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What's your favorite American military "battle" in history?

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You got a top 5?

I think my top 5 look something like...

Midway
Gettysburg
Trenton
Battle of Samar (Taffy- 3)
Siege of Vicksburg

D-Day and all of the things that went with it was probably the best but there was so much there that I left it off due to the size.
 
FAUlty Gator said:
You got a top 5?

I think my top 5 look something like...

Midway
Gettysburg
Trenton
Battle of Samar (Taffy- 3)
Siege of Vicksburg

D-Day and all of the things that went with it was probably the best but there was so much there that I left it off due to the size.
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Great list

Midway
Gettysburg
Battle of the Bulge
Wake Island
Market Garden

I'm pretty WW2 centric apparently.
 
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FAUlty Gator said:
I think Taffy-3 would be a great war movie. Incredible story.
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The charge of the Destroyers and escort Destroyers towards the Japanese battle line is pretty epic. Escort carriers making the Japanese thinking they were facing Fleet carriers.

Might be the US Navy's finest hour...besides Halsey leaving the beach head uncovered to chase down Japanese carriers that basically had no aircraft on them...
 
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The Battle of Trenton has to be the GOAT. I mean...we crossed the Delaware on Christmas and slaughtered a bunch of Hessians while they were celebrating the birth of Christ.....

CrossingMeme.jpg
 
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Fijimn said:
The Battle of Trenton has to be the GOAT. I mean...we crossed the Delaware on Christmas and slaughtered a bunch of Hessians while they were celebrating the birth of Christ.....

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The Battle of Trenton​

The Hessian force at Trenton numbered 1,400 under the leadership of Colonel Johann Rall. Although Rall had received warnings of colonial movements, his men were exhausted and unprepared for Washington’s attack—though rumors that they were drunk from Christmas celebrations are unfounded.

As he approached the town, Washington divided his men, sending flanking columns under General Nathaniel Greene and General John Sullivan. Meanwhile, Colonel Henry Knox’s cannons fired on the garrison. Rall attempted to rally his troops but was never able to establish a defensive perimeter, and was shot from his horse and fatally wounded. The Hessians quickly surrendered. All told, 22 were killed, 92 wounded, 918 captured and 400 escaped in the Battle of Trenton. The Americans suffered two frozen to death and five wounded.

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-trenton-and-princeton
 
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binsfeldcyhawk2 said:

The Battle of Trenton​

The Hessian force at Trenton numbered 1,400 under the leadership of Colonel Johann Rall. Although Rall had received warnings of colonial movements, his men were exhausted and unprepared for Washington’s attack—though rumors that they were drunk from Christmas celebrations are unfounded.

As he approached the town, Washington divided his men, sending flanking columns under General Nathaniel Greene and General John Sullivan. Meanwhile, Colonel Henry Knox’s cannons fired on the garrison. Rall attempted to rally his troops but was never able to establish a defensive perimeter, and was shot from his horse and fatally wounded. The Hessians quickly surrendered. All told, 22 were killed, 92 wounded, 918 captured and 400 escaped in the Battle of Trenton. The Americans suffered two frozen to death and five wounded.

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-trenton-and-princeton
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Yes, I'm aware of this version as well. I would suggest that it would be quite surprising not to find a bunch of drunk Germans who were holed up in a ton full of alcohol during Christmas during a time when the civilized world usually agreed to lay down arms until after the holidays.
 
gohawks50 said:
Guys are so weird. Favorite battles? :)
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This.

An overwhelming number that were avoidable if it weren't for egos, bravado, Hollywood romanticism, MIC interests, etc...

If I were an ageless leader in charge of this country, they're be a lot less dead people.
 
Fijimn said:
Yes, I'm aware of this version as well. I would suggest that it would be quite surprising not to find a bunch of drunk Germans who were holed up in a ton full of alcohol during Christmas during a time when the civilized world usually agreed to lay down arms until after the holidays.
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The importance of Trenton was in the fact that all of the soldiers had to decide on whether or not they were going to re-enlist on New Years Day or not. They have steadily gotten their asses kicked and spent a winter freezing in Valley Forge so most of them were about to leave the Army, including Thomas Payne who was in Washington's company at the time. So, the decision to do this was very much on purpose in order to get a quick victory to boost morale days before it was time to decide whether to re-up or not. Brilliant tactics and planning. And the rest, as they say, is history.
 
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Fijimn said:
Yes, I'm aware of this version as well. I would suggest that it would be quite surprising not to find a bunch of drunk Germans who were holed up in a ton full of alcohol during Christmas during a time when the civilized world usually agreed to lay down arms until after the holidays.
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Fair enough.

Doesn't really jive with the meme though.

I'd also argue the German Mercenaries were drunk pretty often...regardless of the day. :)
 
FAUlty Gator said:
The importance of Trenton was in the fact that all of the soldiers had to decide on whether or not they were going to re-enlist on New Years Day or not. They have steadily gotten their asses kicked and spent a winter freezing in Valley Forge so most of them were about to leave the Army, including Thomas Payne who was in Washington's company at the time. So, the decision to do this was very much on purpose in order to get a quick victory to boost morale days before it was time to decide whether to re-up or not. Brilliant tactics and planning. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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Yes, read about this in the Sam Adams biography. Hamilton was, I believe, the brilliant officer in charge of the cannons and was promoted to aide de camp shortly thereafter.
 
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My favorite is when we bombed the hell out of Iraq for no reason.

In all seriousness I love reading on the Bulge, Midway, and Stalingrad
 
FAUlty Gator said:
You got a top 5?

I think my top 5 look something like...

Midway
Gettysburg
Trenton
Battle of Samar (Taffy- 3)
Siege of Vicksburg

D-Day and all of the things that went with it was probably the best but there was so much there that I left it off due to the size.
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No Iwo Jima and raising of the flag?
 
Desert Storm: Was it a battle or a war? Or simply a "Fire Power" Demonstration? It was quick and efficient and just as importantly it was televised. There was also a clear winner.

I confess to thoroughly enjoying the precision bombing and general mass destruction of Iraqi military positions and buildings in real time that came with "Desert Storm." I had been out of the Army for over twenty years at that point and loved seeing the advances in technology that we had achieved ... and reaffirming that the U.S. military lead forces could have our way with about anyone anywhere.

Our leadership was brilliant to the point of giving the TV audience a phony map showing where we were going to cross the border into Iraq ... and then bypassing the Iraqi defenses by going in elsewhere.

We even had shots of Iraqi soldiers abandoning their tanks and scattering into the desert. After the U.S leaving helicopters behind only a few years earlier in a Jimmy Carter attempt to rescue hostages, this was pleasing to the eye ... Our investment in the military was working.

................................................

Of course, we completely screwed up the follow-up and the opportunity to nation build. It would be nice to have a more reliable Iraqi ally these days, but so be it. We always screw up this aspect these days. (We win the battles, the wars and then we fail to build a successful postwar relationship.)
 
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Desert Storm: Was it a battle or a war? It was quick and efficient and just as importantly it was televised. There was also a clear winner.

I confess to thoroughly enjoying the precision bombing and general mass destruction of Iraqi military positions and buildings in real time that came with "Desert Storm." I had been out of the Army for over twenty years at that point and loved seeing the advances in technology that we had achieved ... and reaffirming that the U.S. military lead forces could have our way with about anyone anywhere.

Our leadership was brilliant to the point of giving us folks at home a map of how we were going to cross the border into Iraq ... and then bypassing the Iraqi defenses by going in elsewhere.
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Wolf Blitzer still existed and bored people to death.
 
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