Background The Run for Tunis was part of the Tunisia Campaign which took place during November and December 1942 during the Second World War. Once French opposition to the Allied Operation Torch…
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The Battle of Hannut (May 1940)
Background The Battle of Hannut was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of Belgium which took place between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium it was…
Battle of Zeeland (May 1940)
Background The Battle of Zeeland was a little-known on the Western Front during the early stages of the German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Several Dutch…
Battle of Warburg (1760)
Background At the end of June 1760, the French Grande Armée, under the command of the Duc de Broglie, proceeded to the invasion of Hesse, seizing Marburg. On July 10, at the…
Fourth Battle of the Chir River (Dec 1942)
Background On 10 December, the Fourth Panzer Army had begun its drive to relieve the Sixth Army at Stalingrad. Despite being heavily engaged along the Chir, the XLVIII Panzer Korps had the…
Battle of Palzig (1759)
Background At the end of April 1759, a large Russian army (about 70,000 men) started its advance on Brandenburg. Dohna, the commander of the small Prussian army (18,000) in this area, was…
Third Battle of the Chir River (Dec 1942)
Background On 10 December, the Fourth Panzer Army had begun its drive to relieve the Sixth Army at Stalingrad. Despite being heavily engaged along the Chir, the XLVIII Panzer Korps had the…
Second Battle of the Chir River (Dec 1942)
Background From 9-11 December, the 11th Panzer Division fought a series of running battles, successively eliminating Soviet bridgeheads across the Chir. The division continually marched at night, fighting during the day, using…
Battle for State Farm 79 (Dec 1942)
Background The Chir River is a tributary of the Don. Near their confluence the Chir River battles occurred in December of 1942. Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus’s Sixth Army, at Stalingrad, only 25 miles…
Battle for Guébling (Nov 1944)
Background Colonel Oden’s column, CCA, 4th Armored Division, made the initial attempt to penetrate the new German position between Bénestroff and Dieuze. Oden’s objective was Marimont-lès-Bénestroff, a crossroads village about one…