Raisin Posted April 7, 2018 Member ID: 1844 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 93 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 102 Achievement Points: 963 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Birthday: 08/27/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted April 7, 2018 Finally got around to watching this the other day. New series on PBS. Well done and worth watching for you history buffs. http://www.pbs.org/video/wwii-mega-weapons-battleship-yamato-8f4mtu/ codpiece, AyaqGuyaq, TheLastColdBeer and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Spartacus Posted April 7, 2018 Member ID: 1387 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2485 Achievement Points: 19552 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 4 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted April 7, 2018 Thanks for this, it was very good to watch Raisin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Raisin Posted April 8, 2018 Member ID: 1844 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 93 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 102 Achievement Points: 963 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Birthday: 08/27/1973 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 16 hours ago, Spartacus said: Thanks for this, it was very good to watch You're welcome! I live a few hours of Norfolk and have toured the Wisconsin that is shown. You really can't fathom the enormity of those guns and the ship as a whole until you've been on one. Highly recommend touring a BB if you live close to one. CrazyGirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Spartacus Posted April 10, 2018 Member ID: 1387 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2485 Achievement Points: 19552 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 4 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2018 The USS Massachusetts is a 90 min drive from here... http://battleshipcove.org/ CrazyGirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
deerejon Posted April 10, 2018 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3712 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3150 Achievement Points: 28451 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 01:07 PM Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2018 Just finished watching....awesome heads up on that...it was really interesting!!! CrazyGirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
AyaqGuyaq Posted April 10, 2018 Member ID: 3773 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 39 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3138 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 2983 Achievement Points: 24456 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29, 2022 Birthday: 11/03/1966 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Leave it up the great U. S. of A. to sink that beast and fight the war on two fronts, too. Like the legendary (legendary?) Sly Stallone said: "He drew first blood, not me . . ." Yee-haw, you Yanks? And Southern Yanks, too? Ayaq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Spartacus Posted April 15, 2018 Member ID: 1387 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2485 Achievement Points: 19552 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 4 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted April 15, 2018 It is smart to only torp one side of that mighty ship so she would capsize to the side that was taking on water. I guess this was the tactic on all major BB's... Must have been a Grand explosion when those Turbines hit the Sea Water!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
AyaqGuyaq Posted April 15, 2018 Member ID: 3773 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 39 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3138 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 2983 Achievement Points: 24456 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29, 2022 Birthday: 11/03/1966 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) What makes America great--in my opinion, and in my opinion only--is that we are indeed the "melting pot" for the world. "Give me your tired, your poor, your wretches, etc. (or something like that. Lol. We got @TBB--ONE TOO MANY WRETCHES!!!)." Our soldiers fight hard for this beloved country of ours. Soldiers from all denominations and skin color. They're happy to be here, and have proven to risk their lives for it. I tried to join the United States Marine Corps right outta high school to serve my country, but my perforated eardrum got me (got me?) disqualified. The Japanese and Nazis (notice I didn't say "Germans;" it was the frickin' psycho-Nazis that started the crap, and Hitler was Austrian, not German) didn't have a chance once the Great U. S. of A. got involved. Our sheer industrial might and brave fighting souls won the day, along with our never-say-die Brit, Canadian, and Australian allies. Some idiot once said here that the Russians coulda beat the Nazis by themselves. Without America's help, our staunchest allies--the Brits--would been starved and bombed into submission. America lost tens of thousands of lives trying to ship food and materials ("materieles," if you're French-Canadian) to the United Kingdom. I truly believe that the gutsy Brits--who twice tried to take us back, but we love them anyway--wouldn't have surrendered, either. What's cool, now, is that the Brits are always the first to "have America's back," and vice-versa. We love you, man!!! We stopped making cars and other durable goods to crank out tanks, bombers, fighter-planes, and soldiers to combat evil. With Britain bombing Germany by night, and the Americans bombing by day, the Nazis couldn't spare the air defense ("Defence" if you're Brit or Aussie) resources that they direly needed on the Russian front. The Russians enjoyed air superiority on Germany's "Eastern Front" because all of the Messerschmidt ME-109's, Focke-Wulfe 190's, ME-262 "Swallows," Arrado 234's, Heinkel 188's, etc. (might have numbers wrong--who cares, as long as you get the point?) were busy defending against the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Boeing B-24 Liberators, Avro Lancasters, North American P-51 Mustangs, P-47 Thunderbolts, DeHavilland Mosquitos, etc. "Enter" key doesn't work, anymore (just now), so I can't add spacing, so gotta stop educational diatribe here. Ayaq Edited April 15, 2018 by AyaqGuyaq Still couldn't make Enter key work. loaderXI and TBB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Anubis074 Posted April 25, 2018 Member ID: 22650 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 2 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 10 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/17/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 The Japanese never seem to surprise me on how indecisive their leadership was during the whole war. The major blunder was at the beginning of the war when they bombed us. Some of the documentaries have seen estimated that if they would have sent the third wave of planes in we would have been several years to rebuild up our Pacific strength and they may have caught two of our carriers coming into port. The third wave of planes was suppose to hit all the ammunition depots, dry docks, and fuel storage. Did see my favorite BB in the show but most pictures of it is when it is half sunk and on fire lol the USS West Virginia (BB-48) it was at Pearl when it was attacked. Anubis074 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted April 25, 2018 Member ID: 1387 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2485 Achievement Points: 19552 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 4 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted April 25, 2018 11 hours ago, Anubis074 said: The Japanese never seem to surprise me on how indecisive their leadership was during the whole war. The major blunder was at the beginning of the war when they bombed us. Some of the documentaries have seen estimated that if they would have sent the third wave of planes in we would have been several years to rebuild up our Pacific strength and they may have caught two of our carriers coming into port. The third wave of planes was suppose to hit all the ammunition depots, dry docks, and fuel storage. Did see my favorite BB in the show but most pictures of it is when it is half sunk and on fire lol the USS West Virginia (BB-48) it was at Pearl when it was attacked. Anubis074 Good to hear from you Anubis, let's Division up sometime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Anubis074 Posted April 26, 2018 Member ID: 22650 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 2 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 10 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/17/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 lol you dont want to play down in the low tiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted April 27, 2018 Member ID: 1387 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2485 Achievement Points: 19552 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 4 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted April 27, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 8:46 AM, Anubis074 said: lol you dont want to play down in the low tiers I play all tiers. I love to play my Tier 3 Vampire all of the time. I also play my Tier 5 Kamikaze a lot so any tier, any time. I Love To Seal Club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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