Examples of Winter War in the following topics:
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- The Pequot War was the first war between Native Americans and English settlers in northeastern America and foreshadowed European domination.
- Mystic, or Missituk, was the site of the major battle of the war.
- The story of the Pequot War is a key element in colonial history.
- That winter, the Pequot sent war belts to many surrounding tribes.
- Many of Sassacus's tribesmen were captured during the war.
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- Her first task after this was to address the war with Sweden.
- The critical event of Elizabeth's later years was the Seven Years' War (1756-1763).
- However, in 1762, a year before the war formally ended, Elizabeth died.
- The Winter Palace and the Smolny Convent in Saint Petersburg are among the chief monuments of her reign.
- Work on the building continued throughout the year, even in the severest months of the winter.
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- During the winter and spring of 1967, protests on many campuses became increasingly militant.
- Leaders of anti-war movements were elected to student government at a few schools.
- The fall of 1967 saw further escalation of the anti-war actions of the New Left.
- A coordinated series of demonstrations against the draft led by members of the Resistance, the War Resisters League, and SDS further galvanized anti-war sentiment.
- Opinion polls showed a steady decline in support for the war after 1965.
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- By winter’s end, 2,500 men died
as a result of the harsh conditions.
- By the end of
winter, approximately 700 horses had died.
- Approximately 500 women spent the winter at Valley Forge.
- These women gained half the rations and wages of a soldier, as well as a half pension after the war.
- Washington's troops endured harsh conditions at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78.
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- They were then rounded up in the fall, with the mature animals driven to market and the breeding stock brought close to the ranch headquarters for greater protection in the winter.
- Famous range wars included the Lincoln County War, the Pleasant Valley War, the Mason County War, and the Johnson County Range War, and sometimes were fought between local residents and gunmen hired by absentee landowners.
- The Pleasant Valley War was one of the deadliest and well-known range wars.
- In the north, overgrazing stressed the open range, leading to insufficient winter forage for the cattle and starvation.
- This was particularly true during the harsh winter of 1886–1887, when hundreds of thousands of cattle died across the Northwest, leading to a collapse of the cattle industry.
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- Standard conditions for the Continental Army included low pay, hard work, freezing winters, hot summers, poor clothing and shelter, little food, harsh discipline, and a strong likelihood of becoming a casualty.
- Early in the war, rising patriotism contributed to high rates of enlistment.
- High turnover was a consistent issue, particularly in the winter of 1776-77.
- In 1777, enlistment terms were extended to three years or "the length of the war".
- Following the war, Congress dissolved the navy due to lack of funds.
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- The British held New York for the rest of the war, using it as a base for expeditions against other targets .
- With the campaign at an apparent conclusion for the season, the British established a chain of outposts and entered winter quarters.
- Washington entered winter quarters at Morristown, having retaken most of the state from the British.
- The areas around New York City in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut were an ongoing battleground for the rest of the war.
- Analyze the significance of the fighting between British and American forces in and around New York in the winter of 1776-7
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- The Forage War consisted of numerous small skirmishes between British and Continental forces that took place in New Jersey in early 1777.
- The Forage War was a partisan campaign consisting of numerous small skirmishes that took place in New Jersey in early 1777, following the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
- The resulting concentration of troops overflowed the available housing, leading to low morale and an increase in camp-related illnesses throughout the winter.
- This is a detail from an 1806 map showing the area where many of the skirmishes of the Forage War took place.
- Describe the series of small skirmishes in early 1777 known as the Forage War
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- The war was largely subsumed by the War of the Austrian Succession in 1742.
- Britain and France fought four wars that became known as the French and Indian Wars—followed in 1778 with another war when France joined the Americans in the American Revolution.
- Having to reckon with Quebec's formidable natural defenses, its superior number of soldiers, and the coming of winter, Phips sailed back to Boston with his hungry, smallpox-ridden, and demoralized force.
- Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second war for control of the continent and was the counterpart of the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe.
- The final imperial war, the French and Indian War (1754–1763), known as the Seven Years’ War in Europe, proved to be the decisive contest between Britain and France in America.
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- Hitler was confident that he could master the Red Army after the winter of 1942, because even though Army Group Centre had suffered heavy losses west of Moscow the previous winter, 65% of Army Group Centre's infantry had not been engaged and had been rested and re-equipped.
- Neither Army Group North nor Army Group South had been particularly hard pressed over the winter.
- It is often identified as the turning point on the Eastern Front, in the war against Germany overall, and the entire Second World War.Before Stalingrad, the German forces had gone from victory to victory on the Eastern Front, with a limited setback in the winter of 1941–42.
- The public mood was sullen, depressed, fearful, and war-weary.
- Argue for or against the categorization of the Battle of Stalingrad as a turning point in the war