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#31 |
Sometimes it's black and white
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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A few months ago, I was on a YouTube kick watching videos about the Pacific aircraft carrier battles of WWII.
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#32 |
In Mahomes I trust!
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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BOB was AWESOME! PACIFIC, Meh - I hope they nail this one!
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#33 |
Has a particular set of skills
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: On the water
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OP updated with the fantastic trailer released this week.
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#34 |
Has a particular set of skills
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Has a particular set of skills
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#36 |
sorta mod-ish
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: KC North
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Can't wait
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#37 |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2000
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The Pacific was hardly "meh." While it wasn't as good as BoB, it was still awesome. Because it focused on the combat and non-combat experiences of three individual soldiers from different units rather than the men of a single company, it lacked the cohesiveness and didn't have quite the action content of BoB. But all those stories were still interesting.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
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#39 | |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2000
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I would have much rather fought in Europe than the Pacific. |
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#40 |
MVP
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#41 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Folly Beach, SC
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I suppose, but as has been said by someone with far more historical knowledge and combat experience than me-- the deadliest battle is the one you're currently in. Who can say Tarawa was worse than Omaha Beach? The fact that 8 of 11 Germans who died in WWII were killed by the Russians certainly helped the Allies, but the U.S. still lost more than twice the number of troops in Europe in a shorter amount of total time than we did in the Pacific. A couple of months ago I posted a fact re: the air war over Europe; more Army Air Corps soldiers were killed in action over the skies of Europe than the entire Marine Corps during the war. Was the air war more of a meat-grinder than the Pacific theater? If you go by pure number of casualties, it certainly was. Anyway. I didn't mean to come off like a dick. If we were drinking beers around a fire, you'd know by my tone of voice I'm just making conversation. I'm looking forward to this too. |
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#42 | |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Sure, more people died in the European theater. More people fought there. And those bombers conducting daylight raids were deathtraps. But who would you rather face in combat; Germans or Japanese? |
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#43 |
THIS .... IS... ARROWHEAD!!!!
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Houston, Tx
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P-38 and p-47 were my planes I loved. Also had soft spot for P-40. On American side.
Germans FW-190, and ME-262 British Spitrefire mk9 was a beast |
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#44 | |
Suupraa Geniuuusss
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Spitfire was my favorite as a kid, then the P-51D Mustang, and then the F4U Corsair. Was also a big fan of the F6 Hellcat. In the early '90s there was a WWII air combat sim game called 'AirWarrior,' that I played for awhile, which featured 'realistic' aerodynamics and performance parameters for each aircraft. So, for example, if you tried to hold a max rate flat turn in any plane, it'd quickly lose enough AS to stall, usually resulting in a spin. The Corsair would flip over into an upside-down flat spin, true to the actual plane's tendencies. I quickly learned the advantages/disadvantages between stall fighters and E fighters, and why planes like the Mustang and the Corsair were so feared by Axis pilots. |
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#45 |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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Was a big Mustang fan for obvious reasons - it was a war winner as a bomber escort.
And man, if you don't like the P-38 lighting, you're doing it wrong. Now as to the show itself - I'm a little worried about the characters. BoB was character driven. The action/cinematography helped, but it was Damien Lewis, Ron Livingston and all the rest of those guys just killing those roles that made that series timeless. I don't feel like these guys look like they have that? |
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