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Wilko · 02-02-2003, 09:04 PM

[quote="Lt. havoc":43220]Duuuuuuuude!!!! There are only about 100 airborne skins. Thanks to BoB for inspiring so many. Just search the file archive and you'll see what I mean. Personally my favorite airborne skins are Jojimbo's screaming eagle skins (the guys with the indian face paint and mohawks). People need to look past the war movies of the past 5 years, past Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the gates, Thin Red line, Windtalkers, Pearl harbor and Band of Brothers for inspiration. Rent movies like Stalingrad, Big Red One, Kelly's Heros, Guns of Navarone, The eagle has landed, Where Eagles dare. I listed all color movies because too often people automatically tune out anything Black and white. Great war movies existed before Private Ryan. Trust me there are plenty of airborne skins. If I never see another request for either a SS or airborne skin I'll be both shocked and unheart-broken. I want to see authentic skins from the lesser known or unromantisized countries involved in the war Croatia, Greece, Austrailia, Romania, Free French, Ghurka and so on. I'm glad SH included the Russian skins, more variants of those would be cool too. Good luck in finding Lt. Winters, Speirs, and Nixon.[/quote:43220]

THE TOBRUK GARRISON, UNDER MAJOR-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORESHEAD, COMPRISED THE 9TH DIVISION
AND THE 18TH BRIGADE OF THE 7TH DIVISION, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, WITH ELEMENTS OF
THE BRITISH, INDIAN, POLISH AND OTHER ALLIED ARMIES. IT WAS SUPPORTED AND SUPPLIED BY
THE BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN NAVIES AND AIR FORCES. THE GARRISON WAS ORDERED TO DELAY
THE ADVANCE OF THE AFRIKA CORPS FOR TWO MONTHS IF POSSIBLE, TO ENABLE THE ALLIES TO
ASSEMBLE REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE DEFENCE OF EGYPT. ON 10 APRIL 1941 IT CAME UNDER SIEGE.

THE SIEGE REPRESENTED THE FIRST MAJOR REVERSE FOR GERMAN FORCES ON LAND DURING THE WAR
AND SHOWED THAT THE PREVIOUSLY INVINCIBLE BLITZKREIG COULD BE RESISTED. BY THEIR LACK
OF ADHERENCE TO ORTHODOX STRATEGY, THE DEFENDERS OF TOBRUK CONFIRMED AND ENHANCED THE
TRADITIONAL IMAGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER AND THE REPUTATION FOR HEROISM WON BY THEIR
FATHERS ON GALLIPOLI IN 1915.

Rats of Tobruk, baby, Rats of Tobruk.

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Wilko is Offline Senior Member Posts: 1,903 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia	02-02-2003, 09:04 PM [quote="Lt. havoc":43220]Duuuuuuuude!!!! There are only about 100 airborne skins. Thanks to BoB for inspiring so many. Just search the file archive and you'll see what I mean. Personally my favorite airborne skins are Jojimbo's screaming eagle skins (the guys with the indian face paint and mohawks). People need to look past the war movies of the past 5 years, past Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the gates, Thin Red line, Windtalkers, Pearl harbor and Band of Brothers for inspiration. Rent movies like Stalingrad, Big Red One, Kelly's Heros, Guns of Navarone, The eagle has landed, Where Eagles dare. I listed all color movies because too often people automatically tune out anything Black and white. Great war movies existed before Private Ryan. Trust me there are plenty of airborne skins. If I never see another request for either a SS or airborne skin I'll be both shocked and unheart-broken. I want to see authentic skins from the lesser known or unromantisized countries involved in the war Croatia, Greece, Austrailia, Romania, Free French, Ghurka and so on. I'm glad SH included the Russian skins, more variants of those would be cool too. Good luck in finding Lt. Winters, Speirs, and Nixon.[/quote:43220] THE TOBRUK GARRISON, UNDER MAJOR-GENERAL SIR LESLIE MORESHEAD, COMPRISED THE 9TH DIVISION AND THE 18TH BRIGADE OF THE 7TH DIVISION, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, WITH ELEMENTS OF THE BRITISH, INDIAN, POLISH AND OTHER ALLIED ARMIES. IT WAS SUPPORTED AND SUPPLIED BY THE BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN NAVIES AND AIR FORCES. THE GARRISON WAS ORDERED TO DELAY THE ADVANCE OF THE AFRIKA CORPS FOR TWO MONTHS IF POSSIBLE, TO ENABLE THE ALLIES TO ASSEMBLE REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE DEFENCE OF EGYPT. ON 10 APRIL 1941 IT CAME UNDER SIEGE. THE SIEGE REPRESENTED THE FIRST MAJOR REVERSE FOR GERMAN FORCES ON LAND DURING THE WAR AND SHOWED THAT THE PREVIOUSLY INVINCIBLE BLITZKREIG COULD BE RESISTED. BY THEIR LACK OF ADHERENCE TO ORTHODOX STRATEGY, THE DEFENDERS OF TOBRUK CONFIRMED AND ENHANCED THE TRADITIONAL IMAGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER AND THE REPUTATION FOR HEROISM WON BY THEIR FATHERS ON GALLIPOLI IN 1915. Rats of Tobruk, baby, Rats of Tobruk.