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Psycho Ninja
04-06-2007, 10:57 PM
Anyone ever notice that Iwo Jima statue in one of the maps in RA2? I thought World War 2 didn't happen in the RA universe.... that Einstein went back in time and got rid of Hitler.
Statalyzer
04-07-2007, 12:11 AM
Hitler never existing wouldn't have stopped Japan from attacking the USA.
CrowRbot
04-07-2007, 12:50 AM
True. Also, the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor is featured in two missions I think.
kyle
04-07-2007, 12:56 AM
Hasn't this been posted before?
Gaucho8788
04-07-2007, 04:02 AM
You could do a search if you really wanted to find out. Chances are yes or the subject has been crossed in another thread.
nuker7735
04-07-2007, 06:03 AM
no, einstien went back in time to get rid of stalin. i believe WWII had just ended when he arived at his "back in time" destination. and yes, probably everyone noticed the Iwo Jima monument, considering it is at the center of the view where the first soviet mission starts.
Corsarus
04-07-2007, 10:53 AM
nuker, you make some very good points.;)
CrowRbot
04-07-2007, 05:20 PM
no, einstien went back in time to get rid of stalin.

You mean Hitler, right?
HelloDave
04-07-2007, 06:49 PM
You mean Hitler, right?
I'm sure he does.
anyway unless he hasn't seen it -> RA1 intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85tMFIA6Dy0)
nuker7735
04-07-2007, 07:45 PM
well whatever, i guess i didnt pay quite enough attention to the slideshow when the game was installing... i remember tho that something that einstien did got rid of stalin and thats when romanov came to power.
CrowRbot
04-07-2007, 09:34 PM
No, Stalin invaded Europe in the absence of Hitler, and the Allies defeated Stalin (he was killed by the Greek general). After the defeat of Stalin, the Allies put Romanov up as a popular puppet, allowing the Soviets to exist while supposedly keeping them from building up enough power to be a threat again.
JJFZ3000
05-10-2007, 08:15 PM
Is there anyway to download the intro video from Youtube?
Statalyzer
05-10-2007, 08:46 PM
I don't know - you'd have to try going to YouTube and searching to find out.
chaos commander
05-19-2007, 09:47 PM
well ra2 is not conneted to ra1 and on 1st decade box ( the back of it i think) it says: red alert the battlegrounds of alternate history.
Zancloufer27
05-20-2007, 11:09 AM
RA2 is connected to RA1. Some might argue that RA2 is connected to TD, or perhaps RA2 and TD are two possible continuations of RA1.
Da Doom Guy
05-21-2007, 10:43 AM
The Red Alert Universe takes place waaay before Command and Conquer, Generals starts after YR, then Command&Conquer comes into play because it's all based on earth, there's no Tiberium on earth when Americans/Chinese/GAL or Soviets and allies are fighting, and the GDI is kinda like a world police force from the UN.
Zancloufer27
05-21-2007, 10:50 AM
I don't think Generals is Cannon. It is pretty much something completely different.
Da Doom Guy
05-21-2007, 11:18 AM
The reason I say all that is cause it's with reason, so far what I've been told, YR and Generals are just there, they have nothing to do with "real" storyline, I'm jusdt puting them in "cronological order" on how they would appear in the whole C&C universe.

but oh well, I don't really care about fictional timelines cause it can all get very confusing at times.
SgtRicko
05-22-2007, 10:23 AM
The reason I say all that is cause it's with reason, so far what I've been told, YR and Generals are just there, they have nothing to do with "real" storyline, I'm jusdt puting them in "cronological order" on how they would appear in the whole C&C universe.

but oh well, I don't really care about fictional timelines cause it can all get very confusing at times.

Yeah, try keeping up with the Star Trek timeline after all of the events of Enterprise, it's damn near impossible!
throstur
06-02-2007, 08:42 PM
Anyone ever notice that Iwo Jima statue in one of the maps in RA2? I thought World War 2 didn't happen in the RA universe.... that Einstein went back in time and got rid of Hitler.

As a matter of fact, World War II didn't happen and Iwo Jima never happened either. It's an easter egg and I believe there's an article about it on Wikipedia.
Statalyzer
06-04-2007, 08:29 PM
As a matter of fact, World War II didn't happen and Iwo Jima never happened either. It's an easter egg and I believe there's an article about it on Wikipedia.

I don't care what Wikipedia says, nothing in any C&C indicates that Japan wouldn't have attacked the USA, while 2 things (the memorials) indicated that Japan did attack the USA.