A.P. Richelieu
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You gotta be kidding me right?
Shows how much you actually know about Khalid bin Waleed R.A.
His tactics are still studied in military schools the world over. Get your head out of the sand there buddy.
In 636, Bin Waleed burned the bridge at Yarmouk, employing Sun Tzu's (unheard of at that time probably) "desperate ground" strategy whereby he cutted off his own army's avenue of escape so that his army could fight more bravely seeing as winning or death were the only options available. Ibn Zaid (Conqueror of Spain) used this same strategy at Gibraltar in 711 and the US Army used it at the Allied landing in Normandy. This strategy was also employed in the US Civil War, by Grant, if I remember correctly?
I'm not saying that Khalid bin Waleed R.A was the progenitor of this tactic but the Battle of Yarmouk made it really famous and made it come in the spotlight.
Also, stirrups (where horsemen put their feet when on a horse) were more commonly & in better quality used by the Muslim armies providing better balance, mobility & control over their cavalry.
Cavalry & the use of Scimitars was also greatly improved by Khalid bin Waleed R.A. Before him, the Romans faced only the Huns & other Asiatic forces that greatly employed the use of horses.
But no one had used scimitars or in such a great fashion against them before.
Again, the worth of the general is revealed in who they fight with what they have.
Yes, please enlighten me on how many years after this event did Julius Caesar burn his ships.
If You remove the tactics used at Cannae, Marathon and Gaugamela.
What is left as true innovation?
Did Khalid invent the stirrup? No, the Chinese did.
Did he invent the Scimitar, or was it blacksmith?
He certainly made good use of whatever was available to him, which is what a good craftsman do.