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So I mean like, most briliant in terms of tactics, and an enemy that is supiriur in numbers and maybe weapons but sucked in battle never the less...

Well I think of the Briton-Roman Battle where 100,000 pissed of british people chraged in to the lines of a 17,000 strong Roman Force, and got their asses kicked even dough they outnumbered 1:6..

Ah yes people from the European shores of the Med rule;) :p

In which case, Crecy or Agincourt:p

In which case, Crecy or Agincourt:p
What are those might I ask

What are those might I ask

Where are you situated may I enquire?

There were some pretty impressive Southern victories during the Civil War, like Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, or Fredericksburg.

What are those might I ask

France. Some classic British pwnage of France there...

Where are you situated may I enquire?
In Norway as a refugee at this point in time

France. Some classic British pwnage of France there...

It is considerably more than that, it is our sole bragging rights. Except Waterloo, and Trafalger, and saving France twice in 30 years, oh, and still having a monarch.

Actually, Britain rules:p

There were some pretty impressive Southern victories during the Civil War, like Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, or Fredericksburg.

Don't forget the Bull Runs/Manassas's!

France. Some classic British pwnage of France there...

Aha, is this the battle where British archesr lined up in a nerrow filed with woods for flanks, and beat off a enemy 6 time as big, while the whole french aristocracy was killed off

So I mean like, most briliant in terms of tactics, and an enemy that is supiriur in numbers and maybe weapons but sucked in battle never the less...

Well I think of the Briton-Roman Battle where 100,000 pissed of british people chraged in to the lines of a 17,000 strong Roman Force, and got their asses kicked even dough they outnumbered 1:6..

Ah yes people from the European shores of the Med rule;) :p

They were outnumbered significantly more than 6:1. The Romans had a single legion, and a typical legio numbers around 2,000 men. They probably had 17,000 if you are counting every Roman man, woman, and child in Britain, but in terms of men at arms, they were outnumbered closer to 40-50:1.

That being said, the most heroic victory is probably Alexander's victory at Gaugemala. His troops marched 70 miles in 2 days to meet a Persian force that outnumbered them 20 to 30 to 1, and Alexander absolutely annihilated them.

They were outnumbered significantly more than 6:1. The Romans had a single legion, and a typical legio numbers around 2,000 men. They probably had 17,000 if you are counting every Roman man, woman, and child in Britain, but in terms of men at arms, they were outnumbered closer to 40-50:1.

That being said, the most heroic victory is probably Alexander's victory at Gaugemala. His troops marched 70 miles in 2 days to meet a Persian force that outnumbered them 20 to 30 to 1, and Alexander absolutely annihilated them.

It said on the Discovery channel, 17,000 with auxillary units, horses, and the legion it self.
BUt I agree, Alexander fought an army, this was only a revolt.

Alexander won couse he used the Phalnax formation.. Ant it, much in the same way as tesdudo formation for the romans, kicked ass over his un shielded enemy

Is it just me or is it that there are one too many history threads...

Is it just me or is it that there are one too many history threads...

Yeah, but its better to talk about this then arguing about shit we just don't know, like if there is a God

Operation Urgent fury, where the US hammered a 3rd world nation with B-2 spirits and F-117 nighthawks? That has to rank up there *eye rollage*

For me, Vimy Ridge or D day (see, not anti american, I just think Urgent Fury was pretty well, cowardly) Imagine the terror of fighting in knee deep mud with shells coming in 24/7, or trying to climb a cliff with the rip of machine guns and naval gunfire and ariel bombardment coming down on you. I think it must of been horrific

I'm thinking the 300 Spartans ranks up there.

I'm thinking the 300 Spartans ranks up there.
Ah yes, the Spartans...
Myth has it that they left male babys out in the cold for one night to see if they were fit to live...:p

I'm thinking the 300 Spartans ranks up there.

The only slight hindrance being they lost, but why let that impose upon you...

those guys at maraton, you know, saving western civillization, seems pretty heroic

or the french, at Poitiers (i think), beating the arabs, saving western civillization, again

I'm thinking the 300 Spartans ranks up there.
Tell about what they did, let me in on it

those guys at maraton, you know, saving western civillization, seems pretty heroic

or the french, at Poitiers (i think), beating the arabs, saving western civillization, again

The Arabs had quite of a conquering spree after the roman empire fell, and Byzant lost its influence in the western med, and northern europe.

There were some pretty impressive Southern victories during the Civil War, like Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, or Fredericksburg.

OMG RASISIST!!!!11

Kidding.

It said on the Discovery channel, 17,000 with auxillary units, horses, and the legion it self.
BUt I agree, Alexander fought an army, this was only a revolt.

Alexander won couse he used the Phalnax formation.. Ant it, much in the same way as tesdudo formation for the romans, kicked ass over his un shielded enemy

Well, not just that. There was also his brilliant strategem at the start to anchor his right flank along the ocean and put his best men on the left, a move that kept him from getting enveloped. Then he actually split his army to draw the Persian king into the breach, where he collapsed in on the command unit and killed the king. He was smart enough to realize that the only way to win was to crush the Persian morale, and the only way to do that was to exploit the cult of personality the king had developed around himself. It was a case of vastly superior tactics overcoming vastly superior numbers, as well as a hell of a lot of ballsiness on the part of the Greek hoplites to hold back a veritable horde of Persians.

Ah, poeple from the Balkans rule:D