The Battle of Passchendaele is referred to in some texts as the Third Battle of Ypres. It was one of the more significant battles of WWI, and involved British, ANZAC, and Canadian troops against the...
Passchendaele was not a war but a battle during World War One (also called the Great War). It was part of the Third Battle of Ypres held in 1917. The Allies had occupied the low-lying ground for so...
They took advantage of Germany's flanks, which were poorly guarded by Romania and Italy. Once the flanks were out of the way, they blocked supply routes and essentially surrounded the 6th Army within...
The prospect of an overwhelming superiority in numbers - if General Buell could reach Grant in time.But he was late arriving, and the brilliant Confederate leader Sidney Johnston had a good chance of...
The Union might well have won this one, under its confident and energetic commander, Joe Hooker.But he was wrong-footed by Lee, who made a speciality of avoiding the ground on which his opponents...