joespaniel
Unescorted Settler
Dingbat has some real good ones there.
I might have to buy that book.
I might have to buy that book.
So close to ending so many of the world's problems. Assyria should have conquered and the world would be a better place.Originally posted by Eli
There are plenty of less grandiose battles that had huge impact on history.
A good example from this region is the war of Assyria and Judea, after the fall of Israel. If the siege on Jerusalem had succeded and Judea had fallen, Judea's Jews(like the Israeli ones) would've been exiled and assimilated.
No Judaism, no Christianity, no Islam.
Well the Christians were more aggressive. They went all the way to Jerusalem because the Pope said so. The Crusaders were crazy and horrible. THey were cannibles. They slaughtered Christian villages in the Middle East.Jeez, what history book are you reading.
The Muslims were the most agressive people of the era.
Give me a break.
Originally posted by God
Well the Christians were more aggressive. They went all the way to Jerusalem because the Pope said so. The Crusaders were crazy and horrible. THey were cannibles. They slaughtered Christian villages in the Middle East.
What history book are you reading.
Give me a break.
Originally posted by joespaniel
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich makes for some good reading on the subject. 2194 Days of War has alot of info on it too.
Or just watch the History Channel.
Originally posted by andycapp
Manzikert! The Seljuk Turk defeat of the Byzantine army at Manzikert (1071).
Originally posted by Andu Indorin
4. Gettysburg, 1863 a.d. Let us suppose that the vision that Lee had when he invaded the North in 1863 had come true: recognition from France and Great Britain of the Confederate States of America; the defeat of Lincoln in the 1864 elections to McLellan (an ugly thought right there!); and a negotiated peace settlement dividing the United States into two (and possibly three) very different nations. Imagine the course of the international relations between the northern states and Great Britain had British recognition forced a peace settlement. Imagine the "isolationism" in a North America divided. Imagine either of the two World Wars without the impact of U.S. intervention, prevented because of the political divisions in the North American continent. While Gettysburg is only a battle in a "civil war," it does deserve mention among history's most decisive.
Originally posted by animepornstar
3. breitenfeld 1631 - the most important battle in the swedish history. it did also change the european warfare completly.
Originally posted by Fallen Angel Lord
Going back in history:
-Battle of Salamis(Greek victory)
-Battle of Marathon(Greek Victory)
(etc)
Originally posted by Fallen Angel Lord
Going back in history:
-Battle of Waterloo(Napoleanic defeat)