A military historian rips apart the plan to defend Winterfell. (Spoiler alert: The humans were idiots.)
Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow look out at the battlefield. By Travis M. Andrews Travis M. Andrews Pop culture reporter covering music, movies, TV, comedy and celebrity culture Email Bio Follow May 2 at 2:26 PM Still thinking about Sunday’s big Battle of Winterfell on “Game of Thrones”? We are, too, and we can’t get over the idea that the living could have employed better tactics out there on the battlefield.
It’s difficult to choose one aspect of the opening strike as the “most problematic” because, as Tumblin explained, it’s all such a mess. Jon Snow bellows during the Battle of Winterfell. Then there’s the issue of the Dothraki, who are “really fast and effective cavalry,” but they’re essentially sent to their slaughter.
“The one decently good tactical idea the living have is to trigger this river of fire” that burns alongside the Czech hedgehogs to slow the army of the dead, Tumblin said. “The great thing about a choke point is that, especially when you have a numerical disadvantage, it can mitigate your numerical disadvantage by forcing the enemy to go through your choke point one at a time,” he said, adding, “This is the principle behind the Battle of Thermopylae, a classic military moment when a small number of Greeks were able to hold off a much larger force of Persians.”They completely wasted their best weapon: the dragons.
“There’s a part where, halfway through the episode, where Bran wargs into a flock of ravens and almost instantaneously locates the Night King. And so from the beginning, knowing what Bran is capable of — both what he knows and his ability to goggle into animals — is the most effective reconnaissance weapon that the living have at their disposal,” he added.
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