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Post by sadsaak on Nov 18, 2019 21:15:50 GMT
Operation "Market Basket" in WWII. I was in Arnhem in 1960 and the locals were still calling Montgomery that
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Post by hi224 on Nov 18, 2019 21:19:03 GMT
Operation "Market Basket" in WWII. I was in Arnhem in 1960 and the locals were still calling Montgomery that lol.
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Post by Sulla on Nov 19, 2019 4:35:44 GMT
Austerlitz - December 2, 1805
After Trafalgar there would be no invasion of England. Marshal Berthier organized a logistical feat of genius swiftly moving 200,000 French soldiers on many roads from northern France towards Vienna. After being surrounded at Ulm, Austrian General Mack surrendered an army of 25,000. The Austrians and Russians retreated east of the Danube. After taking Vienna, the French pursued into Moravia (modern-day Czech Republic).
General Kutusov wanted to continue retreating to the Carpathians, but Napoleon conducted a masterful psy-ops campaign, feigning apprehension, weakness and indecision. He intentionally made his right weak and poorly defended. The Allied leaders took the bait and began moving troops from the center reserve to attack the French right.
The Allies in the center atop the Pratzen Heights looked down and saw only fog. As the sun rose higher they were shocked to see the main body of the French army charging up the heights. It was too late to respond as the reserves were marching away. When the center broke, the Austrians panicked and were routed. Marshal Davout's III Corps force-marched up from Vienna and solidified the French right.
Roughly 9,000 French casualties to 36,000 Allied losses. The Austrians surrendered and the Russians were granted safe passage home thus ending the War of the Third Coalition. This was Napoleon's masterpiece.
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Post by Winter_King on Nov 19, 2019 16:04:24 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 19, 2019 17:58:28 GMT
Austerlitz - December 2, 1805After Trafalgar there would be no invasion of England. Marshal Berthier organized a logistical feat of genius swiftly moving 200,000 French soldiers on many roads from northern France towards Vienna. After being surrounded at Ulm, Austrian General Mack surrendered an army of 25,000. The Austrians and Russians retreated east of the Danube. After taking Vienna, the French pursued into Moravia (modern-day Czech Republic). General Kutusov wanted to continue retreating to the Carpathians, but Napoleon conducted a masterful psy-ops campaign, feigning apprehension, weakness and indecision. He intentionally made his right weak and poorly defended. The Allied leaders took the bait and began moving troops from the center reserve to attack the French right. The Allies in the center atop the Pratzen Heights looked down and saw only fog. As the sun rose higher they were shocked to see the main body of the French army charging up the heights. It was too late to respond as the reserves were marching away. When the center broke, the Austrians panicked and were routed. Marshal Davout's III Corps force-marched up from Vienna and solidified the French right. Roughly 9,000 French casualties to 36,000 Allied losses. The Austrians surrendered and the Russians were granted safe passage home thus ending the War of the Third Coalition. This was Napoleon's masterpiece. Austerlitz was the key Napoleon's masterpiece and did end the War of the Third Coalition. Months later, you had the War of the Fourth Coalition. And the kew battle of that war was Trafalgar not Austerlitz.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 20, 2019 20:25:10 GMT
3. Battle of Gettysburg (1863). The Army of Northern Virginia invaded and the Army of the Potomac followed (Dark Tower reference). George Mead whupps Robert Lee at Gettysburg, the decisive battle of the American Civil War, But, when the campaign was over, the armies were right back where they started. Nothing had changed except for the 50,000+ poor bastards that bled in Pennsylvania. You'll read "If Lee had annihilated the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, the war would have been won." If Lee had annihilated the AoP at Chancellorsville, the war was over. At Fredericksburg, Antietam Creek, 2nd Bull Run, the Seven Days. ACW battles were not battles of annihilation.
As epic as the Battle of Gettysburg(you have to visit here as it's quite an emotional experience), an even more decisive battle was happening in the south. The Battle of Vicksburg was more of a blow to the Confederacy than Gettysburg was. It literally split the Confederacy and the Union controlled the Mississippi at that point. That said, for me, one of the most important battles in American history is: The Battle of Bunker Hill: This was at the beginning of the American Revolution and after loss after loss, the rebels try to take the area and gain control of Boston Harbor. The colonials are out numbered and outgunned but in one of the stranger moves of warfare, they built a dirt mound just to make the coming battle a pain in the ass for the Brits. The fighting was intense and the colonists pushed the Brits back time and again but eventually the Brits ended up winning the battle but at a large cost. The Brits lost over 200 men while the Americans lost only about 100 but the bigger impact was the Americans saw that they can hang with the powerful British Army in battle.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 20, 2019 20:30:40 GMT
How about the Australian Emu War?
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Post by Winter_King on Nov 21, 2019 10:57:29 GMT
How about the Australian Emu War?
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