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Assault on Omaha Beach: Situation at Midday 6 June 1944
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Assault on Omaha Beach: Situation at Midday 6 June 1944
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The assault on Omaha was particularly tough due to the large bluffs that overlook the beach. Above the cliffs were the main German defences, which had a clear view of the entire beach. The only cover for the attacking American troops was a small shingle bank and sea wall at... More
Assaults on Petersburg 1864
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Assaults on Petersburg 1864
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Petersburg, Virginia, was important strategically because it was the junction point of five railroads, which supplied Richmond (24 miles/39 km north) and the upper James River region. The first Union assault on the Petersburg defences was under General Benjamin Butler who led his army over the Appomattox River on 15... More
Athens – Long Walls c. 475 BCE
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Athens – Long Walls c. 475 BCE
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The Athenian ‘Long Walls’ were fortifications erected after Xerxes’ invasion of Greece. Building of the walls began as part of a rebuilding programme after Athens was sacked and burned by the Persians. Once the Athenians returned to their city, having defeated the Persians at the Battle of Plataea, construction of... More
Attack by Paralyzation 1919: after J.F.C Fuller
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Attack by Paralyzation 1919: after J.F.C Fuller
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Otherwise known as Plan 1919, this was a military strategy created by British Major General John Frederick Charles Fuller. It was his belief that new weapons, such as tanks and aircraft, should be used to psychologically stun (or paralyze) the enemy. Although Plan 1919 was never implemented, Fuller believed that... More
Attack on Johnsonville 4 November 1864
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Attack on Johnsonville 4 November 1864
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Union General William T. Sherman described Nathan B. Forrest as the ‘most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side’. As the Confederacy’s disruptor-in-chief, Forrest specialized in the lightning cavalry raids, and his assault on Johnsonville was the culmination of a three-week rampage through western Tennessee. Arriving on the... More
Attack on Taranto 11 November 1940
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Attack on Taranto 11 November 1940
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By 1940 the Italian naval threat in the Mediterranean was significant and a British operation was planned to eliminate the Italian Navy’s First Squadron at its base at Taranto. The Royal Navy required freedom of movement in the Mediterranean to supply its North Africa campaign through Egypt, but was hindered... More
Attica c. 480 BCE
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Attica c. 480 BCE
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When the Persian king, Xerxes I, invaded Greece in 480 BCE he was at the head of a vast Persian force of close to 300,000. Xerxes’ juggernaut army struck fear and terror in the Greek city-states. After the Spartan defeat at Thermopylae, Xerxes’ land route to Athens was undefended. It... More
Aubers Ridge and Festubert: March–December 1915
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Aubers Ridge and Festubert: March–December 1915
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As part of the Second Battle of Artois, an Allied attempt to capitalize on reassignment of German forces to the eastern front, the British were to assist French efforts in the south by securing Aubers Ridge. British artillery strength was diminished due to damaged equipment and lack of ammunition, and... More
Augustus’s Campaigns in Germania 12 BCE–9 CE
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Augustus’s Campaigns in Germania 12 BCE–9 CE
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The capture of the Alpine regions of Raetia and Noricum in 16 CE served as a springboard for the planned subjugation of the German tribes. The first offensive between 11 and 9 BCE was successful, reaching the Elbe river. One consequence of this campaign was the exile to Rome of... More
Augustus’s Campaigns in Germania 12 BCE–9 CE
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Augustus’s Campaigns in Germania 12 BCE–9 CE
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In three consective of campaigning from 12 BCE, the Roman general Drusus vanquished a series of Germanic tribes – the Bructeri, Cherusci then Chatti – reaching as far as the Elbe, before dying after a fall from his horse. A new German offensive under Tiberius, Augustus’s son, commenced in 4... More
Austria’s First Invasion of Serbia August 1914
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Austria’s First Invasion of Serbia August 1914
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The immediate precipitant of World War I was Austria-Hungary’s July ultimatum to Serbia, demanding an investigation of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia refused to accede to the ultimatum in full, Austria-Hungary declared war on 28 July, beginning the shelling of Belgrade the following day. Although heavily committed... More
Austria’s Second Invasion of Serbia October–December 1914
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Austria’s Second Invasion of Serbia October–December 1914
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On 5 November 1914, the Austro-Hungarian 5th and 6th Armies entered Serbia, pushing the Serbians back to the Kolubara line. Between the 16–22 November the Austro-Hungarians launched a third series of assaults on Serbian defenses on the Kolubara line, with the objective of seizing the strategically important town of Lazarevac.... More