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Old 02-01-2001, 08:47 AM   #12
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Re: Re:Hmm

One little thing I noticed once is something where it might be possible that JRRT could actually have been inspired by WWII.
Saruman's Uruk-Hai:

-a black elite unit with white s-runes on their uniforms.
-They showed exceptional leadership and courage.
-They were 'devised' only lately and first used in that war.
-They got aided by volunteers (Dśnlendings).
-They were a merciless troop on a merciless side.
-They considered themselves as being far superior to others, both in skill and in blood


The German SS ('Schutzstaffel') and Waffen-SS in WWII:-a black elite unit with white s-runes on their uniforms.
-They showed exceptional leadership and courage.
-They were 'devised' only lately and first used in that war.
-They got aided by volunteers (Scandinavia, Balkans etc.).
-They were a merciless troop on a merciless side.
-They considered themselves as being far superior to others, both in skill and in blood



<h6> A furore Normannorum / libera nos domine / summa pia gratia / nostra conservando / corpora et custodia / de gente fera / normannica nos / libera quae nostra / vastat deus regna </h6></p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000003>Sharku</A> at: 2/1/01 9:49:25 am
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