re: What is the one battle in history you most would like to have fought in?

Posted by Stiles

Member since Sep 2017

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 8:48 pm to athenslife101

The battle of Chalmette, er....New Orleans.

Posted by PowerTool

The dark side of the road

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 8:56 pm to athenslife101

I've never once read about a battle and wished I had been there.

Posted by soccerfüt

Location: A Series of Tubes

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:11 pm to athenslife101

Answers both questions

Posted by choupic

Somewhere on da bayou

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:12 pm to athenslife101

Most: Battle of New Orleans

Easy company take of Brecourt Manor.

Least: WW1 trench war

Posted by LST

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:15 pm to athenslife101

The one at the end of 8 Mile.

Posted by Lsuhack1

Member since Feb 2018

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:18 pm to athenslife101

Most:
Battle of New Orleans
Least:
Probably the battle between Genghis Khan and the
Khwarazmian Empire. Fighting for the khwarazmain.
But being a solider for Russia in wwII would have really sucked also.

Posted by eitek1

Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:20 pm to athenslife101

I would have liked to drop in with the Airborne the night before D-day and stay at least through the link up with the amphibious forces.

I was a paratrooper and it would have been good to interact with the folks that forged our great Airborne legacy.

Posted by TigerFanInSouthland

Louisiana

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:21 pm to RollTide1987

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Least - Battle of Third Ypres (aka Passchendaele)

Fuuuuuuuuck being apart of that battle. Really you can pick any WWI battle and that would be in the running for my least favorite one.

I would also like to say frick being apart of Chosin Reservoir.

The one battle I would like to have been apart of is Fallujah when the USMC completely bitch slapped the goat frickers.

Posted by 632627

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:22 pm to athenslife101

Any battles with no casualties?

Posted by engvol

england

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:23 pm to LST

For - one of the crushing defeats of the Zulu’s e.g Battle of Ulundi 5,000 British soldiers and only 13 died...I like those odds

Against - WW1 all of it

Posted by SoFla Tideroller

South Florida

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:43 pm to athenslife101

Midway as an SBD pilot - most

Passchendaele - least

Posted by pensacola

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:54 pm to SoFla Tideroller

Fredericksburg

Posted by messyjesse

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:55 pm to athenslife101

Most: Battle of Tours. I would've gladly laid down my life for the Hammer.

Least: I dunno. Antietam probably.

Posted by lsuson

Metairie

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 10:24 pm to messyjesse

Fight in Normandy

Not want to: Vietnam

Posted by tiger81

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 10:35 pm to lsuson

Little Big Horn...

Posted by Bushmaster

19th Hole

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 10:40 pm to TigerFanInSouthland

This post was edited on 6/24/18 at 8:36 am

Posted by mikelbr

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 6/23/18 at 10:54 pm to athenslife101

Most? Joining the Freedom Riders or anywhere for National Guard where they enforced desegregation at schools during Civil Rights Movement.

Least? Paoli Massacre of the Revolutionary War is a good one off the top of the head.

This post was edited on 6/23/18 at 10:55 pm