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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1486409" data-attributes="member: 12744">I got it for Christmas last year, and watched it 7,482 times before starting this short campaign, along with Battle of Britain, the Bridge and Remagen, the Big Red One, When Trumpets Fade, the Longest Day (you *gotta* watch that one if you havent), Saving Pvt Ryan, A Bridge too Far, and many others that I don't own.  Reading books about it gave me more inspiration for how it plays, but the movies help inspire my writing, particularly the better ones.  (Yeah, I've always loved movies like the Big Red One, but watching it now totally ruins it for me when they roll *Sherman* tanks at the boys with Nazi markings on them instead of making them some German ones.  Sheesh, talk about no budget <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ).  I dunno, Smythe is *much* too british, flippant, and charismatic for Schwimmer.  I actually based how he looks in my mind on the British character in Band of Brothers who appears in 'Replacements' (I think), the officer of the Red Devils that swam out of Holland to help organize the 101's rescue of several hundred british paratroopers hiding with the dutch underground.  I am glad that he's making a few folks grind their teeth though.   Yes, I recommend all of those books quite highly, though I havent read Undaunted Courage yet.  I don't think quite as highly of Ambrose as some, but I do believe he did great work (for the most part, there were a few exceptions) though most of his appeal comes from being able to write for the masses and get published.  There are a lot of better historians out there, but he was a better storyteller, and I love a good story along with my first hand accounts.   One book I can't recommend highly enough in this genre is On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborn Commander 1943-1946 by General James Gavin.   <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553341324/qid=1082135347/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-6242921-9428760?v=glance&s=books&n=507846" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553341324/qid=1082135347/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-6242921-9428760?v=glance&s=books&n=507846</a> It is an amazingly candid and sobering look at the field commander of the 82nd airborne, and being an airborne general not only participated in high level planning but also hit the ground and fought with his troops.  He was actually the american officer who, during Operation Market Garden, fractured 2 vertebrae in his back but managed to run back-and-forth, organizing his troops, and participating in the River Waal Crossing.  In the movie "A Bridge too Far", this fact is attributed to Julian Cook, who was a great field leader in his own right, but it was Gavin who actually broke his back in the jump and refused medical attention for almost a week, pushing himself to lead his men in total disregard for the incredible amount of pain he was in.  A very, very good book, with a very candid discussion on the occupation of Berlin post-war that led to the cold war.  I can't recommend it enough.  Thanks much guys, and speaking of, here comes the next one... Oh, and Broccli_Head, don't worry;  your reaction is exactly what I was going for when I planned this.  Nothing I write or do is meant to diminish anything that truly happened in any way (and it doesnt, IMO), but to evoke strong feelings of loss and frustration at the futility of it all from my players and readers alike.  The PC's reaction was similar to yours.  War is hell, boys, and with supers, it gets even worse, but sometimes the stuff I come up with isnt even as bad as things that actually happened.  Don't *even* get me started on Hurtgen Forest...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /></blockquote>

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