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In which WWII army should you have fought?

leaette

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ok, so i got my hubby standing here.
his favorite tank commanders would be Hans Weiss, 102 SS, or Willy Fey, also 102 SS.

His fav tank is Tiger I, "it's ugly but packs a nasty punch."
His tattoo is a Tiger I from Kursk complete with zimmerit.

He has a tankers uniform too. They are very sharp looking.

yes...I think we did highjack this thread. :eek:fftopic:
 

reetpleat

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dhermann1 said:
The French get such a bum rap because of 1940. They fought their hearts out in WW I, and have great records in many other conflicts. Their internal politics has been their undoing, as it was in 1940. I would bet that their present day armed forces are, man for man (person for person?) comparable to any in the world. As aggravating as he was, you can't say Charles DeGaulle didn't have a lot of fight in him.


Don't forget for a second that the French have been militarily involved in much f the world for many years. the foreigh legion, I imagine, cn match any military outfit in the world, or could at one time.

The French prefer to be secretive and nondescript about their political and military intervention, hence the reputation for not being particularly wrlike.

As for me, i got Italy and Finland. I imagine it is my unwillingness to jump into a war jut because my leaders want me to.

Some questions are hard to answer. I mean, my willingness to fight beyond being invaded might depend on how the invaders treated me. And weather I save the last bullet for myself has nothing to do with bravery or shame, but with how I expect to be treated. Torture, kill myself. Prisoner of war in a decent camp I could live with.
 

KL15

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True the French tend to be secretive. But they are also self-centered and arrogant. De Gaulle was convinced that no one else should order, or make any statement, to the people of France other than him. Regardless of the fact that France would be speaking German if it wasn't for the U.S.A. and the U.K. I have the blessing, or curse depending on who you ask, of being half French. I say that only to qualify my statement that the French tend to be arrogant. All of the French I've met have been.
 

twobarbreak

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haha, funny test... I got Finland! with that said, i think i would have broke Simo Hayha's sniper record during the winter war!!!:eusa_clap

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Smithy

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KL15 said:
True the French tend to be secretive. But they are also self-centered and arrogant.

I'm sorry but what absolute nonsense. How long have you spent in France and how much of France other than Paris have you spent time in. The French are a proud bunch for sure but to label an entire population as arrogant is ridiculous and naive.

By the way there's a lot of people in the world who run around saying all Americans are arrogant as well. Be careful with stereotypes as there's usually one for your own country as well, and I am sure you would be quick to disagree with that assumption. Stereotypes are frankly small-minded and inaccurate.
 

Shaul-Ike Cohen

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Not to spoil some people's ideas about the French, or some others' worshipping Nazi officers, but in my eyes, the herrenmensch ideology seems to be just a tad arrogant, too. Know what - maybe even more than shrugging shoulders and having a funny French intonation in speech, which only looks arrogant to people who aren't used to it.
 

HungaryTom

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The answers are funny - like after WWII - all of a sudden everybody fougt with the resistance or partisans or just for the just cause - 0 quislings.

Just wonder where did they got their soldiers and volunteers on the other side?

In doubt everybody would have voted for getting highly decorated winning the war without injury - but exactly that is the opposite with war!

Which civilists would have volunteered to be raped or killed like cattle?

The real life Polish army would have been mighty lucky to have so many volunteers from the West - in real life the exact opposite happened - they just had the guarantees and 0 help - being let down by the rest of the world just kept with promises and overrun.

Just a thought
 

Spitfire

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Just for the heck of it I tried it once more and answered all the questions like a heroic, gung-ho teenager would have done:
Yes to killing prisoners, my officer is alway right, I would leade from the front, it aint over till its over....etc.
Guesse what?
I ended up in the german army.:eek:

Now you know how - if being a panzer general is your secret dream.:eusa_doh:


But I think I will stick to my first choice: The British army - make it RAF!
 

LocktownDog

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Vive la Resistance!

Okay, I was sorta hoping for the Royal Dutch Army (particularly the air squadron) because of my ancestry. But the French Resistance is fine too. Mmmm ... wine and explosives.

Richard
 

scotrace

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You scored as British and the Commonwealth. You want to serve under good generals and use good equipment in defense of the western form of life.
 

DiabolicalAngel

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Good quiz...my results...

United States 100%
British and the Commonwealth 100%
Soviet Union 81%
Germany 75%
Finland 75%
Poland 75%
Japan 75%
France, Free French and the Resistance 63%
Italy 44%

Guess I would be a 'spray and pray' merchant given a rifle...hopefully a M1 Garand, belt fed with a reloading press attached to it...not that they made them ! :p
 

jake431

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"Your army is the American army. You want your home front to support the G.I.'s in their pursuit to liberate world from more or less evil tyrants."

I came out as the United States. That's cool with me!

-Jake
 

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