European Battlefields: The First World War

Stealth Hunter · 02-24-08, 01:26 PM

Really good video. Friendo1231 has come out with several others that are really well done.

Biggles · 02-24-08, 04:45 PM

Dear God...that war was so horrible (what I know). On some aspects, it was even worse than WWII.

stabiz · 02-24-08, 04:53 PM

Awesome footage. I am reading this one at the moment:

http://www.amazon.com/World-War-I-HP...3890323&sr=8-1

Torplexed · 02-24-08, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggles

Dear God...that war was so horrible (what I know). On some aspects, it was even worse than WWII.

Yeah...at least in WW2 the scenery changed a lot. All you have to do is look at a before and after aerial picture of the French fortress of Douaumont at Verdun to see where the fighting was deadlocked for weeks if not months. Just as ugly and intense as Stalingrad.

stabiz · 02-24-08, 06:46 PM

Holy crap.

Dread Knot · 02-24-08, 09:12 PM

Whoa.

HunterICX · 02-25-08, 06:25 AM

World War 1 was just horrible,
the foolish generals sending men in numbers just to get shot as they refuse to change their tactics.
also the scenery changed a lot
if you go to Verdun the scars are still visible.

HunterICX

TteFAboB · 02-25-08, 06:33 PM

Those aerial images are amazing!

Biggles · 02-25-08, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TteFAboB

Those aerial images are amazing!

But accurate. Pretty much the look of every village that happened to come in the way of any of the major offensives...

XXi · 02-27-08, 12:36 PM

However the WWII terrible was, I think the WWI was worse in few aspects.

First, I think that it was the worst war in terms of expectations and preparation of the generals and reality of the battlefield. In WWII, most commanders at least had an idea of the modern battlefield and quite many got to understand it, if not at first then lately. And even if not, blitzkrieg could teach them a lesson or two at relatively low price. In WWI, generals were sending troops into bloodshed with not a slightest idea what was going on and how futile waste of human life it was.

Oberon · 02-27-08, 12:44 PM

Twas a sober moment for myself during Over Flanders Fields the other day when I received orders to strafe a target behind the lines. Flying towards the frontlines, you notice this brown line on the horizon, it gets bigger and bigger, and then the green countryside is gone and it's just brown mud and craters, with the sound of cannon fire rumbling like constant thunder.
It looks like hell from above, but on the ground...

If only it had been the war to end all wars...

Stealth Hunter · 02-28-08, 06:18 PM

War will never end. As long as somebody has something that someone else wants, there will be blood for it. That's the way it's been for thousands of years, and that's the way it will continue to be, although I have a feeling that it will be war that destroys the entire race of man if not the Earth itself. Ever seen "On the Beach" with Gregory Peck? I could honestly picture something like that happening.

02-24-08, 01:26 PM	#1
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	European Battlefields: The First World War Really good video. Friendo1231 has come out with several others that are really well done.

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Dear God...that war was so horrible (what I know). On some aspects, it was even worse than WWII. __________________

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stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Awesome footage. I am reading this one at the moment: http://www.amazon.com/World-War-I-HP...3890323&sr=8-1 __________________

02-24-08, 06:46 PM	#5
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Holy crap. __________________

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HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	World War 1 was just horrible, the foolish generals sending men in numbers just to get shot as they refuse to change their tactics. also the scenery changed a lot if you go to Verdun the scars are still visible. HunterICX __________________

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Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Whoa.

02-25-08, 06:33 PM	#8
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Those aerial images are amazing! __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

02-27-08, 12:36 PM	#10
XXi Ensign Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland / Nagoya, Japan Posts: 227 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	However the WWII terrible was, I think the WWI was worse in few aspects. First, I think that it was the worst war in terms of expectations and preparation of the generals and reality of the battlefield. In WWII, most commanders at least had an idea of the modern battlefield and quite many got to understand it, if not at first then lately. And even if not, blitzkrieg could teach them a lesson or two at relatively low price. In WWI, generals were sending troops into bloodshed with not a slightest idea what was going on and how futile waste of human life it was. __________________ lasciate ogni speranza... voi, chi entrate

02-27-08, 12:44 PM	#11
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Twas a sober moment for myself during Over Flanders Fields the other day when I received orders to strafe a target behind the lines. Flying towards the frontlines, you notice this brown line on the horizon, it gets bigger and bigger, and then the green countryside is gone and it's just brown mud and craters, with the sound of cannon fire rumbling like constant thunder. It looks like hell from above, but on the ground... If only it had been the war to end all wars...

02-28-08, 06:18 PM	#12
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	War will never end. As long as somebody has something that someone else wants, there will be blood for it. That's the way it's been for thousands of years, and that's the way it will continue to be, although I have a feeling that it will be war that destroys the entire race of man if not the Earth itself. Ever seen *"On the Beach"* with Gregory Peck? I could honestly picture something like that happening.