Could the Soviets have invaded Japan in 1945?
Mar 24, 2025 · According to the original landing plan of Marshal Vasilevskiy, the 87th Rifle Corps was to be landed directly in the port of Rumoi in three successive waves, with one division in …
Who are your favourite generals? | Page 14 | History Forum
Sep 27, 2023 · All he did was charge in echelon to support the Hospitallers once it was clear that the enemy had abandoned their range advantage. At Jaffa, he caught the enemy while they …
Military Career of Alexander the Great, Start to Finish
Jul 11, 2022 · The Macedonian infantry was good; that asks too much. We also see nothing of the sort under Alexander afterwards - attacks en echelon being a quite different animal. Alexander …
Did Robert E Lee cause the Confederacy the war?
Jul 28, 2016 · Firstly crossing the Potomac took several days, because the trains are much larger than the fighting echelon. Lee started his trains across the river on the 15th, and it wasn't …
The Spartan defeat at Leuktra and the Theban wedge.
Aug 3, 2013 · One of several aspects of the battle that interest me is Epaminondas' use of a 'wedge' or echelon formation, the protruding columns arrayed 50 shields deep, this proved …
If the Jock columns used by the British Army in North Africa in …
Feb 28, 2025 · Echelon describes the shape of a formation. Mutual supporting distance refers to the size of a formation, ie, how far apart the component units are from each other. The idea of …
Smoke and wind in the battlefield - History Forum
Sep 4, 2024 · At the same time, Dohna's infantry was to move up on Kanitz' right in echelon to attack the Russian left, as well as relieve his comrade. However, the commander of the …
The 'Macedonian Phalanx' as an adoption/creation of Antigonus II …
May 5, 2025 · The evolution after that was Scipio and Hannibal with what he calls "echelon tactics", that is, the rear lines are completely tactically independent of the front line, which was …
Command Decisions in Warfare | Page 4 | History Forum
Mar 14, 2025 · The Russians withdrew, a lot of times it was close, and then having reach Smolensk Napoleon almost encircled them, but they withdrew last minute. Russians …
What's Your top 15 best Military generals of all time and why?
Sep 14, 2024 · Such a general is a great subcommander but should never be considered in the top echelon of generals. Richard Gabriel correctly points out that his style of leading from the …