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Tag Archives: siege
Ireland’s Wars: The First Confederate Victory And Defeat
One of the things I feel I should state here is that I cannot hope to cover everything. Starting around this point, the military history of Ireland begins to become better recorded and more complex, far more than earlier days … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged confederate, drogheda, history, ireland, julianstown, siege, war
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Vienna
The Ottomans and the Austrians tore much of Europe apart for three centuries. Today’s entry can be considered the apex of that conflict. Name: The Battle Of Vienna (which followed the Siege of Vienna) also known as the Battle of Kahlenburg … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged 1683, austria, bagels, biggest, burgs, cannon, cavarly charge, christianity, crossaints, decisive battles, history, holy leage, janissarys, john III sobieski, kahlenburg, largest in history, legends, muslims, mustapha pasha, ottomans, poland, romanian, rome, scutum, siege, starhemburg, straw, tartars, tunnels, vienna, walls, war, winged hussars
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Constantinople
When making my initial list of decisive battles, I shied away from final battles, those clashes that ended a war. Those battles like Appomatox, Berlin, Yorktown, between a nearly beaten force and a rampant one. I find that those clashes … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, Religion, War
Tagged 1453, boom, byzantine empire, cannon, constantine xi, constantinople, decisive battles, eclipse, end, end of empire, eruption, fall, fire ships, genoa, golden horn, greased logs, gunpowder, history, last charge, lights in the sky, mehmed, middle ages, nasa, ottomans, religion, roman empire, siege, theodosian, undermine, walls, war
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It Is Not War #4: Helm’s Deep, Part Two
Part One, for those who aren’t caught up. And we’re back with Aragorn seeing red. This assault can’t work. The defenders don’t have the numbers to push the Uruks back at this stage. The escape route that leads to the … Continue reading
Posted in It Is Not War, War
Tagged aragorn, battle, cavalry, gandalf, gimli, haldir, helms deep, hollywood, hornburg, inaccurate, isengard, it is not war, lord of the rings, rohan, saruman, siege, the two towers, theoden, uruks, war
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It Is Not War #3: Helm’s Deep, Part One
We’re in the big time now. Before I start, I’d like to say that I’m quite pleased with the reaction to my first two posts, and thanks to all commentators and well-wishers. Right then. Troy was based off source material … Continue reading
Posted in It Is Not War, The Lord of the Rings, War
Tagged aragorn, assault, battle, berserker, breach, causeway, crossbows, culvert, dwarves, elves, explosions, fantasy, fortress, gimli, helms deep, hornburg, isengard, it is not war, ladders, legolas, lord of the rings, men, pikemen, rohan, saruman, siege, the two towers, theoden, uruk hai, wall, war
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It Is Not War #1: Troy
The title of this post comes from a famous quotation of French General Pierre Bosquet. Observing the ill-fated charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, he remarked “C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c’est … Continue reading
Posted in History, It Is Not War, TV/Movies, War
Tagged achilles, agamemnon, cannae, encircling, flank, greeks, hastings, hector, it is not war, odysseus, phillippi, shieldwall, siege, sparta, trojans, troy, wolfgang pietersen
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