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First Battle of Carrhae 53 BCE
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First Battle of Carrhae 53 BCE
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Parthia was the scene of one of the Roman Empire’s most crushing defeats. Seven legions of the Roman army, led by wealthy politician and military commander, Marcus Licinius Crassus, advanced into Carrhae in 53 BCE, as part of a strategy to conquer the powerful Parthian Empire. The 35,000-strong legions advanced... More
First Battle of Champagne 1914–15
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First Battle of Champagne 1914–15
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As one of the first large scale Allied offensives of the war, the first battle of Champagne proved a stern test of tactics from which the French would have to learn. To capitalize on the strategically vulnerable position of the Noyon salient, the furthest extent of German progress into France,... More
First Battle of Warsaw 19–30 October 1914
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First Battle of Warsaw 19–30 October 1914
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In September 1914 the Russians gained an intelligence advantage over the enemy, when papers recovered from a dead German officer revealed the massing of Central Powers forces in Silesia. Forewarned of impending attack, the Russians began to fall back towards the River Vistula. The German mastery of their enemies’ military... More
First Battle of Ypres 18 October–11 November 1914
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First Battle of Ypres 18 October–11 November 1914
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The Germans initiated a rolling offensive on 18 October 1914, starting in Belgium, and extending the length of the western front. The primary focus of the attack was to amputate the Ypres salient, which protruded eastward between Steenstrat and St Eloi. At the northern end of the salient, there was... More
Fisher’s Hill 22 September 1864
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Fisher’s Hill 22 September 1864
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Fisher’s Hill was the second battle of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. After their defeat at Winchester on 19 September, the remains of the Confederate army moved to Fisher’s Hill, a natural fortification which blocked access to the lower valley region. Under the overall command of Jubal A. Early, the 9,000-strong... More
Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino 11–17 May 1944
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Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino 11–17 May 1944
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After the previous three failed attempts to take Monte Cassino and break the German defences of the Gustav Line, Operation Diadem was launched on the evening of 11 May using an assortment of Allied troops. The Allied troops were amassed in the area prior to the offensive, following a campaign... More
Fredericksburg 13 December 1862
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Fredericksburg 13 December 1862
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New Union Commander Ambrose E. Burnside saw the capture of Fredericksburg as the gateway to moving on Richmond, the Confederate capital, but his bold plan was betrayed by poor logistics. Delays in the shipment of pontoons to bridge the Rappahannock River allowed Robert E. Lee to assemble his defending forces... More
French Counterattacks at Montcornet and Crecy-sur-Serre 17–19 May 1940
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French Counterattacks at Montcornet and Crecy-sur-Serre 17–19 May 1940
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On 17 May 1940, the French 4th Division, under de Gaulle, attempted two attacks on German-held Montcornet. The first attack, in the early hours, took the Germans by surprise but they easily overcame the French. That afternoon, de Gaulle tried again, but the Division was overcome by gunfire and German... More
Frontier Battles in Lorraine 10–28 August 1914
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Frontier Battles in Lorraine 10–28 August 1914
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On 7 August 1914, under Plan XVII, the VII Corps of the French 1st Army successfully captured Mulhouse in Alsace, part of the Alsace and Lorraine territories annexed by the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War (1871). After the Germans recaptured Mulhouse on 10 August 1914, Marshal Joffre, French Commander-in-Chief, directed... More
German Advance: South Ardennes 10–12 May 1940
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German Advance: South Ardennes 10–12 May 1940
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During the morning of 10 May the XIX Panzerkorps, under the command of General Guderian, crossed Luxembourg to reach the Belgian border. Over 300 roads and bridges had been mined by Belgian troops, although the border itself was not adequately defended and the advance was rapid, with Belgian troops ordered... More
German Counterattack 6 June 1944
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German Counterattack 6 June 1944
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After an initial delay in launching a counterattack, the German 21st Panzer Division made a move north in an attempt to drive the Allies back to the beach. A first counterattack targeted the 6th Airborne Division who had managed to push east over the vital bridgehead captured right at the... More
German Counterattack at Mortain 6–8 August 1944
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German Counterattack at Mortain 6–8 August 1944
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In response to progress made by the Americans during Operation Cobra, a German counterattack, known as Operation Lüttich, was launched around Mortain. The main force involved was an assortment of panzer divisions totalling around 300 tanks and any infantry that could be scraped together from the front line. Although the... More