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Originally Posted by Kaleu. Jochen Mohr
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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey
One of my favourite songs is In The End by Linkin Park.
I was listening to it last night on patrol over my grammaphone, and I couldn't help but think how apt it was in describing the U-boat war.
I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end... it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all, but in the end... it doesn't even matter.
How true is that, the Uboats all tried so hard and fought so fiercely making big successes yet, in the end, it was all for nothing, and they lost everything as a result of their effort.
I put my trust in you, pushed as far as I could go.
And they did, they put their trust in their masters and pushed on and on despite mounting losses, and wow, listening to that song and watching the Uboat sail on the surface I realised, the real German Submariners were some of the bravest bastards in world war 2. Enemy or not, they are deserving of some recognition for all they fought for.
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i would prefer calling the allies  .
ALL WHO PLAYS SH3 IS IN THE SHOES OF A GERMAN U-BOAT COMMANDER  .
and all soldiers are bastards. but the most unfair event in history (and a perfect example to all who says nazi's were bad) is the nuke on hiroshima. 
NOW THATS UNFAIR!!! |
I dont know... being familiar with the invasion plans and the literally millions upon millions of soldiers and women and children that would have died in Operation Downfall i think dropping the bombs was the most humaine way of ending agressions against Japan given the situation - of course hind sight is 20/20 though.
ever heard the term "all is fair in love and war"?
The atomic bomb was fair. think the Japanese wouldnt have used it against anyone if they had developed it? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
please.
I admire the tact and restraint the allies used in their plans for the Atomic Bomb. Not only did the allies attempt to select cities that housed a large military population but Some world leaders at the time would have dropped it on several if not all japanese cities essentially destroying the entire japanese race. (or most of it).
Post ww2 The United States of America had more to do with the rebuilding and restructuring of Japan than any other nation on earth - period.
the pearl harbour attacks...
unfair - no - perfectly fair to surprise attack someone especially if your attack plans are meant to disable the enemy's means of fighting you before the fight even starts
bastardly - yes
costly in human life in the grand scheme of ww2? absolutely not.
the dropping of the atomic bombs...
unfair - no - in fact it saved about 100 times as many lives as it took
bastardly - yes
costly in human life in the grand scheme of ww2? Nope.
i would hardly go so far as to call everyone who playes SH3 as a German U-boat commander a "bastard" and i would never call a soldier a "bastard".
first off, in my VIDEO GAME collection i... and many others here... have played as American, British, Russian and German soldiers in "CALL OF DUTY", we have played cowboys and indians in the wild west with "GUN", we have saved the world time and time again from aliens in games like "HALF LIFE", we have terrorized the skies of europe in "COMBAT FLIGHT SIMULATOR" and "IL2" - these are all just GAMES to many of us... occasionally a window to history... occasionally a few hours of mindless entertainment.
and to call a soldier a "bastard" is just the worst thing i have heard - it is because of soldiers that you are able to sit on your arse and talk nasty about soldiers and play games in the first place.
Ebert and Roeper give you....