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19-04-2008 03:37
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Metaliant
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quote: | Originally posted by Gunman
No fire power determines the war......
Its like sticking someone with a sword against someone with a gun |
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Excuse me Gunnie, but in the past, some armies who outnumber a small army or force actually lost or didn't destroy the smaller army/force.
For examples.....
1) Battle of Thermopylae - 480 BC
300 Spartans, 700 Thespian volunteers, 400 Thebans that had been pressed into service, and 900 Helots.
150,000 to 200,000 roughly.
Okay, so the Spartans and co lost, but with good training, equipment, tactics, knowledge of area and leadership you can hurt the larger force a lot more than they can hurt you.
Peninsular War 1807 to 1814
In Portugal and Spain, the huge French armies were defeated again and again by the smaller British, Portuguese and Spanish armies. Also the French had extreme problems with the Portuguese and Spanish guerrilleros who fought in their guerrilla war (The Little War) which was......lets say the word brutal was an understatement by making the French guarding their messengers with a lot of soldiers and cavalry and killed a lot of them as well.
IN fact the word guerrilla came into the English languague because of this.
In WWII, special forces such as the SAD helped to be a bother to the Germans both in Europe and north Africa.
Battle Of Canaron - 30 April 1863, between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army.
Cut a bloody story short, a small group of 3 officers and 62 French Legionaries fought agaisnjt a Mexican force of 800 cavalry and 1200 infantry. The French Legion survivors charged the Mexicans with a bayonet charge but were beaten down.
The Mexican commander said of those Legionaries, "What can I refuse to such men? No, these are not men, they are devils." and escorted them home, let them carry the body of their captain and let the French Legionaries keep their weapons.
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Metaliant on 22-04-2008 at 18:36.
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22-04-2008 18:20
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