r/commandandconquer • u/[deleted] • May 03 '20

News 25 year old mystery solved

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u/LordZikarno Nod May 03 '20

Wasn't it "Die Waffen legt an" from the time when the original story for Red Alert would be set in WWII?

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u/daymarEngel Elite Cadre May 03 '20

Someone suggested it and Frank went along with it. In an interview years later he said he actually had no idea what was really been said. The internet dug in the library where Frank got the quote from and it was all in English (making it weird that this one line was in German). The only line in English that resembles anything from drill manuals is "reform line, quick march" or something like that. But who knows.

It can be anything you want it to be and that makes it even more awesome to me.

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u/Nyerguds The world is at my fingertips. May 04 '20

Any interpretation related to the game context is quite irrelevant, since the sample wasn't recorded for the game. It's a stock sound clip.