The gleam refers to the last rays of sun and the gloom of the losing battle as the eagles swoop down to finish the war once and for all. page 268 the hobbit
The sides were fairly equal with no one winning or losing and so when the eagles arrived, they made that side that much stronger than the other, and they won the battle.
The HobbitThe Fellowship of the Ring, Book IThe Fellowship of the Ring, Book IIThe Two Towers, Book IThe Two Towers, Book IIThe Return of the King, Book IThe Return of the King, Book IIThe Silmarillion is another book that Tolkien also set in Middle-earth thousands of years before the first of the Hobbit books, but it is a history of the Elves and does not concern itself with Hobbits (except briefly in its final chapter where it reviews the events of the end of the Third Age from the point of view of the Elves, which differs slightly from the point of view of the Hobbits).
The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .
Chapter 17, The Clouds Burst.
my wang
my wang
The tide turned in favor of the United States during the battle of midway
saratogu
On the Eastern Front it was the Battle for Stalingrad and in the Pacific it was the Battle of Midway .
the Battle of Saratoga!
Stalingrad
The gleam refers to the last rays of sun and the gloom of the losing battle as the eagles swoop down to finish the war once and for all. page 268 the hobbit
Saratoga
Gettysburg
it turned the tide of the pacific theater
Gettysburg