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'''War elephants''' were a form of cavalry used by the [[Carthage|Carthiginians]], and by various [[India|Indian]] empires. The former, when used by [[Hannibal]], struck fear in to the [[Roman]]s who had never heard of War Elephants and did not know how to defeat this menance. [[Alexander the Great]] faced 100 war elephants earlier in 326 B.C. when he was crossing the Hydaspes river in India, but unlike the later Romans generals, his military genius improvised how to handle them and sent many of the maddened creatures rushing back through the defenders' lines.<ref>Dupuy & Dupuy, The Encyclopedia of Military History, 1977, Pg. 51-52.</ref>

'''War elephants''' were a form of cavalry used by the [[Carthage|Carthiginians]], especially in the [[Second Punic War]] under [[Hannibal]], and by various [[India|Indian]] empires. [[Alexander the Great]] faced 100 war elephants earlier in 326 B.C. when he was crossing the Hydaspes river in India. His military genius improvised how to handle them and sent many of the maddened creatures rushing back through the defenders' lines.<ref>Dupuy & Dupuy, The Encyclopedia of Military History, 1977, Pg. 51-52.</ref> Several of Alexander's successors also employed war elephants, usually imported from India.

In recent years they have been used in several fantasy movies, including ''300'' and the film adaptation of ''Lord of the Rings''.

In recent years they have been used in several fantasy movies, including ''300'' and the film adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

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