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  1. 07-06-2005, 00:22 #1
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    Default Re: Back in time/fly on the wall

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    Hm then you would be disappointed as it wasn't the arrows


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    It would be even more fun to see heavily armored knights getting stuck in the mud and getting stabbed to death by grungy peasants with kitchen knives.

    Anyways, Zama I think would be more interesting than Cannae. Its the difference between watching a superior commander wipe out an inferior commander and watching two superior commanders battling it out.

    Kursk would be cool too, but only if I get some sort of crazy zoom camera.

    Best would be the Battle of Chi'bi on the Yangtze river in 208A.D. Over a million troops battled it out on and by the river. Probably need a zoom camera for that one too.......
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    Of those listed, Leuctra. The last throes ofd Sparta, what else could one wish for?

    Well I would have loved to see Thermopylae, but that's on a whole different level.

    Of other battles; Constantinople 1453 and Kursk (biggest tank battle ever, 'nuff said).

    EDIT: Looked up a bit more on Leuctra and after that Mantineia and decided to add Mantineia to the list and learned more about the tactics involved. They are now also one of the main reasons I would want to watch those battles.
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  3. 07-06-2005, 03:38 #3
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    Out of those listen it has to be Cannae or Agincourt. Cannae because of the military genius and Agincourt because to witness the sheer destructive force of the longbowmen would be dumbfounding.

    However the scenes would be disgusting so I probably wouldn't have the stomach for either anyway.
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  4. 07-06-2005, 03:45 #4
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    Agincourt, I have to see how the English outnumbered 5-1 won that battle...

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    Quote Originally Posted by PittBull260
    Agincourt, I have to see how the English outnumbered 5-1 won that battle...
    Mud > disorganised attack > longbowmen > ouch.

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    GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
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    No Bannockburn? Fine. Cannae then.
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  7. 07-06-2005, 10:43 #7
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    Default Re: Back in time/fly on the wall

    Bannockburn would be another good battle to go and watch, I picked Königgrätz for the sheer scale of the battle and to see the Prussian breach-loading rifles in action against the Austrian smoothbore muskets.
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