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Battle of Soor (1745)

Posted on January 14, 2017

Background The Battle of Soor (30 September 1745) was a battle between Frederick the Great’s Prussian army and an Austro-Saxon army led by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of…

Battle for Berlin (1945)

Posted on January 5, 2017

Background The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the war against Nazi Germany. The battle encompassed the attack by three Soviet Army Groups to capture not only Berlin but the…

Lapin Sota (1945)

Posted on December 31, 2016

Background On 4-5 September 1944, the cease-fire ended military actions between Finland and the Soviet Union.  An armistice between the Soviet Union and Finland was signed in Moscow on 19 September. Finland…

Battle of Halbe Pocket (1945)

Posted on December 24, 2016

Background The Battle of Halbe (German: Kessel von Halbe, Russian: Хальбский котёл, Halbe pocket) lasted from April 24 – May 1, 1945 was a battle in which the German Ninth Army, under…

Battle of Chotusitz (1742)

Posted on December 18, 2016

Background The Battle of Chotusitz, or Chotusice, sometimes called the Battle of Czaslau, was fought on May 17, 1742, in Bohemia between the Austrians under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine and the…

Battle for Sandomierz (Sep 1944)

Posted on December 15, 2016

Background The Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive or Lvov-Sandomierz Strategic Offensive Operation (Russian: Львовско-Сандомирская стратегическая наступательная операция) was a major Red Army operation to force the German troops from Ukraine and Eastern Poland. Launched in…

Combat at Moys (1757)

Posted on December 12, 2016

Prelude to the Battle In September 1757, an Austrian army, under Prince Charles of Lorraine, was following up Bevern’s Prussian army in its retreat towards Silesia. On Tuesday September 6, Prince Charles…

Combat of Reichenberg (1757)

Posted on December 11, 2016

Prelude to the Battle In the Spring of 1757, during the general advance of the Prussian columns on Prague, General Königsegg attempted to defeat Bevern’s column at it crossed the Neisse (present-day…

Breakthough to the Trasimene Line (June 1944)

Posted on December 10, 2016

Background On Mark Clark’s U.S. Fifth Army front U.S. VI Corps was pushed up the coast along highway 1 and U.S. II Corps along highway 2 towards Viterbo. To their right British…

Battle of Clostercamp (1760)

Posted on December 7, 2016

Prelude to the Battle On September 22 1760, during the campaign in West Germany, Ferdinand resolved to prepare an offensive on the Lower Rhine with the objective of Capturing the fortress of…

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