Talk:Admiral Doenitz

2006-08-25T00:33:13Z

Papatrouter:

I can't stand it anymore! I wanna know; how do you pronounce this guy's name? Den-its? Dun-its? Doe-nuts? Something else I don't know and didn't list? -[[herbalsheila]]

*After a conversation with Jeremy a couple of months ago, this subject was raised. From what he told me it is pronounced Doe-nuts, or at least there are a fair few of us who have adopted that version. Jeremy would be the only person that could give you the offical and original version. -- [[User:Pdennett|Pdennett]]

** Jeremy said I was the first person to guess who Admiral Doenitz was named after. </end brag> -- [[User:KevinSchram|Kevin Schram]]

*** Dude, don't just leave us guessing, who was it? -- [[User:Pdennett|PDennett]]

**** Admiral Karl Doentiz, head of the Nazi German U-boats, then promoted to head of the enitre Nazi Warfleet -- [[User:KevinSchram|Kevin Schram]]

[[judahfawkes]] on the forum boards tells me its Dö·nitz: d '''oe'''(German sch'''ö'''n)'n '''i'''(p'''i'''t) ts. Is this correct? -[[herbalsheila]]

****Doe nits would be the closest I can type to the german pronounciation. My midwest accent makes it 'donuts'. and yes, I named him after the german admiral. :-P -- [[User:papatrouter|J Trout]]

::::* Yay for midwest accents! -- [[User:KevinSchram|Kevin Schram]]

* I just wish that more history and background were added as I keep having crew who want to know more about him. -- [[User:JPB|JPB]]

Yea yea, I'm working on it. I have a novel to write on his history...

~J

Papatrouter:

The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Augustus in late 1st century BC. After Constantinople had been made capital and the Western parts were lost, the Eastern part continued its existence, in what is currently known as Byzantine Empire.

Roman Empire is also used as translation of the expression Imperium Romanum, probably the best known Latin expression where the word imperium is used in the meaning of a territory, the "Roman Empire", as that part of the world under Roman rule. The expansion of this Roman territory beyond the borders of the initial city-state of Rome had started long before the state organization turned into an Empire. In its territorial peak after the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the Roman Empire controlled approximately 5,900,000 sq.km. (2,300,000 sq.mi.) of land surface, thereby being the largest of all empires during the classical antiquity period of European history.

*[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Edward Wolfe]] of the [[USS Nimitz]] collects weapons and books from this time period.
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Middle Ages of Earth

2006-03-05T02:31:35Z

Papatrouter:

The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times. The Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the Western Roman Empire (5th century) until the rise of national monarchies, the start of European overseas exploration, the humanist revival, and the Protestant Reformation starting in 1517. These various changes all mark the beginning of the Early Modern period that preceded the Industrial Revolution.

The Middle Ages are commonly referred to as the medieval period or medieval times or simply medieval (sometimes spelled "mediaeval" or, historically, "mediæval").

* [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Edward Wolfe]] collects writings and weapons from this time period.
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