Antony Beevor's new book, D-Day. Who's going to get it?

Started by The Larch, June 08, 2009, 06:31:39 AM

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PDH

#30
June 09, 2009, 05:59:16 PM
Popeye Wynn was wounded on D-Day, made it back in time to fight in Market-Garden.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

CountDeMoney

#31
June 09, 2009, 06:03:08 PM
Quote from: Kleves on June 09, 2009, 03:35:12 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 09, 2009, 05:25:42 AM
Any historian that puts Monty properly in his place as a colossal assfuckstick earns my money.
[Max Hastings]
But Monty, unlike the Americans, could read a battlefield. That makes him better.
[/Max Hastings]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:Hastings  :mad: :mad: :mad:

PDH

#32
June 09, 2009, 06:06:17 PM
I knew Monty was no good the moment he breathed on the mirror in Patton.  Sure I was young when I saw that, but I knew...
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Ed Anger

#33
June 09, 2009, 06:07:57 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 09, 2009, 06:06:17 PM
I knew Monty was no good the moment he breathed on the mirror in Patton.  Sure I was young when I saw that, but I knew...

Plus that high pitched voice. Monty was a total queer. At least Patton read Rommel's book.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

CountDeMoney

#34
June 09, 2009, 06:08:44 PM
Quote from: Warspite on June 09, 2009, 07:54:19 AMsimply because the heavier Churchill was more able to withstand what the defenders could throw at it.

Michael Wittman proved otherwise in one afternoon.

CountDeMoney

#35
June 09, 2009, 06:10:58 PM
Quote from: Warspite on June 09, 2009, 07:43:19 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 09, 2009, 05:25:42 AM
I'll get it if it's in paperback.
Any historian that puts Monty properly in his place as a colossal assfuckstick earns my money.

Your opinion is duly noted and ignored.

I don't fault you for your unfortunate provincialism.  If someone said something nasty and true about Patton, I'd be upset, too.

I bet you suck Lord Roberts cock, too.

PDH

#36
June 09, 2009, 06:12:39 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 09, 2009, 06:07:57 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 09, 2009, 06:06:17 PM
I knew Monty was no good the moment he breathed on the mirror in Patton.  Sure I was young when I saw that, but I knew...

Plus that high pitched voice. Monty was a total queer. At least Patton read Rommel's book.
Read it and kicked ass.  Patton would take down Monty in two straight falls and claim the belt - Monty knew this and never accepted the cage match.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

-------
"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

CountDeMoney

#37
June 09, 2009, 06:14:46 PM
Besides, you definitely had to be a grade A assfuckstick for even Eisenhower to hate you.
Oh, wait...

Barrister

#38
June 09, 2009, 06:26:43 PM
Bah - any true student of history knows that General Crerar was the one genius of Operation Overlord. :rolleyes:
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Ed Anger

#39
June 09, 2009, 06:38:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2009, 06:26:43 PM
Bah - any true student of history knows that General Crerar was the one genius of Operation Overlord. :rolleyes:

Only thing Canadians are good for is greasing the HJ division's tank treads.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Barrister

#40
June 09, 2009, 06:43:07 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 09, 2009, 06:38:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2009, 06:26:43 PM
Bah - any true student of history knows that General Crerar was the one genius of Operation Overlord. :rolleyes:

Only thing Canadians are good for is greasing the HJ division's tank treads.

And liberating Holland. :rolleyes:
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Ed Anger

#41
June 09, 2009, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2009, 06:43:07 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 09, 2009, 06:38:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2009, 06:26:43 PM
Bah - any true student of history knows that General Crerar was the one genius of Operation Overlord. :rolleyes:

Only thing Canadians are good for is greasing the HJ division's tank treads.

And liberating Holland. :rolleyes:

You want a goddamned cookie for that?
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Ed Anger

#42
June 09, 2009, 06:58:02 PM
Fucking Canadians killed this thread.  :mad:
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Barrister

#43
June 09, 2009, 06:59:17 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 09, 2009, 06:58:02 PM
Fucking Canadians killed this thread.  :mad:

Just like we killed Nazis. :cool:
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Ed Anger

#44
June 09, 2009, 07:02:30 PM
Quote from: Barrister on June 09, 2009, 06:59:17 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 09, 2009, 06:58:02 PM
Fucking Canadians killed this thread.  :mad:

Just like we killed Nazis. :cool:

I watched The Devil's Brigade, and William Holden and Sheriff Lobo carried your asses.  :mad:
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