Mission Command Analysis: Hamburger Hill As one of the most famous battles of Vietnam‚ the battle of Dong Ap Bia provides a useful case study for the concept of mission command. Infamously known as Hamburger Hill‚ the high casualties and subsequent abandonment of the mountain caused critics to question the decision of military leaders. As with many battles in Vietnam‚ the commander‚ LTC Honeycutt‚ contended with the enemy while attempting to exert control with incomplete information in jungle-covered
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he was inexperienced and new to battle. We all saw William Henry Harrison’s huge army there were about 3500 Americans. We had 800 British soldiers and Tecumseh army was 500 men. It was fought in Upper Canada‚ near present-day Chatham‚ Ontario. We were going to battle on October 5‚ Everyone was very mad because General Proctor ordered us to abandon our half-cooked breakfast and retreat a further two miles‚ Procter formed us the British regulars in line of battle with a single 6-pound cannon. Procter
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attack against U.S. forces stationed at Khe Sanh Airbase. The battle lasted a total of 77 days ending on April 8 1968. This critical battle in the Vietnam War helped limit the advance of North Vietnamese forces from seizing the eastern Vietnamese coastline‚ spreading communist influence throughout northern South Vietnam‚ and maintaining the security along the demilitarized zone (DMZ). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the battle of Khe Sanh and to discuss how the use of unmanned ground sensor
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While Army senior leaders expound upon the necessity of the Multi-Domain Battle concept‚ there are critics. Author and George Mason University PhD student Adam Elkus countered that Multi-Domain Battle is “yet another example of the recurring problem of military strategist and civilian analysts inventing new terminology to replace‚ yet perhaps more coherent concepts.” Another opponent of the new operational concept argued that a “cult of complexity leads to overhyping threats to US interests.” Although
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The Battle of Gettysburg‚ one of the most well-known battles of the civil war‚ was considered to be one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the civil war. It is thought to be one of the most decisive battles because the Confederacy marched into the north after a victory but were then beat and forced to retreat‚ after this they never fully recovered eventually leading to the Union winning. In the 3 days it lasted some where between 46‚000 and 50‚000 casualties occurred‚ 8‚000 of those being
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It took the USA 4 years to win the Civil War because of the changing nature of warfare. This meant that Napoleonic decisive battle could no longer be applied and so their strategy had to change. The changing nature of warfare was the most important factor in the war going on for as long as it did‚ making it more significant than the poor initial US strategy‚ the contributions of Lee‚ and the strengths of the CSA at the beginning of the war. The changing nature of warfare was the most important reason
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A Canadian Perspective - Reactions at Home. The Battle of Vimy Ridge. The First World War‚The Great War‚ undoubtedly consists of many battles.Some of them important some less so‚but every one of them carried its own significance.One such battle was the Battle of Vimy Ridge.Though not considered as significant as the main Batlle of Arras by most countries of the Triple Antante‚ it was received with a special sensation by the people of Canada."Canadians Lead in Triumph 5816 Enemyes in British Net"-
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and even on battlefronts. A major example of leadership was displayed during the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 by King Henry V‚ resulting in both successful and unsuccessful actions. The Battle of Agincourt is one battle in a series of confrontations between the French and English. This series of confrontations was also known as the Hundred Years’ War‚ from 1337-1453. The English were victorious in this particular battle‚ fought on October 25‚ 1415 in France. King Henry V wanted to regain territories
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During June of 1918‚ the Marines participated in the Battle of Belleau Wood in an attempt to secure the allied lines protecting Amiens and Paris. The battle lasted more than three weeks and the Marines‚ embedded with Army and allied forces‚ engaged four divisions of German Soldiers in an attempt to halt the enemy offensive and secure allied controlled territory. The battle began on 6 June and resulted in the greatest loss of life by a Marine unit at that time with more than 1‚000 men killed‚ on
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