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From: khun@cd.chalmers.se.chalmers.se (Peter Wennerholm)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Low Tech Warfare (1 of 5)
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Date: 27 Dec 89 03:40:52 GMT
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From: khun@cd.chalmers.se.chalmers.se (Peter Wennerholm)
In article <11970@cbnews.ATT.COM> munnari!softway.oz.au!gary@uunet.UU.NET (Gary Corby) writes:
>>It would be interesting to compile  a  list of battles that  were won by
>>one side doing  something the  other thought  was physically impossible.
>>Besides Dien Bien Phu and the Ho CHi Minh trail, other examples include
>>[etc]
>
>The Persians at Thermopylae.  They made a night climb up one side
>of the pass, thus enabling them to come down on the Greeks posted
>to cover the flank.

  You are right. And frankly, I think the Greek defense at Thermopylae
  qualifies for the list too, even though they "lost" the battle.

      Peter

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