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Capture of Qurna 3–9 December 1914
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Capture of Qurna 3–9 December 1914
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On 22 November the British took Basra, forcing the Ottomans to retreat to Qurna. An initial British ground force landed 3 miles (5 km) from Qurna on the River Euphrates on 3 December. As the ground force neared the town, heavy fire forced them to retreat until 6 December, when... More
Capture of Singapore 8-15 February 1942
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Capture of Singapore 8-15 February 1942
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The Japanese invaded Malaya in December 1941, working their way towards the defensively vulnerable Singapore and amassing around 30,000 troops across the Strait of Johore in preparation for an invasion. The British ignored intelligence of a concealed build-up of Japanese soldiers in the northwest, instead focussing their defensive forces to... More
Capture of Tunis April–May 1943
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Capture of Tunis April–May 1943
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Simultaneous operations against Axis ground, air and sea forces in Tunisia in April and May 1943 served to tighten the stranglehold on the remaining German forces, who had been pushed eastwards towards the sea. German air transport capabilities were targeted and severely hindered under Operation Flax, whilst an Allied naval... More
Central Powers on the Brink September–October 1918
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Central Powers on the Brink September–October 1918
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When the Allied counteroffensive forced German forces to retreat behind the Hindenburg Line on 2 September 1918, the writing was on the wall for the Central Powers. By the end of the month, the Line had been breached and Bulgaria had surrendered to the Allies. In October, the German navy... More
Chancellorsville Campaign 27 April ̶ 4 May 1863
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Chancellorsville Campaign 27 April ̶ 4 May 1863
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The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, in April ̶ May 1863, was a spectacular Civil War victory under Confederate General Robert E. Lee. President Abraham Lincoln, frustrated by the Union progress in the war, replaced General Ambrose Burnside with General ‘fighting Joe Hooker’. After Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River on 30... More
Charlemagne’s Campaigns 771–814
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Charlemagne’s Campaigns 771–814
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Charlemagne became king of the Franks when his brother died in 771 and quickly set about a widespread campaign of military expansion throughout Europe. Charlemagne was staunchly Catholic and forced peoples in invaded lands to convert. He quickly imposed himself over the Lombards in northern Italy, forcing them to submit... More
Charleston Campaign 6–8 April 1863
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Charleston Campaign 6–8 April 1863
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General Beauregard, the Confederate commander at Charleston, was a skilled engineer who supervised the enhancement of its defences. Its approaches bristled with forts and batteries, and a series of booms impeded the channels, which were also mined. In early April, a squadron of nine Union ironclads anchored outside the harbour-mouth:... More
Chickamauga Campaign 10–18 September 1863
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Chickamauga Campaign 10–18 September 1863
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Chickamauga, believed to be a Cherokee word for ‘River of Death’, lived up to this sobriquet when the Union Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Army of Tennessee engaged in bloody combat at Chickamauga Creek, Georgia, on 19 September 1863. The Union commander, Major General Rosecrans, launched an offensive at... More
Chindits in Burma February–March 1943
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Chindits in Burma February–March 1943
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The Chindits were a covert operations unit formed in 1942 to conduct guerrilla-style attacks on targets within Japanese-occupied Burma. Formed from British and Indian troops, the Chindits were led by Brigadier Orde Wingate who was an expert in unconventional warfare tactics. The Chindits began their first deployment under Operation Longcloth... More
Clashes in Missouri 15 June–7 November 1861
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Clashes in Missouri 15 June–7 November 1861
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At the outbreak of war, supposedly neutral Missouri was a soup of intrigue. The flashpoint was the ‘Camp Jackson Massacre’ (10 May) in St Louis, when the the Union commander of the city’s arsenal, General Lyon, opened fire on a mob trying to free paramilitaries he had arrested for plotting... More
Collapse of the Kerensky Offensive 1 July–4 August 1917
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Collapse of the Kerensky Offensive 1 July–4 August 1917
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With the return of Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik party, to Russia in April 1917, the new provisional government was under increasing pressure to withdraw from the war. Meanwhile, the Allies were urging Kerensky, the Minister for War, to attack the Central Powers and divert vital manpower away from... More
Crossing the Alps 15 May–14 June 1800
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Crossing the Alps 15 May–14 June 1800
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French forces were pushed out of Italy in 1799, leaving Massena and his French forces trapped in Genoa by Austrian commander Melas and the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. Napoleon, after returning from Egypt, began assembling the French Army of the Reserve ready to cross the Alps and launch a... More