Your Favorite Period of Warfare

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  1. JosefVStalin El Presidente

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    What’s your favorite period of warfare, i.e Roman, Medieval, Modern etc.? Personally I love Napoleonic warfare because I feel that is the closest warfare ever came to be considered an art and WWII because of its shear scale.
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  2. Jack118 Well-Known Member

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    My favorite period of warfare was probably the 1600's because knights were still considered dangerous and lethal, however firearms were present in battle
    Jack118, Jul 26, 2011
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    WW1, it changed everything.
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    Late Middle Ages, where the knights were starting to lose their status of kings of the field.
    yuri2045, Jul 26, 2011
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    Russian Civil War. Total craziness and anarchy with 50 different factions and cavalry still playing a role.
    VladimirLenin, Jul 26, 2011
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    WWII for me, it was just so interesting.
    SPARTAN_KING1178, Jul 26, 2011
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  7. Emperor Napoleon Mr. Multi

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    I have to say the Napoleonic age bet you couldent guess that huh I love it because it changed the way war was fought forever and also because it was named after me.
    Emperor Napoleon, Jul 26, 2011
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  8. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    Medieval Warfare were Warfare was Purely Skill and it did not matter how many guns you can bring upon an enemy.
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  9. yuri2045 A Marines Biologist

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    take Genghis Khan for example.
    yuri2045, Jul 26, 2011
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  10. The Mr. T Virus Well-Known Member

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    My favorite period is the medieval period too. I love knights in shining armor, royalty and bloody hand to hand slaughterhouses. Plus, the medieval period forged most of the current boundaries and countries that exist today.
    The Mr. T Virus, Jul 26, 2011
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    the cold war, lots of cool weapons and vehicles supplied by the US or the USSR so everybody in the world can enjoy killing people because they have a different ideology
    EpicFail, Jul 26, 2011
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    To be hones i find the battles of today most interesting. Insurgent/guerilla warfare against hightec armies. there has never ben a period of time where comunication and intelligence was instantanious. And tactics and firepower(except nukes but they are not "fun" anyways) is unmatched.
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  13. Emperor Napoleon Mr. Multi

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    The American Revolutionary war was bassicly this.
    Emperor Napoleon, Jul 26, 2011
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  14. Karakoran Well-Known Member

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    Victorian. Napoleonic second to that.
    Karakoran, Jul 26, 2011
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  15. Spartacus Well-Known Member

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    Greeks\Roman age because it contains my 2 faviorite nations Sparta and Rome, whose badassnes has yet to be matched. Also alot of the worlds most famous general lived in that time period.
    Spartacus, Jul 26, 2011
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    High Medieval or WWII.
    Maddog95, Jul 26, 2011
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    Medieval warfare because it just appeals to me in every way. Plus the Hapsburgs dominated all of Europe which was awesome.
    xXxLKxXx, Jul 26, 2011
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    Early Middleages Warfare, because I think it was kind of "fair" in comparison of Napoleonic e.g.
    Redclaw, Jul 26, 2011
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  19. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Ancient times, preferrably Greek and Roman. Greek because of the Persian wars and Alexander The Great, and Roman just beccause their military ws probably the most effective fighting force in history. Also, World War 2 because in my opinion it was the first modern war
    slydessertfox, Jul 26, 2011
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  20. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    From just after the Napoleonic wars, right up until the interbellum. I just love the diplomacy of the 19th century, coupled with the advent of modern technology, as well as the overall strategy employed by leaders in that time. WWI, the Russian civil war, The banana wars, The Spanish American War, The Philippine Insurgency, The US Civil War, The Boxer Rebellion, The Crimean War, and all those are very interesting to me!

    Which is why I really loved your Victoria II LP. Make another! I command thee!!


    No. WWII was the last "real" war. Like a war between two or more nations of relatively equal strength. Modern war (Iraq & Afghanistan) sucks.
    The Shaw, Jul 27, 2011
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