- Could the Soviets have invaded Japan in 1945?
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 each echelon, ergo three stages of the operation were planned In the first two stages, it was supposed to capture
- Military Career of Alexander the Great, Start to Finish
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 may well be on horseback but, on balance, the nature of the language of our only (and poor) literary source, Diodorus, describes, for me, infantry work
- The Spartan defeat at Leuktra and the Theban wedge.
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 devastatingly successful, which indicates that sheer weight mass played a role in phalanx combat, at least in this battle
- Whats Your top 15 best Military generals of all time and why?
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 front is actually a major regression compared to his father Caesar is a much better general than Alexander, he's also light years better than Napoleon
- If the Jock columns used by the British Army in North Africa in WW2 . . .
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 an all-arms formation is to make a unit that is independent of outside support
- Ancient Casualties vs Modern Casualties | History Forum
If you mean there are far more support and rear-echelon troops in modern times, sure Of course, that doesn't help the guys on the sharp end, since they take most of the hits
- most underrated Civil War general and most overrated?
Most overrated was probably William Tecumseh Sherman Don't get me wrong, Sherman was a great general, but around a lot of circles he is treated like the god of war When in reality most modern commanders probably prefer to study Grant or Beauregard What do you think?
- Smoke and wind in the battlefield - History Forum
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 Prussian right wing horse, Schorlemer, failed to support Dohna and left his flank up in the air against the Russian cavalry on their left wing, which swooped in and also
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