Pocus wrote:So far I only know for certain that my grand-father was in the mountain infantry, during WW1.
PhilThib wrote:One of my direct ancestor was an artillery general of Napoleon during the Peninsula War (so NCP: 1) and my grandfather was an artillery lieutnant observer (balloon) in France in 1916 and on the Italian front in 1917-1918 (so WW1: 1)
My father was a doctor in a artillery regiment in the Algerian war and myself served as Recco head in a motorized artillery regiment in the early 80's...
Looks like my family loved big guns...
El Nino wrote:And I was in Ivory-Coast myself during the civil war in 2003-2004 (as french officer of the "Opération Licorne") !
El Nino wrote:My ancestor was lieutenant-colonel in the french 17th cavalry during the french revolutionnary wars, and of the 26th dragoon regiment during the napoleonic wars (injured at Eylau, many hard fights in Spain). He received the "Legion d'Honneur" from Napoleon himself !
My great-great -father was lieutnant at Verdun during the Great War (and stay alive) !
One of my great-father was in the Maginot line during WWII, the other was in the french airforce in 1940 at Toulouse. And my great-uncle made the battle of Dunkerque in 1940 (he was lucky to be one of the few french to go in England).
And I was in Ivory-Coast myself during the civil war in 2003-2004 (as french officer of the "Opération Licorne") !
TheDoctorKing wrote:On behalf of my African family members, thank you for your service.
I was in Togo during a coup attempt there and it was a very comforting feeling to hear the transport planes bringing the "paras" in to stabilize the situation. Even though they kept Eyadema on the throne for a few more years.
Random wrote:
Fraternal grandfather fought in the First Balkan War with the Greek Army rising to sergeant. He emigrated to Canada after his discharge and in 1917 tried to enlist in the Canadian Army but was rejected because he was a "foreigner". Ironically, Greece was a member of the Allies but this is purely anecdotal and it may not have happened like that at all. No way to confirm any more, he died in 1932 and my father (b. 1918) passed away in 1999.
-C
Le Ricain wrote:Which coup? I was in Lome for one of the 1993 coup attempts.
Gen. Monkey-Bear wrote:Do all European countries require service legally? It seems that it is very common to have ancestors who were involved in their country's military. I am suprised so many forumites have also served.
I remember one of my Great-aunts on my mother's side talking about the Cristero War and how the government troops would come plundering their land asking my grandfather ¿Eres un hombre de la iglesia? Despite all the thieving and plundering, especially in Guanajuato, they managed to stay neutral.
On my father's side my grandfather told me the story of his village in Jalisco, starting from its history under the Porfiriato, but he totally skipped the story of the revolution. Suddenly he was saying "My father received a piece of land from the government after the revolution" and talking about what happened next. So I guess 'nuff said.
I can't imagine how my family avoided fighting, but I guess someone had to be neutral. Thank God!
I did not see that. I am interested - are you trying to make Mexico playable in PON, with political events and the like?
I am thinking of a more operational-level game, with scenarios for the American invasion of 1846-48, the Reforma war of the 1850s, the French invasion and possible involvement in the American Civil War (that's what we're starting with) and the Revolution of 1911-1928 or so. Probably be a lot of political options and regional decisions reflecting the political nature of these struggles while still focusing on troop movements, supply delivery, leaders, and so on.
Now we usually get defensive and start to bring up science, philosophy, classical music and etc..lot of these are linked to European wars btw.
But yes, we are killers, been like that since history has been written, so where our relatives that went overseas "exploring" and "colonizing", they fought each other and the locals.
Now the general conscription came really up for the Napoleonic wars, like many have reported here about their relatives.
But many smaller nations had to be like military camps even before because these larger predators where around and most still got eaten.
The modern European concription was during the Cold War and it has practically ended in all countries.
It remains in Finland, Greece, Switzerland.. anyone else please report here?
All have different reasons for it, but today it must have a strong support by the people, in Finland it has and im sure Switzerland, others can report their situation.
Now we have this "peace project" called European Union where leaders have not opened a history book in their life so we will propably see more European wars..
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