The Battle of Trenton On December 26th‚ George Washington devised a perilous plan to cross the Delaware River and attack the Hessians. After a short battle‚ almost two-thirds of the Hessians were captured or killed. The battle of Trenton was not just a crucial win for the Patriots and George Washington but was also a tremendous confidence and morale boost for the Continental army and inspired reenlistments. This left the Loyalists in the dust. The years for the army had not been going so well
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The Battle of Salamis The naval battle of Salamis was one of the last great battles of the Greco-Persian Wars‚ An invasion of Greece by the Persians Led by Persian King forces cunningly defeated Xerxes larger fleet under the leadership of Athenian general Themistocles. Xerxes‚ the son of King Darius was aggressive in the building of his empire. To get revenge for his late his father’s defeat at Marathon‚ he led an army of 150‚000 men and a navy consisting of 600 triremes (war vessels) into Greece
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BATTLE OF JITRA INTRODUCTION 1. Some two months before the fall of Singapore‚ the history of East Asia was forever transformed by the surprising attack across the Malay Peninsular. The sole objective was the capture of Singapore by land. Within a few days of the landing of the invasion forces‚ the fate of Asia will be played out on the field nearby a town called Jitra. 2. The Battle of Jitra which lasted less than two days will ultimately foretell the density that waits that the British
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Russia’s victory at the Battle of Stalingrad was crucial to the Russians’ war effort. Russia’s army had been decimated in the purge of the armed forces and Stalin‚ leader of Russia‚ was compelled to enter the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact for security‚ The Battle of Stalingrad became a war of attrition. Stalin‚ in a broadcasted speech to the nation rallied his people to fight for the motherland. Consequently over one million Soviet men and Woman died to defend Stalingrad. Proving that patriotism
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Battle of Passchendale: 1) Background: a. General Douglas Haig‚ British General‚ believed that the morale of the German army was very low - especially after the success of the Allies at the Battle of Messines. i. He thought that the Allies could use this low morale and go across Flanders without much trouble. b. British were afraid that the Russians were going to pull out soon so they had to attack soon before the German forces only had to focus on the western
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Battle of Berlin After having driven their troops across Poland and into Germany‚ Soviet forces began planning an offensive attack against Berlin. The campaign would be entirely conducted by the Red Army on the ground. The Red Army massed Marshal Georgy Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front to the east of Berlin with Marshal Konstantin Rokossovky’s 2nd Belorussian Front to the north and Marshal Ivan Konev’s 1st Ukrainian Front to the south. Going against the Soviets was General Gotthard Heinrici’s Army
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VS BREED ERP BEST OF T H E S U P P LY C H A I N D E B AT E R A G E S O N T HE DEBATE OCCURS IN CONFERENCE ROOMS ALL AROUND THE WORLD: “Should we expand our ERP capability to include supply chain execution‚ or go with a best-of-breed provider of supply chain solutions?” The arguments are intense. There’s validity on both sides. “We need to improve our global supply execution. Let’s call our ERP provider. They have some new stuff” “Are you sure? From what I hear‚ their supply
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The Battle of Dunkirk was a battle in World War II between the Allies and Germany. A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front‚ the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe from 26 May–4 June 1940. After the Phoney War‚ the Battle of France began in earnest on 10 May 1940. To the east‚ the German Army Group B invaded and subdued the Netherlands and advanced westward through Belgium. In response‚ the Supreme Allied Commander—French General Maurice
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The Battle of Calderon Bridge happened on January 17‚ 1811‚ between New Spain and Mexico‚ after about six hours of fighting a Spanish cannon ball hit the rebel munitions dump (Important). Many of the peasants and Indians that made up the rebel army fled as Mexico took this to their advantage. As the rebel army ran‚ many were shot and killed by the Mexican people. In the end many people lost their lives trying to get independence. The Battle of Celaya started on April 6 and
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THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA Following its defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga‚ the Union Army‚ which was led by Major General William S. Rosecrans‚ went back to its base at Chattanooga. Reaching the safety of the town‚ they quickly created defenses before General Braxton Bragg’s pursuing Army of Tennessee arrived. Moving his men onto Missionary Ridge to the east and Lookout Mountain to the south‚ Bragg soon commanded the approaches to the city and placed the Union troops under siege
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