Examples of pitched battle in the following topics:
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- The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, following the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
- Furthermore, the battle demonstrated that relatively inexperienced colonial forces were willing and able to stand up to regular army troops in a pitched battle.
- The Massachusetts Committee of Safety, seeking to repeat the sort of propaganda victory it won following the battles at Lexington and Concord, commissioned a report of the battle to send to England.
- This painting illustrates the death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- Discuss the significance of the Battle of Bunker Hill for the future course of the Revolutionary War
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- The Battle of Leyte Gulf is generally considered the largest naval battle of World War II and possibly the largest naval battle in history.
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the Battles for Leyte Gulf, and formerly known as the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf consisted of four separate major engagements between the opposing forces: the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle of Cape Engaño, and the Battle of Samar; there were also other lesser actions.
- Kamikaze strikes were first used by the Japanese in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Identify the notable facts and the four major engagements of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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- The Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War, demonstrated
to the public that the conflict would not be resolved quickly or easily.
- The First Battle of Bull Run, called the "Battle of First Manassas" by the
Confederacy, was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia,
near the city of Manassas.
- Johnston arrived from the Shenandoah
Valley by railroad and the course of the battle quickly changed.
- The Confederates then launched
a strong counterattack, and as the Union troops began withdrawing under fire,
many panicked, turning the battle into a rout as McDowell's men frantically ran
without order in the direction of Washington, D.C.
- This figure shows the direction of Union attack and Confederate reinforcement at the First Battle of Bull Run.
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- The Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway were strategic triumphs for the Allies and marked the critical point in halting Japanese expansion during World War II.
- The Battle of the Coral Sea, May 4-8, 1942, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia.
- The Battle of Midway
was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
- The Battle of Midway has often been called "the turning point of the Pacific."
- Examine the importance of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway Island as turning points for the Allies.
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- Following victory in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Lee unsuccessfully attempted to invade the North in the Battle of Antietam.
- John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) fought in 1861 on the same ground.
- The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek.
- The battle was part of the Maryland Campaign, and was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil.
- Analyze the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam
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- The battles of the Civil War were fought between 1861 and 1865, with the most significant battles occurring in the western and eastern theaters.
- They were driven from Missouri early in the war as a result of the Battle of Pea Ridge.
- The one clear Confederate victory in the West was the Battle of Chickamauga.
- Missouri had, in total, the third-most battles of any state during the war.
- A color-coded map of the battles of the American Civil War.
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- On the second day of battle, most of both armies had assembled.
- On the third day of battle, July 3, fighting resumed on Culp's Hill.
- The Battle of Gettysburg, PA.
- The battle was part of the American Civil War and was won by the North.
- Overview map of the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
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- The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.
- Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg.
- Battle of Chancellorsville by Kurz and Allison depicts the wounding of Confederate Lt.
- One of a series of maps of the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War.
- Assess the pros and cons of the Battle of Chancellorsville for the Confederate Army
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- Despite poor planning and controversial decisions by leadership on both sides, the Battle of Shiloh resulted in a Union victory.
- On the first day of the battle, the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west, hoping to defeat Grant's Army of the Tennessee before the anticipated arrival of Maj.
- The Confederate battle lines became confused during the fierce fighting, and Grant's men instead fell back to the northeast, in the direction of Pittsburg Landing.
- The Confederates were forced to retreat from the bloodiest battle in United States history up to that time, ending their hopes that they could block the Union advance into northern Mississippi.
- This map shows the direction of the Confederate attack and the Union retreat at the first day of the Battle of Shiloh.
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- The Battle of Stalingrad and setbacks in the North Africa Campaign represented a major defeat for the Axis forces.
- The Battle of Stalingrad and setbacks in the North Africa Campaign represented a major defeat for the Axis forces.
- The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943, and was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties, which placed it among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with the higher estimates of combined casualties amounting to nearly two million.
- In Libya,the Afrika Korps (the German expeditionary force in Libya and Tunisia during the North African Campaign) failed to break through the line at First Battle of El Alamein (July 1-27 1942), having suffered repercussions from the Battle of Stalingrad .
- Assess how the Axis forces were slowed by the Battle of Stalingrad, setbacks in North Africa, the bombings in Germany, the D-Day landings, and Operation Bagration.