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Most Interesting Military Battle (for a report)

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Alpine3
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self explanatory. I need to do a research paper on any military battle from the middle ages onward. I'm leaning towards Stalingrad, Midway or Okinawa, but im open to any suggestions, especially if people have done some in the past!
Mar 10 2011 6:24PM
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fujarome
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battle of britain.

The aerial battle of history. And in general absolute badassness.
Mar 10 2011 11:29PM
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vailsux.com
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Strategic in the sense that Lindon B. was a giant pussy and amazing in the sense that the north came out on top despite getting their asses handed to them.
Mar 11 2011 12:18AM
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Bubba-Snax
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Gettysburg is a good one. lots of different turning points to talk about, good strategy and bad strategy played out on both sides, as well as major implications for the war overall. easy paper topic.
Mar 11 2011 12:25AM
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geteducated
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu

Mar 11 2011 12:27AM
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eldridge
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everybody is voting ww2 stuff, do a civil war battle like Antietam, or you could be really different and do a battle from an easily forgotten war (Mexican-American war)
Mar 11 2011 12:27AM
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vailsux.com
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Some sad shit right there.
Mar 11 2011 12:31AM
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Bubba-Snax
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lol whys that sad??
Mar 11 2011 12:37AM
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eldridge
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why is Gettysburg sad? seriously?
Mar 11 2011 12:38AM
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Bubba-Snax
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o wow.... thought u were talking about the post... i must be on here to often to be getting that defensive from dealing with d-bag NSers. :/
Mar 11 2011 12:43AM
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eldridge
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no worries, wasnt me that said sad stuff either lol but i understand the mistake
Mar 11 2011 12:48AM
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vailsux.com
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Or better yet do the battle at chosin reservoir. Marines get surrounded by 60,000 chinese which left them outnumbered two to one. Instead of getting airlifted out they broke free and kicked ass all the way across Korea in the dead of winter. Taking with them thousands of refugees. The heavy casualties inflicted on the Chinese ultimately enabled the U.S. Forces to maintain a foothold in Korea.

No one remembers that shit.
Mar 11 2011 1:05AM
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eldridge
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The Korean War is often forgotten, and its a shame considering the amount of troops killed.
Mar 11 2011 1:13AM
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RubberSoul
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Mar 11 2011 1:21AM
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Proletariat.
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"You can kill 10 of my men for 1 I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win"

- Ho Chi Minh

One of my favorite quotes
Mar 11 2011 1:25AM
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MacNsteaze
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_la_Drang

pretty much, US group of 500 goes to search mountians, get ambushed by 2000 vietnamese soldiers, US fight there way out killing most of them, so many facts on this battle that are nutty about how much we kicked ass, its the battle featured in the movie We were soldiers

badass

Mar 11 2011 1:35AM
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Cufe.
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Winter war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

Finland stepped up
Mar 11 2011 1:37AM
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Campeador
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Battle of Cannae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae
Mar 11 2011 5:25AM
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tall_pants
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It was a conflict not a war.
Mar 11 2011 10:24AM
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MitchConnors
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I had to read the quiet american and i did some research on the first indo china war between the french and the communist vietnamese (Viet Minh). Some pretty bad ass battles went down including 10,000 men human wave attacks. The battle of Dien Bien Phu sounds epic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu. Plus this was the lead up to American intervention in Vietnam
Mar 11 2011 10:55AM
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-AWC-
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Market Garden is really interesting, one of a kind being the biggest airborne operation ever attempted. There's also lots of debate surrounding it, reasons why it failed etc.. I wrote a short dissertation on it a couple of years ago
Mar 11 2011 12:15PM
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