The Decisive Battles of World History

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1914 Marne—Paris Is Saved.......................................................... Lecture 32 O n September 2, 1914, French Fli ...

Lecture 32: 1914 Marne—Paris Is Saved France as soon as war was declared and defeating it within weeks. Then, using Germany’s ex ...

o Finally, the French had invested in building a chain of fortresses along the border with Germany and were convinced that any a ...

Lecture 32: 1914 Marne—Paris Is Saved x While Plan 17 was foundering against the German center, the British Expeditionary Force ...

September 1, his army began the fateful change in direction detected by the reconnaissance aircraft of the allies. x On August ...

Lecture 32: 1914 Marne—Paris Is Saved short and made the decision to start withdrawing his troops. Kluck’s First Army soon follo ...

1939 Khalkhin Gol—Sowing the Seeds of WWII ............................ Lecture 33 T he Battle of Khalkhin Gol, fought between R ...

Lecture 33: 1939 Khalkhin Gol—Sowing the Seeds of WWII province where it originated, and it operated semi-autonomously, although ...

x A pitched battle took place on May 28. The Japanese had badly underestimated both the size and the quality of the Russian opp ...

Lecture 33: 1939 Khalkhin Gol—Sowing the Seeds of WWII Japanese assaults, but the momentum had decisively shifted in favor of th ...

x In the end, Stalin chose to sign a nonaggression treaty with Germany that included secret provisions carving up Poland betwee ...

Lecture 33: 1939 Khalkhin Gol—Sowing the Seeds of WWII very high quality of the Russian tanks, which in many cases, were better ...

1942 Midway—Four Minutes Change Everything .......................... Lecture 34 I n the 35 years following the Battle of Tsushi ...

Lecture 34: 1942 Midway—Four Minutes Change Everything Japanese navy to capture the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, whose ...

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operated by the army, a Marine squadron of dive bombers, and some torpedo bombers. x When an aircraft carrier is defending itse ...

Lecture 34: 1942 Midway—Four Minutes Change Everything Nearly 100 American bombers assaulted Nagumo’s ships, and still not one h ...