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In 1945, at the end of the Second World War, Richard Winters was 27 and Audie Murphy only 20. They were kids or just barely past being kids during their time in the service. There were indelible scares left on the people who faced the extremely high stress of hazardous duty and combat and both of these men were in combat conditions for extended ...
Our Curator of Military History got to know a relative of Major Winters very well in late 90's and is also good friends with Cole Kingseed who wrote a bio of Winters. Upon his passing, much of Major Winters' prized possession were given to several individuals close to him. One was the relative mentioned above, who has spoken at colleges across ...
Certainly, the assessment of Ambrose and Webster seems more accurate: Cobb had been a soldier since 1933, had seen combat in North Africa and had survived a troopship being torpedoed and sunk. By the time of Camp Toccoa, Roy W. Cobb probably had the most combat experience in Company E, certainly more than Herbert M. Sobel or Richard Winters.
Okay, here's my list, based on who i think is overrated in popular opinion: -Scipio Africanus -Aurelianus -Belisarius -Stephen III of Moldova -Skanderbeg -Richard the Lionheart -Baldwin IV of Jerusalem -Jeanne d'Arc -Many Indian commanders(by Indians) -Frederick the Great -Suvorov -Arthur...
Richard III, by the summer of 1483 was facing events that were spiralling out of control. In truth he'd been riding the back of a Tiger ever since his brother's death. [/QUOTE] "And, as long as the two princes remained alive they and not any other potential claimant were the big threat". Yes when they are alive.
Dec 28, 2015. #3. The first problem Richard had was his wife was dead, his son and heir had died of illness. Therefore, he had to remarry quickly and spit out an heir. John of Gloucester was out of the question for a successor as a bastard. He did declare his nephew his heir, but a son of his own would be his first job.
The Netherlands. Oct 18, 2023. #3. Maurits of Orange Nassau but not overly so. He's still be best general produced by the Netherlands, still among the greatest general of his age and still deserving of the great praise heaped on him.
Aug 10, 2011. #1. I have come across this all-too-familiar claim on two threads this evening. It seems to me to be patently untrue and never ceases to irritate me; history is surely written by both victors and losers, and some losers create victim narratives which are exceedingly effective. And the creation of mythology and one-sided narratives ...
But also Richard I's seal contained these symbols. The Templar knights used the same type of seal in the 13th century, crescent with 8-pointed star. The combination of crescent with 8- or 6- pointed star is of Mesopotamian-Sumerian origin and indicated for millennia the relation between moon/creator god Nanna-Sin of Harran-Ur and his daughter ...
Jan 19, 2012. #15. Von Ranke said: Despite the shortness of Richard's reign there is objective criteria of medieval Kingship by which we can judge the success or failure of his rule. A king was expected to produce a male heir. As Richard's son died shortly after he was crowned this can be seen as a failure.