Grmbl... I thought I had a unit at Civ: IV named after him, a crossbowmen to.
I thought it was something with... Cho idd ^^
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Grmbl... I thought I had a unit at Civ: IV named after him, a crossbowmen to.
I thought it was something with... Cho idd ^^
Zhuge Liang.
Conqueror's right.
I was born ruler of the then greatest empire of the world, at a time when the fate of kingdoms was delivered on a pair of wheels. It was under my reign that the empire reached it's greatest extent, yet also under my reign begun the decline which would bring about it's swift downfall. Many were the great men who fell before my might, including my own brother. Yet to my successors I left a broken kingdom. It was but briefly after my death that my people would face their destruction at the hands of their former vassals, never to rise again.
Can you name me?
attilla the hun
Not Attila. I'll post more clues tomorrow if no one has guessed right by then.
Darius? or Kublai Khan?
Mongke Khaan?
The sentence "at a time when the fate of kingdoms was delivered on a pair of wheels" reminds me of ancient Greece, the Mycaenan time, but there were no great Mediterraenean empires at that time. Cyrus didn't cause the persian empire to fall, and Thutmoses had no brothers. I'm at a loss.
My first gues was Atilla though
attila fits the description perfectly :P he took his empire from his bro... was the biggest and faded fast... oh wait... only he wasnt born the ruler... hmm... lets see... i doubt its a european empire they werent that big untill after the romans... maybe a chinese dude... or maybe egyptian... pair of wheels/chariots...
Sargon?
No answer is correct yet, though you're getting in the right direction by analyzing the clues in the text. Here's some more:
My treacherous brother died by flames in a great city which in later times became famed for it's gates. Following my own death, my two sons would fight each other over the remains of the empire, while their true enemies to the East and South grew in power.
Nebuchadrezzar?
Lets go for some ROTK( and not return of the king...)
It's Either: Liang Zhuge or Zhuge Liang
And if im right i didn't know he actually existed Though the the Zhuge Nu was just an improvement to the previous cho ku no
Don't you love the RoTK novels :-)
Whoaaaaa trippy... i thought i was at the bottom of that page..... ummmm disregard all that above i will give and answer to the next question.
Cyrus the Great?
Ashurbanipal, the last great king of Assyria.
AggonyDuck has the right answer :2thumbsup:
wow :P never wouldve guessed that
though doubt that assyria was the biggest empire... maybe in known europe and minor asia... but nvrmind...
What was the codename of the largely ineffectual bombing campaign launched by the French Airforce against the Vietnamese supply route to interdict the build up of Vietnamese forces around Dien Bien Phu in the winter of 1953-1954?
Operation Castor? I think that was the airbourne attack, but I cant think of anything else bout Dien Bien Phu...
Edit: Operation Condor?
Neither of them are right I think, cos Condor is a attack on supply columns by commandos...
Well seeing as this answer really isn't wiki' or google'able I'll give you a hint that is that.
The codename shares its name with an Italian physicist who invented the barometer.
Well, the guy who invented it, his name is Evangelista Torricelli.
So, Evangelista or Torricelli?
Correct, it was codenamed Torricelli. Your turn Edyz.
I'll let anyone who wants to have a go. I am disastrous at finding hard questions.
ill go :D be back with a queston shortly
In my days, no one could match my skills on the battlefield. Not in melee nor in archery nor in horseriding. But not only I am famous, so was my noble steed and my weapon. We were the most feared on the battlefield.
Though famous for my courage, I was also notorious for my loyalty. In a few years I betrayed two of my masters, both who adopted me as their son.
I fought when my country fell to chaos and multiple contenders fought for the prestigious throne of one of the biggest empires the world has ever known.
Ironically my downfall (could be read litterally) came when I became the betrayed instead of the betrayer. My enemy rejected my pledge of service, remembering my reputation and had me executed. Thus ended my life.
Who am I?
Lu Bu.
correct.
A great King of Kings, I created the first ever documented charter on Human rights. Who am I?
Hammurabi.
Sorry, but not quite. Hammurabi created the first code of laws, there is a difference.
Cyrus the Great?
AggonyDuck is correct.
Who were the two commanders in charge of the two Muslim cavalry forces at the Battle of Walaja?
Busr bin Abi Rahm and Saeed bin Marra
Yup, correct.
Aight lets get some devastation...
When was the "first pompei"?
Do you mean the first city destroyed by a volcano and covered in its ashes? Or when the Vesuvius erupted and covered Pompei in 79 AD?
1971Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v..._POMPEII-0.jpg
Love that, got it on DVD.
wow FantasticQuote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
didnt think anyone would get it
but if you guys didnt see earlier i had a major computer problem so i couldnt respond before now
Beirut you gunna post a question
Is it still alive?
dunno
Make it come alive again then. Just post a question.
Okay I'll try to give it a go,Quote:
Originally Posted by Innocentius
Which ACW general in command of an army did not win a single battle.
Johnson
Burnside? Pope? A.S. Johnston?Quote:
Originally Posted by Destroyer of Hope
Sorry. Lost track of things. :embarassed:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
Which general stopped an invading army advance of 200,000 men with only 10,000 using nothing but deception?
(Hope that's not too cryptic.)
You've got the one I'm looking forQuote:
Originally Posted by Marshal Murat
Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
10.000 = Immortals? If so, Leonidas.
We are sorry, but your answer is incorrect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bavarian Barbarian
A hint: before the invading army turned back, he invited their envoys into his camp to talk and had them witness an elaborate hoax.
Stupid me, i read "200,000 men with 10,000 ( so 210.000 combined ) using nothing but deception?"
Btw, is it normal for mods to use the majestic plural?^^
No, just the tin plated dictatorial mods with delusions of godhood. In other words...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bavarian Barbarian
~:smoking: Just me, baby. Just me.
Vlad the Impaler?
so whos turn is it
It's either Marshal Murat or Beirut...
Should I give a hint?
Belisarius?
Ma man! ~:smoking:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
Can you flesh out the episode with more details? I remember reading of it in Graves' novel, but I can't find a reference to it anywhere, not helped by having mislaid said book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
IIRC, The Persians were advancing with a huge army, perhaps 200,000, and Belisarius had only 10,000 to stop them. He took a position on the wing of their advance and sent envoys inviting the Persians to talk. When the Persians arrived they saw a camp completely at ease with no sign of stress and formations marching to and fro. Actually, the formations were the same units walking in and out of the woods over and over, giving the illusion of great numbers, and all troops were ordered to appear relaxed to show confidence.
The Persian envoys returned to their army and reported that they were at a camp which must have been just the main outpost of a much larger army, and the enemy showed no signs of fear at their advance. Given that this "large army" was also on the flank of the Persian advance, the Persians lost their nerve and retreated.
What a move.
I'd take that 200 000 with a sizeable pinch o' salt, but yeah, still, smooth moves by good ol' Flavius.
Did you mean Battle of Dara?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
The Persians barely assembled 100,000 men...
Now for a complete change in direction, nothing to do with military history.
I am an artist forever associated with a river and a bridge, whose poetic genius earned me the nickname "The Great". In addition to being perhaps the second most famous poet among my people, and whose works have a devoted following even today, I took part in a celebrated performance of "Macbeth", playing the title role. It is fair to say that that performance will never die.
Who am I?
Another clue: my bios usually state that I am without peer as a poet in my language.
The "Great" William McGonacal?(bad spelling)
As I read it from Liddell Hart, it was Chosroes leading an estimated 200,00 men. Belisarius "did his thing" at Carshemish, on the upper Euphrates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tran
Even if it was "barely 100,000 men...", turning them back with 1/10 the manpower (as opposed to 1/20 as Hart puts it) without a shot fired is nifty indeed.
Beirut, I doubt that in a time of general shrinking of the scale at which military operations were carried out by two of the premier military powers of their day and age, the Sassanians were moving around with 200 000 men at once. Sure, Belisarius would've been outnumbered, but far from that heavily.
Well, since I wasn't there, I'm taking the word of a respected military historian who knew far more than I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baba Ga'on
If you have a source of reliable reputation who says otherwise, I stand ready to stand corrected.
The answer was, as any participant in Generalhankerchief's Mafia Vii will know, William Topaz McGonagall, ironically nicknamed "The Great" McGonagall. More details here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius of the Drake
Over to you Drake!
okay how 'bout this one.
Who are the participants, and in what year was the treaty signed, of the longest war in history which ironically had no shots fired between the two sides?
OHEZ I KNOW!!! Or did at one point. I think it involves the Dutch.
The Third Punic War, only "officially" ended (that is, ended by treaty) in 1985 after some 2100 years? No "shots" having been fired because actual hostilities ceased about 145BC...
Antagonist
not the one I was thinking of but good to know.
think 17th century
That would be the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War (1651–1986) between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly (located off the southwest coast of the United Kingdom).Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius of the Drake
It is said to have been extended by the lack of a peace treaty for 335 years without a single shot being fired, which would make it one of the world's longest wars and the war with the fewest casualties. Despite the uncertain validity of the declaration of war, peace was finally declared in 1986.
you are correct sir. take it away Tran
I do, in fact; Adrian Goldsworthy says Belisarius had 25 000 men at his disposable (a very large force for those times) at Dara, and the Sassanians an even larger one, numbering around 40 000. Considering the size of these forces relative to the norm in those days (most warfare was raid-based, like it was throughout the medieval period), it's not much of a surprise that it was inflated to such an extent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
I have it written as Daras, not Dara, but I'm sure the English translation of foreign place names, especially ancient ones, offers many variables. And I read the same number of men on each side as you wrote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baba Ga'on
However, the incident I refer to was in Carshemish at a later date, not Daras. The Persian army Chosroes led is described as very large and tied to the Euphrates as a logistical result, allowing Belisarius to forecast the route the Persian army would take and to set up his ruse in advance at a spot on the flank of the Persian advance. The set of events listed go some way to supporting the numbers of Persians the author spoke of. Also, Liddell Hart agrees with the numbers of men at Daras as you say Adrian Goldsworthy wrote them. If correct on one, perhaps Mr. Hart was correct on both.
What does Adrian Goldworthy write about the incident at Carshemish?
I saw a year’s attachment with a British battalion, The Argyl & Sutherland Highlanders, where I saw active service on the north-west frontier. I spent three years of a miserable existence and near starvation as a Japanese POW. Released at the end of the war in 1945, I remained in a Military Hospital for some months with beri-beri and other problems, brought on by malnutrition and inhuman conditions in Japanese POW camps.
I have a very peculiar (some call it bizzare) object on my person that I carried to my grave. I was perhaps the only deputy commander ever to ride a horse on parade in an infantry battalion, as I was too weak to march.
I fought with great distinction and valor in 3 major wars of my country. I even ignored frantic order for a withdrawal (from as high as Army Chief) and held tenaciously to my position, in spite of being attacked by an entire Armoured Division upon my surviving three and a half battalions. This was the last war I took part in for my country.
Who am I? And what is the incident where I refused to withdraw? And what was the outcome if I had withdrawn?
Harbaksh Singh, Battle of Asal Uttar,.Quote:
Had the General carried out these orders, not only would have half of Punjab been under Pakistani occupation but the morale of the Indian Army would have been rock bottom, affecting operations in other theatres as well.
I got the answer already yesterday, but decided to hold it back simply because I got the answer by googling "only deputy commander ever to ride a horse on parade in an infantry battalion". Couldn't wiki this answer though. :shame:
That's correct, AggonyDuck.
I should have searched for more google-proof question. Your turn :yes: