What was the importance of the battle of verdun?
The Battle of Verdun is considered the greatest and lengthiest in world history. Never before or since has there been such a lengthy battle, involving so many men, situated on such a tiny piece of land. The battle, which lasted from 21 February 1916 until 19 December 1916 caused over an estimated 700,000 casualties (dead, wounded and missing). The battlefield was not even a square ten kilometres. From a strategic point of view there can be no justification for these atrocious losses. The battle degenerated into a matter of prestige of two nations literally for the sake of fighting...... :)
What was the importance of the battle of Dunkirk?
A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe from 24 May to 4 June 1940. France felt deeply betrayed. The British troops had ostensibly come to their rescue, but then fled the German army. Without any hope left from across the Channel, France surrendered to Hitler within three weeks. Notwithstanding the many French soldiers rescued at Dunkirk, many in France resented what they regarded as British cowardice. It wasn’t until 1944 that Britain redeemed itself, when British and American forces collaborated in the D-Day operation, leading to France’s liberation. A total of 338,226 people, including about 95,000 French troops, had been rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk. All those troops lived to fight another day and helped to win the war against Germany.
How important was the Battle of Trafalgar?
The battle of Trafalgar was one of the most influential and important naval engagements of these couple centuries. The British navy proved its decisive superiority over the French and Spanish navies. This conclusively ended Napoleons plans for the invasion of Britain, and increased the strength of the British blockade. The British navies had better commanders, and more time at sea, so they were better trained and prepared. The average English sailor could fire a cannon several times faster than their French counterparts, leading to their superiority in naval engagements. With the loss of many of their ships of the line, the French could no longer even clear the channel for a small time to allow Napoleon to cross the channel. Not only did the Battle of Trafalgar save England from Napoleon, it decisively proved British naval superiority and paved the way for more than a century of nautical dominance.
What was the importance of the Battle of Alsace-Lorraine in World War 1?
I do not think it was that important. I think this is part of the much larger Battle Of The Frontiers. The French War Plan was to invade Alsace-Lorraine to retake these lost provinces. It all went well, they had some success. In the end they had to give up because of the German advance trough Belgium (Schliffen Plan).No lessons were learned. Some 5000.000 people died. It was a very grim harbinger of things to come.I guess it was for the first time in these battles that infantry was faced with the awesome power of the machine-guns. Soldiers were still advancing in columns, shoulder to shoulder.On a personal note, my sister studied in Nancy, the former capital of Lorraine. She visited a WW I cemetery, I saw the pictures 20 years ago. I should have paid much more attention.
Why was the battle of okinawa so important to ww2?
Kayla, good question. One reason is clear ~ it was merely 350 miles south of mainland Japan and there was an impending invasion planned for November of 1945. The importance here of course being two things mainly. First, the bombers of the day in the likes of B-29s and B-17s could use this location as a take off point for bombing the mainland very much inland and deep to Japan itself. Second, the troops (US Army and US Marines) would have a staging point to travel from aboard US Naval Vessels in order to storm the beaches of mainland Japan. A third reason is that with Okinawa in the hands of the Americans meant that an impending "mental" doom would set in on the political leadership and Royal Family of Hirohito in that "dooms day" would inevitably come. The Marines had a saying back then (before the atomic bombs were dropped) that went "Golden Gate in '48; Bread Line in '49" meaning that they weren't expecting the war to end until 1948 and that since no one could recall a time where the US had NOT been in a depression they anticipated coming home to an economy that would force them back into the bread lines and Government cheese lines. I hope this helps and best of luck with your report. Semper Fidelis, Gerry Edit: I would like to thank the person for the TD to this answer to a good question. You obviously do not know anything of the Second World War nor of the war of attrition the Dai Nippon ran against the largely sole enemy of the United States.
What was the importance of the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro)?
In the Civil War? And if you could, can you help me with these questions? 1.Why was this battle fought? 2.What did both sides hope to accomplish? 3. How did this battle affect the outcome of the Civil War? Thank you! P.S. Please also state the source of the website you found it on.