Ancient History
World History
Military History
Warfare
Combat
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Hard to know what was and wasn't true. Both sides accused the other of atrocities.
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Medieval combat was not for the squeamish. It was a dirty, nasty affair. If you met on the field, the sides would bash and hack their way until one side or both was exhausted. If a siege, all manner of dirty tricks would be employed. Hurling beehives with catapults, or diseased bodies. Poisoning water sources. Starving civilians. All was fair in this kind of fight. Atrocities were the rule, not the exception.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
I know Sarge. Most of it was hand to hand- and man, if you try to lift some of those weapons...no way would you make it through hours of swinging and hacking. It amazes me that any of them survived.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
1SG (Join to see) Hey Top, I forgot to mention, when I was in England, I got to hold a few of the old Broadswords (and could barely lift one) and some of the Ax's and Hammers that they used. Then the anthropologist I was with, showed us all how their tendons and muscles became so strong that they would literally cut grooved into the bones. I know the broadswords were used with two hands, but even the swords designed for one hand were unbelievable. She had us hold a phone book on the end of a straw broom out at arms length. She said if we could hold it there for ten minutes, we might be able to train to use those old swords. None of us made ten minutes. That London Phone Book was huge!
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