How I defeated the Nazis
Second year history and we have the end of year project to do to prove if we are capable of carrying onto standard grade. The topic was the same as every year - you had to imagine yourself as a leader of the Nazi armies and Blitzkrieg a town. A map and troop detailing were provided, the rest was up to yourself. I ignored my geography project, a post on which to follow, and opted to focus all my energy on making Hitler proud!

It bewilders me that they gave such a topic to kids as I scarily got into the mood of pillaging this town. Troop details were provided but weapons had not so I divided my troops into three - flamethrower, riflemen and snipers. A division of the Luftwaffe's finest were to dive bomb the enemy trenchs creating a distraction for my mobile infantry flanking round the side of the town. I even outlined how spies were to infiltrate the town a week before the invasion to serve as my fourth column, cutting off the town's electricity and phone lines when they heard the start of the bombing.

After the bombing tanks rolled on in ignoring the trenches who were left for my division of flamethrowers - no quarter given! Tanks were to aim at any non-essential buildings to trap any awaiting troops inside. The mobile infantry and the rest of my troops coming in from the side to move quickly and secure the town. The trenches clear snipers took position at the river bed to snipe off any fleeing to the hard to reach port on the other side. I went into such detail I even outlined the buildings to be spared as Nazi headquarters and a prison for any unfortunate saviours to be interrogated (and shot) in.

If I outlined such a devious Nazi invasion plan how did I defeat them you may ask? That came in the form of my Uncle an addict for all things WWII. My cousin was in the same class as me and to say the least wasn't interested in formulating plans of mass murder so my uncle stepped into help. Surveying the documents he quickly realised they were the details of an actual battle and went about studying his library of information. So it was that my month of genocidal warmongering was pitted against the actual battle plans and events from history that the Nazi's used!

The fateful day for receiving marks arrived and upon my sheet it read A++. A++! Such a mystical mark had been whispered as existing by the geekery of the school but no one had even been able to produce one... until now! My uncles, ahem, I mean my cousin's? B-! The reason why? "While it goes into a lot of depth regarding tactics it flounders upon being too fast compared to what would be realistically possible". So it was my teacher exposed her ignorance of actual history and claimed the real battle plans which worked weren't "realistically possible" and I got a better mark than my uncle.

Instead of viewing this as the result of an incompetent history teacher I regard it as my intellectual victory over not only my uncle but the Nazis themselves!
(Brydie, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 19:52, 8 replies)

The Nazi's what?
What belonging to the Nazi did you defeat?
(Super Oaf Petit filous?, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 8:44, closed)

Fixed
Better?
(Brydie, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:47, closed)

As a Civ 2 addict and History graduate...
I must say this is the best assignment ever. All we did was study the plots to blow up Hitler.
(Evilweevil is covered in bees, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 8:46, closed)

Guess which game I played all the time back then? ;-)
The following year the assignment was "a place for a castle" where you got a map and had to decide where to plaace a castle on it best strategically and then explain how you would defend it from an enemy army!
(Brydie, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:52, closed)

With Howitzers
if on Cheiftain, Warriors if on Deity ;-)
(Evilweevil is covered in bees, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 14:05, closed)

Was your teacher a bit wrong?
Sounds a bit heavy for 12 year old kids really.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Fri 14 Aug 2009, 8:58, closed)

Not really...
... we had gone over many times the typical way the Nazi armies invaded including an example from a different town. Most people probably took the example and changed the necessary details. They virtually walked you through how to at least pass it.
(Brydie, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 11:50, closed)

Oh my
I'd have loved that project!
(kitescreech still here, Fri 14 Aug 2009, 9:03, closed)