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The Peninsula Campaign and Trench Warfare When General George McClellan persuaded Lincoln (against the latter’s judgement) to leave only 75 000 men guarding Washington from behind fortresses and land more than 100 000 men on the Yorktown Peninsula on 22nd March 1862 to strike at Richmond by sea, he sowed the seeds of failure by keeping secret from the President…
Part of the elaborate Confederate works outside Petersburg, after their evacuation in April 1865; such trenches extended for many miles in both directions. The Crater. Although referred to as the “siege” of Petersburg, the Union attack against this small southern city was not a full encirclement; rather, it was 10…
Mussolini inspecting fortified positions, 1944. Panther turrets are not of course AFV but their impact on the course of AFV affairs is thought to be sufficiently important to justify a few words. Panther turrets were first met in the Hitler line and were in fact the salient features round which…
One of the two Panther turrets that were positioned to protect the Futa Pass. The presence of these weapons inclined the Americans to attack the less well-defended II Giogo Pass. (US National Archives, 195989) Pantherstellung (Regelbau 687) which shows an unmodified Panther ausf.D turret with original commander’s cupola. A Pantherstellung…
The fortress of Mirgissa, situated on the western bank of the Nile, c. 16km (10 miles) south of Buhen, is renowned for its impressive outer northern gate. Military architects were well aware that, as the weakest spot within the defence, the gate area had to be highly fortified in order…
This type of structure was the most popular in Rus between the second half of the 10th and the mid-15th centuries. The upper part of the wall projected slightly forwards as a rule, overhanging the lower part. The resulting clearance, called oblam, was designed with the same aim as hoarding…
Littry; one 4,7 cm Pak (t) Panzer- Kampfwagen 35 R (f) abandoned. This is a Czech anti-tank gun mounted on French Renault R35 chassis. It belonged to the Schnelle-Abteilung 517 of 716. ID; 20 June 1944. On 23 June 1944 a detailed operations report was completed under the auspices of…
The construction of Flaktürme (Flak towers) in major cities began in response to the first…
Features of an Atlantic Wall Bunker The bunker was primarily an instrument of defence. For…
Early Fortifications Although fortifications were constructed in Japan prior to the feudal period, frequent conflicts…
Regelbau M162a fire-control bunker for gun battery at Frederikshavn, Denmark, in the summer of 1945.…
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