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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 18, 2023 17:30:25 GMT
Italy got their stuff to North Afrika by not being at war with Britain. Malta first? ...eh. Italy did get help from Germany. Still didn't succeed. I think you're missing what it's like to fight RN. It doesn't matter how much you hurt them. It doesn't matter how much stronger your units are. They'll just keep coming at you at every opportunity. And ultimately their navy is bigger and better. Capturing Malta? Certainly, Germany would be helped by the conflict between Britain and Italy, just as they would be helped by the conflict between Japan and USA. But only if they weren't involved, by alliances that couldn't gain them anything. To Germany, the key is to not be at war with Britain and USA.
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Post by ScumbagShepurd on Sept 19, 2023 12:18:27 GMT
They would've needed some serious German help, but after Crete, that was not going to happen. Naval invasions were still rare and untested in june 1940, there were 5 infantry battalions on Malta, less than 4000 men and virtually no aircraft. Italians absolutely could take the island on their own at that time. Early war, and on paper, I'm inclined to agree. Later, not a chance. this is basically what im saying. I think you're missing what it's like to fight RN. It doesn't matter how much you hurt them. It doesn't matter how much stronger your units are. They'll just keep coming at you at every opportunity. And ultimately their navy is bigger and better. Capturing Malta? this is an unfounded belief in the might of the RN no matter what, not dissimilar to magical thinking. in reality, Brits themselves considered Malta undefendable in 1939-1940. And the whole fate of the Allied Mediterranean was on the brink of collapse when Malta was subjected to the most severe bombardments and could not launch offensive raids on the Axis convoys in 1942: (from "THE STRATEGIC EMPLOYMENT OF ALLIED FORCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DURING WORLD WAR II" by R.C.Mangrum published in "Naval War College Information Service for Officers", Vol. 3, No. 10 (June, 1951), pp. 25-50) this is just the consequences of neutralizing Malta via bombardments for a short time. The result of capturing Malta would be even more devastating. p.s. what's interesting in that bit is that, again, it points to the fatal flaw in the Axis planning in the Mediterranean: the lack of strategic unity of purpose. Basically, the more successful Rommel was in Lybia and Egypt, the less likely the invasion of Malta was - basically, two tasks (capturing the Suez and capturing Malta) were at odds with each other. but that flaw was not irremovable. It was absolutely possible for the Axis to create a conscious plan that wouldn't hamper one task for another. Making a hierarchy of tasks (first, we capture Malta, THEN we capture Egypt) was absolutely possible, only Italo-German stupidity prevented that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2023 11:14:49 GMT
-Dark City was better than Matrix [and I mean the first movie] -'Count Zero' was better than Cyberpunk2077 and the whole TTRPG, and what followed it. -People don't get bored by Starfield Gameplay, but having a Hard Sci-Fi setting is boreville. [only good one is Hyperion Cantos]
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 29, 2023 23:05:17 GMT
I think you're missing what it's like to fight RN. It doesn't matter how much you hurt them. It doesn't matter how much stronger your units are. They'll just keep coming at you at every opportunity. And ultimately their navy is bigger and better. Capturing Malta? this is an unfounded belief in the might of the RN no matter what, not dissimilar to magical thinking. You must surely be aware of Narvik, River Plate, Calabria, Taranto, Cape Matapan, so I'm disappointed that you don't seem to see the tactical and strategic dynamics involved in fighting the Royal Navy? It doesn't matter if you have superior force, or even if you do well temporarily. You cannot intimidate, dominate, control the situation or have peace to reap any rewards, because the British will keep attacking. At the end of it, you'll have lost more than you can afford. The RN will not. The brutal success of many of these British victories is ultimately due to reckless, pure stubbornness, even in the face of mistakes, setbacks and inferior strength. And that was the British tradition of insanity, ever since Sir Richard Grenville. The British did not believe Malta was undefendable. Someone at the staff may have thought so, but Churchill certainly didn't. The Italian air force was completely worthless against the Royal Navy. The British had radar. The Italians didn't even know what it was. Mussolini's Italians? No, I don't think they could have taken Malta by themselves. But never mind. The problem with these "What If", is that from the point of changed input, the process becomes only increasingly unpredictable. Which is why we're here, and not in 'History'. My original point was and is, that if Germany was ever to be able to gain anything from going to war, they must avoid war with Britain and USA. That may not have been obvious at the time, Britain and USA not mobilized, but was still the case, IMO.
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Post by mousestalker on Oct 1, 2023 17:05:46 GMT
Canada should ditch "Oh, Canada" as it's national song and replace it with Stan Rogers' "Northwest Passage". "Northwest Passage" tells a good story and has an inspiring moral. "Oh Canada" is really rather dull;. It reads like it was written by a committee and, oddly enough, it was (and re-written). One additional benefit is that they made the official version the one done by 'Unleash the Archers', no one would ever fall asleep at ceremonies.
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Post by GhostofFuckIt on Oct 1, 2023 17:17:29 GMT
Canada should ditch "Oh, Canada" as it's national song and replace it with Stan Rogers' "Northwest Passage". "Northwest Passage" tells a good story and has an inspiring moral. "Oh Canada" is really rather dull;. It reads like it was written by a committee and, oddly enough, it was (and re-written). One additional benefit is that they made the official version the one done by 'Unleash the Archers', no one would ever fall asleep at ceremonies. My ex would agree with you. For some arcane reason she liked national anthems and thought ours was a bit lacklustre.
Also, now it's going to be stuck in my head all day.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Oct 1, 2023 22:29:50 GMT
Canada should ditch "Oh, Canada" as it's national song and replace it with Stan Rogers' "Northwest Passage". "Northwest Passage" tells a good story and has an inspiring moral. "Oh Canada" is really rather dull;. It reads like it was written by a committee and, oddly enough, it was (and re-written). Australia also has a boring national anthem it should change! I'd be happy with Waltzing Matilda or (if people don't want our anthem to be about sheep theft and suicide for whatever reason) we could go with I Am Australian. I would also like to suggest Arrogant Worms' Canada's Really Big for the Canadian national anthem. Really gets to the heart of what's great about Canada .
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Post by rewindbutton on Jan 10, 2024 12:09:35 GMT
A Hot lover is like the Quick Quote button; She may not be around much, but when she is, it's all worth while again. Me, obviously
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Post by GhostofFuckIt on Jan 10, 2024 23:04:31 GMT
A Hot lover is like the Quick Quote button; She may not be around much, but when she is, it's all worth while again. Me, obviously Reminds me of a guy talking about sex way back on Waryammer.
"It only matters when you're not getting any."
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Post by GhostofFuckIt on Jan 13, 2024 3:17:22 GMT
I vastly prefer dubs over subs.
Subtitles distract from the viewing experience. There's no two ways around it. Doesn't matter how fast you read, and yes I am a fast reader, it's forcing you to look away from where you want. Sometimes if a scene is particularly interesting I'll even replay it and ignore what's being said, which is pretty irritating at times It's not just foreign language films or anime either. A lot of sci-fi and fantasy use made up languages with subs to try be different, but what I respect are the ones that go, "and here's why you can understand WTF they're saying" and wave the problem away. Avatar Way of Water did this, thank fuck we weren't reading Navi for 2.5 hrs.
I have earballs, let me use them. If I want to read a book, I'll read a book. (Or play a cRPG.)
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