Why America got slaughtered on Omaha beach...

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:26 am

because they acted like this:

http://users.rcn.com/sitzkrieg/war/Mari ... kinMud.wmv

Post by **R00k** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:27 am

I haven't watched that yet, but I saw a clip where British commandoes got stuck in mud when trying to storm off a boat.

Same one? :icon19:

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:27 am

aye it is \o/

Post by **Bdw3** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:38 am

Rofl at the guy with the inflated neck float. :lol:

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Post by **Canis** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:52 am

...except those would be british commandos....

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:16 am

...he didn't say they weren't...

Post by **ajerara** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:16 am

Ah, well, another problem was that the Germans had huge guns strategically placed so that they cris-crossed the whole beach with suppressive gunfire, of which there were none on the other beaches.

Post by **feedback** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:18 am

ajerara wrote:Ah, well, another problem was that the Germans had huge guns strategically placed so that they cris-crossed the whole beach with suppressive gunfire, of which there were none on the other beaches.

That's bullshit, I'm busting you down to E-1 private in the comedy military.

Post by **rep** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:25 am

Omaha was pretty well defended. Juno, Gold, and Sword had little action in comparison to Utah and Omaha, due to lack of defense by the Germans.

You'd figure that our allies the British and Canadians would have doubled back and killed the Germans from behind once they learned that there was actually a formidable opposition at Utah and Omaha.

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:26 am

You tell 'em, colonel comedy.

Post by **Myth** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:36 am

That's fucking hilarious!

Post by **Pext** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:37 am

i read an interview with one of the wehrmacht soldiers a few months ago - he was firing his MG for 12 hours or so, killing 50 people. it was pretty interresting to hear what he felt while doing so; he stopped thinking after a while and was just a killing machine.

Post by **4days** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:44 am

rep wrote:You'd figure that our allies the British and Canadians would have doubled back and killed the Germans from behind once they learned that there was actually a formidable opposition at Utah and Omaha.

yeah, because once they'd broken through the german lines on their own beaches they just sat around drinking tea, smoking fags and refusing immigration applications didn't they?

you fucking dickhead.

Post by **Myth** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:54 am

Pext wrote:i read an interview with one of the wehrmacht soldiers a few months ago - he was firing his MG for 12 hours or so, killing 50 people. it was pretty interresting to hear what he felt while doing so; he stopped thinking after a while and was just a killing machine.

Would be like having quad plasma gun... just to put it in terms we can empathise with. I bet he felt like scum after the battle though.

Post by **rep** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:23 am

4days wrote:
rep wrote:You'd figure that our allies the British and Canadians would have doubled back and killed the Germans from behind once they learned that there was actually a formidable opposition at Utah and Omaha.
yeah, because once they'd broken through the german lines on their own beaches they just sat around drinking tea, smoking fags and refusing immigration applications didn't they?

you fucking dickhead.

Yeah, the Canadians and British were sucking each other off (smoking fags) while the real men fought just down the beach a ways.

Joke countries! :lol:

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:27 am

Hey, it looks like rep got owned again and decided it would be best to reply with more idiocy.

Post by **Pext** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:27 am

Myth wrote:
Pext wrote:i read an interview with one of the wehrmacht soldiers a few months ago - he was firing his MG for 12 hours or so, killing 50 people. it was pretty interresting to hear what he felt while doing so; he stopped thinking after a while and was just a killing machine.
Would be like having quad plasma gun... just to put it in terms we can empathise with. I bet he felt like scum after the battle though.

he's still feeling like scum today - but if there's some officer with a gun that would shoot you if you stopped firing it's hard to stop

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:23 am

Pext wrote:i read an interview with one of the wehrmacht soldiers a few months ago - he was firing his MG for 12 hours or so, killing 50 people. it was pretty interresting to hear what he felt while doing so; he stopped thinking after a while and was just a killing machine.

12 hours and only killed 50 people... what a bad shot.

Post by **Pext** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:30 am

hm... i actually dont remember the real number

possibly it was a lot more.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:00 pm

rep wrote:Omaha was pretty well defended. Juno, Gold, and Sword had little action in comparison to Utah and Omaha, due to lack of defense by the Germans.

That is utter, utter bollocks, it may have been modertly better defended, but the reason the British had few casualties is that they stormed the beach with armour and specialist mine destroying equipment, America decided they'd rather use engineers and infantry only and got the shit smashed out of them...

Post by **Geebs** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:09 pm

Pext wrote:
Myth wrote:
Pext wrote:i read an interview with one of the wehrmacht soldiers a few months ago - he was firing his MG for 12 hours or so, killing 50 people. it was pretty interresting to hear what he felt while doing so; he stopped thinking after a while and was just a killing machine.
Would be like having quad plasma gun... just to put it in terms we can empathise with. I bet he felt like scum after the battle though.
he's still feeling like scum today - but if there's some officer with a gun that would shoot you if you stopped firing it's hard to stop

More to the point, there were a bunch of pissed-off americans who would shoot him if they made it up the beach.

Post by **blood.angel** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:12 pm

rep wrote:Omaha was pretty well defended. Juno, Gold, and Sword had little action in comparison to Utah and Omaha, due to lack of defense by the Germans.

You'd figure that our allies the British and Canadians would have doubled back and killed the Germans from behind once they learned that there was actually a formidable opposition at Utah and Omaha.

I know its a troll but:
1. Its like a hundred miles of coast from end to end of the landing and they are on foot.
2. Its not like there was no enemy past the coast line to allow them to travel freely behind the lines to get up behind them.
3. They had no way of knowing as all communications were cut by the french resistance to disrupt the nazis.

Post by **Geebs** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:17 pm

Shit man, what did you go and take rep seriously for?

Post by **blood.angel** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:17 pm

And everyone know, yanks shoot bent. And are fat.