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Ensign Expendable posted:It was actually Rommel's taste for gold. What's that from?
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wdarkk posted:What's that from? I'd assume Danger 5 as its where all other hilarious nazi comedy gifs come from.
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May 28, 2014 17:42
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Raskolnikov38 posted:I'd assume Danger 5 as its where all other hilarious nazi comedy gifs come from. Yep, Danger 5. The new season should be coming out soon, incidentally. I'm so excited. 
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May 28, 2014 20:39
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HEY GAL posted:Mostly #1, but when she says the war had no positive effects and was essentially meaningless, that's 100% 1939 talking, and we don't really think that any more.
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May 28, 2014 22:18
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Two of my great interests, Military History and Retsupurae, have intersected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnJXSWfT04M
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May 28, 2014 22:48
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Two of my great interests, Military History and Retsupurae, have intersected:  I think this quote from the linked Cracked article says it best. quote:Here is how the future will remember your sacrifice. You were probably expecting people to raise money for a monument or something. But no -- three generations from now, more young people will donate their paychecks to Operation History-Tits than to any World War II veterans' fund. This is your war memorial. You're all Nazi schoolgirls, and none of you are wearing pants."
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May 28, 2014 23:48
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I'm really glad nobody tries to sexualize my line of work, since it would be basically rape or snuff porn. Although, I found a sculpture once, from the time, about tabletop size and carved in white stone, of a trooper leading a naked woman away with her hands behind her back. He's got a good grip on her too, although she's trying to get away. Nobody knows what it was for, but someone commissioned it, on purpose. If I weren't so far away from my books I'd scan the picture for you guys.
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May 29, 2014 00:12
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HEY GAL posted:I'm really glad nobody tries to sexualize my line of work, since it would be basically rape or snuff porn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesh_%26_Blood_%28film%29 ?
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May 29, 2014 00:19
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God, the 70s and 80s were weird.
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May 29, 2014 00:27
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So Patton decides to stop the Holocaust, dagnabbit
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May 29, 2014 03:40
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I'm watching the history channel and it's just a vague summary of what Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini Churchill and Patton were doing. Hell, the reason the western front seems to be covered in any more detail is because they talk about Patton. There's no Rommel, D-day is only talked because Patton was involved. Just wow, the history channel is now so bad just writing shows that would barely get a D in High School wasn't bad enough and they decided to go back to revive Great Man Theory and then write shows that would get a D in a High School in the 1800s.
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May 29, 2014 04:00
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Monocled Falcon posted:I'm watching the history channel and it's just a vague summary of what Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini Churchill and Patton were doing. Hell, the reason the western front seems to be covered in any more detail is because they talk about Patton. There's no Rommel, D-day is only talked because Patton was involved. To be perfectly fair if you were writing a history paper on world war 2 in the 1800s, it kinda seems like a D is a generous grade.
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May 29, 2014 04:11
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Frostwerks posted:To be perfectly fair if you were writing a history paper on world war 2 in the 1800s, it kinda seems like a D is a generous grade. "What the gently caress is this kid writing about an army conquering Europe using water tanks for? And flying machines dropping explosives? And Communists, taking over Russia? Is he on opium?"
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May 29, 2014 04:26
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Yeah i didn't watch tonight because gently caress that I didn't want to deal with it.
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May 29, 2014 04:30
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Monocled Falcon posted:I'm watching the history channel and it's just a vague summary of what Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini Churchill and Patton were doing. Hell, the reason the western front seems to be covered in any more detail is because they talk about Patton. There's no Rommel, D-day is only talked because Patton was involved.
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May 29, 2014 04:33
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Do they really get McChrystal to talk about MacArthur? 'Cause that is some poo poo I've GOT to see.
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May 29, 2014 04:34
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Two of my great interests, Military History and Retsupurae, have intersected: Oh god what Why "Hentai for Stormfront" is an excellent description. Also the poor girls, they are not suited for working in a tank at all. Edit: oh my god, it's literally Hitler.
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May 29, 2014 04:36
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Isn't history channel owned by a subsidiary of Fox now. it explains why the entire World Wars doc is just great man theory bullshit mixed with weird conservative memes. I tried watching the first part and it was just dumb.
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May 29, 2014 04:55
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Ensign Expendable posted:Oh god what No no, you see she's actually the "Li'l Fuhrer" 
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May 29, 2014 05:08
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Arquinsiel posted:By "involved" you mean "wasn't at all really" right? Oh no, I mean that according to the history channel , the whole lynch pin to the success of Normandy was Roosevelt placing Patton in charge of a decoy army. It was the only reason Hitler didn't just send in his reserves to crush the allies.
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May 29, 2014 05:25
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Monocled Falcon posted:Oh no, I mean that according to the history channel , the whole lynch pin to the success of Normandy was Roosevelt placing Patton in charge of a decoy army. It was the only reason Hitler didn't just send in his reserves to crush the allies.
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May 29, 2014 06:01
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Arquinsiel posted:Well it helped, I guess, but only in that Hitler bought into the same bullshit that the History channel has. So the history channel has nearly completed its metamorphoses into Hitler is what you're saying.
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May 29, 2014 06:04
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So do they give any attention to Eisenhower at all? Dude developed a shitton of US logistics and armor doctrine during WWI, wrote an entire book on the Western European theater in WWI, then was supreme allied commander in WWII despite having zero actual wartime experience. Great Men fallacy aside, it's kind of hosed up if he didn't have equal footing with the rest of allied command.
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May 29, 2014 06:05
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pengun101 posted:Isn't history channel owned by a subsidiary of Fox now. it explains why the entire World Wars doc is just great man theory bullshit mixed with weird conservative memes. I tried watching the first part and it was just dumb. It's owned by A+E Networks, a 50-50 joint venture owned by the Hearst Corporation and Disney/ABC.
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May 29, 2014 06:08
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dublish posted:Hearst Corporation That explains a lot about this shitshow.
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May 29, 2014 06:12
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FAUXTON posted:So do they give any attention to Eisenhower at all? Ah, you still haven't grasped it yet. There was no "allied command", just Roosevelt, Churchill and Patton. That's the entire western front.
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May 29, 2014 06:44
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Raskolnikov38 posted:So the history channel has nearly completed its metamorphoses into Hitler is what you're saying.
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May 29, 2014 06:46
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Monocled Falcon posted:Ah, you still haven't grasped it yet. There was no "allied command", just Roosevelt, Churchill and Patton. That's the entire western front.  Patton was a loving dangerous maniac so no wonder he got face time.
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May 29, 2014 06:50
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Monocled Falcon posted:Ah, you still haven't grasped it yet. There was no "allied command", just Roosevelt, Churchill and Patton. That's the entire western front. Well, duh. Don't you remember that Churchill personally lead the British force at Utah Beach while Roosevelt wheeled his way around the Pacific and Patton did everything else?
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May 29, 2014 07:22
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Don Gato posted:Well, duh. Don't you remember that Churchill personally lead the British force at Utah Beach while Roosevelt wheeled his way around the Pacific and Patton did everything else? Utah was an American beach and technically Roosevelt did personally lead US troops there. Just not Franklin Roosevelt.
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May 29, 2014 07:49
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Just finished Guns of August today and with hindsight being what it is I just wanted to reach back and shake the poo poo out of some of them. Any other good books on WW1?
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May 29, 2014 08:14
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cosmosisjones posted:Just finished Guns of August today and with hindsight being what it is I just wanted to reach back and shake the poo poo out of some of them. Any other good books on WW1? Edit: If you can find a physical copy for a reasonable price grab it. The photographs and maps are quite nice.
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Speaking of History channel docs about WW2- I recently watched "Third Reich - The Rise" and "World War 2 From Space". The Third Reich one especially seemed fairly good as it covered Hitler's rise through the political ranks, complete with information about his opposition and the world affairs that allowed the German citizens to warm up to him (It even features footage from Triumph of the Will). WW2 From Space is very US centric but still does a decent job at hitting major points in a 1 hour long show after the US entered the war, and takes a lot of pains to emphasize the Soviets. Are these actually as bad as "The World Wars" and I just didn't realize it?
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May 29, 2014 08:45
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cosmosisjones posted:Just finished Guns of August today and with hindsight being what it is I just wanted to reach back and shake the poo poo out of some of them. Any other good books on WW1? I just finished Castles of Steel, and found it a very good account of the naval war.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Also the poor girls, they are not suited for working in a tank at all. 
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May 29, 2014 10:03
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Utah was an American beach and technically Roosevelt did personally lead US troops there. Also Churchill technically did storm ashore Normandy with a broadsword and a bow and arrow. Just not Winston Churchill. cosmosisjones posted:Just finished Guns of August today and with hindsight being what it is I just wanted to reach back and shake the poo poo out of some of them. Any other good books on WW1? Seconding Castles of Steel for an overview of the naval war. GJ Meyer's A World Undone is an excellent work on the entire war that has enough detail everywhere (except perhaps the German East Africa campaign, but eh) to really give you an overall understanding
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May 29, 2014 10:23
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Anyone know how the current Expeditionary Strike Groups are organized into Amphibious squadrons in the united states navy?
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May 29, 2014 10:40
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gradenko_2000 posted:Also Churchill technically did storm ashore Normandy with a broadsword and a bow and arrow.
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May 29, 2014 10:41
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drat, dude's name was Bill Hitler. Sounds like an SNL skit.
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Does anyone have a link to a lexicon of early modern/medieval types of fabric? I'm reading about a fabric shipment theft and when they itemize what went missing I'd like to see exactly what kind of fabric it was, but the names are unfamiliar to me and the spelling's weird anyway.
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