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  • Meade, Gettysburg

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    • Originally posted by Kansas Bear View Post
      Meade, Gettysburg
      wrong side of the Potomac..:)
      To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education - Plato

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      • I'm guessing, but is it Lee at Gettysburg?
        Those who can't change become extinct.

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        • Grant at Vicksburg?
          "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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          • Lee at Chancellorsville?
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            Win nervously lose tragically - Reds C C

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            • I'd say Forrest at Brice's Crossroads, a tactical masterpiece that Forrest literally saw unfold in his mind, and he said exactly what would happen before it did. He absolutely hit it on the nose, including the timing of each point and event in the battle.

              He had gone from being an amateur to become the master of the professional officer class, culminating that day in the toughest OJT in the world, the soldier's crucible of combat.

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              • Stonewall Jackson

                Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862 is one of the most studied campaigns of military history. :)

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                • Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
                  Grant at Vicksburg?
                  Close. Grant at Shiloh. The battle taught Grant a couple of lessons 1) that running off the enemy was not enough; you had to pursue him relentlessly, and 2) that if 2 opposing forces were equally unprepared to battle, attack immediately; don't spend time increasing your preparedness because the enemy will do the same (mistake that McClelland made)...

                  Your turn.
                  To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education - Plato

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                  • What Anglo-Saxon lord let William cross the river?
                    "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                    • Wow... no guesses.

                      Alright, what battle did Harold Godwinson win before losing to the Normans at Hastings?
                      "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                      • Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
                        Wow... no guesses.

                        Alright, what battle did Harold Godwinson win before losing to the Normans at Hastings?
                        The battle of Stamford bridge, after which his army force marched South to meet William near Hastings.
                        Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

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                        • Your question. :)
                          "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                          • Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
                            Your question. :)


                            OK, and bearing in mind that I'm known as Mr Sneaky - what was the first swept wing aircraft ever to be landed on a US aircraft carrier?
                            Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

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                            • massive massive stab in the dark...couger...??

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                              • Originally posted by Simullacrum View Post
                                massive massive stab in the dark...couger...??
                                No, dear heart! (You were meant to say that!:) )
                                Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

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