If you could fight in any BATTLE in history, what would it be?
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I think I'd pass. I'd prefer not to see my friends and comrades get eviscerated by machine guns on the beaches of Normandy, or cut to pieces in an enemy cavalry charge, or have their bodies smashed and blown apart by volleys of musket fire. I don't think war was much fun in the past.
Not that is is now, but at least survival chances are higher. If I was going to have be in any kind of military action in the past I would choose one as close to the present as possible.
I think I'd be one of the SAS guys that stormed the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. Those boys dished out some tasty justice.
Not that is is now, but at least survival chances are higher. If I was going to have be in any kind of military action in the past I would choose one as close to the present as possible.
I think I'd be one of the SAS guys that stormed the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980. Those boys dished out some tasty justice.
Agincourt, on the English side... my fingers would probably be bleeding at the end of the battle due to the amount of arrows I'd have to fire - but I'd be out of harms way for the battle, at least. (I know I'd respawn, but dying can't be a pleasant experience in any case.)
More seriously being a dragoon during the English Civil War (any battle, really) would be ok. I get to run away before I get into too much trouble...
More seriously being a dragoon during the English Civil War (any battle, really) would be ok. I get to run away before I get into too much trouble...
either the battle of Thermopylae provided i could use modern weapons 1 million Persians vs 300 Spartans, and me carrying a ak47, mac 11 and 2 M9's, or D-Day me on the american side with a M1A1 carbine (real one, not that over powered one in call of duty) and a thompson
Crecy on the French side, in command. And I wouldn't allow all my knights to charge. I'd give strict orders not to engage before the archers, and wait until the first group of idiots ran off and got themselves killed, before casually mention to my troops that they are free to join the initial group of impetuous morons if they so wish. Any who do so get killed, leaving me with a disciplined, if smaller, army which is still likely to be larger than the English one. After that, I'd surround the much smaller English army and annihilate them, before leading an invasion into England to show these bastard invaders whose boss!
Key points:
1: My orders are the words of God.
2: Anyone who disobeys my orders, I don't kill. I let the enemy do that.
3: Make a display of what happens when knights put honour before reason.
4: Screw honourable direct charges. Surround the enemy and annihilate them.
The reasoning? Anyone who disobeys orders is a hazard to his allies, not an aid. Getting them out the way will in the long term save more lives. After that, I'm left with the more level-headed remnant, with which I can actually fight a battle. Remember people, good is not nice.
I'd also like to fight the battle of Hastings on the English side. And this time, I'd have waited for my archers before advancing. It'll be William the Bastard who gets an arrow in the eye this time. William is one my most hated historical figures, and one I would positively relish killing.
Key points:
1: My orders are the words of God.
2: Anyone who disobeys my orders, I don't kill. I let the enemy do that.
3: Make a display of what happens when knights put honour before reason.
4: Screw honourable direct charges. Surround the enemy and annihilate them.
The reasoning? Anyone who disobeys orders is a hazard to his allies, not an aid. Getting them out the way will in the long term save more lives. After that, I'm left with the more level-headed remnant, with which I can actually fight a battle. Remember people, good is not nice.
I'd also like to fight the battle of Hastings on the English side. And this time, I'd have waited for my archers before advancing. It'll be William the Bastard who gets an arrow in the eye this time. William is one my most hated historical figures, and one I would positively relish killing.
The Battle at Gettysburg! I would massacre those Confederate rednecks with my advance technology.
Troy, if it really happened. I like to believe so. If not, how awesome would it be to be a ninja in Feudal Japan. Takin down some sammurais with stealth, hell yeah.
yes in the 1730 sciencetest tested if they bring people to life but it failed horribly and created zombies and the were pissed as a side effect of the experiment it went on for years until the zombies decied to give up and went underground.........waiting........watching......growing strongerCode Monkey said:
battle of the Falken islands. Only war with VERY MODERN weapons that had two powerful opponents. Not just a fun expensive walk in the desert.
