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Whats Your favourite war?; only in good taste
Topic Started: 2 May 2009, 10:51 AM (1,187 Views)
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For myself the crusades are insanely interesting, as well as the re-conquest of Spain in the late 1300's (I think that's when it was). So much history so little time...
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Definitely, as an American, the war of 1812.

Birth of the US as a Naval power, with a handful of frigates humbling 'the most powerful navy in the world'. British prigs take a liking to US sailors and begin kidnapping them, and then acting suprised when we get [tinkle]ed and put half their merchant fleet on the bottom. The US president DIRECTLY commanding a unit of marines stationed at 8th and I. The executive mansion getting burned to cinder like it should. The top UK general getting aced in the eyeball at New Orleans- After the war has ended, and his army getting mauled for less than two dozen US casualties.

JOHN PAUL JONES- how can you not love this guy? Bat[Not on the floor please]-crazy, tries to abduct British earls, they aren't home so he steals all their silverware and leaves them a note, attacks the bleeding-edge Serapis with a French junker that is sinking before the battle starts and WINS, disobeying a direct order he takes the war to British soil and forces them to divert fully a third of their global fleet to chasing him around the home isles. Never captured, never defeated. Incredible- father of the US Navy.

Between the actions of the Humphrey Frigates especially the connie and Old Ironsides, the sacking of Washington, John Paul Jones, it was just loaded with crazy- awesome action, and some really memorable characters like 'Old Hickory, the hero of New Orleans' -- What a byline.
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Falklands I think. Just because it shows the importance of proper training etc. The argies had clear advantages in many areas (Distance from home, Mirage was generally believed to outclass the harrier, Numbers maybe) and in other regards we were evenly matched. (SLR against the FNFAL for the basic blokes) And despite all the odds it was a clear UK victory won by having simply superior troops.
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For me the naval actions of the Spanish-American War. Also to you guys who like the Falklands War I read a semi-funny story about how a nember of 2 para saw cows walking into an argenten mine field and taking out all the mines.
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Talvisota will forever be my "favourite" war, Finland showed Russia the face of defiance!

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Realised I forgot to add in this XD

World War 2 must be another fav of mine, mostly where the SS troops were deployed, those guys were real tough men.
Edited by Zaamel, 28 Jul 2009, 05:47 PM.
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28 Jul 2009, 05:45 PM
Talvisota will forever be my "favourite" war, Finland showed Russia the face of defiance!

[EDIT]

Realised I forgot to add in this XD

World War 2 must be another fav of mine, mostly where the SS troops were deployed, those guys were real tough men.
I always wanted to see some sort of movie made about that one SS guy with all the crazy face scars. He started the werewolf resistance movement and was Hitlers go-to badass. Real nasty dude, but it would be a cool movie, maybe of his company of paratroopers dropping directly on one of the main Polish bastions and wiping it out. Name of the fort escapes me, but is was a pretty epic battle.
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he started the werewolf resistance movement? blurring the lines between reality and fiction a little no?
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lol no- that is what they were called. For instance, the US Navy squadron 'Sidewinders' is not composed solely of venomous snakes.
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30 Jul 2009, 01:48 AM
lol no- that is what they were called. For instance, the US Navy squadron 'Sidewinders' is not composed solely of venomous snakes.
Yeah but sidewinders is a short snappy name, werewolf resistance movement is quite long and [Not on the floor please]
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Ummm, take it up with the Nazis? And it was just the 'werewolves'. Jesus, I didn't pick the name. BTW- sidewinders and werewolves are both 2 syllables...
Edited by latin poptart, 30 Jul 2009, 02:17 AM.
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yeah, but everyone knows about sidewinder missiles. Most people know about Sidewinder snakes.

Everyone knows about werewolves being... well, werewolves, but not so many know it was a unit set up by hitler....
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Never heard of Sidewinder snakes.

Missiles Ive heard mentioned a few times.
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I've heard of the Werewolves before. It came up a lot in the US after the fall of Baghdad and the continued resistance of the Fedayeen/Sunni's. A lot of talking heads here were comparing them to the German Werewolves.
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I too have heard of the werewolves. Real wars make me depressed, so I'm going with the war of Jenkins's ear solely on account of the name.

In fiction, I'm going with the war between the humans and the Jarts from Greg Bear's Eon books, a war fought at such range and with such weapons that no-one even knows what the Jarts look like. B)
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2 May 2009, 11:42 AM
borg / federation war :D
I wouldn't say that was a war, more like a few large battles. Now the Dominion/ Federation war... ;)
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I killed the thread!
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