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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
Battle for Basra March and April 2003
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Battle for Basra March and April 2003
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Securing Basra was one of the invasion’s most important initial objectives due to its size and its location in Iraq’s main oil producing region. The attack on the city soon deteriorated into a protracted siege, with many of its one million inhabitants trapped by the fighting, whilst also being deprived... More
Battle for Berlin Centre – 20 April–6 May 1945
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Battle for Berlin Centre – 20 April–6 May 1945
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On Hitler's birthday, 20 April, Marshal Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front began shelling Berlin’s city centre, while Marshal Ivan Konev’s 1st Ukrainian Front advanced through its southern suburbs. On 23 April General Helmuth Weidling assumed command of the city’s remaining garrison, consisting of disorganized Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions, and poorly trained... More
Battle for Smolensk 10 July–10 September 1941
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Battle for Smolensk 10 July–10 September 1941
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As the Germans made easy progress into Soviet territories during the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Red Army hastily attempted to organize a defensive line to protect the approaches to Moscow. The German attack towards Smolensk began in earnest on 10 July and made good initial progress towards the... More
Battle of Berlin 15 April–6 May 1945
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Battle of Berlin 15 April–6 May 1945
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Having advanced westwards to the River Oder, 37 miles (60 km) from Berlin, the Red Army halted and made preparations for a coordinated attack on the city, while the western Allies began pounding it from the air. In March the Germans, under General Gotthard Heinrici, had established a number of... More
Battle of Glasgow 15 October 1864
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Battle of Glasgow 15 October 1864
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In mid-October 1864 Confederate forces, under the general command of Major General Sterling Price, advanced on Glasgow, Missouri, where it was rumoured that a large store of Union weapons was held. The attack began at daybreak on 15 October with a shelling of the town from an artillery position on... More
Battle of Leipzig Phase 2 18–19 October 1813
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Battle of Leipzig Phase 2 18–19 October 1813
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After a quiet day on 17 October, the Allied forces (the Sixth Coalition) launched a series of attacks on French forces. It took until afternoon before all six units were engaged and the French army was fully encircled. After nine hours of intense and bloody fighting, French troops were slowly... More
Battle of Smolensk August 1812
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Battle of Smolensk August 1812
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On 17 August, the French lay siege to Smolensk, with the Russians returning fire from behind the city’s walls. Although this failed to daunt the Russians, they were forced to retreat after the city caught fire. As they retreated, the Russians destroyed the artillery reserves and bridges leading from the... More
Byzantine Empire 1430
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Byzantine Empire 1430
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The year 1430 saw the fall of Thessalonika to the Ottoman Empire after eight years of fighting between the Byzantines, the Venetians and the Ottomans. As pressure from the Ottomans increased and Thessalonika was surrounded, the city’s government asked for assistance from the Venetians in return for increased economic privileges... More
Defence of Königsberg 5–9 April 1945
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Defence of Königsberg 5–9 April 1945
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The forces of the 1st Baltic Front and 3rd Belorussian Front initially surrounded the Prussian city of Königsberg in January 1945 as part of the East Prussian Offensive, which slowly choked off Germany’s overland supply routes, forcing them to depend on access to the Baltic Sea. The citizens of Königsberg... More
Defences of Corinth 8 April–30 May 1862
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Defences of Corinth 8 April–30 May 1862
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The town of Corinth sat at the intersection of the Memphis-Charleston and Mobile-Ohio rail lines – a junction Confederate Secretary of War Roy LePope Walker described as the ‘vertebrae of the Confederacy’. To capture Corinth, the Union General Halleck had a force commensurate with its strategic importance, around 120,000 strong.... More
Fortification of Malta Under the Knights 1565–1798
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Fortification of Malta Under the Knights 1565–1798
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Malta’s position in the Mediterranean and its natural harbours left it vulnerable to attack. The Knights of the Order of St John, also known as the Knights Hospitaller, arrived on the island in 1530 and fortified the Grand Harbour. In 1565 Malta was beseiged for 36 days by 40,000 Ottoman... More