| RobH | 18 Sep 2010 4:08 a.m. PST |
If a world heritage organisation were to decide on 7 locations for status of World Military Wonders where would they be?
Actual constructions or natural entities rather than battlefields (which I absolutely agree should be preserved but would be better as a different poll). Also would help if something there still exists today so there is somewhere to nail the plaque onto! Here are mine:
Hadrians Wall
Maiden Castle
Somme trenches
Arad (Vauban fortification)
Maginot line
Longues Battery (Normandy)
Cu Chi tunnels. |
| Paint it Pink | 18 Sep 2010 4:33 a.m. PST |
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| Major Mike | 18 Sep 2010 5:13 a.m. PST |
Great Wall of China
Masada
Fort Morgan/Gaines or Fort Pulaski
Maginot Line
Normandy Beaches
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Iwo Jima |
| NoLongerAMember | 18 Sep 2010 5:14 a.m. PST |
Mulberry Harbours, Normandy
Great Wall of China
Barad Dur
Lille
Alamo
Grub Bridge on the Chindwin River
the Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen on Bodensee (Lake Constance) in Württemberg |
| Allen57 | 18 Sep 2010 5:53 a.m. PST |
I have listed ten. The seven wonders concept applied to the ancient world. There are probably more than seven wonders, military or other, when all of recorded history is taken into consideration. Great Wall of China
Masada
The Roman Limes (includes Hadrian's Wall)
Maginot line
Cheyenne Mountain
Gibraltar
The walls of Constantiople
The Atlantic Wall
Corregidor
The DEW Line |
| Steve Hazuka | 18 Sep 2010 5:59 a.m. PST |
Stalingrad Tank Factory
Area 51 (never get to see it making it a true Wonder) as well as those previously mentioned. |
| Only Warlock | 18 Sep 2010 10:36 a.m. PST |
I can't believe no one said The Pentagon! One of the largest military man-made buildings and one of the largest office buildings in the world. See this link to get a real idea of the scale: link |
| kreoseus2 | 18 Sep 2010 10:57 a.m. PST |
the lines of torres vedra (sp?)
the cool fortress at carthage with the huge elephant barracks.
the morranon gate
the walls built around alicia
atlantic wall
the death star Phil |
Wyatt the Odd  | 18 Sep 2010 12:03 p.m. PST |
Would any of these qualify? • USS Nautilus SSN-571
• USS Enterprise CVN-65 or USS Nimitz CVN-68 Wyatt |
| Scorpio | 18 Sep 2010 1:57 p.m. PST |
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| Katzbalger | 18 Sep 2010 6:22 p.m. PST |
Trinity Site (or whatever it is called). |
 Murphy  | 18 Sep 2010 7:00 p.m. PST |
1: Gettysburg
2: Normandy Beach
3: Iwo Jima
4: Agincourt
5: The Somme
6: The Korean DMZ
7: Arlington National Cemetery |
| chronoglide | 18 Sep 2010 11:32 p.m. PST |
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| Lascaris | 21 Sep 2010 6:14 a.m. PST |
Without reiterating the above I would like to add Verdun. When I visited, in the mid'90's I was amazed both from the scope of destruction and sadness at the immense casualties to the ability to take a creepy walk through a WW1 fort (Douamont). |
| dejvid | 22 Sep 2010 12:30 p.m. PST |
>I can't believe no one said The Pentagon! You probably think that is a nomination. In fact it is obvious to me that's a nomination. However, from past experience it is likely not to be
considered to be a nomination by those who draw up the polls So to be quite clear:
I nominate the Pentagon |
| 1815Guy | 29 Mar 2011 1:52 p.m. PST |
You need to put Hougoumont in there, and the Menin gate. You can feel the souls around you at both places. There is also a strange hush at Hougoumont, and a sense of isolation as if you are at a place apart from the main battle…. Normandy beaches are notable and very moving terrain features, as is Thermopolae. Battle near Hastings is always very evocative too. And if you havent walked across John Frost Brug you have missed the sense of passion and despair which one's progress up the approach invokes. There are many such places in the Arnhem/Oosterbeek area. Im surprised nobody has suggested Rome. The whole city is full of ancient stuff at every turn. And it was besieged and sacked a couple of times, so qualifies as a battle zone. Come to think about it, so do many of UK cities. The b****rds bombed our chip shop you know. |
| 1815Guy | 29 Mar 2011 1:56 p.m. PST |
PS What happened at Rothenburg o.d. Tauber? Ive been there several times and not been aware of anything having been going on there?! Pretty town though. Kibri have many of the key houses as models. |
| normsmith | 06 Apr 2011 8:45 a.m. PST |
I have kept my list purely associated with military developments that were game changers and which forced others to counter the development by also adopting it. Bow and arrow (first long range missile system)
cavalry / chariotry (bringing mobility to the battlefield)
Artillery
Gunpowder
The aircraft carrier
Nuclear weapons
Stealth technology |
| wayneempire | 12 Apr 2011 4:31 p.m. PST |
Wars are the most overt application of "realpolitik"….military professionals and warriors, execute wars, whereas, politicians make the peace. The paradiagm, remains cyclical.
Wayne
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 Inari7  | 25 Apr 2011 7:18 a.m. PST |
"Bow and arrow (first long range missile system)" No, that would be the sling.
I would have to say,
Great Wall of China
Maginot Line
Thermopylae
cape canaveral
WWI trenches
Stalingrad Tank Factory
Los Alamos |
