How was Minas Morgul destroyed?

[Hisoka Morrow]

...No matter how strong Barad-dur may have been, he simply had to break the siege. Or hope that his enemies run out of food first, but considering the implied logistical capabilities of Elves and Numenoreans (murvivor and similar), that was highly unlikely...

Oh yes, if the Last Alliance had the advantage of logistic, then this meant Sauron might be force to launch offense in the first places. And if the stretagic initiative was in the Last Alliance's hands, thye wouldn't engage Sauron at a battlefield close enough to utilize his frotification, making Bara-dur kept away from all kinds of damage in other words.
It's another matter that if the Last Alliance couldn't afford the huge logistic consumption since they're the attackers, yet the severe casualties had made their logistic burden much lighter for dead personnel cost nothing.(same as the orcs since thier logistic would cause much more dead personnel) XD

 

[Barrow Wight]

So it remained intact in spite of all kinds of firepower, but the Alliance forces did lay siege on it during the battles against Sauron, right?Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure the there's a description mentioning that the Last Alliance had lay siege on Bara-dur, or maybe I had better check it more accurately.

The Last Alliance's siege of Barad-dur lasted seven years, IIRC, before Sauron came out to fight in person. Sort of like the ten-year siege of Troy in the Illiad.

 

[Hisoka Morrow]

The Last Alliance's siege of Barad-dur lasted seven years, IIRC, before Sauron came out to fight in person. Sort of like the ten-year siege of Troy in the Illiad.

Oh yes, and Anorain, one of the highest Free People was even KIA by the firepower from the Bara-dur during combat, obviously not in a field battle but a siege unless the Mordor firepower had horribly long range. And if the battle was so devastating that even those highest command personnel like Anorain must join the frontal combat, the fortification of Bara-dur wouldn't be so intact.
Maybe sort of like the death of Möngke Khan during his conquest against the song dynasty.

 

[Deimos]

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[Valandil]

For one - not all fortresses, even apparent twins like the original Minas Ithil and Minas Anor, would be exactly alike.

Second - I think Minas Anor/Minas Tirith underwent 3000 years of improvements. I honestly doubt that all 7 walls were there from the start - I think the outermost and the innermost are likely - and a winding route from bottom to top, whether the same we see in the story - or something else before the passages were opened in the rock outcropping.

On the other hand - even though Gondor continued to occupy it for the first 2000 years of the Third age, there was no longer a co-ruler of Gondor at Minas Ithil. And it was not a place that would tend to have the growth that Minas Anor had - being more secluded and huddled against the land of their old enemy. The decline of Osgiliath would have instead led to the growth of Minas Anor.

Lastly - to destroy Minas Morgul doesn't necessarily mean to obliterate it, and to not have any trace left of it. I think first it would be burned - all flammable parts being destroyed. Then they would have broken down the parts that could be broken down. Tear down the gates and create what gaps can be made. Leave it a shell of its former self. The intent wasn't even to obliterate the place itself - but to cleanse it completely from 1000+ years of evil habitation.

 

[Valandil]

Ironically - it was the ancient home of Aragorn's ancestor, Isildur.