Operation Auca

On 02 March 2002, Operation Anaconda launched. The primary objective was total destruction of the Taliban an al Qaeda that have bedded into the Shah-i-Kot Valley in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border. US Special Operation Forces (SOF) had been closely monitoring for over a month that a large population of Taliban fighters where bedded in the valley. In February, the order came down to the Afghanistan ground force commander MG Hagenback to clear out the evident…

By 9:00 am the 36th were holding the Schwaben Redoubt and the surrounding front but if the attack was to continue reinforcements would be needed. Thirty minutes before hand, Major General Nugent asked the headquarters of 107th Brigade to advance, currently unaware of the increasing deterioration of the 32th Division’s advance to their left flank. At 9:15 am Nugent received instructions to halt the 107th Brigade’s advance but with communication lines down, it was too late and the 107th Brigade…

The Battle on the Ice was a brief battle that is best known for the fact that it was mainly fought on a lake that was frozen solid. The battle gained this title from the unusual battleground that was used, but it can also be referred to as the Battle of Lake Peipus. The fight between Russians and Estonians took place at the two countries central border of Lake Peipus on April 5, 1242, and ended that same day. The geographical factors found in this battle make it one of the most impressive in…

Offensive: The German offensive started on July 5, 1943. The goal of the offensive was to wreck as much of the Soviet Army as possible. This goal was never met in its entirety. On July 5, the Germans struck on both sides of the salient to begin the biggest battle of the Second World War. From the very beginning of the assault they ran into trouble. Their Ninth Army, after initial success, became entirely bogged down in its attack from the north. In the south the Germans enjoyed greater…

1. Battle of Britain- July 10, 1940 – October 31, 1940 a. In the mid- June of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill proclaimed in his speech ‘The Battle of France is over ... the Battle of Britain is about to begin’ ... let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour’. b. Adolf Hitler had turned his attention to defeat Britain; he realized that an…

When the German army attacked the Soviet city of Stalingrad during the Second World War, both sides saw the symbolic importance of a city named after the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin. Therefore, whichever side lost the battle would have their morale crushed. To elaborate, if the Soviet Union lost this battle they would lose control over an important region, the Caucasus, and would be crippled farther than they already were; the loss of Stalingrad would also symbolize the loss of…

Introduction Simulations have been considered as powerful tools as they give us the ability to develop and nurture our management capabilities in a controlled environment. This is achieved through our ability to attempt a real-world process or system knowing we can go back on mistakes that have been made in order to better familiarise ourselves with the situation which lead to better results in any future runs. However, simulations do have a downfall in that they are merely just a representation…

On June 22,1941 Germany launched an attack on the Soviet Union called operation Barbarossa. It was called Barbarossa in honer of German ruler Fredrick I. Fredrick I had orchestrated a ruthless attack on the Slavic (The Defeat of Hitler). The reason why Germany wanted to seize Soviet union for its prime land for long-term German settlement. Germany was at its strongest at its time with hundred fifty divisions, and three thousand tanks (Williamson Murray). Hitler then ordered a blitzkrieg but…

At the age of 21, a man had a job as a weatherman at the Tiflis Meteorological observatory. He was hired to track rainfall and atmospheric pressure. Stalin had his own policy of stalinism. He made his county power. When he was 16, he made it into a magnificent school but was soon expelled. Within history Stalin made a stand against Hitler and the Nazi party. Despite Joseph Stalin's dictatorship, he lead his economy in a mass production and the defeat of the Nazi Party. Jewish captivity were…

Operation Overlord The year was 1944. Allied Soviet forces held a strong front across East Germany in a stalemate. What the Allies needed more than ever was an attack of the western front. This War had no problem taking casualties, and no other battle was more deadly nor significant than was yet to come. Enter: Operation Overlord. By this time, Adolf Hitler has held control of France for many months (Meacham). With the loss of this Allied power, the Allies needed to plan and…