THE... World War Map Timeline.. - Page 3

***EverclearBoy*** · October 23rd, 2004

All Bombing the Reich would need is a change of the year stated on the map. The creator must have merely picked a random year to coincide with the Lancaster then it would be the better known bombing of Kiel May 2nd 1945. And it is just an estimation for if someone wants to do the maps in soem sort of order... I look at the Map layouts/Time of year shown (i.e. Fall, Winter, Summer) And not at the vehicles featured since it is impossible for FH right now to go that indepth to vehicle detail. I would rather play a maplist in order where your not running into some Winter campaign map just after doing a Summer. This map order gives a far better impression for that time passing.

***Omni*** · October 25th, 2004

BTW Zielona góra is not Silesia, it's about halfway between Posen and Oder river (right now Poland, before war - Germany)

And great job

***FryaDuck*** · October 25th, 2004

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Originally Posted by EverclearBoy

All Bombing the Reich would need is a change of the year stated on the map. The creator must have merely picked a random year to coincide with the Lancaster then it would be the better known bombing of Kiel May 2nd 1945. And it is just an estimation for if someone wants to do the maps in soem sort of order... I look at the Map layouts/Time of year shown (i.e. Fall, Winter, Summer) And not at the vehicles featured since it is impossible for FH right now to go that indepth to vehicle detail. I would rather play a maplist in order where your not running into some Winter campaign map just after doing a Summer. This map order gives a far better impression for that time passing.

OMFG you cannot be so seriously blind to what is contained on the map that proves it is 1943 rather than your opinion. Could it be coincidence that;

The FW190 is in the markings of 9./JG2 in the Summer of 1943. The Bf109G-6 is a 1943 aircraft even though the model is a E-4. The Bf110G-4 Night fighter was introduced in 1943.

June 1943 would be its best postition in your list. I personally believe the Spitfire/Hurricane and Swordfish are only place holders for when the devs get around to replacing them. The Bristol Beaufighter IF - T.F.X and/or DH 98 Mosquito NF.II night fighter or FB.VI fighter-bomber are excellent candidates with very good reusability across multiple theaters.

Maybe if a dev would clear this matter we could move on.

***EverclearBoy*** · October 27th, 2004

Again.. I stress a maps placement should not be based solely on the vehicles featured... several maps run into these problems.. historical fact remains that the bombings of those locations.. which this would have to be.. happened on those dates listed.. not 1943.. Switch it to US vs German and you have no problem then with 1943..And it certainly isnt the Ruhr Valley..

June 10th, German bombings, US by day, RAF by night begins.
June 11, 1943 The US 8th Air Force raids the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven (200 B-17s), while the RAF attacks Münster and Düsseldorf.
June 12th 1943 The RAF launches a heavy raid on Bochum in the Ruhr.
June 20th, 1943 60 RAF bombers attacking the radar works at Friedrichshafen.
June 21st, 1943 The RAF launches a heavy raid on Krefeld in the Ruhr, but lose 44 aircraft.
June 24th 1943 The RAF conducts a heavy raid on Elberfeld in the Ruhr.

Being intended I'm sure as a generic map.. I'm sure the skins are just as generic in suiting the look of the map.. I wouldn't take the "skins" as a good historical reference to time...

For a timeline purpose however.. which is what I listed.. there are really only 3 dates where it would fit in.. the best of which would be the major bombings of 1940 or 1945..

***Jagd*** · October 29th, 2004

Yes but you are also forgetting that the British switched to purely night bombing by 1943 leaving the Americans to pound the Reich during the day. I know early on they would do night time raids as well, but really all signs point to 1943 other than those towns which you seem to be convinced are the ones depicted in the map.