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Summo

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Hmm... I will if I remember. I'm as passionate about WWI as you are about WWII, Ignus and I don't like the idea of modern peeps 'playing' at trench warfare claiming it's going to be 'how it really was'.

Have you read Stalingrad by Antony Beevor, btw? Just finished it. Powerful stuff...
 
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PR.

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Unless they're gonna kill the people on the show its not really how it really was.

Whats next Omaha beach landing? "How it really was, oooh except theres not a chance of you dieing" :rolleyes:
 
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bodhi

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I was wounded back in 'Nam, summer of 67 I think it was. We were deep into enemy terrotory, bout 5 miles in from the american frontline. It was early in the morning - we'd managed to find somewhere to grab 3 hours sleep deep in the Vietnamese undergrowth, trying to prepare ourselves for the long day ahead. We decided to head off, probing the woods for a way through avoiding as much VC fire as possible. We didn't have to go far. We spotted an possible Gook ambush point a couple of klicks from our temporary camp. The quiet village, surrounded by sparse woods and filled with the Vietnamese peasants. The people we're supposed to be helping. We knew we had to be quiet, as we were sure we were outnumbered. In a straight firefight we'd all be going back home in a black bag. We strafed our way from house to house, eliminating the enemy presence from the village. All we had to do was clear the village, then we could call in the napalm strike to do the rest. We'd made it to the last building. We were waiting to sneak in and gut them like pigs. Out of nowhere, this peasant girl rushes in and stabs me in the leg with a blade. Pain and anger raging through my head, I tell her to die of AIDS, and then plunge my bayonet deep into her left eye socket. I hobbled into the nearest clear building, and collapsed in agony. Whilst I was writhing on the floor, the rest of my platoon took the last building and scorched the woods. We had taken another vital piece of gook territory. I spent the next five months on crutches - had to get used to civillian life again. As soon as i was fit, I was back in service and notched up another 5 tours of duty, 198 confirmed kills and was one of the last US troops left in Vietnam. But the kill I remember the most was that peasant girl. Soon after I returned, I developed the 1000 yard stare and that was when I knew that the jungle had turned me into a monster, devoid of all sentiment and fear. After the war, it took me 5 years to get a good night's sleep. And I still don't fit in civillian society.

It's amazing how one person you don't know can change your life so drastically.
 
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pocketyoda

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my grandfather was in the home guard (dad's army) - he was deaf in one ear so he could not join the regular army.

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mr.Blacky

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my granddad was a bomber pilot and was shot down over Belgium, so no stories here:(
 
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old.Jas

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My grandad was an engineer repairing planes, and a guy that works for my dad got captured in Africa twice! He escaped the first time and got recaptured fighting another battle
 
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old.Rostam

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Not relevent to world war two.
But two of my friends (brothers) fought in Iran - Iraq war, the older one went to the war first. Every few months or so, news come that he'd been killed and then he'll turn up injured or scratch free, he just wouldnt die. He's younger brother then joined up, first tour and was killed within days. He was the funniest guy I knew.
 
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Munkey-

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stalingrad. great book. seen the film with the same title?
 
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Stazbumpa

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Originally posted by Munkey
stalingrad. great book. seen the film with the same title?
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European made film if I'm right. Had it in my local vid store until about a month ago.

Bugger.

Is it any good?
 
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Munkey-

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well good film. nice plot, good actors. nice to see em freezing their butts off and deciding who goes first with the proz
 
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xenon2000

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Originally posted by Bodhi
I want more recgonition for my Vietnam injuries god-dammit! If you knew how stoned I was when I wrote that you would officially be sucking my cock:/
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Give the man some credit dammit :)


(ps. roflmao)
 
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Summo

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I assumed you'd copied it from somewhere. If not, well done, Bodhi. We all love, admire and respect you.

Cock now?
 
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old.ignus

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vietnam was a pussy war compared to the first world war. and they lost.
 
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Stazbumpa

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I think all wars should be fought as pussy wars. Germany invades Poland by having all German women drop their kegs and advance across the Rhine naked from the waste down.
 
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Stazbumpa

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Originally posted by ignus
vietnam was a pussy war compared to the first world war. and they lost.
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Vietnam was a stupid war, but not a "pussy" war. Jungle warfare is probably the hardest to fight.
 
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old.Kez

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Jungle & Guerilla warfare is how all wars should be fought, they make the best screenplays, they have a flair of style.
 
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bodhi

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Originally posted by SomeGuy
I assumed you'd copied it from somewhere. If not, well done, Bodhi. We all love, admire and respect you.

Cock now?
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No, it was a true story........



*unzips*
 
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mr.Blacky

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Originally posted by stazbumpa
I think all wars should be fought as pussy wars. Germany invades Poland by having all German women drop their kegs and advance across the Rhine naked from the waste down.
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ok invading Poland ok so far but why cros the Rhine??? the Rhine is on the other side of Germany:)
 
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Stazbumpa

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They should cross the Rhine to invade Poland because my geography skills are shite.
 
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xenon2000

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Nah, he's just embarrassed about living in Skeg.. errr, I mean Brighton.

:p
 
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old.ignus

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Originally posted by stazbumpa


Vietnam was a stupid war, but not a "pussy" war. Jungle warfare is probably the hardest to fight.
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Actually I reckon chemical warfare is hardest to fight.
 
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old.ignus

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thats easy, just push a button and the world blows up.
 
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mr.Blacky

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the world wont blow up, even with nukes thats impossible.
Didn't you say to fight a war was the hardest???
 
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old.ignus

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its a figure of speech.

What I meant was, a group of people enter the codes to fire a nuclear weapon. The weapon is detected by the opposing side and a counter offensive is launched by a small group of people with the correct codes. Resulting in many people dying. Hardly difficult apart form the moral issues.
 
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mr.Blacky

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true but the same thing can be said about chemical warfare. I dont look at the terrorist attacks caus that aint a war but terror. The main problem with chemical attacks is that it is cheap and easily made. :( But most armies can protect themself relative good against such attacks in the field. Chemical warfar is a terror war against civilians, just like the old mass bombing.
 
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