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Questions related to the history of the strategy designed for the protection of assets or territory, usually with regards to military, political, sporting, gaming, or other similar activities.
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Has an armed gang ever taken a medieval city?
Yes, the vikings did just that. A longship can have to about 100 crew/warriors on board. (Different type of ships had a smaller or larger crew on board.) A raid often was done with one or two ships. L …
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Was there any sort of medieval defensive contraption which dropped rocks on attackers?
Not really, for two reasons:
1- Gravity works fine
The idea is to defeat attackers when they are the most vulnerable. Which is when they try to storm the castle. Why set up complicated machinery if yo …
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Why didn’t the Franco-Belgian accord of 1920 lead to extending the construction of the Magin...
There is also another reason. Relations between The Netherlands and Belgium were not exactly friendly after the Belgian revolt until the end of WW2(!). Belgium wanted even to annex Zeeuws Vlaanderen, …
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What's the point of fortified castles inside fortified cities?
No, that was part of the defense strategy. Making the walls a little bit stronger over all wouldn't help as much as building a very strong keep. That's the general idea behind it. …
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Why weren’t the Dutch and Belgian borders fortified with wire, trenches, mines, etc., as it ...
No, it wouldn't have worked.
... what reasons could have led the Allied decision makers ...
You're making a mistake here: before hostilities began, both The Netherlands and Belgium had (repeatedly) …
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