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2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

One of great (maybe the greatest) SS Panzer Division Nazi army, Das Reich was the main division in the East and West side of the war.
They fought in Ukraine in 1941-42 until Koursk in begin of 1943, after that, the Division will be stayed in the South of France near Toulouse.
During the campain in eastern Europe, men will change a lot, they are not just soldiers, but real nazi ideologists, they participated in lot of slave massacres, exterminate lot of jews to conquer lands, destroy eastern races, and were pure anti-communists.

After the return in France (a part of the division participated in south-east of France to take the Toulon port in 1942 after invasion of the free zone) the Division become an occupation division, they are joined with some french men and wait order from Berlin.
In April-May 1944 after 1 year in France, all the nazis are anxious, they think about debarquement in France but doesnt know where, Normandie ? North, Atlantic Coast ? South Coast ? In Italy, the country is in trouble at this time, Allies are at Rome borders and try to defeat Cassino line and italian communists want to kill Mussolini.

In May 1944 main order from Berlin : Prepare for the road, allies prepare to attack from France, be ready.
They Stay in south of France but Resistance and people are axious too, they want to fight SS (this impression is not the same in French Alps where resistants were more contain and followed order to do nothing, the Resistance was more in direct contact with allies than in center and south of france where communists groups were more in "Anarchy"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_du_Vercors ).
Lot of crimes happens on some villages, kills civils, hangings men, women or children (dont forget they believe in superior race, had angry against jews, slaves or communist after Eastern Europe operations).

June 1944 : Order : Move to the north after Debarquement of Normandie, destroy all resistance on the road.
In 7-8 june 1944 the Panzer division will take the road to the north to push out allies to the ocean. They will massacre lot of villages and cities.
Main of them : Tulle, 117 killed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulle_massacre#Massacre

Oradour, 642 killed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-s … e_massacre

Argenton, 67 killed
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_ … sur-Creuse

All of those crimes are the main (they did this until May in different villages). Why all those crimes ? For revenge against Resistance what kidnapped, killed some SS soldiers.

Georges Blind, the smiling shot

After Argenton massacre, the division started to watch planes in the sky. A soldier would say after this time that was the first time they were afraid. Afraid because the planes were not german.

Destroyed Panze in Normandie

They will lost lot of Panzer in the road to the north, and during the battles in normandy and lot of victories against shermans, they have to reply to the East of France in french-german departments in Ardennes.
After the battle of the bulge, they will participate to the last battle in Hungary, they will be finally defeated near Budapest by the red army.

Red army during Budapest battle

You have to know that's why the Division was "important" and alive after all, because the division is not like in Civilization or Age of Empire, you can have a part of it in lot of regions and after Normandy they fusion lot of SS army group to keep divisions alive.

They were hell on Europe, were personnal fighters for the Führer, they were complete nazis as soldiers and ideologist.

Das Reich Division symbol

I have watched an interview from one of them in 1980, he was still a dumbass nazi. Just a sentence :
" Why we were so much mean with some population ? Because I saw all of their [slaves/communists] crimes. "

Oradour sur Glane after 642 killed

Eastern Europe massacre

Hanging in Tulle

Destroyed Tiger by US army

Hello, I have just translated rules into french, It's Tuia to add them into the rules topic ?
An other question, why is there no direct download for battlefield 1942, there are only download links for expansions and new maps pack (or I didnt see all the download links) ?

English:

- Attaquer la base principale ennemie non-capturable (basebombing) n'est pas autorisé. Vous n'avez pas le droit de sniper la base ennemie ou sniper depuis votre base principale (basecamping). Vous ne pouvez pas faire feu sur les avions décollant des aérodromes. Les autres véhicules doivent aussi pouvoir quitter leur base.
Néanmoins il est permis de faire des attaques aériennes sur les canons antiaériens ou de bombarder l'artillerie qui est à l'intérieur de leur base.
- La règle d'interdiction de basecamping/basebombing ne s'applique pas à la carte Battaille d'Angleterre et les cartes style Capture The Flag (CTF) [Capturer le drapeau].
- Tout forme de triche est interdite et se suivra d'un bannissement permanent du serveur.
- "Pixel-shooting" ou pointer l'artillerie sur le ciel à un point précis de la carte sans aide de jumelles est interdit.
- Merci de respecter les autres joueurs. Les comportements à déranger ou empêcher les autres joueurs de jouer correctement sont interdits.
- Les insultes insistantes et répétées ne sont pas autorisées.
- Les noms de joueurs offensants ou sans caractères ou très peu sont interdits.
- Ne pas inonder le chat ou utiliser massivement les appels radios
- Il est interdit d'utiliser les jeeps ou les tanks comme des "taxis" pour aller plus rapidement vers un avion ou un tank.
- N'insultez pas nos administrateurs, merci de respecter ceux qui donnent de leurs temps et efforts dans la gestion du serveur.
- N'essayez pas de contourner un bannissement, cela résultera d'un bannissement beaucoup plus long.

I though Allies bombed this city to the ground like lot of german cities and french cities on the atlantic coast. Impressed

Without talking about that the "But u are brainwashed to see that." is an offense to what my family had during the war and all my country had with nazis crimes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-s … e_massacre

You're welcome ICQ I was thinking when would you come here

I knew this detail but I didnt know a large part of asian youngers was in majority to adore him.
That happens when education fails... Even on this forum there are some extremist lover for nazis, I dont have to spote them, we all know which guys I'm talking about.

I'll post later about an other story of WWII. There are some post on french army ministery sometimes for anniversary days and they axplain what happen in some days in the past. Yersterday it was a french commando tried to spot V2 site. I will not talk about it but there are sometimes good stories

I have seen this story too about japonese pilots falling in the sea because they were tired.
I recently checked how japan lost north of China to the Russia and the run to Iroshima between US and USRR to have the control of Japan, very interesting

Just share the trailer for the Miyazaki's movie about the creation of the Zero :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtdgdGOB6Q

If you have watched Spirited Away or Mononoke Princess it's realy not the same movie here with an historic and realistic vision about the main chief engineer of the Zero. How Japan wanted this plane, a little bit the relations with germans too.
You can also watch the movie Porco Rosso with biplan and hydroplanes in italy, adriatic sea !

You mean the role of Switzerland during the world war ? You can add Sweden in neutral countries.
And in an other way Spain too, but Spain was near Germany during the war, Portugal was a great place for spyer from both sides too, many french soldier/spyer/politics escape Europe to USA or England to prepare the resistance

Yeah Diony then I can understand
But to explain more about maginot line it was really strong I have checked lot of documents about it, it was second cites every where on border with full weapon (because german knew not a lot about it, lot of fake news by french medias at this period to hide reality about maginot line to and why german lost lot of times to prepare thé attack).
I dont like this period a lot because we lost thé war of course but also how France was weak and was like you know a guy who knows they are strong after 1st world war and know they have an army and that's it. Like Brasil in 2014 defeated by german at world cup lol.
During the 1930 with great crises you know all countries were fucked up in Europe, germany and Italy choose dictatures, spain was in civil war (I invite you to read thé book from George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia) ans choose Franco after it. Only France and GB stayed in democracy, and I dont know a lot about how was GB in 1930's and after how Churchill arrived to be Prime minister but for France we had lot of troubles to like in germany, royalists were strong during this times, communists too and at begin a new left wing won elections and started a social reforms with first vacations for People, etc. And that's weird for me (I never talked about it specially with friends during school) because for me in 1930 I never understand why french People focus do strikes to get holidays and not focus about army.
I dont remember which general or guy near Hitler said after the war or during the war, hé said when SS came back in Rhenanie (french word for the région on the left of germany near Luxembourg, France, where coal is located, weapon factories, Steel...) well germany didnt have right to put army back here (with 30k men) and he said " if France reacted to us and attack us to push out us, it would be easy for them, but France didnt react, and we knew France and GB would never win easly after it"
That was in 1936,we could never had second world war if France and GB reacted to the occupation of Rhineland...

Thank you Arkos too ! I didnt know a lot about secret weapons like this, I though it was only paper projects what never created.
That's like the V2, never though if germans succedded to strike London with.

And to come back to you Dyony, look how Belgium resisted to german in 1st world war, they lost 90% of country and resisted with the rest all the war, german failed to defeat them ahah

Italy is a wonderful country, and few years ago when I discovered the map of Cassino in game. Then I have checked the story of the battle of Italy. In fact Allies didnt want a lot to liberate Italy first (like the invasion of south of France during summer 1944) and for many months, allies would lost lot of men before the final battle of Anzio and Cassino.
Because Cassino was to strong (because of the river to cross and the mountains), allies landed in Anzio behind Gustave line (where is Cassino) to divide SS troops and capture Cassino.
Why Cassino ? Because it's in middle of Italy between Roma and Napoli, and Cassino was the main strong border between Roma and allies troops.

Then check the map operation :

And how Cassino was bombed before (not french but polish troops helped by indian troops) :

Cassino is now like this after a rebuilt. The region is not really rich, but if you love nature and landscapes, come here !

Zatoichi you have no shame ? Most of your posts ( 1127 post and -21 reputation by the way) concern ban appeals.
You really look like a troll and you have the nerve to insult everybody, to act like a teenager doing his crisis

That's you the guy who always pixelaim on Aberdeen ?

learn ? You didnt go to school why do you order him to learn something ?
The only thing you have learn from foreign country is english

lol some players really act like king child.. Think about no impunity.
Swearing will not help you darius

This topic is not here now to speak about this guy but against me ? Because I do some videos (because on aX there is no admin !)
Hydra you're upset against me just because I teamswitch before the end ? Oh my god ! What a breaking rules ! God, relax guy ! I'm not the stupidest person you have met on this game. I dont know why you suddenly dont like me, I have no problem with yiu that's it

For the bullets and sparow do I know you ? Because thé accusation on me to be an asshole tker player that's the first time someone told me that.

"his recoil control is much better"? Of course because he hacks it ! --"
And I have tried again from 10meters i dont have the same as he had at first shooting where thé bullets were going to only 3 points, not like a big circle in normal gameplay.