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Ostia, 849
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Ostia, 849
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The Emirate of Sicily was formed in 831 as part of the Aghlabid Caliphate and immediately Rome became a target for plunder. Following frequent pirate activity, which resulted in Saracen forces entering Rome and looting the Vatican in 846, the city’s defences were strengthened. A naval defence league was also... More
Ottoman Empire War on Four Fronts November 1914
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Ottoman Empire War on Four Fronts November 1914
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The Ottoman Empire triggered their entry into World War I with an attack on Russia’s Black Sea coast in November 1914. At the time, their armed forces had yet to recover from the heavy casualties, and blow to morale, inflicted by the 1912–13 Balkan War. In response to this debacle,... More
Ottoman High Command 1914–18
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Ottoman High Command 1914–18
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In 1913, following the loss of the bulk of their remaining European territory in the Balkan War, a coup d’état placed the Committee for Union and Progress (CUP) in charge of the Ottoman government. Within the CUP, real power resided with the so-called ‘Three Pashas’ Enver, Talaat and Djemal, who... More
Overall Situation 6 August 1944
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Overall Situation 6 August 1944
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Following a slow push from Utah beach into the restrictive bocage terrain of the Cotentin Peninsula, the Americans focussed their attention on Cherbourg at the northern tip. Securing the city reduced the fighting in the area to one front in the south, although its functionality as a port was badly... More
Overrunning Brittany 3–7 August 1944
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Overrunning Brittany 3–7 August 1944
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The securing of the Cotentin Peninsula enabled the Allies to turn most of their attention to the west where the majority of German occupying forces were still active. However, Brittany and most of the south of France were still under German occupation and needed to be secured to protect the... More
Overview of Falaise Encirclement 6–19 August 1944
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Overview of Falaise Encirclement 6–19 August 1944
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The momentum for the Falaise Pocket encirclement began with the failed German counterattack in Operation Lüttich. This manoeuvre used up the last of their strong combat units in the area, at a time when the Allies were gaining reinforcements and consolidating their control of western France. The prolonged engagements at... More
Overview of Front Line 7–12 June 1944
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Overview of Front Line 7–12 June 1944
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Following the initial beach landings on 6 June, the five Allied beachheads made mixed progress inland. In the west, assisted by paratroop drops, the British had secured the vital bridges across the Caen Canal, although Caen itself was still firmly in German hands. Juno and Gold made strong progress inland... More
Overview of the Front Line 12–30 June 1944
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Overview of the Front Line 12–30 June 1944
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On 13 June the British were continuing their efforts to move towards Caen from the west, when an ambush by a unit of German tanks resulted in an embarrassing defeat at Villers-Bocage. This subsequently marked the shift to more attritional engagements in the area. Between 12–30 June the main activity... More
Pacific War Overview 1943–45
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Pacific War Overview 1943–45
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Following their aerial attack on the US navy in Pearl Harbour (1941), the Japanese rapidly took possession of a vast swathe of the eastern Pacific. This rapid advance left them overextended and vulnerable to counterattack. Meanwhile, the United States rapidly replenished their navy, while their codebreakers managed to intercept Japan’s... More
Packages to Cuba 1962
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Packages to Cuba 1962
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After the United States’ botched attempt in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro, Cuba’s Marxist-Leninist leader, Castro made a secret missile agreement with Nikita Khrushchev, the Russian premier. Khrushchev agreed to place Soviet medium range (MRBM) and intermediate range (IRBM) nuclear missile bases in Cuba. America... More
Palestine October 1917–October 1918
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Palestine October 1917–October 1918
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Having repeatedly failed to breach the Ottoman front, General Murray was replaced as Allied commander in Palestine by Field Marshal Allenby in June 1917. The crux points of his campaign were two enveloping manoeuvres, a year apart. In October 1917, the front extended from Gaza on the coast to Beersheba.... More
Panzer Advance to the Channel May 1940
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Panzer Advance to the Channel May 1940
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After crossing the Meuse, the Germans began their advance towards the Channel at astonishing speed. The French were unable to organize any coordinated counterattack as the German Panzers swept through French-ordered halt lines before the French forces had even managed to occupy them. A few counterattacks were met and overcome,... More