Your Favorite Battles

[Osiris]

Topic says it all Which battles are your favorite in terms of reading up on/studying/watching documentaries on. Admiration of the Generals or just sheer epicness. Im not saying death is cool etc but well you know.


Being a fan of Ancient Egypt I enjoy reading/watching about the battle of Kadesh. It was a large scale chariot battle which a highly debatable outcome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh

Kind of obvious one nuff said

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae

A couple of Anglo Saxon vs Danes (not a ton of info makes it interesting ) (being English and all ^^)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ethandun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cynwit



Those are some of the battles i enjoy reading/watching about what are yours?

[Vibe]

Being a fan of ancient rome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus

[Abay]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moh%C3%A1cs

it ends in 2-3 hours. after that battle, no-one in eu could fight against suleiman cos of fear of that battle. u know, cannons were used in an open battle first time here 

[Christo]

Just to "counter" my Turkish forum-mate here 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Eger_(1552) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vienna

Yep, techincally aren't battles. But I had to. 

[the real god emperor]

Dont counter Turkish with battles after 16th century

But if you will, i will counter back! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Nagykanizsa

[Christo]

Yeah, idiotic Habsburg leadership is idiotic. 

[the real god emperor]

Id show Fall of Constantinople too, but i am a Byzantium... so Nagykanizsa !

[Christo]

Now now.

I wouldn't flex around with conquest of land that was torn apart by inner conflict, and outside control and domineering.

Pretty much that's how Ottomans came in and ruined the party everywhere 

No, I'm not hating on them or anything, but still. Janissaries were kick-ass quality troops, so yeah.
Devouring struggling small powers isn't that amazing.

[Abay]

Dont counter Turkish with battles after 16th century

But if you will, i will counter back! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Nagykanizsa

that is legendary 

[the real god emperor]

Tbh, I dont like Ottoman Empire, most barbarian and cruel country i ve ever seen, and i feel shamed in most ways cuz of my history. For exp; Janissaries are not actual turkish, they re captured from other eu countries as babies, then sent there to fight back. I dont really care about my history before 19 May 1919

[Abay]

Now now.

I wouldn't flex around with conquest of land that was torn apart by inner conflict, and outside control and domineering.

Pretty much that's how Ottomans came in and ruined the party everywhere 

No, I'm not hating on them or anything, but still. Janissaries were kick-ass quality troops, so yeah.
Devouring struggling small powers isn't that amazing.

I am sure the key is scinece here. After christian world broke church barrier, they improved themselves in any kind of scince. In opposite way, big Ottomans fall cos of setting barriers front of science.

[Abay]

Tbh, I dont like Ottoman Empire, most barbarian and cruel country i ve ever seen, and i feel shamed in most ways cuz of my history. For exp; Janissaries are not actual turkish, they re captured from other eu countries as babies, then sent there to fight back. I dont really care about my history before 19 May 1919

Loser, idiot and an ignorant. How do you know you are a Turk? Maybe your ancestor is one of those janissaries. Respect! We dont talk about blood and racism here, our issue is culture, you fool.
You say your histor begins after 19 may 1919 but you dont know what being Turk, right? It is not about blood, it is about culture.
you say Ottoman Empire is cruel? Omg, you fucking byzantium my old friend.

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Bilmeden konuşuyon lan, ne iftira ediyon hıyar. Gördüğü her boka inananların söylediklerini söylüyorsun. Bi bok bilmeden iki kitap okumadan laf yapıyorsun. Barbarmış?  Bu senin ezikliğini gösteriyor böcek kardeş. Bok böceği gibisin, onların bokları sana tat veriyor.

[Overdriven]

Thread got hi-jacked.

And for the record, most empires were cruel. Including the Ottoman.

As for battles I find interesting:

For basic English history I can never tire of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings


As for others I love reading about/watching docs on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alesia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme (partly for first use of the tank)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad (turning point of WW2)

There was a very good BBC series about 6 years ago or so that basically examined major battles throughout the 20th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Battlefields

Ah and this was the older one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Britain

[the real god emperor]

Loser, idiot and an ignorant. How do you know you are a Turk? Maybe your ancestor is one of those janissaries. Respect! We dont talk about blood and racism here, our issue is culture, you fool.
You say your histor begins after 19 may 1919 but you dont know what being Turk, right? It is not about blood, it is about culture.
you say Ottoman Empire is cruel? Omg, you fucking byzantium my old friend.

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Bilmeden konuşuyon lan, ne iftira ediyon hıyar. Gördüğü her boka inananların söylediklerini söylüyorsun. Bi bok bilmeden iki kitap okumadan laf yapıyorsun. Barbarmış?  Bu senin ezikliğini gösteriyor böcek kardeş. Bok böceği gibisin, onların bokları sana tat veriyor.

Being a Turk is not being Ottoman, I am a Turk and fuck Ottoman. I was born with the republic, and i can die for it -not for this goverment though- and Ottoman culture is full of blood and racism,slavery,convertion, piracy, and kebab.And "devşirme" was a cruel and racist system. And Kapikulu guys started calling Byzantiums my old friends, the irony.

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Okuyabileceğinden daha çok kitap okudum Osmanlı ve Cumhuriyet ile ilgili, senin okudukların gibi Osmanlı yancısı değildi, neyin ne bok olduğunu biliyorumda konuşuyorum.Emin olmadığım bi halt hakkında da asla konuşmuyorum. Osmanlıymış. Sikiyim Osmanlıyı.Benim düşüncem, benim kararım Osmanlı barbarlıkta gelinebilecek son noktaydı ve bunu kapıkullarıyla tartışacak zihniyette hiç değilim.

[donib]

Battle of Yarmouk