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Sumerian age, they are so facinating and were extremely smart people considering they lived couple thousand years back

I would say from the 1900's towards the end of the 1980's, particularly in the Eastern Asian area, as I have been studying the rise of Communism in China and Russia and how these developments led to the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. It's not just about war, but those seem to be the main keypoints in this area during this period.

Paleolithic age ftw. Who needs technology when there are people with barely any knowledge of tools barely surviving while hey hunt and gather?

WW2, because I'm an American. I also like the Cold War, second.

Enjoi:






World war 2, the Atomic Age and the Cold War were far greater struggles than what we face today. Real right and wrong, battles of Ideology, supreme questions of Ethnicity, Diversity, Eugenics, Freedom, Democracy, the Space Race, and Nuclear Armageddon.

These days our great nations just quibble about finance, socialism subverting democracy, and the greatest evils out there are policing despotic Islamic nations that are obviously no match for the first world and making sure money lending doesnt bankrupt the planet from nations living beyond their means. Previous generations bought war bonds, sent their children overseas to fight wars and suffered together for a common purpose. We can't even agree on a budget or fair tax code now...

It's pretty sad.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

We better be careful as we hand out participation ribbons...

WW2 is my area of knowledge

WW2

I went for WWI. Trench warfare is amazing to me. Dont know why but I love that era! maybe why I picked DKOK.

Wow, where to start...?
Well I eventually plumped for the Industrial Revolution, since I love steampunk, and of course Britannia ruled the waves, although I'm not a fan of wargaming in that period.
If it'd been multiple choice I would have also picked:

Ancient Greece for the mythology and the whole Age of Heroes.

Napoleonics for Nelson and the entire Peninsular War

World War II for so many things, from technological developments to Britain and her Empire (as it was at the time) standing against a country that had dominated Europe in a ridiculously short amount of time. Also, for you WWII history fans out there, Operation Sealion would likely have not succeeded, despite how it's often presented. There was a wargames exercise at RMA Sandhurst in the 1970s (when most of the British leaders from WW2 were still around, and when the German plans had been obtained) that ended in a German force landing (sans heavy equipment, thanks to the use of flat-bottomed barges) and being cut off by the Royal Navy and destroyed by the Army. Also, as Jack Churchill said (look him up on Wiki), if it hadn't been for you damned Yanks we could have kept it going for at least ten more years (seriously though, not complaining. Would have been much worse without the US' assistance, which there was no requirement for you to lend, and of course the Marshall Plan was rather nice ).

I like the Cold War because that's when Britain started making decent tanks (apart from Challenger 1, which we don't mention), and the Falklands.

Personally I can't stand Vietnam wargaming. If I had to choose a period which I hate to wargame, that would be it.

Ancient Rome which was the most glorious period in the history of mankind, but sadly died of decease called christianity.

It used to be high medieval. However, the more I read and discover about the dark ages, 500ad to approx 1000ad, the more I like it.

TOKUGAWA.
I don't care how anime fan it is, samurais be ballin', yo.

The Viking Age.

I voted 'other Middle Ages period' because the experiences of all of the civilisations of that entire period fascinate me. The Crusades, the Mongol expansion, conquering China, Persia and even reaching eastern Europe in the lifetime of Ghenghis Khan. The Islamic Golden Age and subsequent stagnation. The achievements of Charlmagne and the Holy Roman Empire. The Spanish Reconquista, Italian cultural developments, the not so well known voyage of the Chinese treasure fleets into the unknown in 1421, mapping the Americas, Greenland, Russia and Australia well before the Europeans. The takeover of China by the Mandarins and consequent decline of that grand civilisation. The fall of Constantinople.

I could list more and detail them, but that would take a couple of hours

Industrial revolution, kinda ties in with steampunk, but mostly I like the contrast between victorian styling and the poverty and crappy qualities of the factories themselves.

Do we have to choose only one?

Toss up between WW2 and the Ancient World...although Medieval Europe/Japan is interesting along with the Renaissance. Screw it, I just like history in general.

Pre-columbian mesoamerica was pretty damn awesome..

In between WWI and WWII

The far, far future.

My favourite era is Celtic!!

Sengoku Jidai FTW.

It's between the Ancient Romans and World War II. Just find both periods so interesting to read about.

Ancient Egypt through the Reformation basically. Then the World Wars and that's about it, though I do think we live in fascinating times as well. History major, learning about all of it eventually.

Redbeard wrote:
The media has blown things all out of proportion. You know, you invade someone else's country, and some of your soldiers are going to die. This is part of an invasion. We have lost less troops in Iraq/Afghanistan than in Vietnam, than in Korea, than in WW2, or WW1, or pretty much any armed conflict the US has been involved in since the Spanish-American war.

Taken as a whole, the coalition's casualty rates have been negligible. That's not to say that someone who lost their father/brother/son/wife/etc. does not or should not grieve for them.

But I'm sorry, the way the media portrays combat losses that are so significantly lower than in any other conflict we've been in can only be described as whining. It's as if they expected US troops to roll in completely unopposed and execute a bloodless war. That doesn't happen, it's an unrealistic expectation, and rather than piss and moan about losing a solider per week to roadside bombs, they should be noting how advances in military technology have kept the vast majority of service people overseas free from harm.

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I agree completely with your post. I actually assumed you meant the media because that is exactly how I feel.

World War 2 is easily my favorite historical period however the competion between the Soviets and the West during the Cold War I also find extremely interesting.

I love ancient Greece and Rome, but for movies and games; Modern Middle East was my choice.

The "Roaring Twenties." I like my noir, my gangsters, and my black and white films.

three kingdoms era in china, cus let's face it WU was awesome

World war 1 all the way. The sacrifice of the infantrymen going over the trenches, all knowing that they were most likely going to die and never see their family again is fascinating and horrifying at the same time. That war was truly hell on earth.

I really enjoy painting Samurai the possibly of bright colours, banners and the clash of old and new technology clashing makes it really interesting.

Honestly, my favorite is the cold war. The main reason its so fascinating to me is that my grandpa was drafted into the Army's 9th infantry division during Vietnam. I can never get enough of his stories whenever he comes over for thanksgiving. Another interesting thing to me is the movies and literature that came out of that period. Very grim and dark.