(playing devil's advocate)
But what difference would Denethor's character have made to Minas Tirith? With their leader before them, would the men of Minas Tirith have risen in greater numbers and with greater will to fight? How much closer would the battle have been, even with Saruman's forces and without the Rohan reinforcements?
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