Why did the Persians let the Greeks win the war?

Those cry babies as you so mock them, won because of their ability to combine together and fight as a united people when threatened, and because of their concentration on heavy infantry (Sparta) and a predominantly trireme-based navy (Athens) Persia put conscripts from conquered nations in their front lines - not as effective a willed fighting force, compared to Athenians and Spartans who had common bonds, language and the same essential desire to save their homeland. The Greeks won through better discipline and training, their ferocity and the inspiration of the example of King Leonidas and the 300 who sacrificed themselves to allow the rest of Greece to get organized. Today, we will show you that same organization when we all report you and send your troll-butt packing!  more

Yes, that's right. They let the little crying babies win. The Persians I mean.  more

Actually Persians might were more but they weren't as strong as Greeks.  more

When they saw the Greeks doing their war dance and heard the sound of of their music - all the Persians did run in panic. I am not surprised - I would too.  more

Historical Sources Herodotus is the main source for this conflict (Bust at the Stoa of Attalus). Thucydides picks up where Herodotus ends but gives only limited information (Bust in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto). What is known of this conflict today comes almost exclusively from the Greek sources. Herodotus of Halicarnassus after his exile from his home town, in the middle of the 5th century BC travelled all over the Mediterranean and beyond, from Scythia to Egypt collecting information over the Persian Wars and other events that he complied in his book Ιστοριης Απόδειξη (known in English as The Histories). He begins with Croesus's conquest of Ionia[3] and ends with the fall of Sestus in 479 BC.[4] He is believed to repeat what was told to him by his hosts and sponsors without subjecting it to critical control, thus giving us at times the truth, at times exaggerations and at times political propaganda. However, ancient writers consider his work much better in quality than that ...  more

WHEN THE **** DID THAT HAPPEN AND I LOST IT???? Until now I thought that our ancestors, Greeks, fucked Persians! Because they were little chickens that wanted to take over the world. But when you mess up with Greece you have to know that you will never manage that! :) Am I mean??? I know that truth hurts. Truth hurts A LOT, especially when you hear it from a teenager who makes ya think you are the stupidest person in the world! xD We laughed a lot at school with this question of yours! :) Linktothepast, your answer hit the spot! emo-masochists! lol! Oh, back to you! How the **** do you call yourself KING OF EUROPE when you don't even know European History and when you wouldn't exist because your ancestors would be dead? And they would be dead because Greeks protected more than 3 times Europe!!! Read a history book!!!! Oh, and I don't give a **** if you report me! I just say the truth!  more

Persia was powerful but had to fight on many fronts, Xerxes also made the mistake of not listening to his advisors and thought Athens and Sparta would not unite. Although numerous the Persian army was not equipt to stand against the Greek phalanx, the casualties suffered at Thermopylae (said to have been 20,000) prove this. As for the Persians allowing the Greeks to win, i would suggest you read your history before making such a sweeping comment, Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Platea, If there was cry babies present it was not the Greeks.  more