PS: I realize that Aragorn perhaps 'led' the charge to the Black Gate, but Gandalf set more plans in motion, that is why I did not mention Aragorn, even though he could perhaps also be seen as a parallel to Eisenhower, and Gandalf could have been Roosevelt, counseling with Theoden and aiding to get Rohan into the war.
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"Therefore be silent, and keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving-man till the lightning falls."
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