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- echelon - History Forum
Echelon The echelon formation is used when the unit wants to maintain security or observation of one flank and enemy contact is unlikely In the company echelon formation (left or right), the lead platoon positions farthest from the echeloned flank, with each subsequent platoon located to the rear of and outside the platoon in front of it
- most underrated Civil War general and most overrated?
Most overrated was probably William Tecumseh Sherman Don't get me wrong, Sherman was a great general, but around a lot of circles he is treated like the god of war When in reality most modern commanders probably prefer to study Grant or Beauregard What do you think?
- Philip II of Macedon: Best Captain General Europe Ever Produced?
Against Bardylis, we know from Frontinus that Philip placed his best troops opposite of the weakest point in the Illyrian line, and, whilst using echelon tactics to pin the best troops of the Illyrians, he broke through the weak point from front and rear with infantry and cavalry
- Julius Caesar Shapur the Great: a contrast | Page 2 | History Forum
Na some of those guys got away There were also rear echelon units under Macrianus Shapur also launched larger raids into Syria at the end of 260 or in 261 He was ambushed by the Palmyrene king Odenathus, a vassal of Rome, on his march through Cilicia and Syria to Mesopotamia near Samosata and Zeugma Roman forces under Callistus also
- Lemuria, Atlantis, The Naacals, and the Illuminati - Opinions?
The alleged 13 families of the upper echelon in the Illuminati These families are alleged to be Martians do to their craving of money and power (the Martians were a male species, so they didn't have emotions but were highly intelligent, while the Lemurians Humans were a female species, so they had more emotions )
- Did it really matter if Panzer Divisions were closer to the beaches of . . .
I think it's worth noting that in the Soviet Union their Maskirova operations were well executed German military intelligence (foreign armies east ) lacked a quality intelligence network and outside of radio intercepts, reconnaisance, limited air reconnaisance and field reports they really had
- MacArthur in American History | Page 5 | History Forum
People who served with MacArthur noted that he took care to fill the second echelon of his staff (the colonels, lieutenant-colonels, and majors) with highly competent individuals MacArthur understood that this is the level at which most of the actual work gets done, and he wanted it entrusted to the best the Army had to offer
- Li Shimins Special Cavalry Tactics | History Forum
Personally leading a strong force of light cavalry, the Tang prince charged across the Sishui to cut into the retreating Xia troops, with the main body of the Tang army following in echelon behind him
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