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Anon studies history (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by Early_To_Risa to c/greentext

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 9 months ago (13 children)

The Youtuber Brandon F has a 4 part series talking about why they fought like this. Spoiler- it wasn't because they were stupid.

Part 1

TLDR- if you split up you just get run down by enemy cavalry.

Part 2

TLDR- a close formation lets you concentrate your firepower at one point.

Part 3

TLDR- a close formation makes communication and controlling the army much much easier (or even possible at all).

Part 4

TLDR- the formation makes the troops less likely to run away.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

... But they were also a little stupid

[–] ikapoz 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, in the sense that knowingly going somewhere that’s likely to host crowds of people trying to kill each other is pretty stupid, sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Thank god we don't do that anymore ^/s

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