tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post8605951165785795625..comments2023-07-01T01:17:58.674-07:00Comments on Sword of Gideon : War for Independence, Fight #2 Part 2Just Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552962741823929433noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-36763901657004230172017-07-04T06:47:56.540-07:002017-07-04T06:47:56.540-07:00No grenades in ToTest, but IIRC, they had the Ark ...No grenades in ToTest, but IIRC, they had the Ark of the Covenant ! 8-O Legion4https://www.blogger.com/profile/15378104769638263711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-29911189167426907192017-06-29T13:55:36.458-07:002017-06-29T13:55:36.458-07:00As you mentioned, the birth of Israel is quite com...As you mentioned, the birth of Israel is quite complicated ;)<br /><br />V/R,<br />Jack<br />Just Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552962741823929433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-58511754471560021262017-06-29T03:34:22.746-07:002017-06-29T03:34:22.746-07:00Last year I worked with some middle aged Palestini...Last year I worked with some middle aged Palestinians, who came to Britain on Romanian passports. One of them had very good English and he in no uncertain terms blamed us Brits for the state of his nation. He was quite surprised when I started talking about the Balfour Declaration and then 1948 termination of the Mandate. I think we Brits were in a fairly unenviable position in '48 ('a rock and a hard place' springs to mind!) and the Labour government at the time didn't exactly excel at foreign affairs (from September 1946 Attlee government allowed incredulous Soviets - Stalin was amazed! - to purchase eighty Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene turbojet engines, which were reverse-engineered to create the MiG-15. You guys sure thanked us for that in the skies above North Korea!). Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486311422850536804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-72233385125768954292017-06-26T09:41:01.503-07:002017-06-26T09:41:01.503-07:00Gareth,
Thank you so much for the enthusiastic en...Gareth,<br /><br />Thank you so much for the enthusiastic endorsement, I appreciate it! And don't worry, I'll be working through the War of Independence to the Suez War, The Six Day War, The Yom Kippur War, and at least up to The Lebanon War, if not beyond.<br /><br />I'll have to look and see if I can find "A Line in the Sand" also, thanks!<br /><br />V/R,<br />Jack<br />Just Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552962741823929433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-11270587294918078702017-06-25T13:31:45.821-07:002017-06-25T13:31:45.821-07:00This is fantastic - always a theater that has inte...This is fantastic - always a theater that has interested me, although if I were to game it I'd look at either the Six-Day or Yom Kippur War. I'm very interested to see how you handle the War of Independence as it's not a period I've seen gamed before. If you want to do some deep background on the geo-politics of the region I can't recommend 'A Line in the Sand' by James Barr highly enough. Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486311422850536804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-62406915984087863212017-06-24T13:55:39.155-07:002017-06-24T13:55:39.155-07:00Thanks Alan, glad you liked it. Though I don'...Thanks Alan, glad you liked it. Though I don't remember any grenades in the Old Testament! ;) <br /><br />I'm working on the next two batreps right now.<br /><br />V/R,<br />Jack<br />Just Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552962741823929433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-74480039030046651362017-06-24T06:43:39.412-07:002017-06-24T06:43:39.412-07:00Great report, Jack. I like the phrase "They r...Great report, Jack. I like the phrase "They rise to their feet and charge through the smoke of Abel's grenade" - sounds like it's strait put of the Old Testament!<br />Cheers<br />AlanOswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216846942285637102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-81984102759596388052017-06-23T11:47:45.306-07:002017-06-23T11:47:45.306-07:00Thank you Sir, I appreciate the kind words, and I&...Thank you Sir, I appreciate the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed the batrep.<br /><br />V/R,<br />Jack<br />Just Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552962741823929433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968996266509809819.post-52656742106594109252017-06-22T19:08:12.684-07:002017-06-22T19:08:12.684-07:00Wonderfully detailed game and story. Enjoyed it!Wonderfully detailed game and story. Enjoyed it!d_guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02584687221416450526noreply@blogger.com