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Uhhh what, I am pretty sure theres some kind of vent or something in that area that lets off a lot of carbon dioxide or some other gas and it messes with boats buoyancy.
Haggard SS squad after a brutal series of engagements in 1944 [img]https://31.media.tumblr.com/c233aee2c3d5b3a3dd81a3dbd676d0b9/tumblr_naitabbslJ1r3eyedo1_1280.jpg[/img] The fights reduced their brigade from 2,000 men down to under 700. Despite the insane loss, they held their ground.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45733730]It's like the "mystery" of Hitler's body. The rumor was always that he shot himself but nobody knows what happened to his body. Some say that it was carried off into the Bavarian mountains by some die-hard surviving SS figureheads and buried there or carried to Argentina or some other South American country. What actually happened is that his body was burned alongside Eva's, Joseph Goebbels, and Goebel's family. The body was then found by the soviets, they took the skull and had a dentist x-ray the teeth and cross reference it with older x-rays of Hitler's jaw to confirm the body. The Soviets then carried it to the east side of Berlin and buried it somewhere on the Soviet Embassy's property. Some point later they dug up the body, took the Skull fragments and saved them in the Moscow Archives (where they still remain to this day), and disposed of the rest of the body. I assume they saved the charred corpse so long because they wanted to figure out a fancy way to disgrace it at some point, but just gave up since it was burned beyond recognition. [editline]19th August 2014[/editline] methane pockets fuckin up everything. Causes altimeters on aircraft to give bad readings and incompetent pilots crash because of it.[/QUOTE] Didn't they conclude a year or two ago that that skull fragment actually belongs to a female?
[QUOTE=1chains1;45733804]Uhhh what, I am pretty sure theres some kind of vent or something in that area that lets off a lot of carbon dioxide or some other gas and it messes with boats buoyancy.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I saw that on the [s]Hitler[/s]History Channel too (it's methane, not CO2, but close enough). Unfortunately for that theory, the evidence completely contradicts it. While there are some methane clathrates in the region, they haven't released methane in millennia. The real answer is sadly much more mundane. It's just a hyped-up series of odd incidents - you can find a similar number of "mysterious ship disappearances" in any like-sized region of the ocean with that level of traffic, particularly ones with frequent tropical storms.
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;45733693]the bermuda triangle thing was solved? what was it?[/QUOTE] There's literally nothing at all. It's just an extremely high traffic area so there's a higher total amount of unexplained disappearances than other sea-bound areas.
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;45733693]the bermuda triangle thing was solved? what was it?[/QUOTE] The mystery is that there is no mystery
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45733985]Haggard SS squad after a brutal series of engagements in 1944 [img]https://31.media.tumblr.com/c233aee2c3d5b3a3dd81a3dbd676d0b9/tumblr_naitabbslJ1r3eyedo1_1280.jpg[/img] The fights reduced their brigade from 2,000 men down to under 700. Despite the insane loss, they held their ground.[/QUOTE] The gun they are standing behind is a Soviet 76,2mm ZiS-3 field gun, so either they have been using a captured weapon, or they have just completed a successful counterattack, successful enough to get the enemy to abandon important equipment. I'm quite sure that abandoning a field gun like this in the Red Army could get you shot if any higher ranking officers found out. Also notice that mud? Imagine living and fighting in that for weeks on end.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45733985]Haggard SS squad after a brutal series of engagements in 1944 [img]https://31.media.tumblr.com/c233aee2c3d5b3a3dd81a3dbd676d0b9/tumblr_naitabbslJ1r3eyedo1_1280.jpg[/img] The fights reduced their brigade from 2,000 men down to under 700. Despite the insane loss, they held their ground.[/QUOTE] That's perfect for a movie poster.
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I wouldn't mind some more good Eastern Front movies being made, the good ones are all over twenty years old at least. EDIT: All the best war movies are so very old. I haven't seen any extremely good ones made after 1992, well, except Downfall, that was fucking excellent.
Recently went hiking in the Cairngorms with my friend Svix, My first time in Scotland incredibly dramatic landscape. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/pIMg23k.jpg?1[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fayNKKe.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/k5Z3iVK.jpg?1[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dM8DBKl.jpg?1[/IMG] The top of Ben Macdui, the 2nd highest point in the UK at 4,295 feet [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/HgZkIkk.jpg?1[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/n68yUI4.jpg?1[/IMG] Bonus panorama [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/d2P5WSW.jpg?1[/IMG]
[QUOTE=dumbfox;45735731]Recently went hiking in the Cairngorms with my friend Svix, My first time in Scotland incredibly dramatic landscape. scotland[/QUOTE] Awesome pictures, but you really should thumb that stuff.
[QUOTE=booster;45730831]That's like saying a 5 star restaurant food is just as good as McDonald's.[/QUOTE] A bit late reply, but it isn't the same. Expensive stuff aren't automatically better than cheap things. See Mac vs PC, with Apple's products you pay for the brand and sleek look, not for the hardware. Also, 5 star restaurants don't have 5 stars because they sell food expensively, they have 5 stars because their food is [I]good[/I]. This gives them a reason/right to ask for more money.
[QUOTE=Bordellimies;45735855]A bit late reply, but it isn't the same. Expensive stuff aren't automatically better than cheap things. See Mac vs PC, with Apple's products you pay for the brand and sleek look, not for the hardware. Also, 5 star restaurants don't have 5 stars because they sell food expensively, they have 5 stars because their food is [I]good[/I]. This gives them a reason/right to ask for more money.[/QUOTE] Yeah but I was talking about the drink in question, which most definitely looks hard to make and probably has a very expensive recipe. I know that you could put a gold leaf on a Big Mac, call it the God Mac and sell it for $1000. But with most top level restaurants the price of the food there is justified.
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[QUOTE=booster;45730831][img]http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/meh.ro10607.jpg[/img] [img]http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2014/220/f/5/hong_kong_with_love_by_photoport-d7u8bs5.jpg[/img] [img]http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/132/8/f/8f3f23232013bd959a324acf458da9cd-d653sv2.jpg[/img] [editline]19th August 2014[/editline] That's like saying a 5 star restaurant food is just as good as McDonald's.[/QUOTE] The entire point of that drink is being expensive. If you want to be expensive and have a good drink, you can get a bottle of fine, expensive whiskey or something. It's nothing like that comparison you just made, unless they use gold flakes and diamonds to garnish everything.
[QUOTE=Griffster26;45736431][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wXbMQCm.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE] I wonder who got the fun to clean all that.
[QUOTE=Bonde;45735271]The gun they are standing behind is a Soviet 76,2mm ZiS-3 field gun, so either they have been using a captured weapon, or they have just completed a successful counterattack, successful enough to get the enemy to abandon important equipment. I'm quite sure that abandoning a field gun like this in the Red Army could get you shot if any higher ranking officers found out. Also notice that mud? Imagine living and fighting in that for weeks on end.[/QUOTE] Both sides used captured equipment from the other side later in the war.
[QUOTE=Bonde;45735541]I wouldn't mind some more good Eastern Front movies being made, the good ones are all over twenty years old at least. EDIT: All the best war movies are so very old. I haven't seen any extremely good ones made after 1992, well, except Downfall, that was fucking excellent.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343703/[/url] This is pretty damn good
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;45737173]Both sides used captured equipment from the other side later in the war.[/QUOTE] Yes they did, but the Germans had a harder time capturing equipment after the war on the Eastern Front turned to the Soviets gaining initiative, although there are many pictures of German soldiers using captured small arms, especially Soviet sub machine guns during the battle of Berlin. Actually I haven't seen many pictures of Soviets using captured German vehicles, but I know it happened. Perhaps the Germans were better at destroying what they left behind. Picture of a captured Panther tank: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zYwNGag.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=dumbfox;45735731]Recently went hiking in the Cairngorms with my friend Svix, My first time in Scotland incredibly dramatic landscape. [t]http://i.imgur.com/pIMg23k.jpg?1[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/d2P5WSW.jpg?1[/t][/QUOTE] This tickles my high fantasy dreams so much.
[QUOTE=Bonde;45735271]The gun they are standing behind is a Soviet 76,2mm ZiS-3 field gun, so either they have been using a captured weapon, or they have just completed a successful counterattack, successful enough to get the enemy to abandon important equipment. I'm quite sure that abandoning a field gun like this in the Red Army could get you shot if any higher ranking officers found out. Also notice that mud? Imagine living and fighting in that for weeks on end.[/QUOTE] It wouldn't be all that uncommon for the Germans to be using one of the 76.2's. They were really good field guns for both anti-infantry and anti-armor use. The high velocity shells were also very good at breaking moral because of how horrifying they sounded. I don't know if the gun is actually serviceable or not, because usually when you retreat and you have to leave your field gun, you at least take the firing pin or another important mechanism out to render it useless. But also considering fortified ground tended to change hands a dozen times over the course of a few weeks, it's likely they just counter attacked and took their ground back; considering most of the people in the photo are looking to the left while that 76.2 is facing towards their old lines. [editline]19th August 2014[/editline] Photo of the men, in the photo I posted before, about to break into the Cherkassy pocket to rescue around 56,000 Germany SS and Wehrmacht units who were trapped by encircled Soviet armies. [img]https://31.media.tumblr.com/15555dba29f7d3c5da25c640025d93d4/tumblr_naiqoxIcwt1r3eyedo1_500.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Bonde;45735541] All the best war movies are so very old. I haven't seen any extremely good ones made after 1992, well, except Downfall, that was fucking excellent.[/QUOTE] That's not true there's been loads. Black hawk down, saving private Ryan, flags of our fathers, letters from Iwo Jima, the hurt locker and the band of brothers series off the top of my head
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;45738995]That's not true there's been loads. Black hawk down, saving private Ryan, flags of our fathers, letters from Iwo Jima, the hurt locker and the band of brothers series off the top of my head[/QUOTE] To further this; The Pacific, 9th Company, Our Mothers Our Fathers/Generation War, Generation Kill, My Way, and The Frontline are all seriously good modern war movies and series.
Thanks for the movie suggestions guys. Most of the war movies I have in my collection are from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Many of the "newer" ones I have are from the mid-late 80's and early 90's. But yes, Saving Private Ryan is a pretty good movie even though it has some historical inaccuracies (what war movie doesn't?) I have both The Pacific and BoB. They are both good miniseries, but I was mainly talking about feature length movies. BoB I have seen at least six times and it still holds up. I have both Clint Eastwood movies as well and they are also good, especially regarding the action, but I feel like it gets a bit too much in the way of a proper story, at least in Letters From Iwo Jima. The other one I haven't really seen since it came out. IMO The Hurt Locker was a bit too "Hollywood" for my taste, and felt a bit too much like a movie, if you know what I mean. It's still not a bad movie by any means, I just don't know how it got so many awards. I have a suggestion for you guys as well. It's a Danish documentary called "Armadillo", covering the fighting and the feeling on the front line in Afghanistan with lots of different allies at your side. The crew managed to capture some really intense battle footage, while also capturing the camaraderie of the Danish soldiers. It has English subtitles, and perhaps even options for getting the narrator in English. Sorry for derailing, I didn't mean to turn this into a movie discussion.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;45733730]It's like the "mystery" of Hitler's body. The rumor was always that he shot himself but nobody knows what happened to his body. Some say that it was carried off into the Bavarian mountains by some die-hard surviving SS figureheads and buried there or carried to Argentina or some other South American country. [/QUOTE] i like my teacher's theory this was the kind of guy who believed all videos of osama bin laden showed different people, that 9/11 was an inside job, etc etc, and this is one of his least crazy theories. he says hitler talked to one of his most trusted officers (who, according to him, was black), and told him to throw his body off a cliff after he killed himself. yep. that's literally all there is to his theory. that's the reason why the body was never found.
[img]http://0e33611cb8e6da737d5c-e13b5a910e105e07f9070866adaae10b.r15.cf1.rackcdn.com/Marek-Nikodem-DSC_7595_1408426875.jpg[/img] Venus & Jupiter conjunction.
[QUOTE=Bonde;45739592]Thanks for the movie suggestions guys. Most of the war movies I have in my collection are from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Many of the "newer" ones I have are from the mid-late 80's and early 90's. But yes, Saving Private Ryan is a pretty good movie even though it has some historical inaccuracies (what war movie doesn't?) [/QUOTE] Saving Private Ryan has quite a few historical inaccuracies ( I still love it though). Like for example, the Omaha beach in the movie doesn't actually look like what Omaha beach looked like at the time, and the iconic big ass bunkers on the edge of the cliff didn't exist. It's obvious that the battle at the end is fictional, but it could've never even happened the way it did in the movie. The division that is carrying out the attack in the movie wasn't even in Normandy yet at that point, and the Germans certainly wouldn't be throwing a SS Panzer Division at the Americans holding the Merderet River bridges. Every unit that had tanks, with the exception of assault guns, at that point of the Normandy battle, went to fight the British, Canadians and Polish at Caen. It wasn't until early July that the Americans actually started facing German Panzer Divisions. Until that point they had been fighting a (mostly) infantry battle. I understand why it was done in the movie though, I mean fighting some captured French Hotchkiss tanks obviously wouldn't have been as epic as fighting Tiger tanks. And of course the movie shows what Omaha Beach was like very well.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;45740036]i like my teacher's theory this was the kind of guy who believed all videos of osama bin laden showed different people, that 9/11 was an inside job, etc etc, and this is one of his least crazy theories. he says hitler talked to one of his most trusted officers (who, according to him, was black), and told him to throw his body off a cliff after he killed himself. yep. that's literally all there is to his theory. that's the reason why the body was never found.[/QUOTE] It's better than the old Polish lady I met late one night who believed Hitler was alive and living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Furthermore, she was convinced that this and the entire war was a plot conceived by an organisation known as the "The World Mafi" (I think she was trying to say 'mafia'). This 'World Mafi' is basically your typical New World Order Lizard puppeteer of the world. It was an interesting three hour conversation how she connected everything. Logically it didn't make sense in the least, but I was fascinated by her conjecture.
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;45738995]That's not true there's been loads. Black hawk down, saving private Ryan, flags of our fathers, letters from Iwo Jima, the hurt locker and the band of brothers series off the top of my head[/QUOTE] if you're looking for an accurate depiction of EOD do not watch Hurt Locker, as a movie it's alright but highly overrated. there's a good many reasons why a lot of people in the army hate it you're better off reading Eight Lives Down
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