the war. One of the reasons for all the death is because the French forts had been stripped down of their guns so that the defensive capabilities of the forts were diminished. The Germans also brought in over 1‚200 artillery guns‚ which at the time was the most powerful artillery line ever and practically annihilated entire French divisions. In Stalingrad‚ however‚ the main reason for attacking the city was to severe the north-south railway link. However‚ just like in Verdun the city was ill
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The attacks on Jubar were preceded by concentrated artillery fire. In an innovative action‚ the division employed some 122-mm Grad multibarrel rocket launchers in a direct firing role to pulverize enemy defences. These launchers were deployed close to a pass on the Batalic-Kargil road where they were at the
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“Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.” -Henri Barbusse‚ 1916. Wilfred Owen was an English poet and soldier. He had been writing poetry since he was a teenager‚ and before the war‚ he worked as a teacher’s assistant and language tutor in France. He enlisted in England in 1915 and sent to the western front in early 1917. He was sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital after experiencing heavy fighting‚ and there he met Siegfried Sassoon‚ who already had established
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Headquarters & Headquarters Battery‚ 3rd Battalion‚ 7th Field Artillery Regiment 25th Infantry Division Schofield Barracks‚ HI 96857 WEEKLY CARBINE MAINTENANCE APVG-ZZO-CO 024-01 24 January 2013 1. PURPOSE: This SOP defines how 3rd Platoon will conduct clearing‚ disassembling‚ cleaning‚ inspection
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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. It was the
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dug into early trench walls that served to protect soldiers from shrapnel and provided a place for a soldier to sleep. These funk holes developed into dugouts that could protect groups of soldiers from everything other than a direct hit from an artillery shell and created a comfortable room that turned into a home away from home for many. The dugouts often contained electric lights and beds for the soldiers to sleep on‚ but the
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LATEST TRENDS IN MORTAR WARFARE 1. Intro. Mortars‚ commonly termed as ‘poor man’s artillery’ are one of the most effective weapons at the disposal of an infantry commander. Though originally developed to suit the requirements of trench warfare‚ mortars are finding more and more usefulness in the ever changing‚ technology driven battle field of today. Much advancement is being carried out to not only improve mortars capability and effectiveness but also the new methods of deployment are being experimented
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War is a dangerous game‚ many people would likely agree to this‚ however‚ very few have ever seen a battlefront. The truth is that war‚ no matter how awful we can imagine it‚ is always exponentially worse. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars‚ Robert Ross‚ the protagonist‚ faces a situation that he finds difficult to come to terms with‚ and when faced with a similar situation later on in the novel‚ he must take drastic measures to reconcile the uncertainties of the past situation. Timothy Findley suggests
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Akin to many young soldiers fighting on the Western Front‚ Owen spent a large majority of his life transitioning from the horrors of the battlefield to recuperating in many different hospitals‚ the most prominent one being Craiglockhart hospital. Owen not only expresses physical suffering through his own eyes but through other comrades who have been wracked by the war. This is also closely followed by the hardship of family and friends who endure the pain of not knowing whether their beloved ones
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NAME: ______Kevin Daley____________________ # CORRECT: ___________ OUT OF 100 1. What are the 8 Troop Leading Procedures (FM 3-21.10‚ Figure 2-1): #1: Receive the Mission #5: Recon___________________ #2: issue the WARNO #6: complete the plan___ #3: Make a tentative plan #7 issue the plan___ #4: start necessary movement #8: _supervise___________ 2. The 5 components of a mission statement are: Who‚ What‚ When‚ Where‚ and Why. The What portion of the mission has
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