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Battle of Flushing, October 1944

Posted on September 23, 2018

Background The city of Antwerp and its port was captured by British 2nd Army in early September 1944. While 21st Army Group’s priority at the time was Operation Market-Garden, no sense of urgency was placed in securing the…

Battle of Walcheren Causeway, October 1944

Posted on September 19, 2018

Background By 31 October 1944, all lands surrounding the Scheldt estuary had been cleared of German control, save for Walcheren Island, whose coastal batteries commanded the approaches to the waterway. These guns…

Battle of Raab

Posted on August 21, 2018

Background The Battle of Raab (Hungarian: Győri csata) was fought on 14 June 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, between Franco-Italian forces and Habsburg forces. The battle was fought near Győr(Raab), Kingdom of Hungary, and ended in a Franco-Italian…

Battle of Gitschen, June 1866

Posted on August 19, 2018

Background The Battle of Gitschin or Jičín (German: Schlacht bei Gitschin) was a battle of the Austro-Prussian War on 29 June 1866, ending with a Prussian victory over the Austrian forces. There is a memorial there today at Jičín in the Czech Republic. On June 29, 1866 after…

Battle of Mollwitz, April 1741

Posted on August 14, 2018

Background The Battle of Mollwitz was fought by Prussia and Austria on 10 April 1741, during the First Silesian War (in the early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession). It was the first battle of the new Prussian King Frederick…

Battle of Ramillies, May 1706

Posted on August 12, 2018

The Battle of Ramillies fought on 23 May 1706, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the Grand Alliance – Austria, England, and the Dutch Republic – the battle had followed an indecisive…

Battle of Liegnitz, August 1760

Posted on August 5, 2018

Background In August 1760, Frederick’s army opposed the Austro-Russian invasion of Silesia. On August 14, a Russian army under the command of count Piotr Semionovitch Saltykov crossed the Oder and encamped at Grossbresa (unidentified location)…

Battle of Salamanca, July 1812

Posted on August 3, 2018

Background In Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as “Battle of Arapiles”) an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont’s French forces among the hills around Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain on 22 July 1812 during…

Battle of Kiev, September 1941

Posted on August 2, 2018

Background The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II. This encirclement is considered the largest…

Battle of the Frontiers (Białystok), June 1941

Posted on July 30, 2018

Background The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Army Group Centre during the penetration of the Soviet border region in the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa lasting from 22 June to 3 July…

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