WWII started in 1939 m8
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WWII started in 1939 m8
He's correct though, Japan invaded China after WWI and started an actual war with it in '37.
I'd rather stay out of any wars, but officer on a British frigate in napoleonic times wouldn't be too bad. Or being part of steppe-armies has always fascinated me.
doesn't matter, WWII started in 1939, even tho some countries started fighting earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conradus
It all depends on where you went to school actually, I bet the Japanese and Chinese learn that it started in 1937. Be more tolerant of other peoples ideas, there isn't a definate correct answer for when WWII started when you're talking to people on an international forum.
Yeah I'm an exchange student so I am probably a bit more into that sort of tolerance as I used to be, but it is good to keep that sort of thing in mind. My history teacher here in Germany brought "the American policy of Roll Back" which I had never heard of back in the states, but it's okay because I understood him.
thanks Uesugi, you said what i wanted to say.
No m8, we didn't speak of WORLD WAR, till the war in Europe began. Till Germany invaded Poland. Till the whole of Europe (the whole important part, Germany, England, Russia, France) were at war. Before that no-one ever spook of the World War, as it was just 2 countries fighting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uesugi Kenshin
Italy already fought in Africa in the mid-Thirties, do we call that World War?
No, WORLD WAR is a term, tho introduced after the war, it strictly used.
My knowledge of Italy's foray into Ethiopia is very limited, but I do not think that conflict proved to be large enough or central enough to the Second World War to even be debated as the beginning. Now the war did turn into a world war when Germany invaded Poland, but the Pacific Theater did prove to be an extremely important element of the war and I would say that it is fair to argue that the Second World War began when Japan invaded China. I would not say that it was a world war at that point though.
The only real problem I have with your argument is that you seem to think you have to be right and that there is no room for other points of view. That is not the case, for Japan and China WWII definately began far earlier than 1939 and the enthusiasm with which you try to deny that merely proves how Euro-centric your view of WWII (and perhaps more) is.
Yeah I know the fighting there started before 1939. If I'm correct it even started before 1937. But this war too was not centralized enough. You have to see it like this. In the Pacific, the only "free countries" were China and Japan (and Australia some further south, but that was still half a colony). Japan did not attack the, who in the Europe were known as, allies till 1941. At that point Japan joined the World War.
The war in China is know as the Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945. It has a name of his own. And so has the war in the entire Pacific theatre.
I would not want to be in any war [well maybe the one in "Mars Attacks!", as aliens were beaten there by country music...yeah]....Any other war: Me is first to leave the area hopefully with all the beloved ones.
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I would not know what I would do, if i were forced to defend myself or somebody close in a war. And I do not consider myself a coward, b/c when it comes to fights in clubs, pubs etc. I usually try to calm things down and get the combatants apart.
What, you fancy death by starvation, disease and/or infected wounds ? Soldiers those days lived every day like it was their last for a reason; for the rank and file retirement really wasn't something to worry about.Quote:
Originally Posted by De' Medici
The aristocracy who formed the officer corps had it a bit easier, but even then the turnover was high.
It'd also mean spending inordinate amounts of time at sea with a shipful of men without much any hygiene - sense or facilities - to speak of. And the issues with what could happen with food and water on long trips, especially if the weather decided to turn uncooperative. And the hideous discipline the English navy in particular was infamous for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraxis
Still, I'll agree that sailing around in a small fast all-purpose ship like a frigate ought to beat duty in the ships of the line. Those things were the ones that got to bear the brunt of the dying in major battles.
i dunno if its actually classified as a war or a revolution, but i would want to fight under william wallace in scotland/england. or a sniper in ww2
There were islands/colonies all over the Caribbean. I have always been under the impression that it was relatively easy to operate (and catch an std) in the area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watchman
as a Catholic fanatic (i am kinda) i would love to join... 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Crusade!
join the crusade as a knight or as a footsoldier or as a pelgrim?
a knight! ill lead the damn frankish charge!
Nice work on ganking my joke.. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaxfetish
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Anyway OT, I'd loved to have fought at the battle of Watling Street. Maybe suggest a more ordered or tactical approach to the Boudica. I'd love to see Britain non-Romanized.
Wouldn't mind going to 'Nam, or the Western Front in WW2, or WW1.
I've got a new theory on life, and with this, I wouldn't mind doing my bit in any war, as long as I was fighting for a cause I believed in.
Welcome back Craterus .
I would not have wanted to be in any war at any time.
Maybe peace would have been worst than war under german/japanese domination, so let us say word war II but this is not a positive choice.
WELCOME BACK YOU FRIGGIN R-TARD!!! I MISSED YOU SGAA!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Craterus
I would love to have been on the Roman side in the Third Punic War... all that loot!
The Great Migrations. Raiding across the border: loot, women, booze -- and hardly a chance that the Romans would ever catch you ~:pimp:
Eigther a pilot in World War II or Cavalry for the Golden Horde. that is only if i had to choose. like many before said war shouldnt be something you volunteer for
If I had to pick one, I'd be an american soldier in the first three weeks of the secon Iraqi war. Not that I'd be fighting for a good cause or anything, it's just that the american army was quite superior to the Iraqi one, and didn't starve like most other armies in history.
Second would be being a longbowman at Crécy, particularly if in the last rank of the company. Although physically exhausting, at least I would be safe from real dangerous melee.
Definite last choice would be any solder i WWI.