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Title: Theater of Ops
Post by: DweebFire on August 23, 2007, 03:15:05 PM: Just for fun.

Which theater of war during WWII interests you the most and why?
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Post by: Yknurd on August 23, 2007, 04:06:53 PM: Pacific - blue planes
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Post by: RATTFINK on August 23, 2007, 04:18:32 PM: Pac.

(http://www.daveswarbirds.com/navalwar/vchellca4.jpg)
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Post by: Schutze on August 23, 2007, 04:31:56 PM: Love it all, but really like the ETO, both early and late war. Like the Battle of Britain and the daylight raids on Germany from 43 on...
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Post by: Guppy35 on August 23, 2007, 04:59:10 PM: The whole thing :)

But if you want me to narrow it down

-Channel Front 1943-44 with the Spit XIIs of 41 and 91 Squadrons
-Southwest Pacific with the 38 drivers of the 80th, 39th, 475th, etc along with the 5th AF medium bomber ops in mid to late 1943
-The 1942 airwar of the 54th FS and their P38Es in the Aleutians
-The MTO airwar of the 1st, 14th and 82nd FG P38s
-The 1944-45 tac air war of the 9th AF P38s in the 474th FG.

Oh and I've always been a big fan of the 4th FG and their P51B/C Mustangs in the spring of 44 when the airwar was really hot over Germany.

Argh! Also the 454th BG B24s of the 15th AF and the B17s of the 447th BG 8th AF having researched two crews, one from each for the families of their lost family members.
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Post by: SIK1 on August 23, 2007, 05:09:30 PM: PTO, that's where you find the bent wing blue planes.
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Post by: BlauK on August 24, 2007, 01:32:47 AM: Eastern Front... all of it from north to south.

MTO, because it is so rarely presented in any sim.
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Post by: Latrobe on August 24, 2007, 03:15:43 AM: All of it. I can't really pick out my favorite.
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Post by: Shifty on August 24, 2007, 07:17:18 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Latrobe
All of it. I can't really pick out my favorite.

Same here.
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Post by: thndregg on August 24, 2007, 07:26:08 AM: European because of the tough-as-nails B17 Bombers.

Pacific war because of the Corsairs.

That's what stands out for me, although I enjoy a wide range of WW2 mechanized combat.
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Post by: Ghosth on August 24, 2007, 07:26:08 AM: All of them, from BOB, Afrika, all the way to Eastern front and late war Pacific.
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Post by: Oldman731 on August 24, 2007, 08:04:40 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Guppy35
Oh and I've always been a big fan of the 4th FG and their P51B/C Mustangs in the spring of 44 when the airwar was really hot over Germany.

Heathen! They were weenies who didn't recognize the inherent beauty of the P-47.

Oh, my favorite? ETO, 56th FG, of course.

- oldman
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Post by: Muskie6 on August 24, 2007, 11:34:07 AM: ETO for me.

But I am an Aces Low kind of guy.

Panzers vs. (Real) Shermans (someday)
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Post by: Enduro on August 24, 2007, 07:11:33 PM: I can't help but wonder what WW2 veterans would think if they saw this thread.

:confused:
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Post by: Golfer on August 24, 2007, 07:25:39 PM: The ones in Alaska would say the guys in the South Pacific had it made. The guys in the South Pacific would tell you that the crews in England had it best. Guys in England would say the fellas in Italy had the life. Guys in Italy would prefer to have been in Alaska and so on...
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Post by: DweebFire on August 24, 2007, 11:18:14 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Enduro
I can't help but wonder what WW2 veterans would think if they saw this thread.

:confused:

It's just us nerds talking about how these theaters interest us and the interest we also have in the incomprehensible amount of work the vets did in the war.
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Post by: DaddyAck on August 24, 2007, 11:53:06 PM: I love all things 109 and 190. That being said, any theatre that my beloved 109 and 190 saw action in would suit me fine.
:aok
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Post by: Speed55 on August 25, 2007, 10:44:20 AM: Can't choose just 1.

It's kinda like trying to pick the best chapter of the best book you've ever read.

They're all pretty amazing stories.