The Battle of the Somme In February 1916‚ after a year of stalemate‚ the Germans decided to attack France and capture strategic French forts in the area of Verdun‚ 15 miles west of Paris. They aimed to ’bleed France white’ with the attrition tactic developed by their commander‚ Falkenhayn. In an attempt to force the Germans away from Verdun‚ the French allies from Britain‚ led by General Haig‚ planned an artillery bombardment of the Germans. The battle carried on for a whole 10 months with a
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BATTLE OF KAMALPUR INTRODUCTION 1. 1971 a new country was born in the earth named “ Bangladesh ” through a nine month bloody war . Thousands of golden sons of this soil had to embrace martyrdom . Though this historical event took place in the year of 1971 but this was a long charted dream of all the Bangles since the fall freedom in the “ Battle of Palashi ” in 1957 . Bangles thought that their dream was going to be materialized
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separating from the Union. In separating‚ the South opened itself up to the difficulties of starting war with a new president‚ building national unity on the basis that states’ rights were superior‚ a lack of soldiers compared to the Union‚ preventing slaves from escaping‚ and overconfidence in cotton. The North faced its own difficulties upon the South’s secession such as starting war with a new president‚ maintaining national unity‚ preventing more southern states from joining the Confederate States
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Russia’s victory at the Battle of Stalingrad was crucial to the Russians’ war effort. Russia’s army had been decimated in the purge of the armed forces and Stalin‚ leader of Russia‚ was compelled to enter the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact for security‚ The Battle of Stalingrad became a war of attrition. Stalin‚ in a broadcasted speech to the nation rallied his people to fight for the motherland. Consequently over one million Soviet men and Woman died to defend Stalingrad. Proving that patriotism
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Cadet Flake 11-18-2014 Battle Analysis ROTC Siege of Yorktown The Revolutionary War was a dreadful war leaving almost 70‚000 U.S. and British soldiers dead or wounded. The war lasted eight years with America‚ France‚ Spain‚ and the Dutch on one side and Great Britain on the other. On October 19‚ 1781 the last major land battle took place‚ the Battle of Yorktown. Similar to other battles in the Revolutionary War‚ the Americans were fighting for independence from the British and as threats from
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Conflict in Europe: 1939-1945 The Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad was a key event of the conflict in Europe‚ 1939-45‚ which had a major effect on the outcome of the 2nd World War. For Adolf Hitler Stalingrad was important because it was to be the turning point in getting Operation Barbarossa back on track as the Germans went to control the resources in the Caucasus region. For the Russians‚ as a strategic centre Stalingrad was its third largest city and a major manufacturing facility
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| The Battle of Crete: Important or Insignificant? | The Battle of Crete began May 20th‚ 1941. Nazi Germany launched an airborne attack called Operation Merkur or Operation Mercury on the island of Crete. This battle will be important because it will hold great influence over the course of the war in the means of power. The Greek‚ Allied forces and even civilians attempted to defend the island and after day one the Germans suffered heavy casualties. The next day‚ the Allies were confident
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The battle of Uhud was a reprisal against the Muslims following the battle of Badr. Some of the leading members of Quraysh such as Abu Jahl‚ Utbah‚ Shaiba‚ Walid‚ Umayya bin Khalaf‚ and Hanzala bin Abu Sufyan‚ had been killed in the battle of Badr. After the death of Abu Jahl‚ leadership of the Makkans had passed on to his compeer‚ Abu Sufyan‚ who was the chief of the clan of Banu Umayya. There was profound sorrow in Makkah at the loss of so many chiefs but Abu Sufyan had forbidden the bereaved
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The battle of Hattin took place in 1187 and was fought between the Christians and the Muslims. Both religious accounts of this battle give light on certain aspects missed by the other religion. The Muslim account shows the genius of Saladin‚ while the Christian account gives a more ruthless image. The Christian account tells of how Saladin ordered skirmishers to harass the Christians from morning to mid-day‚ while the Muslim account tells Saladin surrounded them not with skirmishers but with his
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Battle of Leipzig Battle of the Nations is its other name. It took place between 16th and 18th October 1813 at Leipzig‚ Saxony. It culminated the German “War of Liberation.” Among all the Napoleonic wars‚ it was the biggest battle in terms of the amount of artillery and number of troops engaged. A coalition of Russian‚ Austrian‚ Prussian and Swedish troops fought against the French Army of Napoleon. Napoleon’s army also included Germans from the Confederation of Rhine‚ Italian and Polish troops
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