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Ruins at Montfaucon, France

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Battle of Queenston Heights

The Battle of Queenston Heights (13 October 1812) was a major battle in the War of 1812. A US army, under General Stephen Van Rensselaer, crossed the Niagara River in an attempted invasion of Canada but was repulsed by a British, Canadian, and Mohawk force. The British victory came at the cost of General Isaac Brock, killed in the fighting.

Death of General Brock at Queenston Heights

John David Kelly (Public Domain)

Background: Fall of Detroit

In late June 1812, shortly after the United States had issued its declaration of war against the United Kingdom, the US began preparing for an invasion of British-controlled Canada. Ostensibly, the purpose of the invasion was to deprive Britain of a staging ground from where they could launch their own attack into US territory. But many of the 'War Hawks' – as the prowar faction in Congress was called – envisaged a more permanent outcome, believing that the invasion would result in Canada finally joining the Union. The annexation of Canada would greatly increase the United States' dominion over North America and would, in the words of one war-hungry congressman, "drive the British from our continent" (Berton, 98).

The invasion was to be four-pronged. Brigadier General William Hull, sitting with his 2,500-man army at Fort Detroit, would lead the first thrust, crossing over the Detroit River into Upper Canada (modern-day Southern Ontario). He would be followed by Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer, who would cross the Niagara River to capture Queenston, and by Major General Henry Dearborn, who would sail up Lake Champlain to capture Montreal, while a fourth US army crossed the St. Lawrence River to wreak havoc in Ontario. Most Americans believed it would be an easy campaign, that the Canadians, oppressed by the tyranny of British rule, would welcome their southern brethren with open arms. As former President Thomas Jefferson predicted, the invasion was expected to be nothing more than "a mere matter of marching" (Wood, 677).

But of course, it would not be so easy. General Hull began his invasion on 12 July, crossing over the Detroit River and establishing a base of operations at the small town of Sandwich, where he issued a proclamation calling on all Canadians to either join him or remain neutral. But Hull soon lost his nerve; deathly afraid of Native Americans, he was disturbed by reports of more Indigenous nations joining the British side and, moreover, feared that the arrival of enemy reinforcements could cut him off from US territory. On 8 August, after nearly a month of dithering on Canadian soil, he retreated to Detroit, where he was soon besieged by an Anglo-Indian force under Major General Isaac Brock and the great Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh. Brock and Tecumseh utilized psychological warfare to convince Hull that their army was larger than it really was, leading the American general to surrender both his army and Detroit without a fight on 16 August. The Siege of Detroit not only thwarted the first part of the US invasion but also left the British in control of the entire Michigan Territory.

Hull was widely castigated for his defeat – indeed, he would later be court-martialed and sentenced to death, before the sentence was commuted to dismissal from the army. But he had at least set foot on Canadian territory, which was more than can be said about his counterparts. General Van Rensselaer had tried, but he did not have the necessary supplies or reinforcements to mount a successful crossing; what militia forces he did have refused to cross the Niagara, arguing that they were merely a defensive force and were not obliged to fight outside the United States. General Dearborn, likewise, was stuck at Albany, New York, unable to fill the enlistment quotas needed for an attack. "We have as yet a shadow of a regular force," his second-in-command would write, "inferior, even in numbers, to half of what the enemy already has in the field" (Taylor, 182). Dearborn was therefore relieved when, on 9 August, a British major arrived at his camp to offer an armistice. Dearborn readily accepted before passing along news of the armistice to President James Madison for his approval and instructing Van Rensselaer, his subordinate, to do nothing that might provoke the British. The invasion had, therefore, completely failed, leaving the US in a worse position as the armistice settled over the Niagara frontier.

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Exceedingly handsome, historically important and completely original, this WWI AEF/Air Service wristwatch is remarkable and worthy of an equally fine wrist. Custom-fitted with a correctly recreated period-leather strap. Circa 1918

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Sean bienvenidos japoistasarqueologicos a una nueva entrega en esta ocasión os presento una nueva entrega dicho esto pónganse cómodos que empezamos. - Hoy dia 27/1/2023 se ha externado una nueva película japonesa que se llama The Legend & Butterfly( La leyenda y la mariposa) el título original es レジェンド＆バタフライ. - Resumen del argumento:El enemigo de Nobunaga Oda, Yoshimoto Imagawa, ataca a Owari con su vasto ejército y Nobunaga Oda está desolado ante la abrumadora diferencia de fuerzas militares, pero NoHime anima a Nobunaga Oda a no desesperar y luchar contra su rival. - Espero que os guste y nos vemos en próximas publicaciones de Japón y que pasen una buena semana un cordial saludo. - ようこそjapoarchaeological japoistsへこの機会に私はあなたに新しい割賦を提示し、それは言われて、あなた自身を快適にし、始めましょう。 - 本日2023年1月27日、「伝説とバタフライ」という新しい日本映画が封切られました。原題は「LEGEND ＆ BATTERFLY」。 - あらすじ：織田信長の敵、今川義元が大軍を率いて尾張に攻め込み、圧倒的な兵力差に織田信長は打ちのめされるが、濃姫は織田信長に絶望せず、ライバルと戦えと励まします。 - 気に入っていただけたら幸い��す。また、今後の日本の記事でお会いしましょう。良い一週間をお過ごしください。よろしくお願いします。 - Welcome japoarchaeological japoists to a new installment in this occasion I present you a new installment, that being said, make yourselves comfortable and let's begin. - Today 27/1/2023 a new Japanese movie has been released called The Legend & Butterfly, the original title is レジェンド＆バタフライ. - Plot Summary:Nobunaga Oda's enemy, Yoshimoto Imagawa, attacks Owari with his vast army and Nobunaga Oda is devastated at the overwhelming difference in military forces, but NoHime encourages Nobunaga Oda not to despair and fight his rival. - I hope you like it and I'll see you in future Japan posts and have a nice week, best regards.

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Happy Trafalgar Day 2024!

Today I commemorate Trafalgar Day, marking 219 years since Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led the Royal Navy to victory at the Battle Of Trafalgar in 1805. 🇬🇧 His sacrifice and brilliance secured British naval supremacy and changed the course of history.

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Call of Duty: WWII - Hill 493

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Victory Mail The WWII Program that Significantly Reduced the Cost and Time of U.S. Military Postal Service

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This drawing is a piece from a previous Inktober challenge, for the daily prompt "helmet". I had no profound idea for this prompt so I made it sort of statement for peace - after the old saying: "Imagine there's war, and nobody shows up". Besides, mice are cute. "Desiring Obsolescence", ink on paper, A4, unframed, 50e via Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/listing/1077784960/mice-on-a-helmet-ink-pen-drawing

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Basgiath War College Fourth Wing T-Shirt Vintage

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German chapel at abandoned mountain battlefield - Tete des Faux battlefield on the Vosges front of Southern Alsace

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Battle of York

The Battle of York (27 April 1813) was a major battle in the War of 1812. It saw an American army, under Brigadier General Zebulon Pike, defeat a British, Canadian, and Ojibwe force to seize York (present-day Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada. It was the first significant US victory to be won on land during the war.

Battle of York, 1813

Owen Staples (Public Domain)

Background

The six months that followed the United States' declaration of war against the United Kingdom had not gone well for the Americans. An attempted invasion of Canada had culminated in disaster at the Siege of Detroit (15-16 August 1812), where US Brigadier General William Hull was forced to surrender both his army and Fort Detroit itself, thereby giving the British control of the Michigan Territory. Two months later, another US invasion was decisively defeated at the Battle of Queenston Heights (13 October), where nearly 1,000 US troops were taken prisoner. To make matters worse, a third American force was pulverized at the Battle of the River Raisin (18-23 January 1813) in Michigan, a bloody episode that concluded with the massacre of wounded US troops by Britain's Native American allies. These three defeats made it abundantly clear that a successful invasion of Canada would take a lot more than the "mere matter of marching" that had been anticipated by former president Thomas Jefferson.

Hoping for a reversal of the United States' dismal military fortunes, President James Madison appointed a new secretary of war, John Armstrong, Jr., in January 1813. Having studied the defeats of the previous year, Armstrong realized that control of the Great Lakes – specifically Lake Ontario – was essential for any attack on Canada to succeed. Working with Major General Henry Dearborn, the US commander of the Niagara frontier, and Commodore Isaac Chauncey of the US Navy, Armstrong planned for a squadron of ships to be built at Sacket's Harbor, on the New York side of Lake Ontario. Once completed, this squadron could ferry Dearborn's troops across the lake to strike at Kingston, the location of the major British dockyard on Lake Ontario; if captured, Kingston would give the Americans full control of the lake. Unfortunately for Armstrong, however, the British had the same idea and ordered the construction of two new sloops-of-war on Lake Ontario. The 20-gun HMS Wolfe was being built at Kingston while its sister ship, HMS Sir Isaac Brock – named after the British war hero recently slain at Queenston Heights – was under construction at York. Throughout the early winter months of 1813, therefore, the sounds of construction rang out across the lake as each side raced to get its ships in the water before the other.

Construction of the Warship HMS Sir Isaac Brock

Charles Henry Jeremy Snider (CC BY)

But as winter gave way to spring and the campaign season drew nearer, Dearborn and Chauncey started to second-guess their target. They believed Kingston was too well-guarded; according to some reports, the town was protected by 8,000 men, including 3,000 British regulars. This estimate was, in truth, a wild exaggeration – the British had only 900 regulars and a few hundred Canadian militia at Kingston – but Dearborn and Chauncey had no way of knowing this. Working under the assumption that Kingston was indeed too strong for an attack, they shifted the focus of their expedition to York (present-day Toronto). Though it was less strategically valuable than Kingston, York was the capital of Upper Canada, meaning its capture could at least help restore the United States' honor after the humiliations of 1812; the possibility of capturing the still-unfinished Sir Isaac Brock was a bonus as well. The two commanders succeeded in convincing Armstrong to sign off on the changed plan. Then, with Chauncey's ships afloat and Dearborn's soldiers gathered at Sacket's Harbor, the Americans had only to wait for the ice to finish thawing before they could learn whether their luck would change.

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German fighter pilots with B-24 model showing its defensive arcs of fire. During World War II, the Luftwaffe, the German air force, frequently engaged with the United States Army Air Force's (USAAF) B-24 Liberator bombers. The B-24 Liberator was a heavy bomber that was primarily used by the USAAF for strategic bombing campaigns in Europe. The Luftwaffe fighter pilots were tasked with intercepting and engaging these bombers in order to protect German cities and military assets from bombing. The Luftwaffe fighters were mainly composed of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190, which were considered to be some of the best fighters of the war. The engagements between the Luftwaffe fighters and B-24s were often intense, with both sides suffering significant losses. The B-24s, being heavy bombers, were heavily armed and could put up a strong defence against the Luftwaffe fighters. However, the fighters were faster, more agile and had better manoeuvrability, which gave them an advantage in dogfight situations. Despite their best efforts, the Luftwaffe fighters were unable to effectively stop the B-24 bombing campaigns. The B-24s flew in large formations, which made them difficult to engage, and their heavy armament also made them formidable opponents. Additionally, the USAAF's use of long-range escort fighters, such as the P-51 Mustang, provided additional protection for the bombers. #secondworldwar #ww2 #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #war #history #militaryhistory #military #colourised #colorized #colourisedhistory #colorizedhistory #color #colour #colorizedhistoricalphotos #colorization #colourisation #retro #goodolddays #classic #goldenoldies #colorizedphoto #colourisedphoto #luftwaffe #b-24 #training https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn-YLaxq4YY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The first Medal of Honor award classified "Top Secret." Hiroshi "Hershey" H. Miyamura #KoreanWar Miyamura enlisted in the Army and entered active duty at age 19 in January 1945. As a Japanese-American from New Mexico, he volunteered for and was assigned to Company D, 100th Battalion, 442d Infantry Regimental Combat team in #WWII. He was recalled to active duty in the Korean War, and was assigned to Company H, 7th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. On the evening of 24-25 April 1951, near Taejon-ni, Korea, Company H occupied a defensive position when it was attacked by a numerically superior force of the (Chinese) People's Volunteer Army, better known to U.S. and United Nations troops as Chinese Communist Forces. With his unit in danger of being overrun and their casualties mounting, Cpl. Miyamura, then a machine gun squad leader, left his position to engage a number of the attackers with the bayonet, and killed approximately ten of them in hand-to-hand combat. He repeatedly ordered his men to withdraw as he covered them with rifle fire and damaged the machine gun so the enemy could not use it. He continued firing the machine gun, and although severely wounded in the process, continued to fire and killed about fifty Chinese troops before he ran out of ammunition. Despite the painful injury, he continued to ferociously resist against very uneven odds until he was finally overcome and captured. Miyamura spent 28 months as a prisoner of war. Meanwhile, in recognition of his extraordinary heroism in the battle, the recommendation for the Medal of Honor made its way through the military channels of evaluation and consideration. Because he was a POW, and recognizing the potential propaganda coup the Communists could exploit, the documents were classified "Top Secret," a first in the history of the Medal of Honor. In October of 1953 after the ended and he returned home, President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented now Staff Sergeant Hiroshi "Hershey" H. Miyamura the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House. He died on 29 November 2022, age 97. #armyhistory #MOH #USArmy #TRADOC #MilitaryHistory Posted @withregram • @armyhistory (at Middle Tennessee Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnznL7vu4yQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Fire! Reenactments are a great way to learn a little bit of history and these guys did a great job bringing that history to life. Taken during the "Battle of the Loxahatchee River" reenactment in 2020. . Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park . #loxahatchee #loxahatcheeriver #loxahatcheeriverbattlefieldpark #battlefieldpark #seminole #seminolewars #americanhistory #military #militaryhistory #battle #reenactment #history #historical #reenactor #soldier #rifle #shooting #gun #photography #pictureoftheday #photooftheday #shotoncanon @canonusa #canonusa #canonphotographers @canon_photos #canon_photos #canonglobal @canoneosr #canoneosr #canoneosrofficial @canonrseries #canonrseries @canon_r_mirrorless @canon_photogroup @canon_addicts @townofjupiterfl #townofjupiter @jupiterfloridausa @jupiterdaily @jupiterillustrated @raw._florida @history (at Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-1gczr_Bn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Atlantic Wall was. series of fortifications built along the coasts of France and Belgium during World War II. The purpose of the fortifications was to protect the occupied countries from invasion by Nazi Germany.

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