Name a more epic war.

world war 2

star wars

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>>3330426
Spanish colonization of Mexico

500 conquistadores take down the strongest American civilization and conquer a city of more than 1 million people.

Can't get more epic than that.

>>3330472
>Throughout this final phase of the conquest, Spaniards composed less then 1 percent of the forces arrayed against the Aztecs; more than 99 percent were Indians. And although Spanish accounts generally minimize the contributions of their allies, the role of Indian leaders was crucial. In addition to the linguistic barriers, only native leaders could command their troops in battle and ensure their cooperation. Although Indian allies reinforced the Spaniards, they necessarily operated as independent forces under their own leadership.

>>3330472
Santiago y cierra España!

>>3330497
Yeah doesn't change what I wrote.
500 soldiers manipulated and conquered an entire civilization.

>>3330501
>natives used a bunch of foreigners to destroy the aztecs
Yes it does.

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>>3330472
>500 conquistadores
1200
+ 80 000 - 200 000 indian allies

>the strongest American civilization
debatable

>conquer a city of more than 1 million people.
200 000 - 500 000, before the smallpox and salmonella introduction prior to the siege of the city

>Can't get more epic than that.

>horses
>steel armors and weapons
>cannons

vs

>wooden weapons
>people who try to not kill their enemies but capture them alive so they can sacrifice them properly
>people who never met horses, steel arms and cannons before, nor all the diseases developed in the old world

it's ridiculous how overrated are conquistadors

>>3330497
B-but the native Americans were happy until the EVIL WHITE MAN turned up!

>>3330922
B-but the europeans were happy until the EVIL JEW turned up!

>>3330601
>500 dudes were the tipping point to destroy a whole empire
>they were also put in charge afterwards

>its a southern Italy switches sides episode

>>3330957
>tipping point
>the people who killed the massive amount of warriors were actually the tribe leader commands
Hmm...
>in charge
The fall of the Roman empire was part of the plan of the germanic tribes durr...

>>3330959

>Its a Hannibal cant goad anyone who isnt useless into joining him episode
>Its a Carthage doesnt even bother taking onto the Roman navy and tries to reinforce on land but fails anyway episode
>Its a Carthage would have been better off never starting the war at all and just paying episode

>>3330426
Trojan war

>>3331166
Contesting the Roman navy is retarded

>>3330426
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_602%E2%80%93628

>>3330426

The Justinianic Reconquest.

Or

Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily.

>it's a Sardinians rebel against Rome only to get crushed episode

>>3331341
>it's a romans try to conquer Barbagia (Mountain Sardinia) only to go home crying episode

>>3330433
>WW2
aka special needs kids get beat up by chads

>>3330426
The last Roman-Persian war
>war that lasted thirty years
>Persians were winning the first decades and the Romans were on defensive, suddenly Heraclius usurped Phocas and turned the defensive into a great offensive
>sacked the Persian capital and retrieved the Holy Cross that was stolen from the Persians
>war finally ends
>or does it?

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>>3330426
The Great Northern War

>>3330426
The World War of the first millenium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_602%E2%80%93628

>>3330472
Bitch please, get over your kindergarten lvl education:
"Our allies also took many spoils that day, which we were unable to prevent, as they numbered more than 150,000 and we Spaniards only some nine hundred" In letter to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Cortés

>nigga surprises rome by crossing the alps
>annihilates 3 roman armies with very little casualties
>a new defensive strategy is born
>everything to do with scipio surviving cannae and mustering his army
>two legends facing off in a very close battle to decide the fate of their respective civilizations

The second punic war proves one of my favourite things about history; that it's often more crazy than fiction

>>3330426
A war that doesn't have a nearly decade long break on the main front where pretty much nothing happened.

>>3334973
t. pleb who doesn't understand the greatness of the fabian strategy

>>3330472
>guns
>germs
>steel

>The Emu War
>WW1
>Sengoku era
>100 Year War

>>3330426
War of the Fourth Coalition
>be France, a nation laughed at by normalfags who think you're shit at war
>face Prussia, a nation renowned for its military expertise
>beat them in 19 days

>>3330426
In terms of Roman history: The Last Great Roman-Persian War > Second Punic War

>>3334874
I never said they fought alone retard.
It's still impressive.

Who ruled in the end, the Spaniards or the Tlaxcaltecs?

Yeah that's what I though... idiot.