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British And Americans British And French
1,303 wordsEven as Pershing had been preparing and launching this first big American attack, Foch's original plan had been growing by bounds. No longer was the offensive to be confined to a British strike along the Somme and an American drive on Mzires. The new plan also included a Belgian-British-French attack along the Lys and French attacks in between British and Americans. It was to be a grand assault all along the front said Foch: "Tout le monde la bataille!" . The aim was to cut the enemy's rail line...
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American Troops High Ground
1,280 words... from heights on the other side of the Meuse, General Pershing broadened his attack to include the east bank. To control that phase, Pershing created the Second Army under General Bullard. Relinquishing command of the First Army to General Liggett, Pershing himself moved up to the level of army group. Despite the added strength on the east bank, the fight continued slow and costly, for Ludendorff looked on the offensive as such a threat to the vital railroad through Mzires that he eventually ...
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Mel Gibson William Wallace
1,733 words... re, was the English commander and he regarded Scotland as a whole nation not to be associated with in any way 25. The day before the battle he outlined his plan. Warenne ordered the English army across the Stirling bridge over the river Forth and onto a piece of land that was surrounded on three sides by water. Soldiers fighting for the English king would then conduct a full frontal assault on the Scots who held the high ground 26. The Earl of Surrey was so confident of the superiority of hi...
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30 P M Cemetery Ridge
1,396 wordsThis most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by the time it ended, it involved 160, 00 Americans. Before the battle, major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington itself, were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched ...
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Robert E Lee Battle Of Gettysburg
1,469 wordsBy: Mike Sidoti There Gettysburg Gettysburg By: Mike Sidoti There is a lot of controversy as to why the U. S. Civil War started. Historians believe it was merely a difference in the two cultures. The U. S. Civil War was mainly started because of a difference in these two cultures. The South had an agricultural economy, and the North had a manufacturing economy. Because of such different ideals, both areas were fighting for different reasons. The North was fighting to abolish slavery, while the S...
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