World War 2 General Discussion Thread

[Deuxtete]

Mount Siribatchi

YES ! Such a ridiculous question one would put in a test. (Oh and congratulations for anyone else who got close, ie Iwo Jima).

I only got it right because its the only "mount" from WWII I can name off the top of my head.

[Deuxtete]

"There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless. Michael Scott

We'll never see a war like it again. And I say this, in truth, with sadness.
The way we fight now sucks out any possibility for honour and true armed combat.

[Internationalist Bastard]

"There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless. Michael Scott

We'll never see a war like it again. And I say this, in truth, with sadness.
The way we fight now sucks out any possibility for honour and true armed combat.

Hence why I am a Peacekeeper.

[Deuxtete]

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. Dwight D. Eisenhower

That's the one I was originally looking for.
Eisenhower was intimately familiar with the "honor" of that war.

[Laerod]

We'll never see a war like it again. And I say this, in truth, with sadness.
The way we fight now sucks out any possibility for honour and true armed combat.

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

[Eol Sha]

We'll never see a war like it again. And I say this, in truth, with sadness.
The way we fight now sucks out any possibility for honour and true armed combat.

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

The type of person who either never fought in it or gets high on violence and destruction. Or both.

[Zaereas]

We'll never see a war like it again. And I say this, in truth, with sadness.
The way we fight now sucks out any possibility for honour and true armed combat.

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

[Baltenstein]

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

Even back then, war was mostly a horrifying mess for those who were in the thick of it. Tolstoy explores this quite well in "war and peace".

[The Empire of Pretantia]

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

What is honorable combat exactly?

[Laerod]

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

What is honorable combat exactly?

Off topic.

[Kratu]

May I ask why you think the Nazis should have won?

With a unified Nazi Europe, our modern period of decadence would never have come about. The soviets would have been pushed back to the Urals, and war would still be going on around there, and I could imagine the UK would be a nuisance to rule over, what with all the plans for insurrection and resistance, but it would be a relatively peaceful life in occupied Europe, provided you fit the bill physically and mentally.

Yes Eastern Europeans would enjoy a fulfilling life of slavery, those that weren't killed that is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalpl ... ementation

[Occupied Deutschland]

I'm available for any question anyone might want to...
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Oh. Not that kind of 'General', huh? Damnation.

We'll never see a war like it again. And I say this, in truth, with sadness.
The way we fight now sucks out any possibility for honour and true armed combat.

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

I don't know, in a way he has a point. After WWII most 'war' became a police action, a counter-insurgency operation, or a proxy activity between the two major superpowers using native militias and very often characterized by resistance movements or forced recognition of more complex matters at work within the country we were at war with that led to the war itself.

WWII was the last time 'total war' was practical and carried out without either apology or even alternative, and by some standards that equates to 'honorable'.
Granted, somewhat off-kilter standards, but that's the breaks.

[Laerod]

I'm available for any question anyone might want to...
...
Oh. Not that kind of 'General', huh? Damnation.

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

I don't know, in a way he has a point. After WWII most 'war' became a police action, a counter-insurgency operation, or a proxy activity between the two major superpowers using native militias and very often characterized by resistance movements or forced recognition of more complex matters at work within the country we were at war with that led to the war itself.

WWII was the last time 'total war' was practical and carried out without either apology or even alternative, and by some standards that equates to 'honorable'.
Granted, somewhat off-kilter standards, but that's the breaks.

No.

[Islamic Meritocratic Transoxiana]

All the honor talk makes me think of this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72nI4Ex_E0

[The Krogan]

All the honor talk makes me think of this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72nI4Ex_E0

First time I saw that movie I liked it, watched it again like 5 years later and thought it was shit.

[Napkiraly]

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

What is honorable combat exactly?

I guess fighting fairly. Though that's generally a good way to increase your chances of losing.

[The Huskar Social Union]

What is honorable combat exactly?

I guess fighting fairly. Though that's generally a good way to increase your chances of losing.

Yup.

[The Krogan]

Just watched Letters from Iwo Jima, that's a sad freaking movie.

[The Krogan]

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

What is honorable combat exactly?

It's bullshit is what it is.

[The Conez Imperium]

What is honorable combat exactly?

I guess fighting fairly. Though that's generally a good way to increase your chances of losing.

There's nothing honourable in war. Though you can treat POWs with honour and respect.

[Morrow den]

A WW2 thread? I love it! I build model kits of WW2 tanks and figures(sadly not very often now college and such) but used to be really into it. However I admit I honestly don't know about a lot of things about the War.

My question is simple what was the most important battle of WW2 I was thinking Stalingrad but would love to hear others opinions.

[The Krogan]

A WW2 thread? I love it! I build model kits of WW2 tanks and figures(sadly not very often now college and such) but used to be really into it. However I admit I honestly don't know about a lot of things about the War.

My question is simple what was the most important battle of WW2 I was thinking Stalingrad but would love to hear others opinions.

Mehhh there are several key battles in different theaters of war,
Sicily invasion,
Normandy Landings,
Allied invasion of the Netherlands,
battles in North Africa,
battles on the Eastern front,
the War in the Atlantic,
Pacific Campaigns,
Etc, etc, etc,

I think there isn't any single battle that is the most important, more like the culmination of them all.

[Morrow den]

A WW2 thread? I love it! I build model kits of WW2 tanks and figures(sadly not very often now college and such) but used to be really into it. However I admit I honestly don't know about a lot of things about the War.

My question is simple what was the most important battle of WW2 I was thinking Stalingrad but would love to hear others opinions.

Mehhh there are several key battles in different theaters of war,
Sicily invasion,
Normandy Landings,
Allied invasion of the Netherlands,
battles in North Africa,
battles on the Eastern front,
the War in the Atlantic,
Pacific Campaigns,
Etc, etc, etc,

I think there isn't any single battle that is the most important, more like the culmination of them all.

Probably should have worded it better with what do you think was the most important battles on all the different fronts.

[The Sotoan Union]

What kind of a person considers WWII as the pinnacle of "honorable combat"?

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

Honorable combat died with the Hundred Years War.

[The Krogan]

Honourable combat died with Napoleon.

Honorable combat died with the Hundred Years War.

honorable combat died when the first sentient being clubbed another to death for some grapes.