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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daiymo" data-source="post: 626323" data-attributes="member: 2539">I think the WWII analogy doesn't really fit for Middle Earth, given as Olgar stated, Middle Earth is really a Dark Age level technology society, and the pace is much slower..As far as attacks on other realms, the war was a "world" war. Its just that the movie, and for that matter the book, doesn't focus on this. Lorien, Mirkwood, Erebor, and Dale are all attacked about a week before the final push in directed toward Minas Tirith. This is because Aragorn exposes his face to the palantir, and pushes Sauron in action. As to why Rohan and Gondor were attacked last, in a way they weren't . Sauron had been working for nearly a thousand years before the events in LoTR to retake ME, even without knowledge of the One Rings survival. He  kept goblins in Moria to harass the dwarves, for instance. He established himself(as the Necromancer) in Dol Guldur, which was a base to threaten the elves and to hide. Also, Sauron had spies and agent, all over Middle earth, including Wormtoungue, who worked as "fifth columnists" to weaken the free peoples. And he was constantly attacking Gondor throughout the Third Age; his attacks conquered  Minas Ithil, (Minas Morgul), harassed Osgilaith, and even caused the death of the last king at the hands of the Nazgul, which began the rule of the Stewards.In other words,I echo Sigil's point: the pace of this war took centuries, and it took a long time for the good guys to even realize it was a returned  Sauron who was behind it all.Also, Quasequeton, if your looking for a shorthand history of ME, I recommend The Atlas of Middle Earth, which not only has great maps, but gives a thumbnail history of all the Ages, with explanatory maps.Just my 2 cents...</blockquote>

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