2006-12-11 07:16:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The Charge of the Light Brigade....
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
2006-12-11 07:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by cavinue 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On 19 September 1918, British infantry, cavalry, and air forces under command of Gen Edmund H. H. “Bull” Allenby stormed through Turkish defenses at the battle of Megiddo. It was one of the greatest exhibitions of mobility and pursuit in the history of World War I. The British missed a rare opportunity to learn what Megiddo might hold for the future of warfare. They focused on the romanticism of the “last cavalry charge” instead of on the efficacy of combined arms operations. The last Cavalry charge in history took place on 23 August 1942, at Izbushensky on the River Don. The Italian Savoia Cavalry Regiment, and consisting of 600 mounted Italian troops, charged against 2,000 Soviet troops. The Italian Lancers destroyed a pair of Soviet Infantry armored vehicles before being forced to withdraw with thirty-two casualties. Reports of Polish cavalry charges against German tanks in 1939 are pure fiction. These stories were reported by the Italian press and used as propaganda by the Germans.
2016-03-29 03:29:08 · answer #2 · answered by Patricia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brandy Station, Va.
edited to add: the Charge of the Light Brigade was not fictional.
2006-12-11 07:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The charge of the light brigade. British. They were just about wiped out by Russian cannons. The Crimean War.
2006-12-11 07:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by robert m 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
polish cavalry fighting bak the german blitzkrieg
took a hellava lot of bravery if you ask me, cuz horse vs tank is not good odds
oh and yah i agree with the light brigade
2006-12-11 10:26:43 · answer #5 · answered by bobji738 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the charge of the light brigade,
2006-12-11 07:59:31 · answer #6 · answered by quasar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i quite enjoyed footage of polish Calvary charging at German Tanks in 1939, you gota admire their heart
2006-12-11 09:15:54 · answer #7 · answered by Kenny S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i second that charge of the light brigade...
2006-12-11 07:27:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my friends and I ran to get a new PS3.
2006-12-11 07:56:19 · answer #9 · answered by Diadem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know how a fictional suicide charge could be considered the best!
2006-12-11 07:30:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋