Tonight on the History Channel...

[Jack Daw]

I'm looking forward to watching this. Last night, the show's episode dealt with the Germanic Barbarians and how they fought the Romans. EXCELLENT! And, if that is an indication of what to expect, I think tonight's show will be worth it.

[Mael Coluim]

I have seen it earlier, too. I just tuned in. Thanks for posting it's on tonight, a great show! And there is David Ross!

[wyldathart]

I saw the show and I had a thought. Wallace is his men used stirling bridge as a choke point to take away the british power of greater numbers.
Leonidase used the same technique at Thermopolie. I wonder if Wallace was educated enough to use the spartan technique? Or was it something he came up with on his own ?

[ForresterModern]

Don't spoil it for me by telling me who won----I taped it and will watch it when I get home after work today.

[Jock Scot]

I saw the show and I had a thought. Wallace is his men used stirling bridge as a choke point to take away the british power of greater numbers.
Leonidase used the same technique at Thermopolie. I wonder if Wallace was educated enough to use the spartan technique? Or was it something he came up with on his own ?

If you don't mind,it was an English army who were defeated.

[Squeaky McMurdo]

I stumbled across this show last night.While visiting a friend. My hubby, his friend, and I enjoyed it and we cursed the commercials. It was a lot more exciting than watching Braveheart.

[wyldathart]

If you don't mind,it was an English army who were defeated.

Pardon the mistake No offense intended.

[Jock Scot]

Pardon the mistake No offense intended.

No offence taken, my dear chap.

[Nighthawk]

I saw the show and I had a thought. Wallace is his men used stirling bridge as a choke point to take away the british power of greater numbers.
Leonidase used the same technique at Thermopolie. I wonder if Wallace was educated enough to use the spartan technique? Or was it something he came up with on his own ?

I caught this episode- actually, I went out of my way to record it so that I could catch it- and I thought the same thing. Wallace was a noble who was in the process of recieving an education when the poopoo hit the fan. Not only did he pull a 300-style attack, he used the Scottish equivelent of a phalanx. He obviously had a keen sense of tactics, if not direct education. Of course, we also have to keep in mind that Alexander The Great was almost given godlike status by the Scots of the time. The codes of chivalry had their roots in Alexandrian folklore (and of course, the later Arthurian legends.) So I would say that the odds of Wallace having education in the classic tactics are pretty high. All in all, this was a great episode- coming from the standpoint of an historical reenactor. I really enjoyed the living historians in it, and the fact that it was more about the combat and tactics than it was anything else. Leave the details of the society to the text books.

[Bugbear]

Naa, everyone uses that technique. It's probably in Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," like camping on the sunny side of the mountain and so on...

* BTW, that was ment as a joke. *