D-day invasion

[Dragon67]

My goodness, this is the largest d-day invasion I have ever seen by the AI. Using a large navy of transports, and a huge number of units. Watch the picture, he crossing my continent to reach his city to the south, where his bouts are waiting.
Really scary, I thought in the first place he should attack me, lucky fore me, it was the Aztecs who was invaded.

 

[Dragon67]

And thats was the end of the Aztech empire........

Really scary, I believe he transported about 50-75 units

 

[sabo]

Yes, I have seen D-day type invasions also. I've also seen the AI transport by helicopter, use paratroopers, and use arty much smarter, but only since PTW and the latest patch.

 

[philippe]

Yep...I like it now much more...
I even saw the AI using pike walls!

 

[sabo]

Phillippe WTH is pike walls????

 

[Praetorian]

Dragon, do you feel lucky?

 

[Dragon67]

Originally posted by Praetorian
Dragon, do you feel lucky?

Actually, in this game yes.
I have 75 riflemen and 105 cav's, against sipah's, and I am outnumbered. Ottoman is really strong in late middle age/ earlie industial. So too see those forces approaching, scared me almost too death

 

[redhulkz]

i still dont know the D-day. the letter D stand for what? me dont know

 

[epscilon]

The letter D in D-Day stands for Day.

 

[redhulkz]

Originally posted by epscilon
The letter D in D-Day stands for Day.

whats the 1st D mean then ?

 

[Adm. Hunter]

sabo10 - Think border patrol, only each pikeman is fortfied.

 

[philippe]

Yep the ai putted pikeys on chokepoints and mountains...and most of my game i HAVE to go through mountains....

 

[Alexnm]

Originally posted by epscilon
The letter D in D-Day stands for Day.

So, the D-Day was actually the Day-Day?

 

[Padma]

Actually, the first 'D' in "D-Day" is just an alphabetic designator, to distinguish it from "C-Day" or "E-Day". It has just become common usage because of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944, which had "D-Day" as its designation.

FWIW - The landings on Okinawa in WWII were designated "L-Day".

 

[Dark Yoda]

ive only seen the ai use this tactic once and it scared me...a bit.

 

[TubaGuy]

"Actually, the first 'D' in "D-Day" is just an alphabetic designator, to distinguish it from "C-Day" or "E-Day". It has just become common usage because of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944, which had "D-Day" as its designation."

According to a show on the history channle, the D ment Day, It was just an away to indentify the day, it was H-Hour on D-Day. They planned to use D-Day for other invasions but they eventually just decided to let it mean the Normandy Invasion.

 

[Padma]

If you dig through the actual historical record, like I have, you will find that other actions would be scheduled to take place on "A-Day", or "F-Day" or what have you. And these were before June, 1944. But you are correct, in that they decided to not use "D-Day" again after that.

(I love watching the History Channel myself, but they are not infallible. )

 

[sealman]

Originally posted by Padma

(I love watching the History Channel myself, but they are not infallible. )

I know. I was waching one program on WWII that showed the Germans marching through the streets of London. Roger Mudd quickly popped up and said opps, wrong tape.

I always thought that the "D" actually stood for something, but can not remember what and not just an alphanumeric designation, but it could have been chosen that way.

The only ones I am sure of are VE-Day (Victory Eurpore) and VJ-Day (Victory Japan)

 

[Padma]

The 'D' and 'H' in D-Day and H-Hour are just semi-arbitrary stand-ins for actual date/times. They allow us to plan, without knowing the actual date or time things will happen.

For instance: "On D-1, move the 1st and 2nd Battalions up to relieve the stretched 193rd Regiment." or "At H+30 minutes, the 1st Battalion begins its attack to the west."

All this allows planning to proceed, while letting the actual dates and times remain flexible.

And we are getting rather off-topic here, so I suggest we cease.

 

[Zcylen]

in my case, never seen large invasion by sea.
my warships are the masters of the oceans