If we had a time machine

Sailor Steve · 03-01-07, 11:50 AM

The book I refered to earlier, The Battle Of The Atlantic, says something similar; that the rationing was so bad in 1940 that Churchill was begging Roosevelt for any help at all that the Americans could give. Also they show that at one point in 1943 there were as many as 90 u-boats on station.

As to which is right, I have no idea.

STEED · 03-01-07, 11:56 AM

One thing we must remember a lot of German records were destroyed.

CptGrayWolf · 03-01-07, 11:57 AM

Sailor Steve what did you answer buddy? I bet you're a one patrol kind of guy?

GlobalExplorer · 03-01-07, 12:07 PM

Everyone who answered this question with yes is a big idiot imo. He would prefer fighting and killing other people from this forum, instead of enjoying the games with them.

My answer is: never! The only place war is fun for me is on a computer screen.

CptGrayWolf · 03-01-07, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

Everyone who answered this question with yes is a big idiot imo. He would prefer fighting and killing other people from this forum, instead of enjoying the games with them.

My answer is: never! The only place war is fun for me is on a computer screen.

Well I don't think the people who answered yes, were thinking about it quite in that context...
Maybe going back and living as a simple crew member instead of the captain would have been a less complicated question.
My poll was really not meant to be so philosophical/ethical.

GlobalExplorer · 03-01-07, 12:48 PM

Certainly. Still I wanted to remind people of what the question means.

Seeing such a poll would be really frustrating to people who were there at the time. As far as I have seen it they are just glad to live, and asking them if they would go back would be mad.

I remember how I brought together my father (who was a flak gunner) and Johnny, a british bomber guy I met during my time in England. They didn't talk about the war, at least not that I remember, but they liked each other very much because they had been through the same experiences. If there is one thing I remember Johnny saying to me it was:

Don't forget how luck you are to live today!

Kumando · 03-01-07, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

Everyone who answered this question with yes is a big idiot imo. He would prefer fighting and killing other people from this forum, instead of enjoying the games with them.

My answer is: never! The only place war is fun for me is on a computer screen.

I second that mate

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Kaleu_Mihoo · 10-18-07, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

Everyone who answered this question with yes is a big idiot imo. He would prefer fighting and killing other people from this forum, instead of enjoying the games with them.

My answer is: never! The only place war is fun for me is on a computer screen.

Yes, couldn't agree more on this.
It's the same phenomenon that makes men above 28-30 not really needed in an army- by this age your brain developes structures that lets you think about consequnces of your acts

No offense, though, it's just a medical fact bur I think you could also say something about the age spread here in subsim based on this poll

Jimbuna · 10-18-07, 09:32 AM

War is for heroes.....sadly, most of them are dead :hmm:

Sailor Steve · 03-01-07, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CptGrayWolf

Sailor Steve what did you answer buddy? I bet you're a one patrol kind of guy?

My answer's over on page x.

How very odd; I distinctly remember the answer I gave.

Anyway, I voted YES, absolutely, with the caveat that I would love to have served on a US boat in the Pacific. After all, I grew up thinking of the Germans and Japanese as the "Bad Guys".

U49 · 09-30-07, 06:54 AM

My grandparents were enough. No need for another boy of the family to enter that *business*.

JU_88 · 10-01-07, 01:44 PM

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 10-15-07, 01:17 AM

Yeah I might just go and sink some boats. Besides if you where in the war what place was safe anyways?

Morts · 10-15-07, 04:55 PM

i wouldn be able to control my self if we had a time machine
id go back into time
and join the luftwaffe
after that
the kriegsmarine
then id go back to 1939 and kick hitler in the nuts...just for fun:rotfl:

CptGrayWolf · 10-20-07, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morts

i wouldn be able to control my self if we had a time machine
id go back into time
and join the luftwaffe
after that
the kriegsmarine
then id go back to 1939 and kick hitler in the nuts...just for fun:rotfl:

View Poll Results: would you go back and live a full career as a U-boat captain?
Yes I would! Commanding a U-boat and living those days would be an amazing experience!	26	16.25%
Hmm... I would, but no patrols past 1943!	13	8.13%
Hmm... I would, but just for one patrol only, no more!	22	13.75%
No way! Are you nuts!? Sitting in front of my computer is as close as I ever want to get to WWII.	99	61.88%
Voters: 160. You may not vote on this poll

03-01-07, 11:50 AM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The book I refered to earlier, The Battle Of The Atlantic, says something similar; that the rationing was so bad in 1940 that Churchill was begging Roosevelt for any help at all that the Americans could give. Also they show that at one point in 1943 there were as many as 90 u-boats on station. As to which is right, I have no idea. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-01-07, 11:56 AM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	One thing we must remember a lot of German records were destroyed. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

03-01-07, 11:57 AM	#3
CptGrayWolf Commander Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Lawrence Seaway Posts: 459 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Sailor Steve what did you answer buddy? I bet you're a one patrol kind of guy? __________________ Thomas Voltz, U-93 VIIc, Aug 1940, at sea patrol 1 GWX3 Gold, 100%

03-01-07, 12:07 PM	#4
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Everyone who answered this question with yes is a big idiot imo. He would prefer fighting and killing other people from this forum, instead of enjoying the games with them. My answer is: never! The only place war is fun for me is on a computer screen. __________________

03-01-07, 12:48 PM	#6
GlobalExplorer Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 2,015 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Certainly. Still I wanted to remind people of what the question means. Seeing such a poll would be really frustrating to people who were there at the time. As far as I have seen it they are just glad to live, and asking them if they would go back would be mad. I remember how I brought together my father (who was a flak gunner) and Johnny, a british bomber guy I met during my time in England. They didn't talk about the war, at least not that I remember, but they liked each other very much because they had been through the same experiences. If there is one thing I remember Johnny saying to me it was: Don't forget how luck you are to live today! __________________

10-18-07, 09:32 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,124 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	War is for heroes.....sadly, most of them are dead :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-30-07, 06:54 AM	#11
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My grandparents were enough. No need for another boy of the family to enter that business. __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%

10-01-07, 01:44 PM	#12
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,814 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0

10-15-07, 01:17 AM	#13
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,281 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Yeah I might just go and sink some boats. Besides if you where in the war what place was safe anyways? __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

10-15-07, 04:55 PM	#14
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	i wouldn be able to control my self if we had a time machine id go back into time and join the luftwaffe after that the kriegsmarine then id go back to 1939 and kick hitler in the nuts...just for fun:rotfl:

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