OT: Battle of Hastings (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dan Goncharoff]

Was that a lot of men for the Caliphate to waste in a single battle? And
was that an unbelievably large army for a France of 7,000,000 people?

DanG


On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > And that "10,000" is a problem for me, too. That's a *lot* of men to
> > waste on a single battle on a single day in 1066. That approximates
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> > size of a modern U.S. Army division minus its support troops. How
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> > they have come up with such a huge number of fighters?
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> Harold sent out word that there would be free beer??
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