Helm's Deep (Spoilers for TTT)

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2002-12-29 10:32pm

In TTT, we see old men and extremely young boys being drafted to fight the Urek Heii and save Rohan from being annihilated, my question is, to all the history buffs, how many times in real history has a drastic draft like this one happened before?

or more specifically, how many times did it happen in the middle ages?

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2002-12-29 11:01pm

I can think of one right off the top of my head, Germany in 1945. The people's defense force was composed of boys and old men.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-12-29 11:35pm

The Lords and Barons of the Middle Age probably didn't check this on record so they would look noble. Anyway, I'd assume in a desperate siege and probably France after Agincourt in the Hundred Years War.

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2002-12-29 11:54pm

I'm not familar with my European history, what is the battle of Agincourt?

Sorry if I sound like an ignoramous, but I am interested in what this battle was.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-12-29 11:59pm

Men well past 65 and 12-year-old boys quite often got used on the walls during sieges. Few fortresses and castles had sufficient able bodies men to effectively man the walls at all times.

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2002-12-30 12:02am

Did they win the battle, or did they lose terribly?

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2002-12-30 04:50am

i belive the British won this battle while very out numbered by the french