-
Join 386 other subscribers.
Never Felt Better
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: Index
- The Hobbit, Chapter-By-Chapter: Queer Lodgings
- In Detail: Iron Man – Gulmira (01.13.37 – 01.19.26)
- In Detail: Iron Man - The Convoy Ambush (00.00 - 04.20)
- Review: A Nightingale Falling
- Ireland's Wars: Desmond And Ormond At Affane
- Firefly: Existentialism In "Objects In Space"
- The Lord Of The Rings, Chapter By Chapter: The Council Of Elrond
- A Song Of Ice And Fire: Why I Both Like And Deride It
- Firefly: Jubal Early In "Objects In Space"
2022 Current Film Top Ten
Categories
- 30 For 30 (1)
- Afghanistan (27)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (23)
- Batman (23)
- Battlestar Galactica (96)
- Better Know A Micro-Party (14)
- Books (147)
- Children's Rights Referendum (5)
- Clusterf**k To The Aras (32)
- Comic Book TV (6)
- Constitutional Convention (8)
- Counter Insurgency (COIN) (33)
- English Premiership (38)
- Fiction (123)
- Firefly (82)
- Fiscal Compact Referendum (10)
- Football (All) (332)
- Euro 2012 (31)
- Football 10/11 (84)
- Football 11/12 (90)
- Sportsball (World Cup 2010) (31)
- Gaming (9)
- General Election 2011 (68)
- General Election 2016 (42)
- General Election 2020 (33)
- Harry Potter (8)
- History (679)
- Humour (6)
- In Detail (20)
- Iraq (18)
- Ireland (984)
- Ireland's Wars (517)
- Irish Defence Forces (35)
- It Is Not War (7)
- League of Ireland (75)
- Libya (19)
- Limerick (98)
- Middle East (52)
- Never Felt Better (31)
- NFB Reading List (13)
- NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World (33)
- Number Ones (26)
- Perfect Scenes (5)
- Politics (418)
- Presidential Election 2011 (32)
- Presidential Election 2018 (8)
- Quick Reviews (2)
- Religion (16)
- Reviews (1,090)
- Revolutionary Remembrance (43)
- Same-Sex Marriage Referendum (23)
- Seanad Referendum (1)
- Sport (338)
- Stupidest Thing (16)
- The Hobbit (19)
- The Lord of the Rings (83)
- To Ourselves (22)
- TV/Movies (914)
- Uncategorized (96)
- Villain Checklist (14)
- War (722)
- Why History? (6)
- World Cup 2014 (27)
- Wrestling (100)
- Xtranormal Videos (4)
Archives
Blogroll
Blog Stats
- 895,146 hits
Tag Archives: greased logs
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
4 Comments