@GrizzlyMan:

“Carthage must be destroyed!”- Cato the Elder

And thus the soundbite was invented…

#726

@FieldMarshalGames:

LETS GET 'EM CANADA!

OK so much for avoiding impulse shopping this month!!

And when do these little babies come up for sale?

@LHoffman:

A group being a non-technical term for your typical sphere of players.

You guys play A&A in a sphere?
Like a bio-sphere?
That’s awesome!  8-)

#724

Well Raze, it could be to or 'til.

OR you could say E-25 (or E minus 25) for a nice military ring!

#723

@Frontovik:

@Dylan:

@Frontovik:

1812 war?
and which civil war??

You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.

to me 1812 is the expedition of napoleon into russia…

Mind you that wasn’t a war in itself. It’d be like calling D-Day the War of 1944, right?

So what do you call the war the North Americans call the War of 1812?

#722

@crusaderiv:

As for misinformed Canadians… well, I was casting my suspicions on much younger generations of “internet savvy” Canadians who couldn’t find Dieppe on a map but can find a conspiracy theory under every casualty.
So IMTO if someone’s ascribing sinister Imperialist motivations to the inept & amatuer planning of JUBILEE then I’d characterize that as misinformation.
Again it’s not my case, I’m not just so credulous as some canadian.
Conspiracy? who’s talking about conspiracy?

No. Actually ascribing sinister motivations is your case.

You are. If it were a historical fact that Dieppe was launched for the purpose of “saving British skins” at the expense of the Canadians then it would require a conspiracy.

#721

@MrMalachiCrunch:

I know more that a few Canadians who felt a bit used by the British in regards to the Dieppe landing.  It was a fiasco.  The intelligence gathered was of questionable benefit, the raid was planned poorly, the tanks bogged down on the stoney beachs and there was never any plan to hold ground.  Blame had to be laid somewhere, it probably should have been blamed on Canadians who ultimately gave the go-ahead for a poorly planned raid.  I suspect it was eagerness to punch above our weight that meant we said yes when it should have been no.  The brits share the blame because ultimately it was their plan.  The Brits always treat the colonials differently then ‘real brits’, but I suspect Canucks were treated MUCH better than say Indians.  Winston’s ideas on the future of Indian and its people should be treated were from a different century.
 
So, do the people who hold/held these views dislike the brits, of course not, long live the queen!  Misinformed?  Perhaps a bit, but I would not question the loyalty of my mothers cousins who actually were on the beach, 1 died and 3 were held captive for the duration of the war and 1 made it back.

The vets that I’ve spoken to naturally didn’t have anything good to say about Dieppe.
But none of them implied that the British wouldn’t have launched it if their own were going in, which I believe is an accurate paraphrasing of Crusaderiv’s accusation.

As for misinformed Canadians… well, I was casting my suspicions on much younger generations of “internet savvy” Canadians who couldn’t find Dieppe on a map but can find a conspiracy theory under every casualty.
So IMTO if someone’s ascribing sinister Imperialist motivations to the inept & amatuer planning of JUBILEE then I’d characterize that as misinformation.

As for respect for those who were there…
it’s literally awesome the pause that hangs over a conversation when somebody says “he was at Dieppe, y’know”.
Never seen it not happen.
Almost like a miniature moment of silence.
I imagine a debacle like Hong Kong might cause a similar reaction but otherwise I’ve never seen it.
Truly PBI.

#740-720

Yup that’s her.

And yeah, I’d take her on the front of AAE40 instead of Marshall any day.

#739

OK I have to chuckle at the sidebar I have on my screen advertising this free Strategy Game called War2.

:lol: Y’know the one with the smokin’ hot scantily clad babe wearing a helmet…

Obviously these guys have put a LOT of research into this to really ratchet up the realism.

And LH, tell me she’s a new tech appearing in Global.  :evil:
Amazon Supermodel Infantry

#738

Excellent!!
And now we’re just waiting for the Italian sub??

#737