I honestly can't believe what I am hearing. Wheather or not the South succeeded, their government had already forbade the further expansion of slavery into new territories, thereby assuring new states would be free states, slavery would be economically unfeasible at least by 1890. Add to this...
Here is what initially rompted the VC to use guerilla tactics. Operation Attleboro was in War Zone C, west of the Michelin plantation in III Corps. It started on Sept 14, 1966 and lasted for about 70 days. It was the first time large scale multi-divisional search & destroy tactics were used by...
Varus. This guy wasted 3 perfectly good Roman legions, by marching them into the Germanic "Indian Territory" of the Teutonburger Forest. He was clearly the "Custer of the Ancient World".
Patton hated being called Blood n' Guts. You act as if he threw men in front of machine guns in blind rage? Patton's temper was not more than a facade most of the time; as will be learned by a biography or two. Patton, IMHO, is the best commander to come out of World War II. I've argued this for...
What impact, if any, would those two candidates have had on both the American political culture and the 2000 election? How might this have affected the election, and public opinion?
You need to look at our national premise for being there--defending South Vietnam, not wiping out North Vietnam, which is what it would have taken to inflict that many casualties. This most surely would have brought China into the picture, they had hundreds of thousands of troops in the DRV. You...
For those interested, read Barbara Tuchman's "The Zimmermann Telegram", which has been extremely fascinating and in depth on the infamous offer that is often only briefly mentioned in many WWI books. Tuchman writes a great deal about the extent to which German agents and aide tried to bolster...
Well, Alexander had Great tactics, but mediocre strategies. Your post does illustrate Alexander's ability as a tactician (something I've already admitted). But, what was his strategy for this campaign? Do you honestly believe what you described is the work of a military genius? The only way I...
AFter researching the topic, I found another interesting note, most of the National Army was stationed west of the Missouri River's longitude and most of those troops were in, you guessed it, California or guarding all access to the Golden State. Sam Grant's last peacetime duty station was in...
John J. Pershing: Pershing was another well liked General who fought his battles with his men in mind. He helped bring an end to WWI cuz he showed the French and British the stupidity of trench warfare. He was also the last General given the honorable title of General of the Armies.
Erich von...
At this moment I can't locate any DIRECT source for Rommels study of Sherman. I apologize. The only source I have is "The German Generals Talk" again by Liddell Hart. Interviews with many of Germanys surviving great generals Manteuffel, Thoma, Kleist, Student, etc. I believe the book mentioned...
My favorite military author, B.H.Liddell Hart, a Brit by the way, was able to talk with Patton several months before the landings in Normandy in 44. Patton had spent a long vacation studying Shermans campaigns actually walking the ground in Georgia and the Carolinas with Hart's book "Sherman...
Enough with outnumbering his opponents. Alexander the Great outnumbered his opponents on the battlefield most of the time. So have many other great generals. My point is, he used the ideas of manuever to keep the opponent of balance instead of direct frontal attacks. So effective where these...