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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
Logan’s Cross Roads 19 January 1862
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Logan’s Cross Roads 19 January 1862
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When Confederate commander George Crittenden reached the emplacements of his subordinate Felix Zollicoffer’s in eastern Kentucky, he understood their peril. On a headland surrounded by the swollen Cumberland River, they were at grave risk of being trapped by Union General Thomas’s advance. With Union reinforcements due to arrive, Crittenden decided... 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
Makin Atoll 20–23 November 1943
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Makin Atoll 20–23 November 1943
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To launch an attack on the Marshall Islands, a suitable island base was needed as a stepping-stone. After plans to invade Nauru fell through, Makin Atoll was chosen as a suitable location. The invasion plan comprised a two-pronged attack. Firstly, troops would land on Red Beach in the west in... 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
Mine Run 27 November 1863
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Mine Run 27 November 1863
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The Battle of Mine Run on 27 November was an inconclusive Union offensive. Union soldiers were to cross the Rapidan River and strike the Confederate’s right flank. This strategy began to fail when a Union corps became bogged down in the river, delaying further Union forces from crossing. General Robert... More
Mons Graupius 83 CE Phases 1 and 2
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Mons Graupius 83 CE Phases 1 and 2
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The name Mons Graupius is given to a battle fought between the Romans and Caledonians in 83 CE. The actual site has not yet been found, with the Roman historian, Tacitus, stating that it was fought at ‘Mons Graupius’ (in modern Scotland). Tacitus is thought to have exaggerated the Romans’... More
Native American Resistance 1785–1842
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Native American Resistance 1785–1842
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Having been ceded western territory under the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the newly independent America doubled in size. It established settlements east of the Mississippi, south of the Great Lakes and into the Gulf coastal plains. This generated competition for land, much of it Native American, and ensured continuing... More
Neuve Chapelle 10–12 March 1915
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Neuve Chapelle 10–12 March 1915
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Britain’s first major offensive of 1915 at Neuve Chapelle was originally planned as part of a pincer attack in coordination with French forces to the south, aimed at breaking the German lines around the Noyon salient. Although the French advance was cancelled due to lack of planned reinforcements from Ypres,... More
New Guinea August–September 1943
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New Guinea August–September 1943
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Following an arduous push through the thick jungle of Papua New Guinea’s eastern peninsula, Australian and US forces made their way to the Japanese bases at Salamaua and Lae to complete the Salamaua–Lae operation. As Allied reinforcements arrived in the area, the Japanese were gradually and deliberately pushed back towards... More
Normandy Front 24 July 1944
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Normandy Front 24 July 1944
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Securing the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula was a key strategic victory for the Allies, permitting the Americans to turn south and engage the Germans on a single front. All along the German front line it was becoming clear that they were overstretched and worn down after the continuous... More
Olustee 20 February 1864
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Olustee 20 February 1864
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Olustee Station was situated on the Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Railroad in densely forested flatland. Confederate General Joseph Finegan selected it as his battlefield, his flanks protected to the north by Ocean Pond and the south by swamp. His opponent, Union General Truman Seymour, anticipated that only local militias would... More