Defending Rohan during the battle of the Pennor Fields

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin

OOPS! Of course, the title should say the PELENNOR Fields. Can't figure out how to edit the title.

Try clicking Edit-->Advanced-->Edit the title. That works for regular posit, and it might for thread titles.

As for the question, I have no idea. I'm not a very numbers kind of person in terms of dates, distances, and masses. I tend to take these things less literally and more as enhancements of the emotion of the story, so to me it doesn't make any difference how many defenders Edoras had - if it weren't for the friendship the Ents developed with the people, Rohan would have been demolished, and there would have been a Scouring of the Riddermark before Saruman even got to the Shire. And to add the personal aspect of those who are more closely involved with the land - devastation for those who survived the War but found their homes destroyed, perhaps guilt and difficult situation of the leaders (Eomer) for saving another country but failing to save Rohan, a response from Gondor (you saved us, we help you)... This is what comes to my mind when I read that passage. I'm clueless about the technicalities and realism of how things worked out.