The battle of Cold Harbor was fought from May 31- June 12‚ 1864. Today it is known as one of the bloodiest engagements of the American civil war. This battle resulted in heavy losses of men for the Union and only a couple thousand for the Confederacy. It was part of General Grant’s overland campaign for Richmond. Cold Harbor is located about ten miles from Richmond‚ Virginia in Hanover County. For the northern army the main commanders were Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant with the army of the Potomac
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Putting Kursk in Perspective” “Introduction” The Battle of Kursk started in July 4‚ 1943 between Russia and Germany during World War II. The battle of Kursk is widely known as the largest tank battle in the history of the world and its importance is often overlooked‚ partially because Russian documents along with facts and figures were not known in any official capacity until the end of the Cold War. The Battle of Kursk would turn the tide of War on the eastern front and Hitler’s
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The Battle of Beersheba‚ part of the third Battle of Gaza‚ was a day-long battle fought on the 31st of October 1917. This battle was fought by the British‚ Australians and New Zealanders in an attempt to capture Beersheba. If the British were successful in capturing Beersheba‚ they would be enabled to push past the Ottoman line near Gaza and finally advance into Palestine. The two prior attacks on Gaza resulted in defeat for the Egypt Expedition Force (EEF)‚ a British Empire military formation. Neidell
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Miltiades biggest contribution was to the battle at Marathon which was considered a significant impact on the Persian wars. It was in the battle at Marathon where he showed both witt and skill against the Persian army. He was considered valuable to the athenians because of his former close relations with the Persian army‚ which meant he knew there tactics and there ways to which they fought in battle. The Athenians made Miltiades 10th Commander to which each day starting from commander one every
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Battle of Yorktown During the American Revolution‚ the Americans and French (Franco-American coalition) fought the British at the Battle of Yorktown also known as “The Siege of Yorktown”. The Americans and the French fielded a combined force of roughly 16‚000 soldiers to defeat the British force estimated at 7‚000 soldiers. American General George Washington and French Lieutenant General de Rochambeau led the American and French soldiers. The British commanding officer was Major General Lord Cornwallis
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The Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC‚ an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered‚ the Greeks held back the Persians for three days in one of history’s most famous last stands. A small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass. After three days of battle‚ a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a mountain path that
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Vimy Ridge The battle at Vimy Ridge was one of the most important and a major battle in world war one. It occurred along the path the Canadians took south to get from Belgium into northern part of France. It happened on April 9th‚ 1917‚ it has officially been one hundred years since this horrific battle. The Canadians‚ led by Sir. Arthur William Currie‚ attacked the German soldiers on a seven-kilometre grave yard (from another battle) on a ridge. The reason the Canadians and their allies wanted to
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BATTLE OF BLAIR MOUNTAIN Terry M. Deener West Virginia History HIST225 March 10‚ 2013 In the early 20th Century‚ West Virginia was a place where coal barons held immense power. Coal companies owned towns‚ mayors and governors. Miners were forced to live on coal camps and rent houses from them‚ as well as purchase all of their coal and other items required to survive from the companies. With this control‚ mining families where forced to live and work in brutal conditions. In 1921‚ after a generation
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Soviets won the battle of Stalingrad and Germans suffered in a disastrous defeat. After losing about 400‚000 casualties in the battle‚ Germans seeked revenge and launched an offensive force against Soviet Union called Operation Citadel. Their initial goal was to take over a salient in the Eastern Front that extended 70 miles toward the west. The salient was a bulge in the Soviet lines that stretched 150 miles from north to south and extend 100 miles westward into the German lines. This battle came to be
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Alamo and the fight for Texas’ independence‚ there were a handful of people that gave first-person accounts of certain events that occurred. These individuals were eyewitnesses throughout the Battle of the Alamo and their stories are quite captivating. One of these individuals was just a child during the battle of the Alamo and his name was Enrique Esparza. According to his account written and quoted in The San Antonio Light‚ he and his family found themselves heading to the Alamo due to General Santa
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