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Pick Your Favourite Battle
debutanteBaltimr
8/4/2008 11:39 am

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8/8/2008 11:04 am

What do you think was the most brilliant military strategy of all time? (If you can't find it in the list, describe it in your feedbax!)
last stand of 300 at Thermopylae
Spartacus slave revolt in Rome
William Wallace battle at Stirling Bridge, Scotland
defeat of King Harold at Hastings in 1066
Pizarro conquest of Incas
Russian conquest of Napolean
US battle against Japan at Guadalcanal
Isreali battle against Arabs in 1967
battle of Little Big Horn in 1876
Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution in 1959


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3girlsmom
124 posts 

8/4/2008 12:28 pm

I'd go with the Battle of Little Round Top (Gettysburg, PA.) The section of Union soldiers were out of ammunition and they repelled and captured a large section of confederate soldiers by charging them with bayonets. That takes guts.

the last stand of 300? They all died! LOL

I'd say ya gotta win to be brilliant!!!

3girlsmom
124 posts 

8/4/2008 12:29 pm

Guadalcanal...??? That was more like a military blunder. They barely made it.

medsummer04
3 posts

8/4/2008 1:31 pm

That monkey-man with the bone/stick in the movie 2001. That guy made us what we are today!

On the serious side, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians comes to mind. From wikepedia:
Chief Joseph's surrender

On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Nation surrendered to units of the U.S. Cavalry near Chinook in the north of what is now Montana. Before this surrender the Nez Perce fought a cunning strategic retreat toward refuge in Canada from about 2,000 soldiers. This surrender, after fighting 13 battles and going about 1,300 miles (2,090 km) toward Canada, marked the last great battle between the U.S. government and an Indian nation.[9] After surrendering, Chief Joseph stated his famous quote "Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." The flight path is reproduced by the Nez Perce National Historic Trail.[10] The annual Cypress Hills ride in June commemorates the Nez Perce people's crossing into Canada.[11]

bunnyb1968
152 posts 

8/4/2008 3:03 pm

very great battle indeed for First Nations People

soulTrader
(Chris )

8/4/2008 11:55 pm

You missed out Der Kessel.

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debutanteBaltimr
12173 posts 

8/5/2008 11:33 am

    Quoting 3girlsmom:
    I'd go with the Battle of Little Round Top (Gettysburg, PA.) The section of Union soldiers were out of ammunition and they repelled and captured a large section of confederate soldiers by charging them with bayonets. That takes guts.

    the last stand of 300? They all died! LOL

    I'd say ya gotta win to be brilliant!!!
OK...you got a point there...or a lot of sharp points!

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debutanteBaltimr
12173 posts 

8/5/2008 11:34 am

    Quoting 3girlsmom:
    Guadalcanal...??? That was more like a military blunder. They barely made it.
Well...they were running short of amphetamines!

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debutanteBaltimr
12173 posts 

8/5/2008 11:36 am

    Quoting medsummer04:
    That monkey-man with the bone/stick in the movie 2001. That guy made us what we are today!

    On the serious side, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians comes to mind. From wikepedia:
    Chief Joseph's surrender

    On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Nation surrendered to units of the U.S. Cavalry near Chinook in the north of what is now Montana. Before this surrender the Nez Perce fought a cunning strategic retreat toward refuge in Canada from about 2,000 soldiers. This surrender, after fighting 13 battles and going about 1,300 miles (2,090 km) toward Canada, marked the last great battle between the U.S. government and an Indian nation.[9] After surrendering, Chief Joseph stated his famous quote "Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." The flight path is reproduced by the Nez Perce National Historic Trail.[10] The annual Cypress Hills ride in June commemorates the Nez Perce people's crossing into Canada.[11]
I was gonna include that one on my list but I ran out of space.

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debutanteBaltimr
12173 posts 

8/5/2008 11:38 am

    Quoting bunnyb1968:
    very great battle indeed for First Nations People
They might have won the war if they didn't have to fight small pox too.

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debutanteBaltimr
12173 posts 

8/5/2008 11:39 am

So many choices, so little space.

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S2_art
3 posts 

8/6/2008 4:20 am

Henry V, at Agincourt (sp?)

justmeddy
214 posts 

8/6/2008 11:28 am

PEACE..........those periods in History the school books have zero chapter on.

I love Chess.........strategically good and less mess.

and where is Atila??

debutanteBaltimr
12173 posts 

8/8/2008 11:03 am

    Quoting S2_art:
    Henry V, at Agincourt (sp?)
Those English are used to fighting in mud and drizzle.

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debutanteBaltimr
12173 posts 

8/8/2008 11:04 am

    Quoting justmeddy:
    PEACE..........those periods in History the school books have zero chapter on.

    I love Chess.........strategically good and less mess.

    and where is Atila??
I didn't have space for Alexander the Great either.

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