What is your favo(u)rite theater/ time period?

nikimcbee · 09-07-12, 06:39 PM

Just curious where your favo(u)rite submarine area of interest lies.
If other, please list.

nikimcbee · 09-07-12, 06:47 PM

I'll go first. I'll go with my library and say U-boats (WW2)

CCIP · 09-07-12, 07:14 PM

Just cause I picked the obvious one, doesn't mean I'm not interested in the others

It's hard not to appreciate the sheer scale and drama of the 2nd Battle of the Atlantic, and that's what I think keeps people coming back to it. I hope interest in it never dies away. Ironically it's not nearly actually as important, strategically interesting or close-run as some people make it out to be. It was a pretty basic war of attrition that one side lost before it even started. The devil is in the details though, and the absolutely mad effort that the Germans put into that desperate struggle really makes for a Wagnerian sort of epic, and that's the sort of stuff that memorable stories are made of.

At the same time, I think there's a lot of fascinating stories from other theaters and eras too. I think people often underestimate just how hard the US submarines fought in the Pacific, for example.

Gargamel · 09-08-12, 12:33 PM

Was going to start bitching about inflated ticket prices and people talking in phones, then I read the poll.

Sailor Steve · 09-08-12, 01:33 PM

Yes.

Oberon · 09-08-12, 01:55 PM

Cowboys and Cossacks.

View Poll Results: What is your #1 area of interest in the submarine world?
WW1 U-Boats	0	0%
WW2 U-boats\ Battle of the Atlantic	23	57.50%
WW2 US -Allied subs: Pacific	8	20.00%
WW2 Japanese Subs	0	0%
Cold War-Modern Subs US/NATO	5	12.50%
Cold War- Modern USSR/Russia	2	5.00%
other-please list	2	5.00%
Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll

09-07-12, 06:39 PM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	What is your favo(u)rite submarine theater/ time period? Just curious where your favo(u)rite submarine area of interest lies. If other, please list. __________________ Last edited by nikimcbee; 09-07-12 at 08:09 PM.

09-07-12, 06:47 PM	#2
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'll go first. I'll go with my library and say U-boats (WW2) __________________

09-07-12, 07:14 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Just cause I picked the obvious one, doesn't mean I'm not interested in the others It's hard not to appreciate the sheer scale and drama of the 2nd Battle of the Atlantic, and that's what I think keeps people coming back to it. I hope interest in it never dies away. Ironically it's not nearly actually as important, strategically interesting or close-run as some people make it out to be. It was a pretty basic war of attrition that one side lost before it even started. The devil is in the details though, and the absolutely mad effort that the Germans put into that desperate struggle really makes for a Wagnerian sort of epic, and that's the sort of stuff that memorable stories are made of. At the same time, I think there's a lot of fascinating stories from other theaters and eras too. I think people often underestimate just how hard the US submarines fought in the Pacific, for example. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

09-08-12, 12:33 PM	#4
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Was going to start bitching about inflated ticket prices and people talking in phones, then I read the poll. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

09-08-12, 01:33 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yes. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-08-12, 01:55 PM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Cowboys and Cossacks.