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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
OK - New question. I know of two meanings of "Jericho trumpet." One is a medieval, one relates to WWII (the big one). So, what is a Jericho trumpet?- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
To decimate is to kill one of every ten soldiers as a punishment and a way to restore order where mutiny is afoot. It was a Roman thing. It is also a cure for desertion. It wasn't used very much, but when it was it was done by lot. Would hate waiting that out.- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
The military connection to the sacrifice was that captives were often sacrificed. That being said, captives weren't the only ones sacrificed. You may be on a feature of pyramid design that I'm unaware of, but the only reason for the steepness of the steps I've ever heard or read was for the...- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
FM got it. When you are feeding hearts to Huitzilopochtli, the God of the Sun and war, its best to have a huge spectacle and it just won't do to have your heartless bodies piling up on top of the pyramid.- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Here's one: Why were the steps on the Aztec and similar pyramids so steep? (Kind of stretching the military connection, but there is one).- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Yes, sir. Ashurnasirpal II is the winner! The Assyrians created tablets that showed them torturing their enemies to let the next city know what was coming. These showed them skinning their victims alive, blinding them, and impaling them on stakes and other delights! Ashurnnasirpal left many of...- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Psyops is usually thought of in a modern context, but has been employed for a really long time. In one of the earliest known forms of psyching-out the opposition, who said "I flayed many right through my land and draped their skins over the walls,” and “I burned their adolescent boys and girls...- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
The only reference I can find is a statement by Harris in The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 saying "During World War II, a weekly Air Ministry bulletin ridiculed an old lady's suggestion that strategically placed bee hives be incorporated into Britain's coastal defenses, but Sir Arthur (Bomber)...- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Sirhr - I'm going for Bees. That's right, weaponized bees. Germans ain't the only ones that use bees though. Not sure about the connection to Sea Lion though, so I can't take it across the goal line (if I'm even right). (Was typing)- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Reading my question, you certainly answered correctly. However, it was a poorly worded question and your response was not the answer I was looking for. My question pertained to ancient (soldiers en mass), medieval (siege engines), and modern (cannon) castle/fort construction theory. It...- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Next question then: This one pertains to old school defensive positions. If your enemy is coming at you en masse, or with siege engines or cannon what improvement can you make to your position that will keep his men under fire and reduce the effectiveness of siege engines and cannon?- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
I would say in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, if you are referring to Viking armored vehicles and Apache helicopters - best guess.- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
For the win! The Mamayev Kurgan: {"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/i1.trekearth.com\/photos\/36256\/dsc08814.jpg"} Bits of shrapnel, buttons, and bones all still there...- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Thanks! I was worried that, based on the possible search terms, you had ended up on a site offering child porn and I was making a much needed apology - thank goodness it just some stupid Nazis. Speaking of stupid Nazis, ... Hitler wasn't such a bad guy. I mean, he did kill Hitler. Enough of...- ADA
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Maggie’s Military Jeopardy
Are you are referring to Mr. Sun Tzu's five elements of strategy? - Mission: Inspire people to share the same visions, ideas and expectations Ground: to be able to master mountains, valleys, rivers, plains, etc. it’s about situation, distant or immediate, difficult or easy, opportunities and...- ADA
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