Why don't you show us all how to abolish the written word by setting the example?

Pelopennesian War is the spelling I think. I read a long book on that war and so it is subsquently fascinating to me. Hence my name.

Mostly though, military history is filled with exciting stuff. Like the Mongol attack on Africa at Egypt that got driven back by the Mamluks? Few people know about that, but, that's simply amazing. If the Mongols had won.... you'd have an East Asian army tramping around Africa. That's crazy-cool. Mongols in general actually are unbelievable.

Only three posts and an intelligent discussion becomes a flaming match.

I haven't gotten a chance to study any ancient history yet, only European and Canadian history, so I like post revolutionary France/Napoleonic wars and Bismark.

Personally, I like British history up to and including the battle of hastings. Lots of great battles fought under Alfred the Great and the Lothbroksons.

The expansion of Charlemagne is also very interesting - it more or less defined the Catholic monarchies that would be in place for centuries.

The Moorish invasion and then subsequent expulsion from the Iberian peninsula is also interesting.

I rather like the whole Flashman period... of course.

Stacks of books on MH at home and always picking up more... One of the best was a book by Peter Flemming - brother of the 007 guy... "Operation Sealion". The English is a dream to read.

Currently working through several Roman period works and Agincourt (balls to the dauphin).

I like the Vietnam War. Even though there are not to many battle per-say, I like the whole idea of uncoventional warfare. THe Vietcong against US Army Speical Forces and Navy SEALs. This conflicted transformed the US military from being an all conventional warfare force at te beginning to having unconventional forces at the end. Without this conflict the US Army wouldnot have its premiere fighting forces that it takes so much pride in, the Green Berets and the Rangers. The Navy started the SEAl program. I realise that some of these units were functioning before. People might say that the Rangers did exist, but they were disbanded, then brought back during Vietnam.

Overall I think that this conflict helped the US millitary change its overall stratedgy that it uses today. The US military is constantly evolving, right now into unconvelntional warfare fighters. This process started with Vietnam.

I like the Wounded Knee Massacre. Unfortunately, they didn't finish the job...

why are you even bothering to post mapleleaf

i find very interesting how the US goverment risk the lifes of their own people to have an excuse to go to war agaisnt spain when they exploded a battleship (the maine) in havana and then the US goverment blame spain when now is know it was the other way around.

nothing new, eh?

I like alot of the battles of the romans. one thing that specifically impressed me was when (?) built a bridge across the rhine in a very short amount of time, marched his army across for a few hours, then left and burnt the bridge.

just an amazing display of power.

would anyone happen to know more about this?

Pitirre, can I just point out a fact:

Spanish American War:
American Combat Deaths - 432
Total American Casualties - 3,289.

Hardly risking American lives, when more people in America died of starvation annually, especially back then. The Spanish-American War, while indeed unjustified, was a beating. But now you're just making me digress into the whole America debate that no one wants to have.

Pandora, I've heard of a similar practice by the Roman legions, building forts at their nightly campsite and in the morning tearing it down and taking it with them, only to rebuild it at the end of a day's march. Just incredible really.

that is not the point thucydides, the fact is that the US goverment risk the lifes of their own people when they exploded the maine to have an excuse to go for war, im talking about the explotion in specific. and even when it was a BIG coincidence that nobody was in the ship (???) when it exploded it was a great risk.

it is very unfortunate that things are justified because of numbers and who wins... when we are talking about innocents lifes.

yes this was the strategy used by the legions to defend themselves in case of a night attack, but I am talking about one specific instance. building a bridge at the rhines widest point, in amazing time, just to march across and make a point then tear it down.

"the US goverment risk the lifes of their own people when they exploded the maine to have an excuse to go for war"

~ The US didnt blow it up. And the Spanish didnt either. It was an ACCIDENT cause by the design of the ships of that era, in which the coal room was adjacent to the armory. There were a lot of people on the ship when it exploded. Sailors lost their lives when it exploded. It wasnt a conspiracy to go to war, it was just an accident that the media - not the government - used as an excuse to get the American public rallied up.

Now, pitirre, please, stop including anti-American propaganda in every single one of your posts. We get it, you dont like America. We dont need to hear it every time you speak and it doesnt need to become a debate in every single thread.

And if you are going to say stuff, at least make sure you have the facts right first.

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Now, back on topic....

Reading through Pandora's list, many of those battles interest me too. For example, D-Day. The coordination of all of those nations in one well planned attack is amazing to me. The success of it too, is just a great accomplishment and was one of the major turning points in the war for the allies.

yes. I heard that the german command delayed reinforcements because they didnt believe there could be that many troops at normandy lol

I think if I could ever watch any battle, it would be the roman attack on nubia. thats worth a movie right there lol

raga, u are incorrect. the US goverment was very interested in the caribbean. even after 2 years of this war the US goverment was planning in which way they will divide their interests once they took cuba, puerto rico and others. 2 years before the war they were planning it!!!

people died but not the important officers and that how far the US goverment goes to get the hands of things it doesnt belong to them.

by the way, do u think the media is so independent from the goverment? or dont u remember how the press tried to cover the irak invasion but they were mantain in a lobby eating nice lobster and when they covered the news it was only where the goverment and military took them.

yes, like cnn is the best information reliable we can get. oh yes!

read your history good because the maine was a well planified thing

ok guys agree to disagree or start another thread

I like hannibals elephants :)
always thought it was cool

If there were one I could watch it would be the Battle of Ain Jalut, the name of the battle between Mamluks and Mongols I mentioned above. Its so fascinating because it includes every big, bad, army that was around at the time. The European Crusaders, the rampaging Mongols, the Muslim caliphate. All you need is the Byzantines or the Roman Empire and you've got it all right there.

Just ignore Pitirre and he will eventually go away, I reckon. Pests usually do.

My personal favorite part of history would be the Wars of German Unification.

really. lol
just throw in some indians, some orcs, and some storm troopers you about got it all

tht does sound very interesting. I'll have to look into it

german unification when? like the 200's 1600's or 1900's or what

thats the problem, ignoring this matters it only repeats itself.

how's the saying goes; ignoring your past only makes history repeats itself? something like that.

I love reading history books, but finding well written ones is always difficult. As long as you are naming your favorite battles, why not some books that would be a good place to start to learn about those battles.

I'm also fascinated with the Punic Wars Pandora! Imagine the logistical problems of taking an army including ellephants over the Alps. Then, after that, convince the Gauls to join you in your crusade against rome.

And how about that Battle of Cannae?
Hannibal 50,000 men
Rome 85,000 men
And Hannibal was able to inflict around 70,000 casualties while suffering only around 6,000.

"Never before, while the City itself was still safe, had there been such excitement and panic within its walls. I shall not attempt to describe it, nor will I weaken the reality by going into details… it was not wound upon wound but multiplied disaster that was now announced. For according to the reports two consular armies and two consuls were lost; there was no longer any Roman camp, any general, any single soldier in existence; Apulia, Samnium, almost the whole of Italy lay at Hannibal's feet. Certainly there is no other nation that would not have succumbed beneath such a weight of calamity" -Livy

Hannibal single-handedly brought Rome, arguably the most powerful empire the world has ever know, to its knees.

he was from carthage right?

how did he use elephants in battle? never looked into it