Bravest people ever?

Originally posted by Capt. Lubber Originally posted by Capt. Lubber Originally posted by ak�nc� Yeah the same old story....Brave outnumbered warriors defeated because of a traitor..... blahblahblah Eventhough you might have heard the story before, doesn't make them any less brave. And what does the turks do, to make them so brave? Oh, the bravest were of course the vikings

� really don't know.But it sounds like the Greeks changed the facts and made it more epic than it was.� mean if you look at the war stories of old times some brave strong thing is betrayed or cheated and that's why they loose.� mean look at Troy...

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Of course Mongolians.Because too few soldiers(about 123.000)conquered mostly parts of eurasia and dominated during 150 years.

I agree these are gonna be biased opinions..including mine..
the Polish too many times have they been outnumbered and still ended up with victory, even look at WWII it almost seemed like it was the world against Poland, even it's allies stabbed them in the back. But look at the uprising of '44 and Monte Cassino. also battles like Somosierra or Kircholm, Kluszyn.

Heres my choice, feel free to add or rearrange

1. Spartans
2. Mongols/Tartars
3. Germans
4. Ghurkas
5. British
6. Americans
7. Israelis
8. Japanese
9. Turks
10. Arabs

Well at one time the Arabs were brave enough to conquer most of the Middle East, North Africa and half of Asia upto India/Central Asia.

They also toppoled the Persian Empire, and conquered all of the Byzantian provinces in the Middle East. In North Africa and Spain Arabs reached as far as Southern France, and on the otherside of the world as far as India and Central Asia.

in other words they conquered from Spain to India, in my book that gets a bravery tick

I call bravery to fight for your beliefs, honor and independence like a man. I call braveary to run against enemy when you know you'll die. Bravery is to sacrifice yourself in the name of your nation and beliefs. But to fight with your honor.

So I can list some of the bravest nations in history:

Turks

Japanese

Mongols

Tatars

Scottish and Irish

Zulus

American Indians

 

I agree
The American Indians
The Turkic tribes
The Kelts
The Germanic Tribes
The Mongols and Huns
the Greeks, espcially with the Italians and Germans
the Romans
the iberians
and Pee wee herman -

Originally posted by Oguzoglu Originally posted by wiseking Heres my choice, feel free to add or rearrange 1. Spartans 2. Mongols/Tartars 3. Germans 4. Ghurkas 5. British 6. Americans 7. Israelis 8. Japanese 9. Turks 10. Arabs British? Are you joking, or being sarcastic? No offense, but I think in a poll of "the most coward and sneaky people ever", they would be on top of list. They even didnt fight in their armies. Their colonial slaves or dependent civilians fought for them. Some of their commanders were gambling in their super lux warships when Anzac soldiers were fighting for nonsense British. You should have a look at history, and watch the movies "Braveheart", "Gallipoli" and another movie (I couldnt remember its name now) about their "brave" battle with "Zulus". Americans? Bombing civilians shows how brave they are. Their bravery is only enough to throw bombs from air. Bravery shows itself in a battle of teeth to teeth, like the war of Vietnam. Arabs can be brave when they are provoked by a sneaky British...

Yes I agree the British are not one of the bravest(In fact they are one of the most cowardly)

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The Portuguese. Because they have to live in Portugal.

Originally posted by Degredado Originally posted by Gazi Yes I agree the British are not one of the bravest(In fact they are one of the most cowardly) And where is this evidence of English cowardice, pray tell?

For example at the battle of Albuera in Spain during napoleonic wars single regiment of polish lancers made thousands of brits run away. British officers reported that brigade of polish cavalry was attacking them while it were only about 500 lancers (1 regiment). Poles in this battle took 5 colors of british regiments.

Battle of Fungirola also in Spain, 1810, 300 polish infantry attacked 1200 british, 1000 foreign and another 1000 spanish soldiers who after night battle run away, captured british commander general Lord Blayney (his saber is still held in Poland) and all the british canons. Brits had also warship Rodney and 2 or 3 frigates which all together had over 100 canons. Polish captains Bronisz and Mlokosiewicz defeated british general and his army being outnumbered 10:1.

I only dont know why in the most of statistics the battle is counted as French victory while there were only Poles, 11 french husars and 2 polish officers playing the role of commanders.

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