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Questions related to an historical battle, being a single engagement or combat in warfare between two or more armed forces.
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What were the most used drugs in battles and wars?
It's probably alcohol, with tobacco (nicotine) and caffeine at distant second and third.
These drugs don't directly enhance performance, but are great at maintaining morale. In the case of alcohol, a …
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Was anyone blamed for Japan's defeat at Tai'erzhuang?
The battle of Tai'erzhuang was the first major Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese war. … This prevented the 5th division from effectively supporting the 10th during the battle. …
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Was anyone blamed for Japan's defeat at Tai'erzhuang?
Rensuke Isogai took the blame.
According to Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare by Spencer Tucker, which contains a short biography of Isogai,
Isogai took blame for the debacle and never again …
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Why didn't the Chinese attack Hungnam during the evacuation?
defensive perimeter forced repeated reconnaisance
Fire support prevented the enemy from gathering forces
These are plausible - particularly since the 9th Army Group was badly mauled during the previous battle …
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Why the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) was "the last of the old sieges"?
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It was in the battle of the Tchernaya, fought in August 1855, that the first foundations of the present kingdom of Italy were laid; and while the arms of France, England, and …
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Were there any naval engagements during the Mongol invasions of Japan?
During the 13th century, the Yuan empire made two invasion attempts at Japan, in the battles of Bun'ei and Kōan. In both cases, the samurai defenders fought the Mongols off their beachheads, and the b …
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Why was Luodian important in the Battle of Shanghai?
In the middle of the 3-month long Battle of Shanghai, the small town of Luodian on the outskirts of Shanghai saw some of the heaviest fighting. … These numbers are more than a third of the total troop numbers in the whole battle.
Alexander von Falkenhausen, Chiang Kai-shek's advisor, insisted on holding it at all costs. …
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Why was Luodian important in the Battle of Shanghai?
In this sense Luodian is somewhat analogous to Caen or Saint-Lô in the Battle of Normandy. …
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