War you would have wanted to be in
I decided to start this since I have nothing better to do.
What war would you have liked to fight in if you were alive during that period in history?
My choice would probably be WW1. I have always had a weird fascination with it for some reason. Though it was a horrendous war I still would have like to be in it.
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I think war is best experienced from a safe distance - I wouldn't want to be in any of them.
Having lived overseas during a couple of revolutions, I can say it's not a particularly comfortable event.
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I wouldn't want to fight in any war whatsoever. If I had to it would probably be WWII, hopefully at some silent place like guarding a weapon depo in Texas or something.
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A general in the Cold War of course. It involves hardly any danger once Stalin's dead, and once the War's over you get filthy rich selling all those weapons.
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You're kidding? You'd want to sit around in a ditch somewhere, cold, hungry, and stricken with bowel diseases while being occasionally bombarded, choked to death and blinded, until being told by some inbred twit that you'll be legging it into the sights of a machine-gunner in a couple of days, by which point your nerves will have just gone into melt down, and when the time finally comes all of your chums will be cold corpses while - granted you survive - you become a changed, severely depressed, alcoholic man, unable to look your family in the eyes, wracked by nightmares and any number of mental health issues? *Gasps for air*
Me too!
Seriously, I wouldn't want to be in any war, full stop. I'd only ever join one out of necessity or - perhaps - a sense of duty. But even then I wouldn't exactly be chuffed of Stockport.
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It's a hypothetical question.
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I know, I know.
Just saying though, that doesn't negate the fact that war is something any sane person should avoid.
But alright.. I'll play along!
Gah! There are so many.. the Peninsula War would be interesting, or to just follow Genghis Khan around for a bit.
When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman? From the beginning all men by nature were created alike, and our bondage or servitude came in by the unjust oppression of naughty men. For if God would have had any bondsmen from the beginning, he would have appointed who should be bound, and who free. And therefore I exhort you to consider that now the time is come, appointed to us by God, in which ye may (if ye will) cast off the yoke of bondage, and recover liberty. - John Ball
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If I had to fight in a war, I would probably have preferred the British colonial wars in Africa. Anyway I would view the same way as Captain Edmund Blackadder 'Even spears made us think twice, the people we'd prefer to fight were 2 feet tall and armed with dry grass' (quote might not be correct).
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A U.S. Marine in Desert Storm. Short, sweet, and to the point.
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Wouldn't that mostly consist of the airforce bombing the crap out of the enemy aided by cruiser missiles and such and then move in and destroy the little remaining opposition?
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No one wants to fight in any war. I have no choice. Being a sniper though, does spare one of most of the horrors, but not all.
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The War of 1812, guarding Hudson's Bay.
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Even hypothetically I can't really say I would like to have been in any war.
I deal well enough with blood, but not with broken bodies or cut meat. And I would have to deal with that in pretty much any conflict I suppose.
So naturally I would have to se something like a horse archer for the Parthians or some such... But that coems down more to what kind of warrior I would like to be.
You may not care about war, but war cares about you!
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Being one of those Longbowmen in the Hundred Years War where I'm at the very back, where I don't have to die and where I can nail the French Knights down with that longbow of mines.
Otherwise, I'd stick to Medieval I/II Total War for wars.
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A US Marine on Iwo Jima
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My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Alexanders (Iskander the "son of the devil") campaign of conquest and exploration.
Pretty horrific stuff to survive but the memories of all the places you got to visit and the shear number of interesting peoples and cultures that you came across might of made all the nightmares almost worthwhile.
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Propably the Vietnam war, always been fascinated with it. Most likely not a good choise though .
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I wouldn't want to be in any war. I can handle blood and guts, but I couldn't stand being separated from my home and my family. I think that would suck the worst... that... and seeing all of the guys you've trained with, your best friends perhaps, die in a senseless carnage.
Although from a historical point of view, I think I would've preferred being a Legionary during the Roman Wars of Conquest, more specifically, Gaul and Britain.
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Hypothetically, I would probably be a Mongolian Rider, not under Ogodei, preferably in the army of either Subodei, Batu, Ongke then after all those, the Great Khan's. I just think he had to learn on the job, and Subodei, Batu and Ongke already knew how to deal with non-Mongolians . They suffered few casualties, saw many different places, and fought the way I do in all TW games. I also have no problems with seeing the dead/butchered/bloody and other atrocities.
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What a good question!
If I had my choice, it'd either have to be World War one, the Seven Years War or the Napoleonic Wars.
Preferably a high ranking officer who did all the planning but rarely got shot at.
As for sides:
WW1:Germany
Seven Years War: Probably France or Prussia or England
Napoleonic Wars: Definitely France.
Mostly for the purposes of seeing how the wars could have been different. But for WW1 and Napoleonic Wars, I genuinely have sympathy for Germany and France.
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Ah Napoleonic Wars I would have like to fight for Prussia. Just for planning and such not getting shot at maybe could have made a difference.
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Isn't Jebe also a good commander to be under?
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Depends... what do I get to bring back with me?
What sort of social position/military rank do I get to have?
I reckon going back to Syria in 53 BC armed with rifle section's armament plus plenty of ammunition and an encyclopedic knowledge of Crassus's campaign could be fun. The Parthians would be in for quite a surprise...
Or is re-writing history not allowed?
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Seeing close up the faces of those you shoot through the skulkl all the time?I have to say that's not one that I'd like.
I've always liked the Napoleonic periods so probably then. Ideally in the Imperial Guard (tha's what they were called isn;'t it?) that way would see all of Napoleans greatest victories and live through most of them!
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Italy wasn't exactly a cakewalk. The various assaults on Monte Cassino supposedly chalked up a higher casualty rate than Omaha beach in terms of fraction of troops committed, except there were more troops involved, and the battle took several months to resolve.
Battle of Monte Cassino
The central thrust by U.S. 36th Division commenced three hours after sunset on January 20. The lack of time to prepare meant that the approach to the river was still hazardous from uncleared mines and booby traps and the highly technical business of an opposed river crossing lacked the necessary planning and rehearsal. Although a battalion of the 143rd Regiment was able to get across the Rapido on the south side of San Angelo and two companies of the 141st Regiment on the north side, they were isolated for most of the time and at no time was Allied armour able to get across the river leaving them highly vulnerable to counter-attacking tanks and self-propelled guns of General Rodt's 15th Panzer Grenadier Division. The southern group were forced back across the river by mid-morning of January 21. Maj. General Keys, commanding II Corps, pressed Maj. General Fred Walker of 36th Division to renew the attack immediately. Once again the two regiments attacked but with no more success against the well dug-in 15 Panzer Division: 143rd Regiment got the equivalent of two battalions across but once again there was no armoured support and they were devastated when daylight came the next day. 141st Regiment also crossed in two battalion strength and despite the lack of armoured support managed to advance half a mile. However, with the coming of daylight, they too were cut down and by the evening of January 22 the regiment had virtually ceased to exist with 40 men making it back to the Allied lines. The assault had been a costly failure with 36th Division losing 2100[2] men killed, wounded and missing in 48 hours.
And that was just one attempt, out of the many that took place.
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I believe it was a very sharp piece of mango
I wouldn't want to be in any war. Anyone who wants to have been in a war should go ask Kafirchobee & Gawain how much they enjpyed Vietnam or Redleg how much he enjoyed Desert Storm or Faisal how much he enjoyed Yugoslavia......
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IIRC Kafirchobee didn't mind Vietnam so much, as it was an improvement on the Korean standoff. Maybe I'm being callous, but his account of being driven mad by the North Koreans had me LOLing.I believe it was a very sharp piece of mango
I wouldn't want to be in any war. Anyone who wants to have been in a war should go ask Kafirchobee & Gawain how much they enjpyed Vietnam or Redleg how much he enjoyed Desert Storm or Faisal how much he enjoyed Yugoslavia......
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I almost forgot! The English Civil War. I would probably have been a monarchist
American Civil War used to be my main focus of interest when I was young. Not so much anymore but I'd not mind going back in time to that. Seeing what would happen if the Confederacy won.
Quick Question: Anyone know the casualty figures of the English Civil War? Was it worse than the American Civil War?
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It is not that bad after a few times. I am just spared of dismemberment and the artillery that we and they used to use.Seeing close up the faces of those you shoot through the skulkl all the time?
I've always liked the Napoleonic periods so probably then. Ideally in the Imperial Guard (tha's what they were called isn;'t it?) that way would see all of Napoleans greatest victories and live through most of them!
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Considering the English Civil War was several wars, it might be an unfair comparison.
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