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Old 04-04-2007, 21:42 PM   #163 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dalem View Post
There are only two real battles described in any detail in LOTR - Helm's Deep and the Pellannor Fields. At Helm's Deep the arrival of Gandalf with reinforcements is less a d.e.m. than it is good timing. Likewise at Gondor, Aragorn means to bring the Corsairs and other reinforcements from Southern Gondor to defend the City - again it is literary license that he arrives "just in time".

The only real d.e.m. is the arrival of the Eagles (as I have mentioned they are truly intended to be) at the Last Battle in front of the Morannon.

-dale
Is this correct dalem
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