History Thread

[afric]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carentan

hello

most german infantry was shit tier and that extended to the falschimjaeger who got cucked after crete because hitler thought they sucked

yankee doodle keep it up

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

Thoughts gamers?

Except for the inaccuracies in uniform / equipment (Tigers in 1940 triggered me), I think this opening is probably one of the best things Dice has done, a far cry from the reveal trailer.

I think it sums up the nuances of the war, the anxieties and the scope of it rather neatly. I like how it ties in the fruitlessness of the Great War and the brutality of the Second World War.

13:55 to the end I think is a great moment, especially from the BF series.

 

[Akula]

yankee doodle keep it up

imagine being fallschimjaeger

>be hans
>be told theres an epic new elite unit in the luftwaffe
>sign up
>go through brutal training and selection for years
>finally earn jump wings
>its finally time to prove ourselves
>hans, your objective is crete, it is lightly defended by commonwealth troops, it should be easy
>day of the landing
>german parachutes can't handle a soldier dropping with too much gear, so all weapons are loaded into crates to be paradropped
>luftwaffe completely fucks up and drops all the crates over Australian positions
>schisse.jpg
>jump anyway, its only a small amount of empire troops
>land
>everyone only has lugers or an MP40 at best
>decide to attack the enemy
>get absolutely ass blasted by a bunch of prison colonial untermensches
>Entschuldigung, was zum Teufel
>decide to try flanking
>get literally cut to pieces by a bunch of maori fuckers with machetes
>after a few weeks and a shit ton of casusalties you finally take the island
>Hitler is outraged, thinks airborne infantry is completely useless
>your unit becomes glorified light infantry that watches the rear
>eventually get owned by the 101st

the absolute state

 

[afric]

imagine being fallschimjaeger

>be hans
>be told theres an epic new elite unit in the luftwaffe
>sign up
>go through brutal training and selection for years
>finally earn jump wings
>its finally time to prove ourselves
>hans, your objective is crete, it is lightly defended by commonwealth troops, it should be easy
>day of the landing
>german parachutes can't handle a soldier dropping with too much gear, so all weapons are loaded into crates to be paradropped
>luftwaffe completely fucks up and drops all the crates over Australian positions
>schisse.jpg
>jump anyway, its only a small amount of empire troops
>land
>everyone only has lugers or an MP40 at best
>decide to attack the enemy
>get absolutely ass blasted by a bunch of prison colonial untermensches
>Entschuldigung, was zum Teufel
>decide to try flanking
>get literally cut to pieces by a bunch of maori fuckers with machetes
>after a few weeks and a shit ton of casusalties you finally take the island
>Hitler is outraged, thinks airborne infantry is completely useless
>your unit becomes glorified light infantry that watches the rear
>eventually get owned by the 101st

the absolute state

imagine getting your ass kicked to waltzing matilda

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

imagine being fallschimjaeger

>be hans
>be told theres an epic new elite unit in the luftwaffe
>sign up
>go through brutal training and selection for years
>finally earn jump wings
>its finally time to prove ourselves
>hans, your objective is crete, it is lightly defended by commonwealth troops, it should be easy
>day of the landing
>german parachutes can't handle a soldier dropping with too much gear, so all weapons are loaded into crates to be paradropped
>luftwaffe completely fucks up and drops all the crates over Australian positions
>schisse.jpg
>jump anyway, its only a small amount of empire troops
>land
>everyone only has lugers or an MP40 at best
>decide to attack the enemy
>get absolutely ass blasted by a bunch of prison colonial untermensches
>Entschuldigung, was zum Teufel
>decide to try flanking
>get literally cut to pieces by a bunch of maori fuckers with machetes
>after a few weeks and a shit ton of casusalties you finally take the island
>Hitler is outraged, thinks airborne infantry is completely useless
>your unit becomes glorified light infantry that watches the rear
>eventually get owned by the 101st

the absolute state

Idk man you seem to be completely misrepresenting the facts here.

60,000 isnt necessarily a small contingent.

I am no Wehraboo but the fact the paratroopers were able to take the Island with half the men the Allies had and zero armour support - especially given the fact their equipment was scattered (typical German logistics) whilst only taking 6000 casualties (Brits took 22,000 casualties) itself is impressive and not something to be scoffed at.

Although as Beevor highlights in his book a lot of this was down to Commonwealth incompetence.

 

[Akula]

Idk man you seem to be completely misrepresenting the facts here.

60,000 isnt necessarily a small contingent.

I am no Wehraboo but the fact the paratroopers were able to take the Island with half the men the Allies had and zero armour support - especially given the fact their equipment was scattered (typical German logistics) whilst only taking 6000 casualties (Brits took 22,000 casualties) itself is impressive and not something to be scoffed at.

Although as Beevor highlights in his book a lot of this was down to Commonwealth incompetence.

s-shut up

 

[JohnLugo]

Thoughts gamers?

Except for the inaccuracies in uniform / equipment (Tigers in 1940 triggered me), I think this opening is probably one of the best things Dice has done, a far cry from the reveal trailer.

I think it sums up the nuances of the war, the anxieties and the scope of it rather neatly. I like how it ties in the fruitlessness of the Great War and the brutality of the Second World War.

13:55 to the end I think is a great moment, especially from the BF series.

why did they make a whole campaign dedicated to 2 norwegian lesbians but not one for the like 25 million chinese that died on the far eastern front

 

[Akula]

Though tbh it is pretty funny that everyone but the Germans thought Crete was a massive victory, even encouraging the Americans into investing into airborne infantry as much as they did whereas the krauts got rid of their paratroopers

Classic krauts

 

[Ond]

Thoughts gamers?

Except for the inaccuracies in uniform / equipment (Tigers in 1940 triggered me), I think this opening is probably one of the best things Dice has done, a far cry from the reveal trailer.

I think it sums up the nuances of the war, the anxieties and the scope of it rather neatly. I like how it ties in the fruitlessness of the Great War and the brutality of the Second World War.

13:55 to the end I think is a great moment, especially from the BF series.

the AI in singleplayer is fucking laughable and really ruins the experience imo

 

[afric]

the AI in singleplayer is fucking laughable and really ruins the experience imo

the guy playing it seems to be a fucking retard

for all we know it's on recruit

 

[Deleted member 1381]

Thoughts gamers?

Except for the inaccuracies in uniform / equipment (Tigers in 1940 triggered me), I think this opening is probably one of the best things Dice has done, a far cry from the reveal trailer.

I think it sums up the nuances of the war, the anxieties and the scope of it rather neatly. I like how it ties in the fruitlessness of the Great War and the brutality of the Second World War.

13:55 to the end I think is a great moment, especially from the BF series.

I've only watched up to the 1:10 mark, and although I slated the game off for their whole 'forget what you learnt in history class' stunt I think it already looks great.

 

[Ond]

the guy playing it seems to be a fucking retard

for all we know it's on recruit

Its on console also

 

[afric]

Its on console also

narration and stories are solid

can't wait to cuntpunch a battleship with a limpet mine

 

[Guacamole]

Something that seems to have lost a lot of attention in recent years is Medieval history. I will always like studying it, but for some reason I don't think most people these days are interested in it anymore. Maybe WW2 has taken the wheel?
I took units in Old English and Old Norse because of it, and that was pretty enjoyable.

 

[mårten]

Something that seems to have lost a lot of attention in recent years is Medieval history. I will always like studying it, but for some reason I don't think most people these days are interested in it anymore. Maybe WW2 has taken the wheel?
I took units in Old English and Old Norse because of it, and that was pretty enjoyable.

people will always be more interested in ww2 than anything older than that, probably because of the sheer scale of the conflict, how recent it was, and the consequences of it

i'm not really that interested in ww2 history though, everything is so oversaturated with it

 

[metropaun]

when you die 2 mins before the war ends :(

rest in piece Private George Lawrence Price

 

[tera]

100 years ago. An armistice was signed.

'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them' - Laurence Binyon

 

[JohnLugo]

ugh.... what could've been.......

 

[Black Rain (1989)]

 

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