industrial part of Germany and to open up the heart of Germany for an invasion. To do this the British assembled the XXX Corps‚ 3 airborne divisions‚ and 1 airborne brigade. The Commanders were Lt. General Brain Horrocks‚ Major General Maxwell Taylor‚ Brigadier General Stanislaw Sosaabowski‚ Major General
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to Lugard (1904) on January 1‚ 1900 the flag of Britain replaced the flag of the Royal Niger Company –bringing to an end the rule by the company and the beginning of that of Britain‚ Brigadier-General Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard represented Britain and hence direct British colonialism started. In 1914‚ Brigadier-General Sir Lugard amalgamated the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria to be known as Nigeria (Coleman 1971). This sounds exactly like the description
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The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was a defining battle of the Civil War. It marked a turning point for the Union as well as for the Confederates‚ though it was not the final battle to be fought. There were many events prior the actual battle that had led to this clash (Berkin 442). The United States was undergoing great changes in the mid 1800’s. Populations in both the North and the south grew tremendously. The main increase from the North was largely due to the many
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Battles and conflicts on waterways in the trans-Mississippian Theatre led to the Union control of the Arkansas and White Rivers and in the long run the control of the Mississippi River by the Union. Naval battles in the trans-Mississippian theatre during the Civil War achieved victory in the West for the Union. Control of the Mississippi River stood crucial for both sides as it was the lifeline for materials and reinforcements for both the Confederate and Union armies. These confrontations‚ on and
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several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. Bonaparte grew up on the island of Corsica. In July 1793‚ when Bonaparte was in the military‚ he led the siege of Toulon‚ and with his highly acclaimed tactics‚ won and was promoted to brigadier general at the age of twenty four. Napoleon Bonaparte’s early life‚ time in the military‚ exile and the events that followed are fascinating‚ and intriguing topics . Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769‚ to Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia
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dealing with the threat of a French fleet off New York and Newport‚ Rhode Island‚ Clinton turned his attention to the south. He organized a force of about 3‚000 men in New York and sent orders to Saint Augustine‚ the capital of East Florida‚ where Brigadier General Augustine Prevost was to organize all available men and Indian agent John Stuart was to rally the local Creek and Cherokee warriors to assist in operations against Georgia. Clinton’s basic plan‚ first proposed by Thomas Brown in 1776‚ began
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fortifications. While devising a attack on Trenton‚ Knox was given a daring role along with Colonel John Glover to get their attack force across the Delaware River in a timely fashion which he succeeded and for his service was promoted to the rank of Brigadier
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American Military Leaders Urge President Truman not to Drop the Atomic Bomb Con Notes: Joint Chiefs of Staff never formally studied decision to drop bomb‚ never recommended the President to drop the bomb or not Every top U.S. Military leader said bomb was unnecessary Use of bomb had no assistance in the war‚ Japanese were already defeated Decision to use bomb was made at a political‚ not military level First bomb was unnecessary experiment There was not one target in East Asia worth blowing up Idea
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and was given the job to organize volunteers for the new Confederate Army. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and he took part in the first battle at Bull Run (July 1861) against the Union Army‚ led by Irvin McDowell. The Confederate troops led by Joseph E. Johnson‚ Jeb Stuart‚ Jubal Early and Pierre T. Beauregard defeated the Union troops. It was during this battle that Brigadier General Barnard E. Bee said Jackson stood against the Union forces "like a stone wall". After this‚ he
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The History of John Lincoln Clem Born on August 13‚ 1851 (at the time known as John Joseph Klem) John Clem ran away from home at 9 after the death of his mother in a train accident to become a Union Army drummer boy. He tried to enlist in the 3rd Ohio infantry‚ but was rejected because of his age and size. He also tried joining the 22nd Michigan‚ but they also refused him. He tagged along anyway and the 22nd eventually adopted him as a mascot and a drummer boy where Officers eventually let him officially
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