GJS'44 Campaign Main Thread - Final June 16th 1944 Tournamen

[LandMarine47]

Well boys after much waiting I'm about to arrive in the wonderful city of Paris can someone teach me how to say can I buy you a drink in French? Lol

[GottaLove88s]

Well boys after much waiting I'm about to arrive in the wonderful city of Paris can someone teach me how to say can I buy you a drink in French? Lol

Just point and lick your lips... but not in the Pigalle, ok!

Monsieur, Je voudrais une biere SVP... Politesse matters in the City of Light

[Ranger]

Well boys after much waiting I'm about to arrive in the wonderful city of Paris can someone teach me how to say can I buy you a drink in French? Lol

Just point and lick your lips... but not in the Pigalle, ok!

Monsieur, Je voudrais une biere SVP... Politesse matters in the City of Light

Here are some more useful phrases - you can just point to them if you have trouble saying them.
You can trust me, so you don't have to waste your time looking them up on Google Translate http://translate.google.com/m/translate or http://translate.google.com/?vi=c&hl=en#fr/en/

Phrases for introductions and getting to know you etc:

- Je suis un crayon jaune.

- Je viens du même endroit que l'homme qui a gagné le tour de france à sept reprises.

- Lance est mon héros.

- Lance a été encadrée.

- Alors que faire si il a triché ... C'est juste une course de vélo.

- Je ne peux pas attendre pour dire aux gens de chez qui il ya en fait deux tours Eiffel.

- Est-ce que la Tour Eiffel dispose pas de restaurant comme celui de Las Vegas?

- Je joue académie de bataille et je joue toujours du côté de la Boshe.

- J'aime le Boshe.


Phrases to use at the restaurant and bar

- Ce n'est pas assez de glace.

- ces pommes de terre sont vraiment français frit?

- Monsieur, je voudrais un verre de vin tout vous avez tant qu'il n'est pas de France.


Phrases you may need to use after using the ones above


- Aucun officier, je ne sais pas pourquoi j'ai été attaqué. Bien sûr, je n'ai rien fait pour provoquer la foule. Sont tous des policiers à Paris aussi stupide que vous ou êtes-vous le plus stupide?

- Pourquoi es-tu si en colère? .... Qu'est-ce que?!?!? ..... Hé!! Mon coude ne se plie pas comme ça! Ouch!! Pourquoi êtes-vous mettre mes mains derrière mon dos?

- Ces menottes sont très serrés. Où m'emmenez-vous? Oh mon dieu, je dois faire pipi.

- comment êtes-vous devenu un prisonnier en prison?

- Vraiment? Je suis innocent aussi.

- S'il vous plaît ne me regarde pas comme ça. Vous me faites peur monsieur.

- J'ai changé d'avis. S'il vous plaît ne pas me blesser. oui je serai votre chienne ..

Cheers,

Thomas

P.S. Does Paris still have the green Dog Poop Collectors riding around on green mopeds?

[Honour79]

The French aren't good in English but the younger generation is okay.

You can show of with your military knowledge by telling them something about their Main Battle Tank, Leclerc.

It has an automatic transmission...

With six gears. Two for forward and four for reversing!



...

Do you know why the Leclerc has two gears for forward driving?

[LandMarine47]

I don't think the Frenchies are interested in Military Knowledge. Perhaps I tell them how good their bread is? Lol

[Honour79]

I know, they aren't that interested.

To finish the story:
The Leclerc has two gears forward in case the enemy attacks from the rear.

[Ranger]

It's a very prestigious event for me because I'm off to Normandy tomorrow. Ill be watching then participating in some re-enactments of both the Landing and the Airborne Drops. (I'm squad leader for a group of 5 101st Troops) when I come back I will share my knowledge of the GJS. But I'll mainly stick to the Americans for my trip but won't forget about those brave British who got the harder fight considering Germans Armor was facing their sector of the Invasion. Caen was so very bloody as well..... While we "Yanks" got the harder time at the beaches and in the Hedgerows.

LM,

I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes... I just dug a little deeper into this thread and realized you are in Normandy now as a re-enactor... Very cool. I really do envy you, and, unlike most others, I know exactly what I'm missing.

In 1988, when I was on active duty U.S. Army, I myself had the honor of participating in the first American Airborne drop in France since WW2, as part of the 44th Aniversary of D-Day etc. At the time, I was a "Forward Observer" from Bravo FIST, Delta Battery/319th AFAR with Bravo Co. 3/325th ABCT affiliated with the 82nd Airborne Division.*

Making that jump was the closest I've ever come to having a religious experience. I was so excited and busy taking photos that it wasn't until I was on the ground lying on my back, wondering why I was having such a hard time getting out of my parachute harness and why my ruck etc was still attached to me and sitting on my lap, that I realized that I had forgotten to lower my ruck and equipment before I landed. Thankfully the Normandy ground was very soft and I had landed like a "wheeble wobble" but unhurt. Then we road marched a short distance to St. Mere Eglise.

We were billeted in St. Mere Eglise's school gym. We visited all 5 landing beaches, the American cemetary that overlooks Omaha Beach, Pont Du Hoc, Arromanche, and Cherbourg. In 1988, many D-Day veterans and French civilians, who had survived D-Day and were still alive, were present. I count myself very lucky to have been able to share some time with and meet some of them.

Perhaps excepting small detachments recovering remains and equipment, the final days of the 1944 D-Day Campaign were the last time any American military unit had been in Normandy, let alone the small village of St. Mere Eglise. Being the modern day incarnation of one of the American Airborne units that actually dropped into and fought in and around St. Mere Eglise/Normandy on D-Day, both the young and the old of St. Mere Eglise/Normandy treated us as returning heros. I was a little embarrassed because I, personally, hadn't done anything to deserve such a welcoming reception and honor. Besides my politness, the only two things that stopped me from protesting my unearned reception etc. 1) The surviving old timer D-Day veterans, who were also visiting St. Mere Eglise/Normandy, were the absolute guests of honor and were treated like royalty. 2) I quickly realized that I was, along with all the other modern day 82nd Airborne Paratroopers present, the "official proxy" for the guys who never left Normandy in 1944, or never left alive. I and my comrades conducted ourselves accordingly.

GL88s asked me if I had any pictures and seeing your posts has reminded me to go and dig them up. I'll see if I can dig some up.

I'm curious to know if you visited Ponte Du Hoc? I had heard that the site had closed, or was going to be closed, because of problems with errosion etc. Is it still open? Anyway, if you did visit Ponte Du Hoc, did you see, in one of the bunkers, on one of it's walls opposite an opening, the scorched outline of a German soldier who was burned to death/immolated by a Ranger's flame thrower on June 6 1944? If you saw it, you'll probably agree that seeing that makes D-Day a little less abstract and removed.


Cheers Thomas


P.S. The following will be of primary interest to those suffering from insomnia and perhaps of fleeting interest to those curious about the acronyms I used above.
*My unit was a forward based element, assigned to NATO's AMF, that was affiliated with the 82nd Airborne Div (which means we were part of the 82nd but had a different Regiment/Brigade/Division/Corps level commanders. Our Regiment/Brigade level CO was actually a German Bundeswehr Colonel Fallschirmjager.
AMF=Allied Mobile Force (NATO's multi-national quick reaction force.)
ABCT=Airborne Battalion Combat Team (an infantry battalion that has all service support units, combat support units, combat units, resources and assets, organic and are part of the unit. The ABCT was probably larger than, and definetly had more fire power than, an infantry regiment. It was (still is?) the only Infantry battalion in the U.S. Army to have its own battery of 105mm howitzers (Delta Battery/319AFAR/3-325ABCT). My old ABCT was upgraded to an ARCT (Airborne Regimental Combat Team) sometime in the 1990's.
AFAR=Airborne Field Artillery Regiment. Delta Battery was part of the 3-325ABCT but was regimentally affiliated with the 82nd Airborne's 319th AFAR.

[LandMarine47]

It's a very prestigious event for me because I'm off to Normandy tomorrow. Ill be watching then participating in some re-enactments of both the Landing and the Airborne Drops. (I'm squad leader for a group of 5 101st Troops) when I come back I will share my knowledge of the GJS. But I'll mainly stick to the Americans for my trip but won't forget about those brave British who got the harder fight considering Germans Armor was facing their sector of the Invasion. Caen was so very bloody as well..... While we "Yanks" got the harder time at the beaches and in the Hedgerows.

LM,

I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes... I just dug a little deeper into this thread and realized you are in Normandy now as a re-enactor... Very cool. I really do envy you, and, unlike most others, I know exactly what I'm missing.

In 1988, when I was on active duty U.S. Army, I myself had the honor of participating in the first American Airborne drop in France since WW2, as part of the 44th Aniversary of D-Day etc. At the time, I was a "Forward Observer" from Bravo FIST, Delta Battery/319th AFAR with Bravo Co. 3/325th ABCT affiliated with the 82nd Airborne Division.*

Making that jump was the closest I've ever come to having a religious experience. I was so excited and busy taking photos that it wasn't until I was on the ground lying on my back, wondering why I was having such a hard time getting out of my parachute harness and why my ruck etc was still attached to me and sitting on my lap, that I realized that I had forgotten to lower my ruck and equipment before I landed. Thankfully the Normandy ground was very soft and I had landed like a "wheeble wobble" but unhurt. Then we road marched a short distance to St. Mere Eglise.

We were billeted in St. Mere Eglise's school gym. We visited all 5 landing beaches, the American cemetary that overlooks Omaha Beach, Pont Du Hoc, Arromanche, and Cherbourg. In 1988, many D-Day veterans and French civilians, who had survived D-Day and were still alive, were present. I count myself very lucky to have been able to share some time with and meet some of them.

Perhaps excepting small detachments recovering remains and equipment, the final days of the 1944 D-Day Campaign were the last time any American military unit had been in Normandy, let alone the small village of St. Mere Eglise. Being the modern day incarnation of one of the American Airborne units that actually dropped into and fought in and around St. Mere Eglise/Normandy on D-Day, both the young and the old of St. Mere Eglise/Normandy treated us as returning heros. I was a little embarrassed because I, personally, hadn't done anything to deserve such a welcoming reception and honor. Besides my politness, the only two things that stopped me from protesting my unearned reception etc. 1) The surviving old timer D-Day veterans, who were also visiting St. Mere Eglise/Normandy, were the absolute guests of honor and were treated like royalty. 2) I quickly realized that I was, along with all the other modern day 82nd Airborne Paratroopers present, the "official proxy" for the guys who never left Normandy in 1944, or never left alive. I and my comrades conducted ourselves accordingly.

GL88s asked me if I had any pictures and seeing your posts has reminded me to go and dig them up. I'll see if I can dig some up.

I'm curious to know if you visited Ponte Du Hoc? I had heard that the site had closed, or was going to be closed, because of problems with errosion etc. Is it still open? Anyway, if you did visit Ponte Du Hoc, did you see, in one of the bunkers, on one of it's walls opposite an opening, the scorched outline of a German soldier who was burned to death/immolated by a Ranger's flame thrower on June 6 1944? If you saw it, you'll probably agree that seeing that makes D-Day a little less abstract and removed.


Cheers Thomas


P.S. The following will be of primary interest to those suffering from insomnia and perhaps of fleeting interest to those curious about the acronyms I used above.
*My unit was a forward based element, assigned to NATO's AMF, that was affiliated with the 82nd Airborne Div (which means we were part of the 82nd but had a different Regiment/Brigade/Division/Corps level commanders. Our Regiment/Brigade level CO was actually a German Bundeswehr Colonel Fallschirmjager.
AMF=Allied Mobile Force (NATO's multi-national quick reaction force.)
ABCT=Airborne Battalion Combat Team (an infantry battalion that has all service support units, combat support units, combat units, resources and assets, organic and are part of the unit. The ABCT was probably larger than, and definetly had more fire power than, an infantry regiment. It was (still is?) the only Infantry battalion in the U.S. Army to have its own battery of 105mm howitzers (Delta Battery/319AFAR/3-325ABCT). My old ABCT was upgraded to an ARCT (Airborne Regimental Combat Team) sometime in the 1990's.
AFAR=Airborne Field Artillery Regiment. Delta Battery was part of the 3-325ABCT but was regimentally affiliated with the 82nd Airborne's 319th AFAR.

Real Cool story Ranger! I passed the Point Du Hoc on the road trip but didnt have time to stop and visit. I saw something under construction so I supposed it was closed. Intersting about your involvement with the 82nd Airborne. I'm acctually headed off to West Point in a year to begin training for an officer there. A Major or a Captain. Perhaps an LT as well. Then I'm off to the 82nd Airborne! (I considered the 101st but my love is with the 82nd sorry 101st you'll have too wait your turn ) and yes the French welcomed me with open arms. In Carentan (I was with the 101st Reenactment) some Frenchies came up to us and gave us Bread sticks on the house. During the fighting the remaining D-Day survivors cheered us on as we fought the Germans at Hill 30. (A heroic story at Hill 30 the 101st held back what my old friend used to say "They were in between a rock and The whole goddamn German Army!" Until Armor arrived from Utah.)no wonder the Germans didnt take Bastonge didn't they learn their lesson after Hill 30? then I joined the "Fighting First" for a Omaha Battle. I fought with actual Military Personnel! They said for a Civilian I put up one hell of a fight before a Potato Masher got the best of me. (Grenade) Before I leave to West Point I Plan on Visiting Arhnem and Nigmajen Bridges (Did I spell that right?) tell me Ranger did you go to Boot Camp? If it was on a scale to 1-10 how hard is the Airborne Training? I also had the chance to fight with the Brits at Caen. Didnt get Photos due to those nightmares called Hedgerows. How do you ask? A US Military Officer who watched me fight and knew of my future with the US Armed Forces pulled some strings to get me in. Well now me and Ranger know how Normandy is and how hard it was. Lucky us we were firing blanks. Back in 1944 A K-98 Could buy you a ticket to the Hospital where you would probably experience lots of pain as the Nurses pulled the thick bullet out of you. Atleast you got Ice Cream the GI I spoke with said "some guys begged a kraut to shoot them, just for some damn ice cream" well Ranger it's been good learning of your past and I have even more respect and I envy you as well. Hope you come back to France one more time. I paid my respects for all the Americans who died in Normandy at the National Cemetery where all the GIs who died were buried there. A ceremony was held there. Really sad. I swear out of the corner of my eye I saw a man Dress as a GI looking down at a Grave. After get some flowers I decided to lay them down where I saw this GI. If it was him or a friend I paid my respects to whoever was there.

[LandMarine47]

When I arrived to the Historical Part of Paris (Practically most of downtown) I shed a manly tear the French have brought tears to my eyes with all their rich heritage. When I get home I may be a bit overweight with all the French pastries I've eaten (Im not going to stop either I'm a man who enjoys his bread)

[LandMarine47]

Well boys after much waiting I'm about to arrive in the wonderful city of Paris can someone teach me how to say can I buy you a drink in French? Lol

Just point and lick your lips... but not in the Pigalle, ok!

Monsieur, Je voudrais une biere SVP... Politesse matters in the City of Light

Here are some more useful phrases - you can just point to them if you have trouble saying them.
You can trust me, so you don't have to waste your time looking them up on Google Translate http://translate.google.com/m/translate or http://translate.google.com/?vi=c&hl=en#fr/en/

Phrases for introductions and getting to know you etc:

- Je suis un crayon jaune.

- Je viens du même endroit que l'homme qui a gagné le tour de france à sept reprises.

- Lance est mon héros.

- Lance a été encadrée.

- Alors que faire si il a triché ... C'est juste une course de vélo.

- Je ne peux pas attendre pour dire aux gens de chez qui il ya en fait deux tours Eiffel.

- Est-ce que la Tour Eiffel dispose pas de restaurant comme celui de Las Vegas?

- Je joue académie de bataille et je joue toujours du côté de la Boshe.

- J'aime le Boshe.


Phrases to use at the restaurant and bar

- Ce n'est pas assez de glace.

- ces pommes de terre sont vraiment français frit?

- Monsieur, je voudrais un verre de vin tout vous avez tant qu'il n'est pas de France.


Phrases you may need to use after using the ones above


- Aucun officier, je ne sais pas pourquoi j'ai été attaqué. Bien sûr, je n'ai rien fait pour provoquer la foule. Sont tous des policiers à Paris aussi stupide que vous ou êtes-vous le plus stupide?

- Pourquoi es-tu si en colère? .... Qu'est-ce que?!?!? ..... Hé!! Mon coude ne se plie pas comme ça! Ouch!! Pourquoi êtes-vous mettre mes mains derrière mon dos?

- Ces menottes sont très serrés. Où m'emmenez-vous? Oh mon dieu, je dois faire pipi.

- comment êtes-vous devenu un prisonnier en prison?

- Vraiment? Je suis innocent aussi.

- S'il vous plaît ne me regarde pas comme ça. Vous me faites peur monsieur.

- J'ai changé d'avis. S'il vous plaît ne pas me blesser. oui je serai votre chienne ..

Cheers,

Thomas

P.S. Does Paris still have the green Dog Poop Collectors riding around on green mopeds?

You my dear man have saved me the embarrassment of flipping through my English to French Dictionary when I make my move with the French Beauties

[LandMarine47]

It's 2AM in Paris...... Back home it's 7PM. I can't sleep so I'm doing my sight seeing at night lol or just. Keep visiting Cafes and Drink coffee that will work!

[Ranger]

You my dear man have saved me the embarrassment of flipping through my English to French Dictionary when I make my move with the French Beauties

Since he hasn't posted since 2am on the 17th, can we assume that he actually used the phrases I prepared for him (without checking their translations) and he is now either in hospital or jail somewhere in Paris?

Hopefully this is not the case and that he is incommunicado because he is traveling.

[LandMarine47]

What do they say

[Ranger]

What do they say

check your PM.

[LandMarine47]

*Facepalm*

[GottaLove88s]

Gents,

While we're (still ) waiting for the Allied commanders to submit their orders... I was considering standardising some of the mods that are out there, to keep everything in line...

What's your preference on removing dead unit LOS?

I suspect that's my most controversial mod just now... With the mod, if a unit is killed, it loses its field of vision as soon as the next unit moves... Previously, by BA default, dead units continued to provide line of sight up until the end of the turn that they died. Which makes it darned hard to hide one's assaults... So far, 'removing dead unit LOS' is only rolled out in Dieppe...

If nobody strongly objects, I'd like to roll it out across GJS'44...

[LandMarine47]

Gents,

While we're (still ) waiting for the Allied commanders to submit their orders... I was considering standardising some of the mods that are out there, to keep everything in line...

What's your preference on removing dead unit LOS?

I suspect that's my most controversial mod just now... With the mod, if a unit is killed, it loses its field of vision as soon as the next unit moves... Previously, by BA default, dead units continued to provide line of sight up until the end of the turn that they died. Which makes it darned hard to hide one's assaults... So far, 'removing dead unit LOS' is only rolled out in Dieppe...

If nobody strongly objects, I'd like to roll it out across GJS'44...

Dang a lost advantage for the Germans but proceed as planned

[cavehobbit]

Gents,

While we're (still ) waiting for the Allied commanders to submit their orders... I was considering standardising some of the mods that are out there, to keep everything in line...

What's your preference on removing dead unit LOS?

I suspect that's my most controversial mod just now... With the mod, if a unit is killed, it loses its field of vision as soon as the next unit moves... Previously, by BA default, dead units continued to provide line of sight up until the end of the turn that they died. Which makes it darned hard to hide one's assaults... So far, 'removing dead unit LOS' is only rolled out in Dieppe...

If nobody strongly objects, I'd like to roll it out across GJS'44...

I will have a look at the effect before I decide. But I thinks the idea sounds reasonable.

[jcb989]

Allies are looking for their supreme commander. Last reported drunk in a disreputable establishment off Piccadilly Square London

[LandMarine47]

Now this is an off topic question but I always wanted to know.... Who is your favorite WW2 Commander? My hat goes to Erwin Rommel. Greatest Commander in the German Arsenal and most Humanine. When he received the order to execute all British Spec Ops he threw it away. Respected by friend and foe he deserves the name "The Desert Fox"