Battle of France.

Those who disagree with this view should have a hard look, in first instance, at the tanks the Germans were supposedly intending to use to spearhead their "revolutionary" new tactics in Poland and France. In the main these were composed of Panzer I and IIs, both essentially training vehicles and both essentially obsolete in 1939. The French Char B and the British Matildas, for example, easily out gunned and out-armoured their German counterparts and should have and could have easily eliminated their thin-skinned German opposition – if correctly used. The French air force, which was easily a match for the Germans on paper, simply failed to put in an appearance. The success of the German's Sickle-cut plan, which was an improvisation put together in haste in 1940, was very much due to the sheer guts and determination of the men charged with it's execution. A properly organized French defence could have and should have stopped it in its tracks, but in the face of German resolve, that defence simply crumbled away.

MadBlaster 11-21-2012 03:48 AM

you need to play more open general /panzer general 2. you forget, the 88 mm anti-tank guns. :-P

csThor 11-21-2012 05:58 AM

Pardon my french, lonewolf, but 'Nuts!' The term "Blitzkrieg" is indeed no german invention but of course Goebbels was quick to utilize it. In a few significant sectors, especially in doctrine and force structure, the Wehrmacht was clearly ahead of its western opponents - be it the french with their defensively minded idea of warfare and tanks which couldn't decide whether to be infantry support or "exploitation" (and in the end they were neither) nor the british with the problems the nasty feuds of the 20s and 30s had left behind and which was mirrored in the ineffective structure of their forces (especially the armored divisions which were no combined arms formations in 1940). The doctrinal environment the term "Blitzkrieg" describes is nothing more than the traditional prusso-german way of war just with the added element of tanks and aircraft - it reenabled the Wehrmacht to prosecute the war as a war of movement on the operational level, just like its great ancestors under the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Preussen, Friedrich II or Moltke the Elder.

If I may offer a book recommendation: Robert M Citino "The German way of War". ;)

WTE_Galway 11-21-2012 06:17 AM

Guderian attributed much of the early German success to the "operational" level of planning between tactical and strategic which only existed informally in other armed forces.

Also bear in mind that Adolf Hitler's tendency to favor and encourage bold unusual and slightly risky ideas and plans (capturing the massive Belgian fortress Eben-Emael by landing gliders on top of it for example) worked against the Germans later in the war when caution was advised but it was usually to their benefit in these early years.

*Buzzsaw* 11-21-2012 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by lonewulf (Post 482806)

As regard's German so-called Blitzkrieg tactics, these are more myth than reality. There was nothing revolutionary about German combined arms tactics in 1939-41 and in reality these were just an extension of the tactics developed by the Germans in 1914-18.

Gonna have to disagree with you. Ludendorff's "Kaiserschlact" attacks of Spring 1918 used none of the concept of deep penetration and attack on rear objectives which were characteristic of German armoured doctrine in WWII. Yes, the Stossstruppen used infiltration techniques on a tactical level which involved bypassing strongpoints instead of assaulting them, but there was no combined arms with tanks, the Germans barely had any tanks available. And Ludendorff did not know how to exploit his initial successes, he had no plan to feed reserves through the holes he created, and get into the Allied rear areas. In fact, the Allied commanders in WWI were much better at exploiting success than the Germans, they managed to break the conflict out into open countryside out of the trenches by October of 1918 in their counter-offensive.

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Although the Germans were no doubt flattered by the attention their endeavours received in 1939-40, they tended to attribute their battlefield successes to the fighting spirit of their soldiers, which they believed, and with very good reason, to be second to none (National Socialist furvour no doubt playing a role here).
Gonna have to disagree with you again. Ironically the Wehrmacht under Adolf Hitler, a totalitarian dictator who insisted on complete obedience to his wishes, was actually the most democratic institution in Nazi Germany. Initiative in this new German army was encouraged on all levels, junior Wehrmacht officers, even NCO's were encouraged to take decisions which in other armies, such as the French and British, would be referred upwards in the chain of command, hence causing delays and failures to exploit opportunities. Some of the greatest successes the Germans achieved were as a result of junior commanders following this spirit of initiative, and ignoring the directions of their superiors. In the Battle of France, both Guderian and Rommel ignored Hitler's and their superior's orders to stop short after crossing the Meuse, and instead drove forwards at a relentless pace because they knew they had the French on the run. Only the Americans developed a Officer corps which was capable of showing the same level of initiative in the junior levels. There was not a lot of "National Socialist" fervour in the Wehrmacht, to the contrary, it was the largest source of opposition to Hitler once he started to run into trouble. Yes, Hitler did create an elite body of troops in the SS Panzertruppen, who were committed Nazis, but surprisingly, if you look at their combat record, they were no more effective, in many cases worse, than the standard Wehrmacht Panzer divisions. The Divisions with the best record in the German army were the 116th Panzer Division, and the 2nd Panzer Division. Look at the Battle of the Ardennes. The 6th Panzer Army under SS General Seip Dietrich, all SS Divisions, failed in its breakout attempt, despite much better equipment. The Wehrmacht Panzer divisions in the 5th Panzer Army, under Wehrmacht General Manteuffel were the ones who actually broke out through the American lines and made the deepest penetration. Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for the rest of us, the lead Panzer Divisions ran out of fuel just short of the Meuse river and were surrounded and slaughtered by one of the US Army's best Tank commanders, Ernest Harmon of the 2nd Armoured division. Contrary to the myths perpetuated by the Patton cheerleading section, this was the real critical moment of the Battle not the relief of Bastogne.

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Those who disagree with this view should have a hard look, in first instance, at the tanks the Germans were supposedly intending to use to spearhead their "revolutionary" new tactics in Poland and France. In the main these were composed of Panzer I and IIs, both essentially training vehicles and both essentially obsolete in 1939. The French Char B and the British Matildas, for example, easily out gunned and out-armoured their German counterparts and should have and could have easily eliminated their thin-skinned German opposition – if correctly used. The French air force, which was easily a match for the Germans on paper, simply failed to put in an appearance. The success of the German's Sickle-cut plan, which was an improvisation put together in haste in 1940, was very much due to the sheer guts and determination of the men charged with it's execution. A properly organized French defence could have and should have stopped it in its tracks, but in the face of German resolve, that defence simply crumbled away.
Again, you are ignoring the facts. In the case of Poland, the Polish had only 45 tanks, which were obsolete R35's. In fact, by far the majority of the French tank forces were comprised of these same obsolete Renault R35 tanks dating from 1933. These had weak armour, a low velocity inaccurate 37mm gun designed for fighting infantry, and were not a match for the Panzer II's high velocity 20mm, which were the majority of the German tank force. The 20mm on the Panzer II could penetrate the R35's turret at 100 meters, the 37mm on the R35 could not penetrate the Panzer. The Panzer II was a fine tank, quite fast and maneuverable for its time, it had a top speed of 40km/hr compared to 20 km/hr for the R35. In addition, almost all French tanks had no radios, which meant the tanks could not work in concert, and their commanders had to load and fire as well as call out maneuver commands, something which did not work in practice. Imagine leaning out your turret and waving a flag to try to get the remainder of your tank platoon to follow a direction... Yes, there were some Char B's and Somua S-35's, but they were the minority, the next most numerous French Tank was the Hotchkiss H35, which was as slow as the R35, and had the same poor gun, with weaker armour, which was notorious for bad manufacturing and weak spots which were easily penetrated. The most numerous British tank was the Mk VIA, which was very much inferior to the Panzer II, having weak armour and a MG as armament. There were very few Matildas.

And the French airforce was not a match for the Germans, they had nowhere near the same number of Squadrons in the air, their infrastructure could not support the number of aircraft they had in reserve. Also the Morane 406, the most numerous French fighter was simply not a match for the 109E. Only the Curtis H75 and Dewoitine 520 were a match and the 520 was manufactured in small numbers while the Curtiss was an American import. (Curtiss H-75's shot down more German aircraft than any other French manned fighter)

lonewulf 11-21-2012 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by csThor (Post 482819)
Pardon my french, lonewolf, but 'Nuts!' The term "Blitzkrieg" is indeed no german invention but of course Goebbels was quick to utilize it. In a few significant sectors, especially in doctrine and force structure, the Wehrmacht was clearly ahead of its western opponents - be it the french with their defensively minded idea of warfare and tanks which couldn't decide whether to be infantry support or "exploitation" (and in the end they were neither) nor the british with the problems the nasty feuds of the 20s and 30s had left behind and which was mirrored in the ineffective structure of their forces (especially the armored divisions which were no combined arms formations in 1940). The doctrinal environment the term "Blitzkrieg" describes is nothing more than the traditional prusso-german way of war just with the added element of tanks and aircraft - it reenabled the Wehrmacht to prosecute the war as a war of movement on the operational level, just like its great ancestors under the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Preussen, Friedrich II or Moltke the Elder.

If I may offer a book recommendation: Robert M Citino "The German way of War". ;)

Yeah well, nuts to you too m8 :grin:

Actually, I'm not sure my position is all that different from your own.

I said: "There was nothing revolutionary about German combined arms tactics in 1939-41 and in reality these were just an extension of the tactics developed by the Germans in 1914-18."

csThor 11-21-2012 09:16 AM

The "Nuts" was really more aimed at your comments re "fervour" and "NS indoctrinization". In fact I'd hesitate to make such broad statements on any armed forces. I'd not attribute the Red Army of 1945 a particularly "communist fervour", rather the ancient concept of "the victor takes it all". ;)

csThor 11-21-2012 09:26 AM

@ Buzzsaw

The better equipment of the Waffen-SS is pretty much as mystical as many urban myths about WW2. For example even in 1944 none of the german Panzer Divisions, regardless whether they were Heer or Waffen-SS, had enough half-tracks to equip its two Panzergrenadier Regiments with them. So even the "elite" SS never got everything it wanted. It often needed more replacements because these divisions tended to get the "suicide assignments" and suffered accordingly.

And as for the Ardennes Offensive ... Sepp Dietrich himself said it best.

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"All Hitler wants me to do is to cross a river, capture Brussels, and then go on and take Antwerp! And all this in the worst time of the year through the Ardennes, where the snow is waist deep and there isn't room to deploy four tanks abreast, let alone panzer divisions! Where it doesn't get light until eight and it's dark again at four and with reformed divisions made up chiefly of kids and sick old men - and at Christmas!"
I recently purchased the excellent "The Battle of the Bulge - Then and Now" because I want to make an accurate model of a King Tiger of schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 501 and the advance of Panzergruppe Peiper was held up mostly by the atrocious state of the roads and timely destruction of key river crossings by the US forces. This, in turn, forced them into the confrontation at Stoumont - La Gleize and thwarted any chance of a decisive breakthrough. The whole idea of "Wacht am Rhein" was ludicrous given the looming Red Army in the East ...

Insuber 11-21-2012 10:49 AM

No news on future of BOM.

klem 11-21-2012 10:52 AM

lonewulf, sorry to add to the pile, but a flaw in your statement about Hitlers objective in Russia retains the flaw in Hitler's own perception of victory in Russia.

Hitler believed that by capturing Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad etc he would defeat Russia, because the Russians would capitulate. He wouldn't have because they wouldn't have. Stalin would have (and was already) withdrawing Eastward where he was relocating his production facilities and rebuilding his forces as well as drawing on forces from Mongolia etc. If Hitler did not pursue him Stalin would have re-built and come back against him as he did in any case and with far superior numbers and equipment (for the region). If Hitler did pursue him through the sccorched earth of Russia he would have been unable to sustain his forces and eventually he would have been crushed, as in fact happened to his 6th Army when he was no-where near as stretched. He may have captured the Caucuses and the Ukraine wheat fields but sustained forces means both supplies and men and I don't think he had the manpower to stretch that far. These are the reasons why I don't think Hitler could ever have defeated Russia. His perception of victory was flawed.

The Russians might have welcomed Hitler with open arms after Stalin but as Hitler had pronounced them sub-human and the German forces took full advantage of their conquest with killings, rapings, destruction, etc, the Russians weren't likely to take kindly to the Germans.

klem 11-21-2012 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Insuber (Post 482882)
No news on future of BOM.

ooops, we got a bit OT :(

Insuber 11-21-2012 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by klem (Post 482886)
ooops, we got a bit OT :(

Normal. Horror vacui. Natura abhorret a vacuo. Nature abhors a vacuum.

SlipBall 11-21-2012 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Insuber (Post 482882)
No news on future of BOM.


One week has passed since, lets hope some word this Friday:-P

Insuber 11-21-2012 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by SlipBall (Post 482889)
One week has passed since, lets hope some word this Friday:-P

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

lonewulf 11-21-2012 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw* (Post 482843)
Gonna have to disagree with you. Ludendorff's "Kaiserschlact" attacks of Spring 1918 used none of the concept of deep penetration and attack on rear objectives which were characteristic of German armoured doctrine in WWII. Yes, the Stossstruppen used infiltration techniques on a tactical level which involved bypassing strongpoints instead of assaulting them, but there was no combined arms with tanks, the Germans barely had any tanks available. And Ludendorff did not know how to exploit his initial successes, he had no plan to feed reserves through the holes he created, and get into the Allied rear areas. In fact, the Allied commanders in WWI were much better at exploiting success than the Germans, they managed to break the conflict out into open countryside out of the trenches by October of 1918 in their counter-offensive.



Gonna have to disagree with you again. Ironically the Wehrmacht under Adolf Hitler, a totalitarian dictator who insisted on complete obedience to his wishes, was actually the most democratic institution in Nazi Germany. Initiative in this new German army was encouraged on all levels, junior Wehrmacht officers, even NCO's were encouraged to take decisions which in other armies, such as the French and British, would be referred upwards in the chain of command, hence causing delays and failures to exploit opportunities. Some of the greatest successes the Germans achieved were as a result of junior commanders following this spirit of initiative, and ignoring the directions of their superiors. In the Battle of France, both Guderian and Rommel ignored Hitler's and their superior's orders to stop short after crossing the Meuse, and instead drove forwards at a relentless pace because they knew they had the French on the run. Only the Americans developed a Officer corps which was capable of showing the same level of initiative in the junior levels. There was not a lot of "National Socialist" fervour in the Wehrmacht, to the contrary, it was the largest source of opposition to Hitler once he started to run into trouble. Yes, Hitler did create an elite body of troops in the SS Panzertruppen, who were committed Nazis, but surprisingly, if you look at their combat record, they were no more effective, in many cases worse, than the standard Wehrmacht Panzer divisions. The Divisions with the best record in the German army were the 116th Panzer Division, and the 2nd Panzer Division. Look at the Battle of the Ardennes. The 6th Panzer Army under SS General Seip Dietrich, all SS Divisions, failed in its breakout attempt, despite much better equipment. The Wehrmacht Panzer divisions in the 5th Panzer Army, under Wehrmacht General Manteuffel were the ones who actually broke out through the American lines and made the deepest penetration. Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for the rest of us, the lead Panzer Divisions ran out of fuel just short of the Meuse river and were surrounded and slaughtered by one of the US Army's best Tank commanders, Ernest Harmon of the 2nd Armoured division. Contrary to the myths perpetuated by the Patton cheerleading section, this was the real critical moment of the Battle not the relief of Bastogne.



Again, you are ignoring the facts. In the case of Poland, the Polish had only 45 tanks, which were obsolete R35's. In fact, by far the majority of the French tank forces were comprised of these same obsolete Renault R35 tanks dating from 1933. These had weak armour, a low velocity inaccurate 37mm gun designed for fighting infantry, and were not a match for the Panzer II's high velocity 20mm, which were the majority of the German tank force. The 20mm on the Panzer II could penetrate the R35's turret at 100 meters, the 37mm on the R35 could not penetrate the Panzer. The Panzer II was a fine tank, quite fast and maneuverable for its time, it had a top speed of 40km/hr compared to 20 km/hr for the R35. In addition, almost all French tanks had no radios, which meant the tanks could not work in concert, and their commanders had to load and fire as well as call out maneuver commands, something which did not work in practice. Imagine leaning out your turret and waving a flag to try to get the remainder of your tank platoon to follow a direction... Yes, there were some Char B's and Somua S-35's, but they were the minority, the next most numerous French Tank was the Hotchkiss H35, which was as slow as the R35, and had the same poor gun, with weaker armour, which was notorious for bad manufacturing and weak spots which were easily penetrated. The most numerous British tank was the Mk VIA, which was very much inferior to the Panzer II, having weak armour and a MG as armament. There were very few Matildas.

And the French airforce was not a match for the Germans, they had nowhere near the same number of Squadrons in the air, their infrastructure could not support the number of aircraft they had in reserve. Also the Morane 406, the most numerous French fighter was simply not a match for the 109E. Only the Curtis H75 and Dewoitine 520 were a match and the 520 was manufactured in small numbers while the Curtiss was an American import. (Curtiss H-75's shot down more German aircraft than any other French manned fighter)


I think we're essentially arguing around the margins here but maybe I’m just not explaining myself very well. All of the principles employed by the Germans in their assault on France and the Low countries were known to the western allies prior to 1940. Most of the combined arms principles used in the course of the German assault had in fact been pioneered in WW 1 or well before. Tank tactics, the concept of armoured thrusts and breakthroughs etc were international concepts by the 1920s and 30s and certainly not the exclusive preserve of the German Army. The Germans essentially continued where they had left off at the end of in WW 1 and with further refinements employed these same tactics again in 1939-40. But crucially, it was not beyond the powers of the French to stop them. German supply lines, which were strung out along a very narrow front were highly vulnerable and at absolute breaking point and sometimes beyond breaking point during the German drive for the coast. However, the French failed to seize the initiative and exploit this glaring weakness. French leadership utterly failed at the critical moment. It was this failure rather than the introduction of new unheralded tactical innovations that secured a German victory. And yes, I agree about the greater abundance of initiative among German officers and NCOs during critical moments during the assault, but what has this to do with Blitzkrieg? If anything it simply reinforces my point that even if the Germans were making use of unheard of tactical innovations during the assault (they weren't), they could only take the invaders so far, and on numerous occasions, the assault would have stalled or failed had it not been for the willingness of small units and in some cases individuals to undertake extraordinary feats of arms to ensure its success.

fruitbat 11-21-2012 12:28 PM

It was the Battle of Amiens (8th aug 1918 )that was the first to incorporate an all-armed co-ordinated attack, bringing together artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft, for the first time, by the British, not the Germans......

And to those who still believe there is a BoM coming, big lol's.....

lonewulf 11-21-2012 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by klem (Post 482884)
lonewulf, sorry to add to the pile, but a flaw in your statement about Hitlers objective in Russia retains the flaw in Hitler's own perception of victory in Russia.

Hitler believed that by capturing Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad etc he would defeat Russia, because the Russians would capitulate. He wouldn't have because they wouldn't have. Stalin would have (and was already) withdrawing Eastward where he was relocating his production facilities and rebuilding his forces as well as drawing on forces from Mongolia etc. If Hitler did not pursue him Stalin would have re-built and come back against him as he did in any case and with far superior numbers and equipment (for the region). If Hitler did pursue him through the sccorched earth of Russia he would have been unable to sustain his forces and eventually he would have been crushed, as in fact happened to his 6th Army when he was no-where near as stretched. He may have captured the Caucuses and the Ukraine wheat fields but sustained forces means both supplies and men and I don't think he had the manpower to stretch that far. These are the reasons why I don't think Hitler could ever have defeated Russia. His perception of victory was flawed.

The Russians might have welcomed Hitler with open arms after Stalin but as Hitler had pronounced them sub-human and the German forces took full advantage of their conquest with killings, rapings, destruction, etc, the Russians weren't likely to take kindly to the Germans.

I don't agree with this. If anything it was Hitler, rather than his generals, who understood that it was the control of resources, rather than bricks and mortar, that would determine ultimate victory. That is why he withdrew from the Battle for Moscow and thrust towards Stalingrad and the Volga because he understood the economic significance of the Volga to the survival of the Soviet Union. And it was also Hitler who understood that, despite the claims to the contrary, the Soviets didn't have unlimited man power. By the end of the war the Soviets, like everyone else, were beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel. That is why Hitler insisted on unwavering defense because he knew that wasteful Soviet tactics worked ultimately in his favour.

And while I think much can be said about the disgraceful behaviour of German forces in the East during the War, I am not aware that they had a reputation for rape. The Red Army on the other hand had a well documented propensity for this type of behaviour.

fruitbat 11-21-2012 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lonewulf (Post 482911)
I don't agree with this. If anything it was Hitler, rather than his generals, who understood that it was the control of resources, rather than bricks and mortar, that would determine ultimate victory. That is why he withdrew from the Battle for Moscow and thrust towards Stalingrad and the Volga because he understood the economic significance of the Volga to the survival of the Soviet Union.

umm, the original point of Fall Blau was to attack the Caucasus to capture the vital Soviet oil fields there, it was Hitler who got hung up on Stalingrad, which had no resource benefit at all.......

JG52Krupi 11-21-2012 01:03 PM

Right okay I know I was part of the thread derailment but please use a different thread.

Stick to the topic please!

raaaid 11-21-2012 01:18 PM

yeah having helped also to derailed the thread i created a new one on who won the war i dont like to discuss rumours so ill stay out of this thread

Kaiser 11-21-2012 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by klem (Post 482732)
All true except that the Allies were not in a position to launch a successfuil invasion before June '44.

In the U.S. shipyard in 1943 "produced an unprecedented number of ships" in 1943, the American shipyard launched the merchant ships with a total tonnage 19.2 million deadweight tons, which exceeded more than twice the tonnage of the vessels built in 1942
Makalvi in ​​1965, claims that plans landings across the English Channel in August 1943 were unrealistic because "in 1942, the Allies suffered heavy losses in the courts, when the losses were greater than the possibility of their completion." However, the American historian McInnis immediately after the war, published data, which indicate that in 1943, the American shipyard launches tonnage "is ten times more than the tonnage of their losses." American historian McNeill in 1953, only slightly McInnis said. He concluded that by August 1943 the "new tonnage is nine times higher than the loss of tonnage from all causes".
During the years of World War II, the U.S. built merchant ships with a total displacement of 33 million tons, and the military - to 8 million tons.
In August 1943, the British merchant fleet tonnage, despite Poterna is maintained at a high level and amounted to 13.5 million tons.
Status of the sea was so prosperous that in early August 1943 Chiefs had to officially inform the chairman of the military production that they are no longer considered a bottleneck merchant navy for the war overseas.
On the eve of the Tehran conference in Cairo, the special Anglo-American Conference, which found that "the review of applications for the court rather than the estimated total deficiency in tonnage on the adopted plan to get even some slack". After this, the JCP strategic operations was forced to admit that there was an opportunity to "provide for scheduled maritime and ground operations."
American journalist Ralph Ingersoll in the acclaimed book "The Secret" refers to a conference in Quebec (August 1943), which found that, "for the plan" Overlord "(the plan landing of British and American troops in Northern France. - VS ) existing landing craft is not enough ... ". But when experts have carefully studied all the possibilities, says British military historian Herman, and especially to investigate the possibility of rational use of the merchant navy, it was found that "the strategic plans are not threatened by the lack of real courts, and a flaw that actually existed only on paper"
Joint Planning Committee, presented at a conference in Quebec report, which noted that "the operation planned for throughout 1943 and into the summer of 1944, provided a sufficient number of amphibious ships, vessels and resources"

FAE_Cazador 11-21-2012 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by zapatista (Post 482496)
OK's, back on track !

i think right now all we can do is keep an eye on the russian forums to see if there are any other snippets of information from DEDA being posted, or any further progress reports or updates on BoM development from other russian posters who are closer to the project.

since B6 stopped managing the CoD/BoM forums, our english 1C forums have been left in a bit of an information vacuum. so all we can do is wait for now :)

Back on track :)

This is reminding me the old Cold War years "Kremlinology"

From Wikipedia:

"Lack of reliable information about the country (USSR) forced Western analysts to "read between the lines" and to use the tiniest tidbits, such as the removal of portraits, the rearranging of chairs, positions at the reviewing stand for parades in Red Square, the choice of capital or small initial letters in phrases such as "First Secretary", the arrangement of articles on the pages of the party newspaper "Pravda" and other indirect signs to try to understand what was happening in internal Soviet politics...."

Change "country" by "BOM", "Pravda" by "Sukhoi.ru" and "First Secretary" by "Project Manager" and There you are...... Back to the Cold War! :)

Jaws2002 11-21-2012 07:34 PM

Someone should change the name for this thread to something like "Who TF won WW2 whine-fest".

jctrnacty 11-21-2012 07:46 PM

True

Are there really any particular news about BoM????

JG52Krupi 11-21-2012 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jaws2002 (Post 483001)
someone should change the name for this thread to something like "who tf won ww2 whine-fest".

lol

Mysticpuma 11-21-2012 09:14 PM

What is BoM?

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=35489

fruitbat 11-21-2012 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mysticpuma (Post 483014)
What is BoM?

What is it? It is no more, is what it is......

klem 11-21-2012 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaws2002 (Post 483001)
Someone should change the name for this thread to something like "Who TF won WW2 whine-fest".

Well it did get way OT, my fault as much as anyone. Maybe a mod can move those posts to the coffee lounge. Or delete them, it was just an exchange of opinions.

lonewulf 11-22-2012 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaws2002 (Post 483001)
Someone should change the name for this thread to something like "Who TF won WW2 whine-fest".

Woooooooo .... hang on a minute. OMG, are you telling me this isn't the bleeding 'Who TF won WW2 whine-fest' thread?? Well, bloody Klem told me it was.

C'mon Klem m8, what's going on?

Skoshi Tiger 11-22-2012 01:55 AM

If anyone thinks they could win a whine fest like this they are deluded. It's just like the Vietnam war.

There are no winners - only whiners!

The good news about BOM is that while we're waiting we've got COD to keep us busy!

Goanna1 11-22-2012 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by klem (Post 481555)
Reading the sukhoi site through the Bing translator is like reading ancient druid poetry written by a schizophrenic. The speculation/translation in here is as hard to follow.

Anyone got a simple one liner for what it is trying to say?

Fully agree with your analogy
'No News is Good News'- so the saying goes!

major_setback 11-22-2012 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by fruitbat (Post 483016)
What is it? It is no more, is what it is......

Rumours, rumours, more rumours, and lies.

I know this because I heard that Luthier had told SaXoN (who's wife goes to the same hairdresser as Oleg's sister) that he thought the game would continue at least until it got as far as Moscow. Failing that they would settle for Southend.

F19_Klunk 11-22-2012 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by major_setback (Post 483185)
Rumours, rumours, more rumours, and lies.

I know this because I heard that Luthier had told SaXoN (who's wife goes to the same hairdresser as Oleg's sister) that he thought the game would continue at least until it got as far as Moscow. Failing that they would settle for Southend.

...eller som Mäster Skräddare sa: "Det bidde ingenting" ;)

SlipBall 11-22-2012 05:31 PM

Here in the States, barber shops are a good source for hot investment tips;)

fruitbat 11-22-2012 06:05 PM

Yeah well, you can belive all you want, but heres some other news for you, the earth isn't flat, father christmas isn't real, and the government isn't going to drop your taxes.

No1 Cheese 11-22-2012 07:15 PM

"father christmas isnt real"



YOU GIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


;)


Cheese

Mysticpuma 11-22-2012 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mysticpuma (Post 483014)

?

Skoshi Tiger 11-22-2012 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mysticpuma (Post 483236)
?

It's the term used by the community to name the Eastern Front based sequel (In lieu of the actual title - which I guess we won't know until it is announced) Someone might of mentioned Battle of Moscow in the dark dim past and it stuck.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...10&postcount=1

Cheers!

fruitbat 11-23-2012 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by No1 Cheese (Post 483222)
"father christmas isnt real"



YOU GIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


;)


Cheese

I knew i shouldn't of mentioned santa:smile:

=CfC= Father Ted 11-23-2012 01:31 AM

Of course Father Christmas is real - it's just that the FM for his sleigh is a bit off.

WTE_Galway 11-23-2012 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by =CfC= Father Ted (Post 483266)
Of course Father Christmas is real - it's just that the FM for his sleigh is a bit off.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/xL...tyorNice/b.jpg

raaaid 11-23-2012 10:47 AM

i thought bom was battle of mediterranean, so no pyramids any soon :(

JG52Krupi 11-23-2012 11:45 AM

Good job keeping on topic guys I am impressed.


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