Battleground 1978 Chalons Sur Marne AD451

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Welcome back Nerglings! This week we return to Battleground to learn about how some modern generals might fight this disputedly crucial battle. Sit back, relax and get yourself some good old fashioned historical wargaming. • Released in 1978, Battleground was unique in that it introduced an unsuspecting public to the wonderful world of wargaming. Introduced by the sterling gent Edward Woodward, who is well known for his love of historical wargaming. • Each episode featured either a historic or a fictional battle, which opposing wargaming generals would fight using 25mm figures. The viewers were shown edited highlights during the episode. Each minute that was shown represented several hours of studio work. With the entire series of six episodes taking almost half a year to complete. • Background: • The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on June 20, 451 AD, between a coalition – led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and by the Visigothic King Theodoric I – against the Huns and their vassals – commanded by their King Attila. It proved one of the last major military operations of the Western Roman Empire, although Germanic foederati composed the majority of the coalition army. • Whether the battle was of strategic significance is disputed; historians generally agree that the Siege of Aurelianum was the decisive moment in the campaign and stopped the Huns' attempt to advance any further into Roman territory or establish vassals in Roman Gaul. However, the Huns successfully looted and pillaged much of Gaul and crippled the military capacity of the Romans and Visigoths. Attila died only two years later, in 453; after the Battle of Nedao in 454, the coalition of the Huns and the incorporated Germanic vassals gradually disintegrated. • Attribution: • Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... • Artist: http://incompetech.com/ • #Battleground #Historical #Wargaming

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