The Pacific

Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:45 am

xDAVEYx wrote:your lot only jumped in in 1917 to protect your investment! war-profiteering at its grandest!

yeah and we are STILL paying for it!!!

WengerKnows · Post by **WengerKnows** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:35 am

Simple fact of the matter is that the allies won the war in Europe because Hitler's hatred for Russia resulted in him making the fatal mistake of invading Russia and opening up the Eastern front of the war . Almost 2/3 of axis troops (excluding Japanese )were deployed on the Eastern front battling the Soviets and almost 2/3 of all Axis casualties ( excluding Japanese ) were by the hands of Soviets .

If those troops , weaponry and resources had not been diverted to the Eastern front the Allies wouldn't have had a chance in hell . Naturally all our history books , movies and tv shows gloss over this fact because the Commies were the enemy

The Yanks like to think they won the war but the truth is that the war was won by the tens of millions of poor and ill equiped russians who lost their lives in what was the bloodiest war this world has ever known .

Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:34 pm

WengerKnows wrote: The Yanks like to think they won the war but the truth is that the war was won by the tens of millions of poor and ill equiped russians who lost their lives in what was the bloodiest war this world has ever known .

Absolutely SPOT ON!!!

Stalingrad was the REAL turning point of history, the Russians sacrificed millions to stop the Nazis and for me you can no further than looking at this campaign. The USA are very good at mopping up.....i wont diss them for their sacrifices....but entering war zones that have had three years of murderous acts is different to defending a pil eof rubble against a killing machine.
Yes the Americans fought against a very powerful enemy....but in all seriousness....for me the Russian conflict is key....wonder if Hollywood will go beyond Enemy at the Gates?

Yankee_Gooner_Dandee · Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:33 pm

SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:
WengerKnows wrote: The Yanks like to think they won the war but the truth is that the war was won by the tens of millions of poor and ill equiped russians who lost their lives in what was the bloodiest war this world has ever known .
Absolutely SPOT ON!!!

Stalingrad was the REAL turning point of history, the Russians sacrificed millions to stop the Nazis and for me you can no further than looking at this campaign. The USA are very good at mopping up.....i wont diss them for their sacrifices....but entering war zones that have had three years of murderous acts is different to defending a pil eof rubble against a killing machine.
Yes the Americans fought against a very powerful enemy....but in all seriousness....for me the Russian conflict is key....wonder if Hollywood will go beyond Enemy at the Gates?

enemy at the gates is a good movie. very underrated

Champagne Charlie · Post by **Champagne Charlie** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:38 am

Watched it. Very good. Different from Band of Brothers, which is nice.

Roll on Monday.

Post by **REB** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:30 am

downloaded the first 4 episodes and enjoyed it, band of brothers was better i feel.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:28 am

I remember when band of Brothers (BoB)came out and was on TV (BBC2?) was quite late so I missed a few episodes.

It was last Christmas that I asked for the Box set and watched the all in awe.

I'm sure like BoB they'll be a few directors not the same all the why through. Which although telling the whole campaign the individual episodes may hold a different feel.

Was excited to hear and see the trailers for Pacific.
Then totally forgot and missed when it started. All I can say is I'm glad we're in technical age where you can download missed shows. Enjoying it So far & up to E2. (Australia's Next

)

Post by **REB** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:07 am

just watched e5 and it is getting better.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:26 pm

REBEL GOONER wrote:just watched e5 and it is getting better.

Don't tell me!
Just watched 3. Stella's alright!

Post by **REB** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:18 pm

Boomer wrote:
REBEL GOONER wrote:just watched e5 and it is getting better.
Don't tell me!
Just watched 3. Stella's alright!

aussie sluts

and they all die in E4 so 5,6,7,8,9,and 10 is just tom hanks talking

Yankee_Gooner_Dandee · Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:53 pm

REBEL GOONER wrote:
Boomer wrote:
REBEL GOONER wrote:just watched e5 and it is getting better.
Don't tell me!
Just watched 3. Stella's alright!
aussie sluts

and they all die in E4 so 5,6,7,8,9,and 10 is just tom hanks talking

Tom Hanks is the greatest American soldier ever! I mean...FOREST FUCKING GUMP for fucks sake. AND he blew up a tank with a pistol in Private Ryan

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:16 am

Saw Parts One and Two on Wednesday night. Quite liked them.

Television network got very excited and was delighted to note that the series was visiting Melbourne in next week's episode.

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:22 pm

Yankee_Gooner_Dandee wrote:
REBEL GOONER wrote:
Boomer wrote:
REBEL GOONER wrote:just watched e5 and it is getting better.
Don't tell me!
Just watched 3. Stella's alright!
aussie sluts

and they all die in E4 so 5,6,7,8,9,and 10 is just tom hanks talking
Tom Hanks is the greatest American soldier ever! I mean...FOREST FUCKING GUMP for fucks sake. AND he blew up a tank with a pistol in Private Ryan

Was it one of his own tanks?

BLUE ON BLUE!!

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:45 pm

My dad was in the Royal Navy during the war and hated the Yanks.
He used to tell me a story about two servicemen on a train, one a Yank the other British.
The Yank was reading a newspaper on the latest events at the front, looked up and remarked "some fight" To which the other replied " yeah and some bleedin don't"