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Old 09-08-2006, 01:55 PM   #31
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Great stuff Redrum, I loved doing mock battles and such. But also retracing the steps of those that served us proudly.
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Old 09-08-2006, 04:09 PM   #32
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The Sunday after sleeping on the cold hard ground the allies decided to assault the German positions. This started with another huge barrage, followed by an infantry assault with resulted in quite a bit of hand to hand combat in the trenches and the allies winning again :
you might want to look at getting some Tiger, or even King Tiger tanks to repell allied infantry
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Old 09-08-2006, 04:15 PM   #33
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I am an avid reader of Rommel. He was most forward thinking in his African campaigns with his level of mobilised warfare. His efforts also in writing of infantry tactics brought him to the attention of Adolf Hitler who put him in charge of his security for a time. Rommel, although the enemy, was generally respected by his foes. He was a man of honour. He disobeyed Hitler's order to shoot British Paras for example. He was a career soldier with many brave exploits under his belt and he paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect his wife and son.
Rommel was great leader - he also had a lot of respect for Aussie soliders. Apparently two Aussie soliders were captured by the Germans and Rommel met with them. They later escaped and met with Montgomery. From what I have read he didnt agree with Hitlers policies or practises but fought for his men. Later he was implied in the attempted assassination of Hitler although his involvement was limited to meeting other conspirators to the Nazi party.
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Old 09-08-2006, 05:29 PM   #34
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Rommel was great leader - he also had a lot of respect for Aussie soliders. Apparently two Aussie soliders were captured by the Germans and Rommel met with them. They later escaped and met with Montgomery. From what I have read he didnt agree with Hitlers policies or practises but fought for his men. Later he was implied in the attempted assassination of Hitler although his involvement was limited to meeting other conspirators to the Nazi party.
Rommel always said give me a Division of Australian Infantry, just a Division, as they are too hard to control and an army of New Zealand Infantry. He had a lot of respect for the Anzacs!
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Old 09-08-2006, 08:36 PM   #35
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Hey mate how many asians did u shoot?
Care to explain yourself? Otherwise people will assume that you are really stupid or just racist.


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Old 10-08-2006, 10:38 AM   #36
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Old 10-08-2006, 10:50 AM   #37
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War Reenactments are perhaps the one thing I find odder than LARPing (despite practically being LARPing)
That said, I'm quite interested...
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Old 10-08-2006, 05:14 PM   #38
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War Reenactments are perhaps the one thing I find odder than LARPing (despite practically being LARPing)
That said, I'm quite interested...
I had to look up what LARPing mean't. This is dispite the fact I also roleplay. Is similiar in a fashion. We dress the part, try and play the part.
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Old 10-08-2006, 11:15 PM   #39
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If anyone is interested pm me your email details and I will post you short film of a demo of our group blowing up a bunker.
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Old 11-08-2006, 06:52 PM   #40
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Yeap - I thought his comments were a tad 'harsh'. 2002auxr6 I recommend you read the following, if not take on the trek yourself and discover why it was not a spectator sport:

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=14730

Sorry Redrum back on topic PM sent.
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Old 13-08-2006, 01:20 AM   #41
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A good link showing some pics from event.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...sea/?start=all
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top pics would be good too see a mock battle...do they have these in QLD..
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hello i have a ww2 nazi helmet that i want to sell i tried to put it on ebay but it got taken off would any one no were i could sell it thanks
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Old 13-08-2006, 11:32 PM   #44
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top pics would be good too see a mock battle...do they have these in QLD..
A large group which can be found on the net called Army Group South is based in Queensland. They though spend more time dressing up and posing and our group spend more time blowing things up...........
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hello i have a ww2 nazi helmet that i want to sell i tried to put it on ebay but it got taken off would any one no were i could sell it thanks
I don't know what you mean by "nazi helmet" but world war two helmets are and can be sold on ebay. Perhaps the details you provided were incorrect or the helmet was not genuine.............
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God damn that looks like a hellva lot of fun
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