What makes a battle great? First and foremost it has to be huge‚ meaning between two superpowers with both sides having a substantial amount of troops. But‚ it also has to be for a glorious cause or must be led by a great general; and it must be a battle that changes the course of history. With all this in mind‚ the battles of antiquity were truly the greatest battles. But because there were so many‚ I have only enough space to describe the three greatest land battles between 1000AD and 1500 AD;
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does Source 3 challenge the impression given in Sources 1 and 2 that the Battle of the Somme had achieved worthwhile objectives? Having analysed all 3 sources‚ it can be said that source 3 significantly challenges sources 1 and 2 giving an entirely different perspective on the battle of the Somme. Source 1 is an extract from Sir Douglas Haig’s final dispatch‚ published in March 1919. This source begins to describe the Battle of the Somme as a tremendous victory. Haig claims that “The three main
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Battle Strategies of the First World War A battle strategy is a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim or a tactic used to direct military operations and movements in war or battle. In World War I‚ battle strategies were often planned with the idea of wearing down the enemy’s supply of troops and equipment allowing the enemy to become more vulnerable to a later attack. Battle strategies were used to deploy aircraft in the sky‚ direct soldiers and vehicles on land
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The Battle of the Bulge was the single biggest battle fought by the United States Army during World War II. Also this was the most confusing. In the memories of the Americans who tried to understand what happened in those dark days of December in 1944‚ the name Bastogne is special. The heroic defenses of St. Vith and the Elsenborn ridge area were just as important to the outcome of the area; however‚ Bastogne remains the enduring symbol of the American fight against odds in the Ardennes. It
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After his surprising triumph at the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ Virginia‚ in May 1863‚ Robert E. Lee drove his Army of Northern Virginia in its second attack of the North—the Gettysburg Campaign. With his armed force in high spirits‚ Lee expected to gather supplies in the inexhaustible Pennsylvania farmland and remove the battling from war-desolated Virginia. He needed to debilitate Northern urban communities‚ debilitate the North’s craving for war and‚ particularly‚ win a noteworthy fight on Northern
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The Battle of Gettysburg was considered one of the most important confrontations of the Civil War because it was the bloodiest battle of the War. This specific war was important also because it lasted only three days. The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1‚ 1863 and involved around 165‚000 men and ended on July 3‚ 1863 with over 50‚000 casualties. Of the casualties‚ around 23‚000 were Union soldiers and around 28‚000 were Confederates. This three day battle was the largest battle ever fought on
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The Battle of Stalingrad in August of 1942‚ was a major battle in World War II. It was a major impact to the first part of the war. Right near the river of Volga‚ the town of Stalingrad home of the Russians people. This battle was one marked down as a turning point for the Allied powers. The Soviet Union having to defend their territory because the Germans want to take over. This would be a challenge to the Soviet Union. The Russians would have discovered that the Nazi’s want the town of Stalingrad
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Overall‚ 3‚397 men lost their lives in the Battle of Midway‚ 3‚057 Japanese men and 340 Americans died. Thus the Japanese never fully recovered from the major casualties. In 1942‚ the Battle of Midway‚ a battle in the Pacific between the Japanese and the United States‚ was the turning point of the war and a major victory for the United States of America. Before the Battle of Midway‚ plans were made and many little events occurred. The Japanese wanted to eliminate United States carrier forces.
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evaluate the Battle of Stalingrad and pose the possibility of an alternate outcome for this battle. Was it possible for Nazi Germany to defeat the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Army at the Battle of Stalingrad? With the use of intelligence assets‚ as well as better preparation for the close quarter operations‚ there was a possibility for Russian Army defeat. The Battle of Stalingrad is arguably one of the most important campaigns of the war in Europe during World War II. The battle‚ which lasted
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The battle of the Somme began in the summer of 1916. The British saw their opportunity to look good and be the saviour of the moment. However‚ this did not occur. A four hundred and fifty mile trench network‚ stretching from the Swiss border up and into Belgium‚ was opened up and the battle had truly started. The battle soon deteriorated into trench warfare causing no progress to either side. The Generals decided to forge an all-out offensive on the weaker points of the German lines and started
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