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

was far less than satisfactory, but Lovell, given to drinking and boasting, made it clear to the Southern press that the city co ...

LUDENDORFF, ERICHVON Ludendorff, Erich von (April 9, 1865–December 20, 1937) German Staff Officer B rilliant but mercu- rial, Lu ...

time was right for a massive blow to knock Russia out of the war. This was strategically imperative, for Germany was severely di ...

that Germany’s manpower resources were ex- hausted and could no longer sustain such at- trition. Furthermore, to Ludendorff’s co ...

Macdonnell, George (August 15, 1780–May 16, 1870) English Army Officer MACDONNELL, GEORGE “R ed George” was an aggressive offi- ...

not much given to caution, interpreted this re- sponse as an unequivocal “yes.” On February 22, 1813, Prevost departed Prescott, ...

Despite a rather vivid imagination, he was an active and intelligent officer who rendered valuable service during the War of 181 ...

wounded. After the war, Magruder spent a dozen years performing garrison duty at vari- ous points along the frontier and East Co ...

campaign of 1864, which witnessed the expul- sion of troops under Union Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks. Magruder then briefly commanded ...

striking in person, being well over six feet tall, broad-shouldered, and powerfully built. Da- soda-hae may have built his reput ...

men. Apache losses had also been consider- able, and Mangas decided to send out peace feelers to the Americans. However, Carleto ...

with the greatly reduced postwar Reichswehr as a lieutenant. In 1922, Man- teuffel published a trea- tise on mounted infantry an ...

to the Lorraine under Gen. Johannes Blaskowitzand waged a stubborn but unsuc- cessful attempt to stem the advance of Gen. George ...

maki, George F.The Battered Bastards of Bastogne. Sweetwater, TN: 101st Airborne Division Associa- tion, 1994; Lucas, James S. P ...

length they signed a preliminary peace treaty. Consequently, Gen. Stephen W. Kearney claimed the region for the United States an ...

viding promised supplies and farming equip- ment. As sickness and death mounted, Manuelito and other chiefs repeatedly begged th ...

Hippo-ilk-mico (The Good Child King). McGillivray was raised among the Creek Indi- ans until the age of 14, when his father took ...

ful. In 1790, he accompanied several Creek chiefs on a visit to the American capital in New York City, where he was introduced t ...

William Hamilton Merritt was born in Bed- ford, New York, on July 3, 1793, the son of Thomas Merritt. His father had previously ...

nally chartered under his direction. The canal itself opened six years later among great cere- mony, and Merritt began toying wi ...