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by Grit
Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:32 pm
Forum: Scenario Design and Modding
Topic: Downfall, Buccaneer and Marianas and Ironman Allied
Replies: 217
Views: 3859

RE: Downfall, Buccaneer and Marianas and Ironman Allied

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Andy Mac<br/>
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And until someone wants to do a 'real' downfall scenario I guess you are stuck with mine but if John or anyone wants to do a better arttempt feel free
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Downfall is great fun, isn't that what it's suppose to be ...
by Grit
Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:50 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines
Replies: 86
Views: 1347

RE: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: warspite1<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
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Warspite1<br/>
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Thats a joke right?
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No.<br/>
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Care to nominate any systematic ...
by Grit
Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:11 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines
Replies: 86
Views: 1347

RE: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>"Another intercepted diplomatic message from the Japanese Ambassador in Berlin states (D-657): <br/>
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"At 1 p.m. today [8 December 1941] I called on Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and told him our wish was to have Germany and Italy issue formal declarations of war on ...
by Grit
Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:23 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines
Replies: 86
Views: 1347

RE: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
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There were valid grounds, in both international law and in response to third party pressure, for him to do so. <br/>
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Alfred
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I agree with much or your statement. But I just had to laugh a little at this ...
by Grit
Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:49 am
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines
Replies: 86
Views: 1347

RE: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JWE<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: xj900uk<br/>
Agreed. Morale amongst even the toughest Marine units, and also on Naval ships faced with yet another Kamikaze attack in '45, was definitely starting to crack. Some men broke down in uncontrollable ...
by Grit
Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:54 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: OT - Doolittle Reunion
Replies: 9
Views: 110

RE: OT - Doolittle Reunion

I got an erection watching that, thanks.
by Grit
Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:37 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: 1915 US Navy Documentary
Replies: 13
Views: 136

RE: 1915 US Navy Documentary

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Grit<br/>
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Great, thanks for posting it.<br/>
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I liked the part when it said, "This Gun is Fired by Electricity." OMG electricity.
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Formerly, it was a hammer ...
by Grit
Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:32 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: 1915 US Navy Documentary
Replies: 13
Views: 136

RE: 1915 US Navy Documentary

Great, thanks for posting it.

I liked the part when it said, "This Gun is Fired by Electricity." OMG electricity.
by Grit
Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:11 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: invasion ship composition help
Replies: 23
Views: 549

RE: invasion ship composition help

Here is another good discussion that may help.

Invasion TF Composition
by Grit
Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:35 am
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines
Replies: 86
Views: 1347

RE: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines

<t> The more I read about the Japanese soldier and their Samurai Spirit and Bushido Code and Kamikaze the less impressed I become. The idea that it was honorable to die for the Emperor was a bunch of crap. You win wars by making the other guy die for his country. Not you dieing for your Emperor.<br ...
by Grit
Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:37 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines
Replies: 86
Views: 1347

RE: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon<br/>
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Great discussion.<br/>
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What I often wonder is, would Japan have attacked the United States at all, had there been no raw material and oil embargo imposed against her because of Japan's aggression in China, and would the United States ...
by Grit
Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:45 am
Forum: After Action Reports
Topic: Downfall v2 AAR
Replies: 140
Views: 1425

RE: Downfall v2 AAR

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: vettim89<br/>
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The Japanese AAA losses seem incredibly low. Every USN ship had at least a 20 mm in every empty space on deck if not a 40 mm by this point. Is this typical for what you have seen?
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Here is my Intel report from ...
by Grit
Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:08 pm
Forum: The War Room
Topic: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines
Replies: 86
Views: 1347

RE: Grognards. PH. Midway. Phillipines

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: bristolduke<br/>
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I hadn't really commented upon the Russian campaign, but one option here was not to alienate the western Russia provinces. The Ukrane in particular would have run to help the Germans defeat the communists. Hitler was just too blind to see ...
by Grit
Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:00 pm
Forum: After Action Reports
Topic: Downfall v2 AAR
Replies: 140
Views: 1425

RE: Downfall v2 AAR

I have Formosa just about cleaned up. I should have the entire Island in 3-5 days.

I look forward to seeing how your invasion of Kanoya and Kagoshima progresses.

Good Luck.
by Grit
Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:33 pm
Forum: After Action Reports
Topic: IN HARM'S WAY...AE VERSION: STONEAGE(IJ) VS SPRUANCE(A)
Replies: 648
Views: 8618

RE: SWPAC SUMMER 1943 OFFENSIVE

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: AdmSpruance<br/>
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Grit......Bradley7735 is correct......Fifth and Tenth Air Force bombers based at Sorong, Manokwari and Biak shut down Babeldaob AF a couple of weeks ago before Yap operations were started. Currently Babeldaob has 100% airfield and 75 ...
by Grit
Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:53 am
Forum: After Action Reports
Topic: IN HARM'S WAY...AE VERSION: STONEAGE(IJ) VS SPRUANCE(A)
Replies: 648
Views: 8618

RE: SWPAC SUMMER 1943 OFFENSIVE

I'm surprised there were no air attacks by land based aircraft at Babeldaob.
by Grit
Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:23 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Fooling SIGINT and maybe breaking it.
Replies: 11
Views: 201

RE: Fooling SIGINT and maybe breaking it.

<t> The Allies used all kinds of elaborate deception during WWII. War is not suppose to be a fair fight, you are fighting to win. If it were me I would suck it up and try my best to fool him.<br/>
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About 25 years ago I remember seeing an old grizzled detective show a murder suspect a ...
by Grit
Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:21 pm
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: SBD-3 production is wrong
Replies: 123
Views: 1393

RE: SBD-3 production is wrong

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Smeulders<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ETF<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Smeulders<br/>
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The number of SBD-3 and SBD-4 in the game<br/>
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- 55 At start<br/>
- 7 In pool at start<br/>
- 56 Produced for NZ<br/>
- 357 ...
by Grit
Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:40 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: SBD-3 production is wrong
Replies: 123
Views: 1393

RE: SBD-3 production is wrong

<t> When you make changes to the game in the editor to reflect a more accurate game are you then able to play PBEM with that change?<br/>
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If not, wouldn't it be better to simply correct the scenarios already in the game? If it can be agreed on that there is a problem why not simply correct ...
by Grit
Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:18 am
Forum: War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition
Topic: Wouldn't it be nice to have fatigue or a training mission for ships
Replies: 26
Views: 249

RE: Wouldn't it be nice to have a training mission for ships?

<t> This is already modeled in the game with Task Force Commanders.<br/>
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If ships were forced to gain experience it would just give the Japanese side in the game an advantage that they didn't have in real life.<br/>
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The only way the Japanese side can compete later in the game is ...

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