America\'s Military Adversaries. From Colonial Times to the Present

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The outcry against Frontenac’s tendency toward despotism set off alarm bells at home, for no less than Jean Baptiste Colbert, th ...

populous English colonies. He remains one of the most colorful figures in the European col- onization of North America. Bibliogr ...

with bombs. This became a standard Japa- nese aerial tactic of World War II, proving highly effective. In 1939, Fuchida served a ...

tered fleet then returned home to rest and re- arm. Japanese military fortunes were now at their zenith. In June 1942, the Japan ...

GAGE, THOMAS Gage, Thomas (1719–April 2, 1787) English General; Colonial Governor G age was an effi- cient, mild-man- nered mili ...

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nately, was undermined by the very policies he arrived to enforce. Eventually, open defi- ance to British authority was encourag ...

GALLAND, ADOLF Galland, Adolf (March 9, 1912–February 14, 1996) German Fighter Pilot T he strutting, no-non- sense Galland was G ...

enemy. “Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy,” he ex- plained. “Tie him to a narrow and confi ...

where they were disadvantaged. In December 1944, Göring also ordered the strategic fighter reserve into action during the Ardenn ...

GALLWITZ, MAXVON Gallwitz, Max von (May 2, 1852–April 17, 1937) German General T enacious Gallwitz stood directly in the path of ...

witz’s men along a 50-mile front. Preparations were intense and included bombardment by 2,900 artillery pieces, sorties by 1,500 ...

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on August 1, 1759. After several hard charges, the allies had penetrated the French center and the prince ordered his cavalry fo ...

instead of explicit, hence Burgoyne received almost no support from the armies of Howe and Clinton. This, it turns out, would ha ...

akla raided Mexican set- tlements so ferociously that he was dubbed Ge- ronimo (Jerome), the Spanish transliteration of his Apac ...

surrender a third time. For the loss of 13 Indi- ans, white deaths amounted to 95, with a sim- ilar number of Mexicans. Geronimo ...

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promptly surrounded the French position with 80,000 men and painstakingly brought up 100 heavy cannons—literally piece by piece— ...