the greatest armies in the world

[swole]

history buffs, dating back to whenever records were kept

what were the greatest armies and why

i'm talking roman, greek, persian, etc

name some cool battles too

ancient army thread!!!!

 

[domoljub]

these are not massive battles, more of last stands of true heroes.
check em out

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

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

 

[domoljub]

this was the big one between christians and muslims in europe.
if the christians lost this one i believe all of europe would be muslim.

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

 

[heatherrae]

Spartans, baby!

 

[heatherrae]

by the way, do you know why the ottoman empire failed?












































They were always sitting around with their feet up.


my kind of joke.

 

[dead_reggin_storage_fashi]

waffen SS?

 

[Jon79]

spartans were some bad ass mofo's

 

[the_clockwork]

300

 

[redtopp06]

spartans were the shit

 

[Spartacus]

waffen SS?

sort of overrated
regular German units were just as "tough" and often performed much better
SS received equipment and supply priority so thus they should perform well
3rd SS (totenkopf) and 5th SS (viking) had stellar combat performance records and those two divisions fought exclusively on the eastern front