Battle

The Battle of Shiloh was fought on April sixth to April seventh in 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. The Union Generals were Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell, the Confederate General was Albert Sidney Johnston. The Battle of Shiloh was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with around 23,700 deaths in all. This was one of the first successful outcomes for the Union and sparked a light of hope for the fighting soldiers. The battle begins with Confederate General Johnston…

The Battle of Passchendaele—also known as the Third Battle of Ypres—was fought at the Belgian city of Ypres. The majority of the battle was fought on the eastern ridge of Ypres, in an area known as Passchendaele on the Western Front. It was so close that it was only an 8 kilometer walk from Ypres! The exact co-ordinates for the Battle of Passchendaele were from 50° 54′ 1″ N, 3° 1′ 16″ E (DMS) and 50.900278, 3.021111 (Decimal). The Battle of Passchendaele was fought from the 31st of July to the…

Did you ever hear about the seven pines battle? The seven pines battle is one of the most important battles in the civil war. Did you know that there are 3 factors that General Johnston was involved in? Johnston is very important I would pay attention when his name comes up. Also Robert E. lee is also very important and he will come up later in the battle. May 31/Day 1 Did you know that there are 3 factors that conspired…

The Factors Contributing to the Victory at Midway The Battle of Midway was key victory for the United States in the Pacific. This battle had many challenges, but a great amount of luck and good leadership and strategy contributed to the victory that destroyed a large number of Japanese military forces and weakened the Japanese Navy. This enabled the United States to island hop toward the Japanese mainland and enclose on their conquered empire, leading to a surrender and eventually the end of…

their land and keeping invaders and rebellions away. While most of the empires had similar military strategies and battle techniques, some of them progressed over time and advanced to newer, better technologies that would aid them during war. The pass of Thermopylae, a famous battle fought between the Greek polis Sparta versus the Persians shows how these new technologies and battle strategies, at that time, were advantageous or disadvantageous to different empires. The Spartans had a strong…

suffered from ‘fog of war ‘and was clearly not prepared for the battle ahead; arrogantly predicting to overcome the RAF in a matter of days with a false sense of superiority after success in France; and misjudging RAF aircraft force. The Luftwaffe started the battle with 2830 aircraft, made up of fighters, bombers and stuka dive bombers. The RAF comprised of 650 operational aircraft with 1434 aircrew spread over 52 squadrons. Post ‘The Battle of France’ the RAF were tactically well prepared.…

Introduction The Battle of Midway was between America’s and Japan’s Navy. It started on June 3, 1942 and ended on June 7, 1942 with America winning. Battle of Midway was one of America’s most decisive victories of the war. The American Intelligence was able to decode Japan’s naval code. With the naval code America was able to anticipate a surprise attack. The U.S. Naval forces were able to recognized the attack against the Alaska Islands and were able to mass the Japanese forces around Midway.…

The purpose of this paper is to point out that the Greeks, during the Battle of Thermopylae, had resources at their disposal that would fall into today’s intelligence disciplines of Counter Intelligence and Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and even Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT). The outcome at Thermopylae could have been altered had the Greeks taken complete advantage of their assets capabilities. This paper will go into detail about how the Spartans could…

The Battle of Hastings The battle of Hastings happened in 1066. The battle was between King Harold II and William the Conqueror. King Harold II was put as king of England when his close friend Edward the Confessor died as king without leaving an heir. But it turned out that William the Duke of Normandy in France was a distance cousin of Edward which made him eligible by blood to be king. The two men went into battle against each other to fight for the throne. William marched with his troops of…

The Battle of Trenton was an imperative success to be had for the entire success of the revolutionary war. The battle of Trenton was a great validation for the colonists that the continental army could really defeat the British and Hessians. This was a great militaristic achievement, further showing the brilliance of George Washington and the military leadership of the patriots. This swayed the opinions of some loyalists, further backing the continental army. This support allowed the continental…