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Leningrad July-November 1941
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Leningrad July-November 1941
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One of Hitler’s strategic goals under Operation Barbarossa was Leningrad, the symbolic capital of the Russian Revolution. As Army Group North (comprising 18th Army, 4th Panzer Army and 16th Army) advanced, the Russians formed the defensive Leningrad Front; further defence was created through the split of the northern Front to... More
Liberation of the Philippines December 1944–June 1945
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Liberation of the Philippines December 1944–June 1945
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Having secured Leyte, the Americans under General MacArthur attacked Mindoro, the large island south of Manila Bay that would provide air cover for an assault on Luzon and the capital. The Western Visayan Task force reached Mindoro on 13 December and the Americans quickly secured the island, constructing an airbase... More
Living off the Land: Principal campaigns and battles of the Hundred Years’ War 1339–1415
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Living off the Land: Principal campaigns and battles of the Hundred Years’ War 1339–1415
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Unsupported by fixed supply sources, the English army often resorted to seizing produce and money from the local French population during its various campaigns in in France during the Hundred Years’ War. Campaigns of deliberate pillaging for supplies, known as chevauchées, were also seen as a method of reducing the... More
Lower Mesopotamia November–December 1914
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Lower Mesopotamia November–December 1914
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Mesopotamia was an area of immediate strategic importance to the British once the Ottoman Empire entered the war. The oilfields of Iraq and Persia supplied the British refinery at Abadan, and were critical for fuelling the Royal Navy. The offensive began on 6 November with the bombardment and capture of... More
Major Bomber Command Bases of WWII
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Major Bomber Command Bases of WWII
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During World War II, operational groups were stationed at over 100 separate airbases, from which each squadron undertook their sorties as instructed by the centralized Bomber Command, which was formed in 1936. Bomber Command played a vital role in the destruction of German invasion barges in the channel ports during... More
McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign April to June 1862
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McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign April to June 1862
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George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac was a ‘corporate’ general, strong on mass man-management and logistics but short on military vision. The Peninsula campaign was designed to showcase his strengths but ended by ruthlessly exposing his shortcomings when pitted against the Confederate commander in northern Virginia,... More
Merrill’s Marauders Route March to Myitkina 28 April–17 May 1944
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Merrill’s Marauders Route March to Myitkina 28 April–17 May 1944
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The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), better known by the nickname Merrill’s Marauders, was a US unit that was formed and trained especially for long-range penetration missions behind Japanese lines in Burma. Modelled on the British Chindits unit, which also conducted long-range covert missions into Burmese territory, Merrill’s Marauders were highly... More
Meuse-Argonne Offensive 26 September–11 November 1918
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Meuse-Argonne Offensive 26 September–11 November 1918
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After the clearing of the three German salients was completed through the Battle of St Mihiel, Marshal Foch ordered a massive three-pronged offensive directed at the exposed fortified defences of the Hindenburg Line. The southernmost arm was the Meuse-Argonne offensive, launched by a combination of French and American troops. The... More
Mississippi Operations 3 February–2 May 1863
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Mississippi Operations 3 February–2 May 1863
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Vicksburg was the ‘nail that holds the South’s two halves together’, according to the Confederate President Jefferson Davis. In early 1863, Ulysses S. Grant attempted lateral thinking to pry the nail loose. He commissioned a series of attempts to build canals over the De Soto peninsula, north of Vicksburg: each... More
Mobile Bay Campaign 5–23 August 1864
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Mobile Bay Campaign 5–23 August 1864
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Admiral David Farragut had urged an assault on Mobile Bay since the fall of Port Hudson in July 1863, but it was not until the following summer that troops were provided for an amphibious operation. The soldiers under General Gordon Granger were landed at Dauphin Island, training a gun on... More
Napoleon’s Italian Campaigns 4 May 1796–8 April 1797
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Napoleon’s Italian Campaigns 4 May 1796–8 April 1797
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‘They’ve sent a young madman who attacks right and left, front and rear. It’s an intolerable way of making war’. The comments of a Piedmontese officer in Italy encapsulate the impact of Napoleon, unleashed on traditional militaries. Outnumbered and ill-provisioned, his genius for misdirection and lightning speed of movement repeatedly... More
New Mexico Campaign July 1861 – 1862
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New Mexico Campaign July 1861 – 1862
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The fatal flaw in the Confederates’ New Mexico campaign plan was logistics. The strategic conception was compelling; supported by a sympathetic population, hoover up the isolated Union forts, then seize the gold and silver of Colorado, Nevada, California. The final prize was the long unblockaded Pacific seaboard for backdoor supply... More