unit. Yet during his three years behind Japanese lines Russell Volckmann’s use of situational leadership allowed him to evaded a well supplied and reinforced army‚ united tribal leaders in northern Philippines‚ organized an effective guerrilla force‚ and conducted guerrilla operations that enabled the United States forces to seize the Philippines and ultimately denying the Japanese access to the island. This book provides relevant leadership information and lesson learned when dealing with a volatile
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There is a great article by Don W. Alexander called‚ “French Replacement Methods during the Peninsular War‚ 1808-1814”‚ that describes what it was like for the French to combat the problems caused by guerrillas. Alexander explains that conducting logistics was difficult in the Iberian Peninsula by saying‚ “For the first time Napoleon was locked in a vicious battle of attrition… Spain was already a quartermaster officer’s nightmare - guerilla opposition
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The People’s Army of Vietnam was able to defeat the French in the first Indo-china war due a variety of reasons. It was a combination of Vietnam’s strong sense of nationalism‚ strong leadership led by Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Giap‚ the Viet Minh’s strengths and military tactics and the weaknesses of the French which would contribute to the Viet Minh victory at Dien Bien Phu. Vietnam’s strong sense of nationalism was a major contributor why Vietnam was able to defeat the French in Indochina. Nationalism
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1948-1958? Image from: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/malayan-emergency-map Image from: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/malayan-emergency-map Plan of the investigation The Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)‚ was a period of guerrilla warfare between Commonwealth forces and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of the psychological tactic deployed by the British‚ in helping prevent the communist insurrection in Malaya
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In Colombia today is a peace process going on between the terrorists of the narco terrorist groups FARC and the government. For the Armed forces is difficult to understand that the government is negotiating with the FARC‚ while this narco-guerrilla has continued hitting the country‚ they are still killing soldiers‚ civil population and drug trafficking. Since 1945‚ this group has committed a lot of massacres against the civil population‚ they have been drug trafficking worldwide‚ and also they
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Union and Confederate Advantages The Union certainly had considerable advantages. There were 22 million people in the North compared with only 9 million in the South (of whom only 5.5 million were whites). The North had a much greater industrial capacity. In 1860 Northern states produced 97 per cent of the USA’s firearms and 94 per cent of its pig iron. Even in agriculture the North enjoyed an edge. The Confederacy hoped to make good its lack of materials by trading with Europe‚ but the Union used
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Spain‚ many Spanish citizens felt that they were being abused by Napoleon and his men do two different rules and actions that Napoleon Bonaparte was taking. This forced many of the citizens in Spain including the German‚ Italian‚ as well as Spanish Guerrillas. In the war Napoleon lost around 300‚000 men. In 1808 Napoleon made an effort to get Portugal to accept the Continental system. In
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The U.S.A and the Vietcong had different military tactics; The USA used modern technology such as the napalm bomb. Were as the Vietcong used guerrilla warfare. The USA was confident of success "America could simply not believe that it could be beaten by a bunch of guerrillas in black pyjamas" They thought this because they had the latest equipment and plenty of money. They also had the support of people "Television seems to have encouraged a majority of viewers to support the war. 64% said television
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bombed and killed the Vietnamese. The people of Vietnam hated the Americans in the end. The Americans tried to bomb the Vietnamese into submission and failed. Also when they were in open warfare America was successful‚ but when it turned into a guerrilla war America failed‚ that’s why America used napalm‚ to try and flush the Vietcong out. Another reason why America failed in the Vietnam War was because the Americans where not prepared for the jungle terrain. Why did the USA get increasingly involved
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What is Promotional Marketing? Promotional marketing is a business tool that is designed to pull customers to buy the products of a company. Generally‚ promotional marketing is carried out by companies to launch their products or attract more potential customers. Before devising any strategy for promotional marketing‚ firms must ensure that they allocate a budget to the promotional marketing and set a target that gives them maximum return on the invested money. Read more on successful marketing
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