sieges

An initial small thought: why not the Siege of Minas Tirith since Gondor is a much greater area as has been described in previous chapters. It could be that Tolkien is emphasising that if Minas Tirith falls so Gondor will fall. There is an excellent diagram of Minas Tirith and a helpful battle...

According to all sources, trolls were created by Morgoth at the end of the first age or before the end of the first age. The part and battle where the trolls are first mentioned in the Silmarillion and Middle-earth is the nirnaeth arnoediad. And the gothmog had a troll guards in this war. so...

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It is written on this site that the Mordor army at the siege of Gondor consisted of 600,000 soldiers. https://peter-jacksons-the-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy.fandom.com/wiki/Siege_of_Minas_Tirith#:~:text=A%20army%20of%20600%2C000%20Orcs,%2C%20Wargs%2C%20Haradrim%20and%20Easterlings. however, it is...

The Siege of Gondor: Grond, Hammer of the Underworld The Ride of the Rohirrim: Orome the Great in the battle of the Valar.

Did Morgoth Personally Take Part in The Siege Of Gondolin And The War Of Wrath? If Yes Why? If Not Why?

Were there any JRRT's or his authorized stuff mention that Gondolin's activities involving to the war-zone during the Angband Siege? Such as did it provide logistic support, keeping it's intellectual agents to keep an eye to the front to secure if there're weapons powerful enough to destroy it's...

As you all have known, Gondolin is surrounded by mountains, so...Turgon just let Morgoth control those high grounds and let his city under infiltration firepower of Morgoth, WTF? Yeah, you guys know the importance of terrain for military use, in particular like mountains can minimize the...

I dont remember any siege equipment such as towers, catapults etc ever mentioned in the first ages of ME. So my question is when were these first invented?

Hello to you all ! As written in the title, I have a lot of questions about the siege and fall of Minas Ithil later re-called Minas Morgul. I try to figure how such a fortress could have fallen. The more I assume things, the more it brings new questions. What bothers me in Tolkien's writtings...

An empty stillness, filled only with the sound of blowing snow, pervaded the camp. The pale grey-blue of twilight was fading into darkness as a solitary sentry gazed up at the city of Valash, which crowned the top of a grey plateau that rose like a tower above the white plains. The sentry...

In the appendices, it states Minas Ithil was besieged by the nazgul in TA 2000, but this was the time when there was still a king in Gondor. It seems like at this time Gondor would still have had enough power to do something about the siege, wouldn't it? Is anything else known about this...

I don't remember whether it was weeks or months, but how could the Seige of Barad-Dur last that long, in fact, how can any siege last that long? Military historians, you can now stand up...;)

Two questions: 1. I don't have my books with me. In the movie, when Theoden is explaining how they will defend Helm's Deep, Gimli mentions that it's not just orcs showing up to the party, but Uruk Hai. Theoden says something like "I have fought many wars, I know how to defend my people."...

Based on what is known about the locations of the elves and the very little that could be guessed at the relative size of the populations do you think they arranged themselves wisely during the siege on Angband? How about the location of Amrod, Amras and Caranthir? As far as defence goes they...

only the nazgul lord came forth during the battle of the pelannor fields. Wouldnt it be easier to destroy Gondor with all 9 nazgul? The rohirrim sang and slaughtered. I wonder which they enjoyed more. I thought the walls of minas tirith were of unbreakable stone. Just some comments on that...