What battle of the War are you most intrested in?

[Moseman872{White Tiger}]

What's your favorite battle of World War II, and why? Are there any elements from that battle that are cause this interest?
I think mine would be the Battle of the Bulge be cause of the hard fighting in the dead of winter, or D-day of course!
(If this should be in the off topic section please move it.)

[Volvulus]

http://www.1944game.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1976

[Katulobotomia]

http://www.1944d-day.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2594
Reasons: (1) the biggest ground based operation in WW2.
(2) Soviet Union sufferred the biggest multiple unit/operation losses ever to be recorded in a single war. (ex. when 300 Finnish men (later they had a reinforcement of only 6000 men) ambushed a 25,000 Soviet men and almost completly destroyed them all while only loosing 800 men and Soviets loosing 23,000 men LOL!!!!!!)

[aag567]

The battle for Pelelui, one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific war.

[Moseman872{White Tiger}]

I'm not familar with that one aag567, I'm not to familar with much of the Pacific Front of WW2.

[Vicious]

I'm gonna have to say the Battle of Stalingrad because it was the first major defeat for the German War Machine and since then it went all downhill for the German. In my OPINION if the Soviet Union would've lost Germany would've been the greatest Empire in history land mass wise.

[-X-Sublime]

It would have to be Stalingrad to Long drawn out battle of the ruins of a city in 1942-43 with over 8 million men/women involved and sounds like The setting of a history changeing moment To bad the germans lost I realy think that they could have lessend the soviets into a nothing state had they won
AND no i am not a nazi I am not but I had family fight in WW2 on the german side who fought for GERMANY not hitler or the nazi party and i think it would have been An amazing battle to be in

[Vott]

*Operation Frühlingserwachen near Lake Balaton, Budapest, 1945 (Last German Offensive) -No special reason but it is a great battle to research, and not much people know this-
*Battle of Caen, Normandy, 1944 -Especially Hitlerjugend's actions-
*Battle of Falaise, Normandy, 1944 -Simple: Death of the German Army in Falaise Gap-
*Wacht Am Rhein, Ardennes, Belgium, 1944 -No special reason-
*Third Battle of Kharkov (1943) -Impressive battle. It shows us the Germans' great power, faith and capability. Not much Nation wins an important battle like this one especially after a disasterous defeat (Stalingrad...)
*Operation Zitadelle, Kursk (1943) -Panzers!-
*Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43)
...

[Arturo]

Moscow was a major defeat too

-Kursk
-Stalingrad
-Seelow Heights

[ikillnothing]

el alamein :cool: didnt spell that right i dont think :(

[enigma]

el alamein :cool: didnt spell that right i dont think :(
you certainly did :)



Impressive battle. It shows us the Germans' great power, faith and capability. Not much Nation wins an important battle like this one especially after a disasterous defeat (Stalingrad...)


.... Strategy, willingness to disobey orders, a great general like Manstien and attacking an overstrectehd enemy who was still in its infancy on armoured warfare really .... has alot more to do with it :p
They lost alot of guys at Stalingrad but the army was by no means defeated ;)


Moscow was a major defeat too
Aye, you can also claim that Lenningrad in '41 was also a heavy defeat for them too. They didnt take the objective and set outside the city for the next few years.

[ikillnothing]

you certainly did :)

at least i dont fail at something :p

but yea great battle i have a english flag from somewhere in afrika from the war was my grandads :)

[enigma]

at least i dont fail at something :p

but yea great battle i have a english flag from somewhere in afrika from the war was my grandads :)
Cool :cool:

[Vott]

They lost alot of guys at Stalingrad but the army was by no means defeated ;)


You know, not the whole German Army, I meant VI. Armee :D

[enigma]

You know, not the whole German Army, I meant VI. Armee :D
lol where confusing each other now :p


"They lost alot of guys at Stalingrad (VI Armee) but the army (overall) was by no means defeated (because of said loss)" :p

[Vott]

Yes! I was trying to say that in the first place but I messed up later :D I should learn keep my mouth shut! Thanks! :)

[enigma]

Yes! I was trying to say that in the first place but I messed up later :D :)
lol


I should learn keep my mouth shut! Thanks!
Aw no dont say that, i hate it when people say that!

Unlike others ive seen round the net (not aimed at anyone here) i dont slash people for voicing there views, opinions or even posting facts or asking questions on history.
Am all open to it, so please dont feel like that around here (or around me!) :)

[sid]

I'm mainly interested in the Western Front as I don't know that much about the Eastern or the Pacific front but they all interest me. Don't know if that made any sense what so ever. Anyway
- Stalingrad
- Kursk
- Battle of the Bulge
- Market-Garden
- Normandy
- Berlin

[Fallschirmjäger]

I said this before in another thread,but dont mind saying it again,the battle of the reichswald in germany in 1945 where the fallschirmjäger took a major part it it.:cool:

[Ginger Lord]

Battle of Britain.

Surprised nobody has said this yet, the RAF overwhelmingly outnumbered, outgunned and outmanned managed to defeat the German Luftwaffe.

Wikipedia sums it up nicely


The Battle can arguably be regarded as the ultimate apex of British power; in staving off Nazi Germany, up until that time an undefeatable foe, Great Britain not only trounced Germany's military hegemony but also preserved Western democracy for the whole of the civilized world.

[Zavaro]

Battle of Prokhorovka.

A certain battle at Kursk.

[enigma]

Battle of Prokhorovka.

A certain battle at Kursk.
care to elaborate?

[Josh_HLB]

Point Du Hoc
Battle of the Bulge

[Arturo]

care to elaborate?
Prokhorovka. was where the biggest tank engangement took place

[mes]

Kursk because it was the biggest tank battle of the war.

[V.C. Sniper]

The landing at Omaha Beach.

[Matt]

i like the battle of stalingrad, cause i always liked CQC combat.

[Marcel_D]

I'd have to say D-Day is my favorite with Stalingrad close behind.

[marvïn]

Everything in and around Carentan.

Allied paras + Axis paras + Allied tanks + Axis tanks = :cool:

[Fallschirmjäger]

I picked the battle of the reichswald as my main one,but any battles in normandy which the fallschirmjäger fought in would have to come a very close 2nd for shure.

[roopejoulupukki]

I think the best battle is the battle of Summa in 1940 in Finland. The finnish and russian soldiers soldiers fought in -40 celsius. The russians had over 10 times more men ther, but finnish men didnt retreat. After 1 moth of bloody battles finnish men were out of ammo and had to retreat.

[Sgt So and So]

The Battle of Halbe, during the last days of the War in Europe, is the one battle that made me respect the Wermacht soldiers for both their insinstence on survival and their rivalry with the SS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halbe

The story that got to me was the SS soldier threatening to kill a basement full of 40 or so civilians, children, and Wermacht soldiers with a panzerfaust if they did not return to the frontlines. One of the Wermacht soldiers in the group stood up, whipped out a gun, and shot the SS man.

The most amazing thing is that they fought through three lines of Soviet armored and mechanized divisions, three lines, and then fought all the way to the Elbe to surrender to the Allies.

[Cypher2009]

Everything in and around Carentan.

Allied paras + Axis paras + Allied tanks + Axis tanks = :cool:

The German's never used Paratroop drops after the battle of Crete as Hitler thought it was a drain on resourses due to the high probability to misdrop.

My favourite action would be the Falaise Gap, from capturing the cross road town of St. Lo to the Americans capturing the town of Chambois to close in the Germans and "Finish them off". This action also contained some of the most ferious and bloody fighting of the six year conflict.

[Jensen]

The German's never used Paratroop drops after the battle of Crete as Hitler thought it was a drain on resourses due to the high probability to misdrop.


You are talking about what Hitler meant about dropping paratroopers. The German Fallschirmjägers used in Normandy was used as infantry!
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My favorite battle would be the battle of Narvik in Norway 1940. Were 3000
allied soldiers surrendered to 300 German Whermacht soldiers. And then the Battle of Narva in 1944 also known as the Battle of the European SS.

[enigma]

They never did mass drops again because of the casulties substained which Herr Furher though was way to high :)

I guess i never clearly stated what my fave battle is, the desert war. Its always held my attention.
I guess because it was so fluid, mobile and the mass tank battles - entire brigades getting wiped out in a day etc
Ive always found it all rather intresting (lol people have commented i must have been a desert vet in a past life :P )

[biggles]

The bombing campaigns by the allies. Always been facinated in World War aviation (including WWI, actually, perhaps even more about WWI). Just find it amazing what life must have been in Germany -43 to -45. The yanks came during the day, and the tommies during the night, and left destruction that goes beyond imagination.

[MadK]

Battle of stalingrad and Omaha beach, these were the most deadlist wars.

[chip360]

All of the beach landings, those men fought bravely.

[MadK]

All of the beach landings, those men fought bravely.

They maybe fought bravely but they came in 1944 while Russians & British fought against Nazis since 40'.

[enigma]

heheYou may want to glance this topic, people have chipped in with which countries particpated in Operation Overlord (http://www.1944game.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4272)
:)

[Jensen]

About that, Norway actually saved the British's ass back in 1940, since every third merchant ship carrying supplies from the US too Britain was Norwegian. So you tommys should keep that in mind!

[rammon]

Finnish people (I myself one of them) should be banned from WW2 forums, since they only talk about the Winter War!

My favourite battle of the war would have to be the Battle of Westerplatte. 205 Polish defenders stood their ground in a dead-end for a week against 2,600 Germans.

This is my choice because it showed that the Axis war machine was not able to break the spirit of all Polish defenders. I think it's a kind of a modern day Thermopylae.

[Hamilkar]

What's your favorite battle of World War II, and why?

Please forgive me for my opinion, but I find this tasteless.

How can a battle in which blood was shed, a favourit???
Would you ask a veteran what his favourit battle was?

Rant over- Out

[enigma]

Read the full post please....

What's your favorite battle of World War II, and why? Are there any elements from that battle that are cause this interest?
We have had this discussion a zillion times. IT could be asked why do people read history, why do people reenact, isnt that just morbid too?

Anyhoo, on with the discussion please.

[Chukada]

Or why do people study biological science when it is responsible for some of the most disgusting painful deaths in history...

Anyways my favorite battle of the war would be the massacre at Verrièrs Ridge.

[E.Gallardo]

the battle which I respect the most is a split between kasserine(sp?) pass (surprised I didnt see more mediterrainian(sp?) battles here), the fighting around St Come Du Mont and St. Sauveur

[Fallschirmjäger]

E.Gallardo remind me of the St. Savure battle,i know of the St Come Du Mont and the 6th FJ regt,who after my earlier choice,the normandy FJ would be my next favourite realy of there battles in WW2.

[SpitFireMarkA1]

Hmm... I like Battle of Britain the most (My nick says it all :P), a stalwart few defending against an overwhelming foe, outnumbered 3 to 1...

But also Stalingrad and Normandy (as a whole) as well; Stalingrad because young inexperienced Russians managed to push the Germans on their first massive retreat and Normandy because it started the end of the war.

[E.Gallardo]

E.Gallardo remind me of the St. Savure battle,i know of the St Come Du Mont and the 6th FJ regt,who after my earlier choice,the normandy FJ would be my next favourite realy of there battles in WW2.

The battle for St. Sauveur le Vicomte was an important battle in a small town that ensured the control of Cherburg and ofcourse the deepwater port that came with it. The fight was had by mostly the 82nd and was important because securing this town pinched off cherbourg from the north (which was already surrounded from the south and west) and thus made retreat harder for the germans. a very small town but was important nontheless to the invasion plan

a small excerpt:
The attack of the 82d Airborne Division again made rapid progress on 16 June, and before noon both the 325th Glider Infantry and 505th Parachute Infantry had reached the line of the Douve opposite St. Sauveur-le Vicomte. They were joined here by the 508th, released from reserve. General Ridgway, observing the enemy withdrawing from St. Sauveur, asked and received corps permission to continue his advance. the battle was quick due to artillery cutting off german retreat but was still bloody. a very important battle that not many know of... only time I've ever seen it referenced in pop culture is in BiA:EiB but there they didnt give enough credit to the 82nd and the importance of the fight and chose more to show just the grittiness(sp?) of the battle and showed 101st soldeirs(which in truth weren't a big part of this little battle )

[Diominus]

Kornwederzand :)

Kornwerderzand, or the Kornwerderzandstelling were a number of heavily fortified pillboxes/bunkers located at the eastern side of the Afsluitdijk in the Dutch province of Friesland.

During World War II, German troops were unable to penetrate this point, although having more and better equipment. This situation lasted until the surrender of the Dutch forces in The Netherlands (except Zeeland).

[Oberschutze]

i would have to say stalingrad. what intrigues me is the devotion of so many russian soldiers to win the battle.

[Fallschirmjäger]

Thanks E.Gallardo for that info.

[E.Gallardo]

no problem at all