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Originally Posted by blankall
Houses at full charge generate a huge amount of power. An army of thousands of mounted Dothraki would have decimated the whights.
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Ordering cavalry into the attack when you haven't determined the enemy situation is a maneuver known as the "Custer" and predictably ends in ruin for cavalry who engage in an unsupported frontal attack.
Alas, the cavalry charge was the least of the Allies' poor decisions in the execution of the defense. Dreadful! Historians will write text books.
Reconnaissance Plan? Nope.
Obstacle plan? Garbage.
2:1 Air Superiority? Wasted
Fires/Indirect Fires plan? ####e.
Siting infantry in front of an obstacle? With a choke point for withdrawal? I'm screaming at the TV.
Unity of Command? None!
There should be courts martial for the Allied planners as there aren't enough troops left to open up the South Front.
At the end of the day, though, the Allies met the aim. I suspect all along the plan was to leave everything in the hands of their best player - Arya Stark. Give her free reign to accomplish the aim. Historians will define this as the LeBron James Gambit.