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5/30/2016 12:14:26 PM
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I would have thought it was more like the Normandy invasion. Except it was unsuccessful and instead of America pushing through the Germans it was the fallen pushing through the guardians.
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Id say the somme. The deciding factor was reinforcing
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we won twilight gap...
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I know, but we weren't the one invading.
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oooh ok
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So it was like Normandy, except we are the other side, and the other side won..? There are lots of other battles in history that are probably better analogies :) But, I don't know enough about the overall size, strength or disposition of either side's forces to pick one with confidence.
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I only picked Normandy because most people know what that is. Maybe Stalingrad would be a better example?
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Edited by OurWildebeest: 5/30/2016 2:15:42 PMYes, Stalingrad is a good analogy in that the seige failed. However, it was a 900-day seige and a million people died. I doubt Twilight Gap was that long or large a battle, or as decisive (the Germans permanently lost the strategic initiative on the eastern front due to the loss at Stalingrad), but who knows.
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Edited by Fal Chavam: 5/30/2016 2:17:14 PMTwilight gap was a pretty big battle. Every last unit from the houses of devils, winter, and kings were down there (spider tanks and all). A whole bunch of troops both guardian and fallen died before it was over. Though I don't think twilight gap lasted as long as Stalingrad.
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Edited by OurWildebeest: 5/30/2016 2:23:39 PMMight be a good analogy. I don't know enough about the lore. If both sides threw everything they have into it, and with the loss, the Fallen lost the ability to plan major new attacks and started losing ground, it is perfect. Stalingrad was an amazing battle. Probably the two most powerful land armies in history coming to death grips, each pouring everything into the battle for many months. Gettysburg could be another analogy.
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Stalingrad was Russians vs Germans right? Ww2 history a little rusty.
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Yes. German forces per Wiki: Initial: 270,000 personnel 3,000 artillery pieces 500 tanks 600 aircraft, 1,600 by mid-September At the time of the Soviet counter-offensive: ~1,040,000 men (400,000+ Germans, 143,296 Romanians, 220,000 Italians, 200,000 Hungarian, 40,000 Hiwi) 10,250 artillery pieces 500 tanks 732 (402 operational) aircraft Soviet forces per Wiki: Initial: 187,000 personnel 2,200 artillery pieces 400 tanks 300 aircraft At the time of the Soviet counter-offensive: 1,143,000 personnel 13,451 artillery pieces 894 tanks 1,115 aircraft
