🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agoAnon studies historysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareHenryWong327@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThe Youtuber Brandon F has a 4 part series talking about why they fought like this. Spoiler- it wasn’t because they were stupid. Part 1 TLDR- if you split up you just get run down by enemy cavalry. Part 2 TLDR- a close formation lets you concentrate your firepower at one point. Part 3 TLDR- a close formation makes communication and controlling the army much much easier (or even possible at all). Part 4 TLDR- the formation makes the troops less likely to run away.
The Youtuber Brandon F has a 4 part series talking about why they fought like this. Spoiler- it wasn’t because they were stupid.
Part 1
TLDR- if you split up you just get run down by enemy cavalry.
Part 2
TLDR- a close formation lets you concentrate your firepower at one point.
Part 3
TLDR- a close formation makes communication and controlling the army much much easier (or even possible at all).
Part 4
TLDR- the formation makes the troops less likely to run away.