02-12-2012, 07:08 AM
Moi,
Of course there are a lot of comparable details in armies of the 5th c. BC and the 19th c. AD, but the differences on the other hand are so huge that you really can't compare the essentials of the wars in terms of the goals and the plans.
And before I have to split off yet another thread about Xerxes' goals and plans :wink: let me say that I don't know anything about what Xerxes planned or expected from the Greeks (apart from that I feel that they should have submitted to him after his Grande Armee entered Greek lands), or how he responded during the campaign. Yes, they planned to stick around (as in fact they did), living off the land. And seeing the Persians did not starve, they were probably able to gather suppies within Greece, something I doubt they could have done with an army of 300.000. But that's my guesswork.
Of course there are a lot of comparable details in armies of the 5th c. BC and the 19th c. AD, but the differences on the other hand are so huge that you really can't compare the essentials of the wars in terms of the goals and the plans.
And before I have to split off yet another thread about Xerxes' goals and plans :wink: let me say that I don't know anything about what Xerxes planned or expected from the Greeks (apart from that I feel that they should have submitted to him after his Grande Armee entered Greek lands), or how he responded during the campaign. Yes, they planned to stick around (as in fact they did), living off the land. And seeing the Persians did not starve, they were probably able to gather suppies within Greece, something I doubt they could have done with an army of 300.000. But that's my guesswork.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
