re SpM point on the Army of the Dead
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They are simply too destructive, so that they end up winning the battle and saving the day, rather than the men of Rohan and Gondor.
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To me the most important thing that happened in the whole of the Battle of Pellonor fields was the killing of the Witch King by Merry and Eoywn. THIS to me is what 'saved the day' for Minas Tirith. Yes, Aragorn and his troops also assisted in polishing off the hordes or Orcs, but, in ANY battle, one of the Key Objectives is to kill the Commander of the opposing troops. When this is done, a lot of the time an army can fall into dissaray with no leadership.
Therefore, in my humble opinion, Merry and Eowyn save Minas Tirith (and as I have pointed out a few times before in other threads, via the Domino effect, greatly assist in saving Middle-earth)