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Everyone has a particular battle or two that they read the most. Each time I read about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, I learn more about what happened there each time from books I have not read yet.
What is your favorite battle you keep great interest in?
What is your favorite battle you keep great interest in?
Posted 10 y ago
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CPT Jacob Swartout
Great choice, I also like reading about the War in the Pacific too as the US went Island hopping all the way to Japan.
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Sir,
I find Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy, to be the most fascinating. The level of detail in the planning and execution for each phase of that battle was remarkable, and it makes me proud that the Allied Supreme Commander was our very own General Eisenhower.
"The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."
I find Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy, to be the most fascinating. The level of detail in the planning and execution for each phase of that battle was remarkable, and it makes me proud that the Allied Supreme Commander was our very own General Eisenhower.
"The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."
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I find both Gettysburg and Antietem to be rather fascinating. Gettysburg because of it's (quite literal) impact on eventual US history and my puzzlement of the logic behind Pickett's charge, and Antietem just for the absolute violence. In fact I find the civil war itself to be amazing in general because of the way men would essentially sacrifice themselves by simply walking into fire.
"Civil War historian James M. McPherson places these statistics into gruesome and sobering context by pointing out that the number killed or mortally wounded that day at Antietam is approximately twice the number of total deaths from the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001; total casualties that day were nearly four times the total of U.S. casualties on D-Day. Viewed in a contemporary context, casualties that single day at Antietam exceeded the combined American losses in all other 19th century wars involving the U.S. (i.e., the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and all the Indian Wars)."
"Civil War historian James M. McPherson places these statistics into gruesome and sobering context by pointing out that the number killed or mortally wounded that day at Antietam is approximately twice the number of total deaths from the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001; total casualties that day were nearly four times the total of U.S. casualties on D-Day. Viewed in a contemporary context, casualties that single day at Antietam exceeded the combined American losses in all other 19th century wars involving the U.S. (i.e., the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and all the Indian Wars)."
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CPT Jacob Swartout
Yes Sir, I like reading about the Civil War too. We recently went to see Pickett's Mill and saw how horrible the ravine was for the Union Army. That terrain was difficult and the Confederates had the high ground. Basically four regiments went into the ravine while the other four split off into the cornfield. Union Forces were driven back hard and sustained heavy casualties. Our class studied this battle and GEN Hazen's BDE was decimated to just a few hundred survivors.
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