Option One or Option Two?

Helmets (but I don't get the joke)

A villa on lake Como or a chateau in Champagne.

 

Hey David,

sorry, I saw that ray was online and knew of his passion for helmet collecting

mmmmm bring on the chateau!

Yummy cinnamon rolls or chocolate chip muffins..... either choice with coffee of course!

Mark

 

I think I'll go with the muffin!

Coffee black or with cream/milk?

 

camping.... love black coffee. At work, bring on the creamer

Star Wars or Star Trek??

 

star wars

chinese food or mexican food?

 

mexican

ball or mit?

 

Mexican Food

Writing an essay on: The turning points of WWII or Causes of WWII??

 

Mit... Jon curious to hear your feedback on my question.......

Kursk or Midway?

 

Blackjack

thanks for the feedback teach... my thoughts as well (causes)

ok how about this one: Essay on the Navajo Code Talkers or the Enigma?

 

Hi Mark, I figure I will answer all three of your questions

1. Turning points, don't get me wrong causes are interesting but I could probably write a stronger essay about turning points.

2. Midway. Both of those are extremely interesting and important battles. Stalingrad guaranteed the Germans wouldn't win the war, but Kursk guaranteed they would loose it. After Kursk the Germans lost all of their offensive capabilities and all further offensives launched were pathetic and ultimately doomed for failure (Spring Awakening and Watch on Rhine being the two major).

Midway was a very similar situation in the Pacific. Japan lost 4 of its 6 fleet carriers making it pretty much the undisputed turning point in the Pacific. Japan's strong point was its Navy, after Midway this was erased.

The only thing that makes Midway more interesting is that Japan had more of a chance to win. It would have been a miracle for the Germans if Zitadelle had succeeded. The Russians had knowledge of the attack 2 months prior and had set up intricate defenses. They also had the superiority in numbers of men, tanks, anti-tank guns etc. The German plan was far too simplistic and relied on the belief that their panzers could defeat anything. Many commanders didn't even receive their orders until the morning of. In the North Model was stopped almost instantly due to his poor tactic of sending his infantry in front of his tanks. In the South Manstein faired better but was ultimately stopped and forced to retreat when Hitler ordered reinforcements be sent to Sicily after the Allied invasion. At Midway the loss was Dependant on some good luck for Spruance, bad luck for Nagumo, good strategy by Spruance and bad strategy by Nagumo. Not to go into great detail, Spruance's two best moves were sending up all his planes on June 4 even though they had barely enough fuel to reach the carriers and return, and not giving chase to Nagumo and his carriers which would have led him right into the combine fleet under Yamamoto. Nagumo couldn't make up his mind and many times had to switch out the armaments of his attack planes, and he sent all of his fighters after the torpedo planes allowing the dive bombers to easily hit the Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu.

Anyway this post has gone on way too long, sorry for rambling

3. Essay on the Navajo Code Talkers, those guys were amazing


And for mine:

Italian or Greek dressing?

 

Greek! Can't beat Gyro sandwiches...

Sourdough or Garlic Bread?

 

Ah Ha.... your response is duely noted Mr Jon agreed: you must follow your strengths, and an essay on any these would be very well done im sure. Maybe we should turn in papers??? 'teach' aka Lou could be the middle man for our little experiment Anyways, as always Jag... your response is appreciated and enlightening.

Greek Dressing...yum

Which would you rather read: Tolstoy's War and Peace or Moby Dick by Herman Melville??

 

Huffle.... tough choice! i love both, but to remain fair i must choose Garlic

Dancing or singing??

 

singing.

chelsea or man utd!..

 

chelsea!

Principles of war: The offensive or the surprise??

 

offensive..

hannibal or hannibal lecter!

 

Mr lecter

still on principles of war: initiative or attack??

 

attack..

harlow or grable

 

harlow

Suvorov or Zhukov?