Category: Wars

Breaking the Hindenburg Line, by Will Longstaff. The first deliberate Allied step was the British Fourth Army’s attack at Amiens. Sir Henry Rawlinson wanted to attack to clear the Germans away from the key railway junction at that city, and detailed why it was tactically feasible as well as strategically desirable. His top two reasons […]

Finnish troops passing by the remains of a destroyed Soviet T-34 at the battle of Tali-Ihantala. Finnish, German, and Soviet troops at the start of the Continuation War in June/July 1941. The Germans began their assault on 29 June from Petsamo area, and the Finns attacked on 1 July from Suomussalmi and Kuusamo area. The […]

This sort of fighting led to average gains of 1-3 miles per day, not much more than the range of a creeping barrage (showing how much the infantry wanted and needed support – which was understandable, with them fighting every day). Often the attack would peter out by midday, with the afternoon spent organising for […]

Event Date: May 28, 1754 Battle between French and British provincial forces that marked the start of the French and Indian War. Following the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Britain and France attempted to negotiate an end to a border dispute between their North American empires. While the diplomats talked, British traders moved across the Allegheny […]