Talk:Airbending/@comment-130.18.177.203-20120829023853/@comment-5888498-20130216170014

The airbenders were totally wiped out because the fire nation has millions upon millions of troops, and firebenders. they would basically rush to the mountains, and siege the temples using hundreds of catapults and waves upon waves of comet-enhanced firebenders attacking.

At the same time, they would attack alll temples, holdouts, refuges and any place possible with massive, overwhelming numbers and elite forces.

It's just like the chinese invasion of tibet, replacing guns with firebending and tanks with heavy cavalry/catapults.