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Swords were clashing and blood was flying everywhere. A Greek soldier looks to his left, and sees his lifetime friend. He blinks, and in an instant his fellow soldier is on the ground with blood dripping from his back, and two arrows right there with it. This was the harsh reality of ancient warfare.
The battle of Thermopylae was a key battle and a turningpoint in the Greco-Persian war and helped many civilizations realize the advantage of force multipliers in war. Many people do not know this, but Thermopylae is not a city but a small pass. This significantly changed the battle because if it took place in a more open space, the Persian most definitely would have won because of the pure size and power of their army. The Greek forces at the pass of Thermopylae forced the Persians, which far outnumbered them, into a smaller space not allowing them to complete the full numbers of their massive army. The Greeks lost at Thermopylae but the Persian forces suffered more losses than the Greek army, showing the Persians that the Greeks were a force to reckon with. The battle was one that changed the way all militaries planned their strategies because they new that even though they might be out numbered like the Greeks were, they can still come through and win in the toughest of situations. From after that battle, all the way to the modern age, countries have continued to look at and learn from the battle of Thermopylae when they are planning a military strategy, or when they are in a situation in war when it looks like they are at a disadvantage.