Monday, July 14, 2008

I've got one for you.

You'd be amazed what the mind can come up with while standing dead on a Mississippi Stud game on a Sunday night. But here's a question that had me thinking for a solid six hours.

You've got a limited amount of time and money, you're on the mainland Europe, and you've got to pick no more than five significant battlefields to visit. Where do you go?

Now I kept in mind the limited funds and time and grouped mine kind of close together. In no order of significance, they are:

1) Normandy
2) Agincourt
3) Waterloo
4) Bastogne
5) The Somme

If you'll notice, my battlefields are all geographically fairly close, thus fulfilling the time and hopefully money limitations. With the exception of Agincourt, all are relatively modern battlefields. With the exception of the Somme, all were absolutely critical moments in their respective conflicts. (Haig had no chance of ending or even significantly altering the scope of WW1 at the Somme. The entire campaign was designed to draw German resources away from Verdun, which it did at horrific cost. In all honesty, I picked it because three of the most famous Inklings were there.)

I know Titus has seen several battlefields on the European mainland, around Moscow and St. Petersburg, so his list may be completely different from mine, but it's a start.

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