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    Assessment After examining Operation Market Garden and the events that led up to it, it is evident that Allied commanders and planners were in quiet a hurry to penetrate Germany and end the war. The first issue that presented itself was the lack of a proper terrain analysis when planning Operation Market Garden. Planners failed to assess the feasibility of the route the 30th Corps used to link up with airborne forces. A narrow two lane road left them unable to maneuver when attacked by the German

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    Cassino Battle Analysis

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    made during the first battle and provide lessons learned that still applies today in modern warfare. The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome or in this paper, the Battle of Cassino) was a series of four costly assaults by the Allies against the Axis Winter Line forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. These assaults primarily took place against the western half of the Winter Line, also known as the Gustav Line. The Gustav Line

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    Normandy Allies Mistakes

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    Many people wonder how the Allies won the battle of Normandy judging by the alliance's previous battle techniques and strategies that led to massive failures such as Dieppe. Despite that, The Allies actually acquired the ability to invaded Normandy from the battle of Dieppe. The battle of Dieppe was a great learning experience for Canada and the Allied forces because they became educated from their mistakes at Dieppe. From Dieppe, the Allies learned to improve their intelligence on defended towns/ports

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    might have been the biggest failure of the allies in WW1. The allied goal of freeing the Gallipoli Strait to allow ships to Russia in the winter and their goal knocking the Ottomans out of the war by reaching Constantinople was never achieved. They had failed because the Allies severely underestimated the Ottomans, the Allied troops were dropped off at the wrong place, the Allies were not ready to attack and the Allies made many critical mistakes. The Allies had planned that they would quickly capture

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    Gallipoli Essay Eloise Cook On April 25th at 4:30am, the greatest military failure had begun. The original plan was to secure 3 major landmarks - Bald Hill, Scrubby Knoll (Anderson Knoll) and Gaba Tepe using the 9th, 10th and 11th battalion to secure and 12th for backup. As the three boats rowed in, the one to the far right made a misjudgement and crossed over to the middle; creating confusion on what they were attacking. This was the first of many mistakes that were made. By 2pm, the plan had failed

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    JJ Selwyn IV DJM AUH ESSAY – WORLD WAR II How significant a contribution did Australian troops make to the course and outcome of World War II? During World War II, of the 7 million people who lived in Australia, 550 000 served overseas in the armed forces. While this was a high proportion of the population and they all fought bravely in battle, it still can not be said that their efforts made a significant contribution to the course and outcome of the war. In campaigns such as Tobruk and El Alamein

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    Battle of the Bulge

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    The battle of the bulge The battle of the bulge was Hitler's last chance to win the war or at least make the allies go for a treaty. He did this because his forces were being pushed back into Germany and soon they would run out of supplies and other resources for war. Hitler thought of this bold plain when he recalled how a German hero Frederick the great was facing defeat, Frederick went on a offensive attack at his foe who had superior numbers but the bold moved worked and Hitler thought he

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    Battle Of The Bulge Essay

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    The Battle of the Bulge            The battle of the bulge was Hitler's last chance to win the war or at least make the allies go for a treaty. He did this because his forces were being pushed back into Germany and soon they would run out of supplies and other resources for war. Hitler thought of this bold plan when he recalled how a German hero Frederick the great was facing defeat, Frederick went on a offensive attack at his foe who had superior numbers but the bold moved worked and Hitler

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    Imagine being on a boat headed to Normandy, France with 160,000 other American, British and Canadian forces. There are planes flying overhead and there’s a tank on your boat and all the other boats have tanks. Then you hear your platoon leader saying “Men, we’re on our way to a heavily fortified beach head to take control of the beachhead. Securing the beachhead will help us stop Hitler’s plan to conquer the world for himself.” When they were at the beach they had to keep their heads low until the

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    British, and other allies. The allied forces were going to attack the beaches of Normandy in France, which was currently under Nazi Control. They attacked five different Beaches: Juno, Gold, Sword, Utah, and Omaha beach. This operation could lead to the end of World War 2 and the defeat of the Nazis. In 1943, a year before the invasion, the allies chose who would be in charge of the invasion. “General Eisenhower was chosen to be in charge of the operation.”(Brohier) Allies had tight security in

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