Battle of Milne Bay As the Japanese worked towards domination of the South Pacific‚ the only major remaining defence to conquer was that of Port Moseby‚ Papua New Guinea. Gaining control of Port Moseby would have provided the Japanese a strategically located base close to the shores of Australia. This would have escalated the vulnerability of Northern Australia with Japan lurking to invade. The battle of Milne Bay began on the 25th of August‚ 1942 and was not concluded until the 7th of December
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farmhouse and that gave me ideas on how to plan defense. Oh and I was also in charge of the defensive operations!” These animals planned their defense to the last detail as everyone knew what they had to do and where they had to be. Snowball had devised different tactics to defend the farm. The first wave of attack consisted of pigeons and the geese but Jones and his men easily drove them off with their sticks; the second wave was made up of Muriel the goat‚ Benjamin the Donkey and all the sheep
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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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In the fall of 1775 plans to invade and eradicate British presence in the Quebec were prepared and executed. American forces gathered for the Battle of Quebec consisted of approximately 1200 volunteers/soldiers drawn from various New England companies that were serving in the Siege of Boston as well as men from Pennsylvania and Virginia. The men were formed into 3 battalions‚ the first two battalions‚ the main element‚ composed of the volunteers from New England companies while the third company
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States in World War II. Beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the U.S. was playing a completely defensive role as they tried to prevent the Japanese from overtaking the Pacific. Looking at the Principles of War‚ the offensive stance is critical to waging an effective campaign‚ and it showed. The United States was had made little progress against the Japanese forces in almost a year until the battle at Midway. Winning the battle for that tiny island shifted the momentum in the Pacific from the Japanese
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emperor Taisho (1912-26)‚ the political power shifted from the oligarchic clique (genro) to the parliament and the democratic parties. In the First World War‚ Japan joined the Allied powers‚ but played only a minor role in fighting German colonial forces in East Asia. At the following Paris Peace Conference of 1919‚ Japan’s proposal of amending a "racial equality clause" to the covenant of the League of Nations was rejected by the United States‚ Britain and Australia. Arrogance and racial discrimination
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first president‚ George Washington‚ as we know created ingenious battle strategies to defeat and ultimately destroy the bond between Britain and America‚ such as when Washington led the Continental Army to Trenton then replying back with glee to the President of the Congress “I have the pleasure of Congratulating you upon the success of an enterprise which I had formed against a Detachment of the Enemy lying in Trenton‚ and which was executed yesterday Morning. The Evening of the 25th I ordered the
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chaos expected for such a cause. The earth quaked with the intensity of battle as the two opposing sides fought relentlessly for dominance. Bright red blood‚ painted the ground from end to end as each side fought for their respective dominion and control. On one side‚ there was General John Burgoyne‚ A British Commander who was superior in the art and skill of war and ready to crush any rebellion toward the crown. On the other‚ was General Horatio Gates‚ a Continental General who leads a dwindling Northern
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The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was the last real German stand of World War II. It was launched near the borders of Belgium‚ France‚ and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II. The surprise assault found the Allied forces totally napping. American strengths endured the worst part of the assault and this caused their most setbacks for any operation during the war. The fight likewise seriously drained Germany’s shielded powers on the Western Front
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i | Battle Cry of Freedom | The Civil War Era by: James M. McPherson | | Sandra Dunlap | 4/16/2010 | James M. McPherson was born October 11‚ 1936. He is considered to be an American Civil War historian and he is a professor at Princeton University. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his book Battle Cry of Freedom and Wikipedia states this was his most famous book. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Ph. D. and teaches United States History at Princeton University. “Battle Cry of
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