You can see where a problem would arise here. The pilots would have no idea who they are dropping their bombs on, just what coordinates it is. Bombs were dropped on US soldiers everyday but more vital, local South Vietnamese. America might not have understood at the time but they were the biggest recruiter for their own enemy. Every village destroyed, brother killed, livestock murdered.
Now when Easy Company landed they got scattered all over the place. So with them not be at full strength they sent 13 men led by Lt. Richard D. Winters to attack the German battery. There they used speed and audacity to overcome the larger force they were up against. In the aftermath Lt. Winters and his men wiped out a fifty-man platoon of elite German paratroops, destroyed the
Many of the cities were occupied by Vietcong for many hours, or days. The US and South Vietnamese showed victory in regaining all the cities back, but they suffered many losses and lost almost all the American public support. The TET Offensive showed the American public the truth of Vietnam, and not what the Military wanted the people to hear. To many, the war was a lost cause, a waste of money and resources. Later, in March of 1968 the My Lai Massacre devastated a town of North Vietnamese citizens.
Instead, the military fought with great pride for their country and pushed the American troops back to the landing site. The American forces either surrendered or fled to safety. By April 20, most of the troops had either been killed or captured. In many minds, the invasion was a complete failure for the American military. It embarrassed the young Kennedy administration and Kennedy was blamed for not giving it adequate support.
A few minutes after the attack began, the enemy ceased firing and began climbing up onto the parapets of the trenches, holding up their arms as if wishing to surrender. The enemy’s actions caused the American forces to ceasefire and to come out into the open. As the company started forward and when within about 100 meters of the trench line, the enemy jumped back into their trenches and greeted Cpl. Stowers’ company with interlocking bands of machine-gun fire and mortar fire causing well over fifty percent casualties. Faced with incredible enemy resistance, Cpl.
While the two snipers protected the one survivor, they were overcome and died in action, while the survivor who had been injured was taken hostage. After the marines had taken the target back to base they went back out to save their remaining comrades. There were many severe injuries during the rescue mission, one of which I could not watch due to the amount of gore involved in it (clamping the artery scene). The rescue mission continued into the night of which the air support could not tell who was on their side and who wasn’t. One marine threw a inferred detector of some sort, but missed and it could not be seen by the air support.
In 1951 a seven mile stretch of hills running north and south, the cries of men dying could be heard along with the retort of artillery and machine gun fire throughout the valley. This location of such destruction was Heartbreak Ridge, located just north of the 38th parallel the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division along with its NATO allies were making a push to take the ridge and hills to prevent the North Koreans and their Chinese allies from invading South Korea again. The month long campaign to take Heartbreak Ridge would push the U.S. and her allies to the breaking point but their sheer determination and fortitude would see them through to the end and to victory. In 1951 the Korean War has turned into a stalemate along the 38th parallel where
Alatheus and Saphrax army was nearby and could not be seen by the Romans and they also had a large portion of the Gothic cavalry. This meant that when the battle did commence they arrived just as they Roman army had fully committed all its troops. This meant that when the Romans were clearly defeated they could not retreat because they were surrounded by the heavy Gothic cavalry meant that there infantry got almost completely annihilated it was said by Emperor Valen that he lost 40000 men. As you can see the Gothic forces in red remained very defensive until their cavalry arrived this then meant that the Roman infantry which were progressing well into the Gothic line. This was changed when the cavalry arrived who quickly pushed of the Roman light cavalry before surrounding the Infantry and annihilating them.
The Battle of Mogadishu The Battle of Mogadishu went from a normal military kidnapping to a seventeen hour firefight for soldiers lives. Most Americans have the image of American soldiers being dragged lifeless through the streets of Mogadishu, half-naked, but the event itself was much more than that. It was an event filled with miscommunication, bad choices and American heroes fighting for their lives (Alex 1). The Battle of Mogadishu led to the deaths of thousands of Somali militia, which caused the United States to intervene leading to one of the United States Military’s largest aggravating military defeats. There were many events that took place that led up to the battle.
One and a half million shells were fired but one million of these were shrapnel, not high explosive and not effective at killing or immobilising men in sheltered dug-outs. In addition, many of the shells were duds with poor fuses. The artillery bombardment also acted as an alarm for the Germans which warned them that the British were to attack. Their front lines were indeed destroyed, but the barbed wire was still thick and intact. Also, the Germans were able to get their support trenches and reserve trenches full of men waiting for the British.