It is very clear reading the Battle of Minas Tirith that Tolkien had seen action in war.

3. J.R.R. Tolkien. Everyone knows that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. What many do not know is that much of the basis for the events in Middle Earth were inspired by his experiences serving in the British Army during World War I. He began writing some of the stories while recovering from trench fever suffered during the Battle …
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It is very clear reading the Battle of Minas Tirith that Tolkien had seen action in war. Peter Jackson's films are thrilling and cinematic, but they don't have the same inherent inner knowledge of the horrors of war.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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