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If you could witness any battle.

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  • #32
    Simi
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    The battle for my soul.


  • #33
    I said
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    Moscow 1812
    Monte cassino 1944


  • #34
    ScumLord
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    D-day landings would probably be the most impressive. The old school hand to hand wars would probably just look like a big mosh pit from a distance.


  • #35
    Dave_The_Sheep
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    Anything with Napoleon in it, mainly Austerlitz or Waterloo.


  • #36
    Export
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    1916 Rising.


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  • #37
    megadodge
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    Battle of Clontarf 1014


  • #38
    FionnK86
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    Shakira vs. Iggy Azalea, in the mud


  • #39
    Karl Stein
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    One of the battles between the Gauls and Romans we see in Asterix books.


  • #40
    corner of hells
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    I said wrote: »
    Moscow 1812
    Monte cassino 1944

    Twelve minutes past six and quarter to eight ? Theres no way you could get to Italy from Russia that quick.


  • #41
    Gummy Panda
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    Battle of hoth


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  • #42
    LordSutch
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    Battle of Bosworth 1485.


  • #43
    tritium
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    Kursk
    Thermopylae
    Cannae
    Austerlitz
    Issus
    Midway

    All fascinating for different reasons, guess if be busy


  • #44
    I said
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    corner of hells wrote: »
    Twelve minutes past six and quarter to eight ? Theres no way you could get to Italy from Russia that quick.

    Time travel would work


  • #45
    MonkieSocks
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    January 1879

    Battle of Rorke's Drift

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • #46
    better call saul
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    John Joe Joyce fighting another gyppo


  • #47
    Daveysil15
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    Troy. I'd like to see what was all the fuss over that Helen one.


  • #48
    super_furry
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    Battle of the Bands, San Dimas High School, 1991!

    WYLD STALLYNS!!!!


  • #49
    cloud493
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    The British retreat from Dunkirk in 1940.


  • #50
    salmocab
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    Trafalgar or Monte Casino


  • #51
    Stella Virgo
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    the Gladiators going full tilt in the Colosseum .....


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  • #52
    RobbingBandit
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    Actium, D Day and The Battle of Hogwarts.


  • #53
    Schwiiing
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    Mickey Ward vs Arturo Gatti I II and III.


  • #54
    kingchess
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    Gettysburg,Waterloo,battle of Guagamela in 331 BC.


  • #55
    DeadHand
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    "War is delightful for those who have not experienced it".

    -Erasmus


    How many veterans of Stalingrad or Gettysburg would have of wanted to return to those times in any capacity?

    I'd imagine that most would have wished at the time to have had these ghostly time travelling powers to escape the situation they were in, could they conceive of such things.

    Had I these fantastic powers I have no idea how I'd use them but I know it wouldn't be to personally witness humanity at it's worst.


  • #56
    Kidchameleon
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    Wolf 359


  • #57
    House of Blaze
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    Schwiiing wrote: »
    Mickey Ward vs Arturo Gatti I II and III.

    Or the rumble in the jungle for that matter!


  • #58
    CrabRevolution
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    Would the likes of Staingrad and Kursk not have been months long and spread out over massive areas? You'd see nearly nothing at any one place and point in time. Helms deep on the other hand.....

    Maybe seeing the 1916 rising would be interesting, seeing as according to some it was a glorious stand for freedom against the oppression of the British Empire that motivated the nation to finally break free. Whereas to others it is made out to be a minor scuffle by a bunch of terrorists who represented no-one and were trying to remove Ireland from the UK where it rightfully belonged.


  • #59
    DeadHand
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    CrabRevolution wrote: »
    Would the likes of Staingrad and Kursk not have been months long and spread out over massive areas? You'd see nearly nothing at any one place and point in time.

    Excellent point, there.

    Stalingrad went on for six months I think most of us would not want to see anymore after six hours.


  • #60
    Lucifer MorningStar
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    War of the Buttons


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  • #61
    Manach
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    The relief of the Siege of Vienna. When the mass ranks of the Polish Winged Huzzars crested the ridge and charged forth to save the city.


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