What's your favorite Era/ country of military history

[emeraldrafael]

I would say the American revolution, I love the dynamics of that war, one good army with little support, and one crappy one fighting for their home. It was anyone's game really, definitely one of the most balanced wars I've ever heard of.

??? Care to explain? Britain pretty much had everything, even a fourth of hte country supporting them. Native tribes split themselves 50/50, and the Brits even had all of Canada and the Hessian Mercenaries they hired.

Without the French, a war closer to the isle, and a lot of Luck, the United States wouldnt exist. Hell Washington was nearly killed 6 different times in a single battle, and his fuck ups nearly cost the Americans the war.

when you look at it, its honestly surprising the brits didnt win. I mean, yeah, they had 6 weeks of traveling to do across the pond, but when you look at how much they could bring over when they did cross, it was negligible.

 

[Warforger]

Title says it all, talk about your favorite time period, or country, in terms of its military history. My current favorite would be the 16th and 17th centuries, in Europe. In particular, the 30 years war, IMO Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was one of the best tacticians , and the base for a lost of generals in modern history.

For the most part pre-Napoleon in reality is pretty boring since "Strategy" mostly consisted of outnumbering the enemy and getting better artillery. As in it was trying to take the tactics of the Romans and Greeks rather then trying to come up with your own and "gasp" criticizing the old tactics! It's sort of like going upto a hardcore fan and criticizing his fav artist, not trying to insult them just sharing your not positive opinion, and they get mad and dismiss you. That's kinda how the military thinkers were like with the Ancient Greeks and Romans, hence why we got things like the Phalanax still in use by the late 1700's. Napoleon came along and sort of started redefining warfare, the best example being the campaign in Bavaria where he tricked the Austrians and Russians and caused them to retreat. That's not to say there were bad military thinkers,Clausewitz is regarded as the greatest commander ever and one of the best military thinkers, considering he fought in the Seven Years War, the war where Germany was attacked by 3 major European powers surrounding it, France, Russia and Austria and beat all of them besides Russia which captured Berlin, was around before Napoleon.

 

[SGrahambo]

I find the Napoleonic wars to be the most fascinating if the number of books I've read taking place during that time is any indication.

 

[Aur0ra145]

WWII followed by the American Revolution, the Texas Revolution, the War of Northern Aggression and the Napoleonic Era.

 

[Gaiseric]

The American Civil War(Lee, Grant, Sherman, Jackson, Lightning Brigade, 54th Mass., Irish Brigade, etc...)

WW2-USA, Germany, UK, Russia, Japan(Dogfights, crazy stories, naval battles, scale of operations, the weapons, Rommel, Patton, MacArthur, technology, etc...)

Carthage(Hannibal WOOT!)

 

[Ohakoo]

I loved learning about the steps in Aviation during the World War Era

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

As far as American history go, I'm a sucker for the Prohibition era, Gilded Age, and the 40's/50's (Golden Age, I s'pose).

For the rest of the world, I've always found the French revolution absolutely fascinating, though terrifying at the same time.

 

[Ben Hussong]

Title says it all, talk about your favorite time period, or country, in terms of its military history. My current favorite would be the 16th and 17th centuries, in Europe. In particular, the 30 years war, IMO Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was one of the best tacticians , and the base for a lost of generals in modern history.

For the most part pre-Napoleon in reality is pretty boring since "Strategy" mostly consisted of outnumbering the enemy and getting better artillery. As in it was trying to take the tactics of the Romans and Greeks rather then trying to come up with your own and "gasp" criticizing the old tactics! It's sort of like going upto a hardcore fan and criticizing his fav artist, not trying to insult them just sharing your not positive opinion, and they get mad and dismiss you. That's kinda how the military thinkers were like with the Ancient Greeks and Romans, hence why we got things like the Phalanax still in use by the late 1700's. Napoleon came along and sort of started redefining warfare, the best example being the campaign in Bavaria where he tricked the Austrians and Russians and caused them to retreat. That's not to say there were bad military thinkers,Clausewitz is regarded as the greatest commander ever and one of the best military thinkers, considering he fought in the Seven Years War, the war where Germany was attacked by 3 major European powers surrounding it, France, Russia and Austria and beat all of them besides Russia which captured Berlin, was around before Napoleon.

Actually a lot of the tactics used in Napoleon's times were created by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden who basically created combined arms tactics and cross training on his artillery which was some of the first light field artillery fielded, and whom Napoleon considered one of the greatest generals of all time.

 

[Ben Hussong]

Title says it all, talk about your favorite time period, or country, in terms of its military history. My current favorite would be the 16th and 17th centuries, in Europe. In particular, the 30 years war, IMO Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was one of the best tacticians , and the base for a lost of generals in modern history.

For the most part pre-Napoleon in reality is pretty boring since "Strategy" mostly consisted of outnumbering the enemy and getting better artillery. As in it was trying to take the tactics of the Romans and Greeks rather then trying to come up with your own and "gasp" criticizing the old tactics! It's sort of like going upto a hardcore fan and criticizing his fav artist, not trying to insult them just sharing your not positive opinion, and they get mad and dismiss you. That's kinda how the military thinkers were like with the Ancient Greeks and Romans, hence why we got things like the Phalanax still in use by the late 1700's. Napoleon came along and sort of started redefining warfare, the best example being the campaign in Bavaria where he tricked the Austrians and Russians and caused them to retreat. That's not to say there were bad military thinkers,Clausewitz is regarded as the greatest commander ever and one of the best military thinkers, considering he fought in the Seven Years War, the war where Germany was attacked by 3 major European powers surrounding it, France, Russia and Austria and beat all of them besides Russia which captured Berlin, was around before Napoleon.

Actually a lot of the tactics used in Napoleon's times were created by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden who basically created combined arms tactics and cross training on his artillery which was some of the first light field artillery fielded, and whom Napoleon considered one of the greatest generals of all time. EDIT: Gustavus fought during the time of the 30 years war, if you are interested.

 

[Matt East]

How did Vietnam not get a mention here?
Best soundtrack, didn't have public backing, and the "good guys" lost.

 

[sylekage]

I know that the gaming world has been over saturated by the WWII scene, but I've always had a thing for that period of time. and it was basically any area that the war took place in. I like watching documentaries on tv about it, and have seen a lot of movies, plus Band of Brothers, the Pacific, anything WWII is just great to learn about.

Or ancient Rome, but I don't know as much about that.

 

[Betancore]

Probably WWII, especially for providing me with all that fascinating reading material about the Nazi experimentation, and the wars that preceded the French Revolution that involved France; namely, the Seven Years' War, the War of Austrian Succession and the American War of Independence. Not that I find them particularly interesting in themselves, but they exacerbated France's financial situation and kept them in debt. If that hadn't happened, there probably wouldn't have been a Revolution at that time, and that would be a pity. I'd have nothing to read about, and nothing to look forward to learning about at school. God, I'm such a sad person.

 

[spielberg11]

The Battle for Middle-Earth... oh, wait a second...

I'd have to say the Battle Of Waterloo, where we finally licked the French.

...to any French people, no offence meant, it was two hundred years ago, we cool?

 

[Saelune]

16-17th Century Japan with The Three Kingdoms period and what lead to it (about 165-280AD) as a close second. (I blame Koei) ((And I am interested in more than just what those games show))

 

[Naheal]

Big fan of the Three Kingdoms period of China. The timeframe was essentially strategic badassery in a can.