from the two surviving soldiers from the war. They explain that it wasn’t Haig’s fault and that they have seen it with their own eyes and thought it was working so they got really excited‚ “We were excited. We thought nothing could survive that artillery bombardment.” This suggests that Haig was a good leader and the soldiers had trust and faith in him‚ if he was a donkey the soldiers wouldn’t have listened. Source A says the Haig live “almost 30 miles away behind the trenches” it goes on to say
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detrimental given the almost 90 degree heat at that time of day. Not to mention the 1000 yards battlefield they would begin to push through. Almost as soon as the Soldiers stepped off‚ the division Commander‚ General Hood‚ was maimed in the arm by artillery. The wound was incapacitating enough to take him out of the battle. His absence created a break down in communications among his subordinate leaders. As a result‚ the Texas Brigade Commander‚ General Robertson‚ was unsure where his Brigade’s position
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Audie Murphy Audie Murphy was the most decorated American Army soldier of World War II. The orphaned son of Texas sharecroppers‚ he enlisted at age 18 and went on to win two dozen military medals for valor‚ including the Congressional Medal of Honor. After the war Murphy parlayed his war time fame into a career as a movie actor‚ song writer‚ and business man. He wrote his war memoirs‚ To Hell and Back‚ and played himself in the 1955 movie of the same name. The 20th of June is officially Audie
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and western lands‚ eventually these dispute led to The Civil War. On the time of history‚ we had many great soldiers and military leaders‚ such as‚ William Wheeler and Charles Colcock Jones Jr.‚ William Wheeler‚ Captain of New York’s Thirteenth Artillery. At early age he was interested on literature and read books. He was a very educated in law‚ came from a wealthy family. He was from the Union. He fought in many important battles‚ as a matter of fact; it made the difference at the victory on
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with LAR as passing force *Attack in zone to destroy En forces in vic of Reg Obj 2 Conduct a forward passing of lines with 3/6 at Phase Line Green BPT follow on ME’s attack to MEB Obj *Secure key crossing sites on Stony Creek Locate Artillery Battalion Located Tank Reserve Turn over EPWs to CLB Report usable LZs to RCT S-4 Plan NBC decontamination sites IMPLIED TASKS Breach obstacles en route to Reg Obj 2 Use engineering assets to create a crossing location on Stony
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Would the Americans have gained their independence without help from the French? If it was not for the help of the French‚ America would have never gained their independence from Britain. Britain was the biggest empire that the world had seen since the Roman Empire. In fact‚ without assistance the Americans were no match for Britain. The hatred towards the British from both the French and Americans had made it easy for them to form an alliance. In 1778‚ representatives of both America and France
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weapons like “old-fashioned firearms‚ spears‚ knives‚ poles‚ axes‚ hoes‚ and stones” (Fan‚ 209). As for the nationalist party‚ the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) “had historically been poor in modern artillery‚ and most field guns were of light and mountain classes.” In 1941‚ there were only 800 artillery pieces in the entire Chinese army (“Chinese Nationalist Army”).
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World History: Mr. Ricky Waldon | Iran – Iraq War | Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) The Iran-Iraq War permanently altered the course of Iraqi history. It strained Iraqi political and social life‚ and led to severe economic dislocations. Viewed from a historical perspective‚ the outbreak of hostilities in 1980 was‚ in part‚ just another phase of the ancient Persian-Arab conflict that had been fueled by twentieth-century border disputes. Many observers‚ however‚ believe that Saddam Hussein ’s decision
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resorted to firing missiles into Israel only after Shiite villages had come under heavy artillery bombardment from Israeli troops and their militia ally‚ the South Lebanon Army.” He also said “members of the Party of God should stop using the weapons if the shelling of villages in southern Lebanon stopped.” In an effort to promote peace Mr. Berri made sure that all fighters would avoid setting up their artillery encampments in southern Lebanon and that they would not carry arms in areas where the Lebanese
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dealing with experiences of both allied and German soldiers. The Germans retreated back to Aisne‚ choose the most advantageous position a. permanent trenches protect by barbed wires‚ mines and sandbags German fortifications usually involves heavy artillery barrage followed by soldiers going “over the top” Weapons (rifles‚ grenades‚ gas‚ flamethrowers and in 1916 onwards tanks) “Frontal assaults” resulted in horrendous casualties Life in the trenches were constant of boredom‚ routine‚ “shell shock”
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