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Post by hornet32 on Sept 27, 2013 22:29:22 GMT -5
Three Roman Legions were lost in a German Forrest a Legion = 3000 men x 3 = 9000 , Romans had a long memory and went back to Germany not once but three time and inflected severe pain on the culprits and anyone else who looked like they needed a little Roman justice , what does this have to with Vietnam ? , nothing or something , The U.S. lost 58,000 in Vietnam that's equivalent to 6 1/2 Infantry Divisions the average ID = 9000 men , what is the moral of this story ? , If the U.S. had the big and bad military WTF happen .
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Post by Swampy on Sept 28, 2013 0:19:05 GMT -5
Why is this in the Vietnam section?
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 28, 2013 8:49:50 GMT -5
I suppose I was trying to make a comparison on how one Country Rome handled their loss in Germany as opposed to another Country and how they handled their loss in VIETNAM . It doesn't matter if one action was 2000 years ago the other in the 20th Century if the U.S. has the best military in the world WHY don't they use it .
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Post by Swampy on Sept 28, 2013 9:05:50 GMT -5
What happened? The US didn't fight to win, that's what happened. While I would support going back to show the world NO ONE can get the better of the US, that war was 30 years ago, and Vietnam is a potential ally now.
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 28, 2013 9:46:53 GMT -5
Vietnam will never be an ally as long as there is one Vet living , 30 years 300 years , time doesn't matter as long honor is at stake .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 28, 2013 13:36:22 GMT -5
Teutoberg Forest!
It was 3x full Legions, and I think the total was near 6000 each, 17th 18tn and 19th Legions, none of which were ever formed again.
"Give me back my Legions"
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Post by Sir John on Sept 28, 2013 13:38:14 GMT -5
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 28, 2013 14:06:34 GMT -5
As I'm never wrong , you might be counting twice , a cohort =500 x 6 =3000 these were Auxiliaries non Roman , but what the hell mate what difference does it make says Hillary .
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Post by Sir John on Sept 28, 2013 18:30:25 GMT -5
From above link!
Strength
Unknown, but estimates range from
German Roman
12,000–32,000. 20,000–max.36,000:
3 Roman legions (XVII, XVIII/XIIX, and XIX/XVIIII);
3 alae;
6 auxiliary cohorts.
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Post by hornet32 on Sept 28, 2013 20:28:51 GMT -5
I went to the source , even Augustus didn't know how many men he had , but all in all it was a bad day for Rome , the Germans pulled off a very good ambush , but in the end the usual happen and the Germans got their ass kicked
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