RobMc Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.17 Reputation: 9113 Achievement Points: 63247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) Ok, heres one for all you battle hardened warriors :- You have to pick 3 battles from any period in history you could hover over and watch without getting hurt in any way, Three rules :- 1/. Only one may involve the country you live in 2/. They must have been real battles i.e. not fictional 3/. You must state who they were between and why they interest you My choices would be 1/. Clontarf where the Vikings were expelled from Ireland in 1014, the battle lasted an entire day near Dublin, Vikings always fascinated me as I live near the site of the first ever English raid. Now we all know how fierce the Vikings were and this was their heyday, the Irish must have been pissed off and quite cross lol. 2/. Agincourt (sorry Frenchi), 1415 where a vastly outnumbered, malnourished English army slaughtered a vastly superior French force, a lesson in tactics, brutality and over confidence by the French, this counts for my country, the ultimate battle for the longbow. 3/. Battle of the Teutoburg forest 9 ad, I admire the Romans as being possibly the finest fighting troops ever, however in this battle they were defeated by the Germanic tribes, the beginning of their end. This must have been a monumentous battle but as they lost historical accounts are almost non existent as to how, I could see what really happened. ps I wanted an air and sea battle too Leyte ? Trafalgar, etc but these won, you could go on forever Edited July 15, 2018 by RobMc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyDos Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2018 How about this,it is non fictional :I was there and finally won. BUDMAN, RobMc and TheLastColdBeer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastColdBeer Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41007 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted July 15, 2018 The Battle for Crete, when the Australians and New Zealanders were pissed at being pulled out of North Africa, tossed into Greece, and evacuated to Crete. Only to face the airborne onslaught of the Luftwaffe. The Germans parachuted into a hornet nest of vengeful ANZAC troops that shot to kill. Grant's battles with Lee after he took over as commander of the union army of the Potomac. He lost every battle all the way to Richmond, winning the war. Kursk, who wouldn't want to witness the largest tank battle in history? RobMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RobMc Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.17 Reputation: 9113 Achievement Points: 63247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Shit forgot about Kursk, but I chose hand to hand combat over weaponry, bloodier but modern wars are well documented, not so those in the past, so I ignored bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonovabich Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, TheLastColdBeer said: The Battle for Crete, when the Australians and New Zealanders were pissed at being pulled out of North Africa, tossed into Greece, and evacuated to Crete. Only to face the airborne onslaught of the Luftwaffe. The Germans parachuted into a hornet nest of vengeful ANZAC troops that shot to kill. Grant's battles with Lee after he took over as commander of the union army of the Potomac. He lost every battle all the way to Richmond, winning the war. Kursk, who wouldn't want to witness the largest tank battle in history? There was British troops at Crete too m8 lol, also 9000 Greek soldiers, a battle that was a total cock up for the allies. TheLastColdBeer and RobMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmah! Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 26443 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 460 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 5923 Content Per Day: 2.53 Reputation: 10286 Achievement Points: 50670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 118 Joined: 11/01/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 09/26/1971 Device: Android Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) 1. Thermopylae 2. Gettysburg 3. Yorktown: Secured the world's oldest continuously surviving democracy. Thanks, France. Edited July 15, 2018 by Timmah! FUNky and RobMc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RobMc Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.17 Reputation: 9113 Achievement Points: 63247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 46 minutes ago, Timmah! said: 1. Thermopylae 2. Gettysburg 3. Yorktown: Secured the world's oldest continuously surviving democracy. Thanks, France. Broke the rules two of your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmah! Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 26443 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 460 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 5923 Content Per Day: 2.53 Reputation: 10286 Achievement Points: 50670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 118 Joined: 11/01/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 09/26/1971 Device: Android Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) Ok...Battle of Stalingrad. Edited July 15, 2018 by Timmah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RobMc Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.17 Reputation: 9113 Achievement Points: 63247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Laughed at the comments after Yorktown, unfortunately true, we have few freedoms in Europe now. Discounted Stalingrad because you'd have to hover round in the cold for weeks I thought of Thermopylae too, and a few others Timmah! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastColdBeer Posted July 15, 2018 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41007 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted July 15, 2018 If you want messy hand to hand, anything the Romans were involved in matches that criteria. Need I mention Hannibal? RobMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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