Testing the Saxon Scieldweall!

Formation of a shield wall is a military tactic that was common in many cultures in the age before early modern warfare. There were slight variations of the tactic by culture, but in general a “wall of shields" was formed by soldiers standing shoulder-to-shoulder, holding their shields so that they would abut or overlap. Each soldier benefited from the protection of the shields of his neighbours and his own.

Short clip from an episode of Instruments of Death documentary series, investigating how military tactics and technology have helped shape the history of battlefield combat throughout the centuries.

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