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RE: But Not in Shame
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:18 pm
by Cuttlefish
ORIGINAL: Astarix
ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish
ORIGINAL: cap_and_gown
Will you be playing Japan again, or is it time to try the forces of goodness and light?
Japan next, I think. I want to try and get it right (that is, lose less badly). But I also want to start a game as the Allies soon. There's one quote that I dimly recall, one that isn't in my book. I think it was by Field Marshall Model after watching Allied forces on the attack in Europe, something to the effect of "Just once, to command such power!"
The author of the quote was Lieutenant General Karl Student. The father of the German paratroopers, as he watched the 82nd airborne landings from his HQ near Nijmegan. Model was too preoccupied with running for his life from his HQ near Oosterbeek as he was convinced that the airborne landings in Arnhem were meant to capture him personally. He was the only significant military target he could think of, located in the Arnhem area.
Ah, thank you. At least I had the right battle. The quote is from "A Bridge to Far":
"This mighty spectacle deeply impressed me. I thought with reflection and longing of our own airborne operations and I said to Reinhard, 'Oh, if ever I'd had such means at my disposal. Just once, to have this many planes!'"
RE: But Not in Shame
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:36 pm
by Feinder
The author of the quote was Lieutenant General Karl Student. The father of the German paratroopers, as he watched the 82nd airborne landings from his HQ near Nijmegan. Model was too preoccupied with running for his life from his HQ near Oosterbeek as he was convinced that the airborne landings in Arnhem were meant to capture him personally. He was the only significant military target he could think of, located in the Arnhem area.
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nar·cis·sism – noun
1. inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity.
2. Psychoanalysis. Erotic gratification derived from admiration of one's own physical or mental attributes, being a normal condition at the infantile level of personality development.
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RE: But Not in Shame
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:29 am
by ComradeP
Good game Cuttlefish, you didn't get any breaks yet still tried to hold on for longer than some of us had expected. I hope the breaks will be more evenly divided in the next game, with less one-sided encounters favouring the Allies in the early game as one of the things this AAR has shown is that if the Allies get lucky in 1942/1943, they can achieve quite a bit.
Astarix: the name of the Dutch city is "Nijmegen", not "Nijmegan".
RE: But Not in Shame
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:20 pm
by SuluSea
Congratulations to the both of you , entertaining to the end.
RE: But Not in Shame
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:38 pm
by Cuttlefish
ORIGINAL: crsutton
Ok, enough idle chit chat. Switch sides and start the next one....[:D]
Request granted!
RE: But Not in Shame
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:49 pm
by Canoerebel
Cuttlefish, congrats on winding the game up and completing your excellent AAR. I've been gone for a three-week tour of the Rocky Mountain States, so I'm a bit tardy in catching up. I wasn't aware the game was concluded until just a few minutes ago. I really enjoyed following both AARs and it was most refreshing to view a contest between capable opponents who are the finest of gentlemen. Good luck on your next endeavor!