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@The Original Sixth I have a niggling suspicion that Tolkien was a better linguist than military architecture historian :)

Like I said - my sample is small :) Ha! I knew I've seen it - here is the AFAIK Tolkien endorsed plan: Frontal assault, then :)

The charge of the Rohirrim at the Pellenor is another howler in my eyes. Not a mistake per se, not historical/laws of physics/common sense one, but cinematographic. The work up to the charge is one of the best scenes in the movies. We see an army reading for a death ride, an attack with low...

One of the (several) scenes that had me crying was the siege of Helm's Deep. Namely - the approach to the gate. When walking towards it the attackers had the wall on the left. You never have that in RL, I've never seen a castle (not that I've seen that many) where during the approach the wall is...

This always puts me in RAGE mode :)