world war two

[ryanman]

About the possibility of Americans losing, you all forgot that they had the nuke ahead of everyone else. Before America would lose, Berlin would have been blown to smithereens...

I thought the US stole all the best German scientists so were ahead of the space race and nuclear weapons.

Reminds me of a movie I like called U571.
Good movie for war buffs.

U571 good movie. And yes master. The German scientists were in a rush to surrender to the US as the Russians closed in. Not all the scientists were clean of war crimes but the US pulled some magic to clean their records. The US space program evolved from the German V2 rocket.

U571
You know how in the film it's an American crew that go in? I guess being a worldly man you know that it was actually Brits?
That pissed us off.
Tony Blair even called it 'an affront to British sailors'.

[SlimTrae]

About the possibility of Americans losing, you all forgot that they had the nuke ahead of everyone else. Before America would lose, Berlin would have been blown to smithereens...

I thought the US stole all the best German scientists so were ahead of the space race and nuclear weapons.

Reminds me of a movie I like called U571.
Good movie for war buffs.

U571 good movie. And yes master. The German scientists were in a rush to surrender to the US as the Russians closed in. Not all the scientists were clean of war crimes but the US pulled some magic to clean their records. The US space program evolved from the German V2 rocket.

U571
You know how in the film it's an American crew that go in? I guess being a worldly man you know that it was actually Brits?
That pissed us off.
Tony Blair even called it 'an affront to British sailors'.

Say it ain't so!

Can't be.
That would be trifling, tacky and pussified-
Or as some would call:rewriting history.
C'mon tell me your pulling my leg, F'in with me just to see me trip.

[SlimTrae]

@ryanman:Say it ain't so!

[walrus]

Actually @ryanman I don't think the first enigma machine was actually captured in a sub. It's been a long time since I've seen the movie. Now I need to look up the whole story of how the limeys captured the first enigma machine, if indeed there were more than one.

[walrus]

Yes, England had the enigma machine prior to the war, apparently, the poles handed it off. I guess some of the innards were missing so the taking of the second machine was quite brilliant. It is sad that the American movie gives no factually account of what happened. Then again, Jon Bon Jovi was in the movie.

[walrus]

What do you think is the best WW2 movie. My vote goes to saving private Ryan. I know it wasn't based on a true story but the d day landing pays tribute to what those guys went through. Eastwoods flags of our fathers and letters from Iwo Jima were phenomenal.

[SlimTrae]

Saving Pvt. Ryan isn't too legit to quit either?

What could I have expected from a Hollywood that made up a talking elephant named Mr.Snufalufagous and a purple dinosaur with homosexual tendencies.

Thanks a lot walrus...ryanman..