Pretty cool film on WW2-era manned ISR aircraft:
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WWII history and tactics
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The excellent nature of WWII training is evident in things like this. In early 1944 it was decided that 17 VCS and Battleship Observation (VO) pilots (who fly Kingfishers and Seagulls) aboard the cruisers Quincy (CA 71) Tuscaloosa (CA 37) and Augusta (CA 31) and the battleships Nevada (BB 36) Arkansas (BB 33) and Texas (BB 35) were checked out in RAF Spitfire Mk Vb’s. The squadron, VOS-7 flew over 200 missions and netted a good number of DFCs.
Great article from The Economist reflecting on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. (Originally published in 2010)
Bill Millin
Bill Millin, piper at the D-Day landings, died on August 17th (2010), aged 88
https://www.economist.com/obituary/2010/08/26/bill-millin
The War Office in London now forbade pipers to play in battle, but Mr Millin and Lord Lovat, as Scots, plotted rebellion. In this “greatest invasion in history”, Lovat wanted pipes to lead the way.
The first tune piped was Hielan Laddie.
Bill Millin
Bill Millin, piper at the D-Day landings, died on August 17th (2010), aged 88
https://www.economist.com/obituary/2010/08/26/bill-millin
The War Office in London now forbade pipers to play in battle, but Mr Millin and Lord Lovat, as Scots, plotted rebellion. In this “greatest invasion in history”, Lovat wanted pipes to lead the way.
The first tune piped was Hielan Laddie.
very cool......slow hand salute......
Mentioned by President Reagan in his speech in 1984 . . . where have speeches like this gone?
Well played pipes can tear at your heart and soul. My kids played lacrosse. One player's older brother played battle tunes at the end of half time just before the players took the field. First time he was over a hill out of sight. No one expected it. He got so many positive comments he continued to play at half time.but stood on top of the hill, a lone piper. It was unique to see that sort of thing in a youth sport.
Another 75th Anniversary today: the flag raising at Iwo Jima on 23 Feb 1945.
Semper Fidelis.
Semper Fidelis.
Caught this on the drive home tonight - some alternative history. At Samar St, the Japanese Center Force meets not Taffy 3 but the old battleships of 7th Fleet. The Yamato was built to shred the US “standard” class of battleships with its 3200 lb, 18.1” shells - but some standards are more standard than others. While the Mississippi, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and California mounted older 14” rifles with 1500 lb shells, the West Virginia and Maryland are mounting 16” rifles throwing 2200 lb shells with accurate radar ranging. Throw in 25+ Fletchers and 100’s of Long Lances, it would have been quite the melee.
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Saw this in Foreign Policy today: an in-depth game based on Operation Barbarossa.
War in the East 2, from publisher Matrix Games, is as titanic as the conflict it depicts. (Full disclosure: I was an unpaid alpha tester of the game for a few months.) Across a digital map divided into a grid of 45,000 hexagons, German and Soviet players control more than 6,000 divisions, brigades, and aircraft squadrons. War in the East 2—an expanded upgrade of the original 2010 edition—even has a 520-page manual, bound in hardcover like a college textbook.
foreignpolicy.com
War in the East 2, from publisher Matrix Games, is as titanic as the conflict it depicts. (Full disclosure: I was an unpaid alpha tester of the game for a few months.) Across a digital map divided into a grid of 45,000 hexagons, German and Soviet players control more than 6,000 divisions, brigades, and aircraft squadrons. War in the East 2—an expanded upgrade of the original 2010 edition—even has a 520-page manual, bound in hardcover like a college textbook.
Panzers, Beans, and Bullets
This wargame explains how Russia really stopped Hitler.
foreignpolicy.com
It's like someone saw "The Campaign for North Africa" and said "I can beat that in scope and complexity."Saw this in Foreign Policy today: an in-depth game based on Operation Barbarossa.
War in the East 2, from publisher Matrix Games, is as titanic as the conflict it depicts. (Full disclosure: I was an unpaid alpha tester of the game for a few months.) Across a digital map divided into a grid of 45,000 hexagons, German and Soviet players control more than 6,000 divisions, brigades, and aircraft squadrons. War in the East 2—an expanded upgrade of the original 2010 edition—even has a 520-page manual, bound in hardcover like a college textbook.
Panzers, Beans, and Bullets
This wargame explains how Russia really stopped Hitler.
Is it any fun? I find that games like that just end up as things that are fun for lawyers and statisticians but aren't actually fun for the average gamer. Some old friends of mine and I were recently playing Axis and Allis online. For a bunch of folks who only have 30min a day to dedicate to a game it was a fun time.
If it takes me three years to learn a game, I'm just going to bin it and play a quick game of age of empires.
Wololo to you, brother.
meh... freeciv2.js FTW
I like to use my stealth bombers to attack the Mayan phalanxes and grenadiers while our scientists are researching Future Technology #3.
It wasn’t so much the game (I have less than minimal time to play extended games) but the fact that every simulation they ran, the Soviets won. I recently received a book by James Ellman that detailed a possible German strategy which I hope to read:
Hitler's Great Gamble: A New Look at German Strategy, Operation Barbarossa, and the Axis Defeat in World War II: Ellman, James: 9780811738491: Amazon.com: Books
Hitler's Great Gamble: A New Look at German Strategy, Operation Barbarossa, and the Axis Defeat in World War II [Ellman, James] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hitler's Great Gamble: A New Look at German Strategy, Operation Barbarossa, and the Axis Defeat in World War II
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Hitler's Great Gamble: A New Look at German Strategy, Operation Barbarossa, and the Axis Defeat in World War II
As for games, I will simply stick to these 2 CD-ROM classics:
RIsk II - no more hiding out in Australia!
Beware the Gorn shooting plasma!
Interesting...in playing A&A Online the Soviet Union is the hardest country to play. All you can do is hang on and hope the rest of the allies keep Germany and Japan busy enough so you don't just get steamrolled.