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The First Royal Hungarian University Assault Battalion in the siege of Budapest. High-ranking Arrow Cross Party members with Nazi officers. Budapest, Hungary, fall 1944. — Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum Torteneti Fenykeptar Army Group South. 29 October-30 December 1944 On 29 October 1944, the Red Army started its offensive against the city. More than 1,000,000 men, split into two operating maneuver groups,…
Operation Protea was launched on 23 August 1981. Its objectives were to destroy the South-West Africa People’s Organisations (SWAPO) command and training center at Xangongo as well as to destroy its logistic bases at Xangongo and Ongiva. The South African forces reached Ongiva on 26 August 1981 and attacked the…
Ottoman 3rd Army winter gear The Battle of Sarikamish, December 29th, 1914. With the Ottoman assault on Sarikamish having stalled, General Yudenich, Chief of Staff of the Russian Caucasus Army, senses an opportunity to deliver a devastating counterattack. The Ottoman IX and X Corps at Sarikamish are dependent on a…
A U.S. Marine Corps LAV-25 in Panama. Tactical map of Operation Just Cause showing major points of attack. (Operation Just Cause) (1989) PRINCIPAL COMBATANTS: Manuel Antonio Noriega, the president of Panama, and his Panamanian Defense Force vs. the United States PRINCIPAL THEATER(S): Panama MAJOR ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES: In a climate…
In November 1944, German war production neared its peak. Satisfied with the speed of his Ardennes buildup, Hitler decided to make sure his offensive was not threatened by an American capture of Schmidt. He therefore reinforced Brandenberger and Schmidt with several new Volks artillery corps (equivalent to about a regiment…
On March 15, 1758, the king marched from his winter quarters in Breslau. He started on the third campaign of this conflict, waiting until the frosts were gone and the cold winter winds had subsided. The headquarters was moved to Kloster-GrĂĽssau and the army was encamped between there and Landshut.…
Of greater import, General HĂĽlsen moved on Zschopau. Henry slowly and deliberately moved to join him, in the process leaving General Itzenplitz with eight battalions and seven squadrons, including two squadrons of the Szekely Hussars, at Zwickau. Itzenplitz was to play the spoiler to any effort in Henry’s direction that…
British coastal assault on St Cast in Brittany in September 1758. A German map, published…
The use of armor in the Pacific during World War II began as an experimental…
Peleliu On 15 September 1944, the 1st Marine Division assaulted the beaches of Peleliu. During…
The 35.5 cm Haubitze M1 was a German siege howitzer. It was developed by Rheinmetall…
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