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It took a while, but the wait should be worth it: Part 2 on the Chickamauga Campaign is out.
Having brilliantly maneuvered across the Tennessee River undetected, the Union Army of the Cumberland faced an even greater challenge around Chattanooga itself.
dispatch.bazaarofwar.com/p/b…
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The Chickamauga Campaign was probably the most complex of the American Civil War and certainly among the most interesting, yet is overshadowed by the culminating battle of the same name. A shame—it’s a prime example of large-scale operational maneuver in very difficult terrain.🧵
It took a while, but the wait should be worth it: Part 2 on the Chickamauga Campaign is out.
Having brilliantly maneuvered across the Tennessee River undetected, the Union Army of the Cumberland faced an even greater challenge around Chattanooga itself.
dispatch.bazaarofwar.com/p/b…
The Chickamauga Campaign was probably the most complex of the American Civil War and certainly among the most interesting, yet is overshadowed by the culminating battle of the same name. A shame—it’s a prime example of large-scale operational maneuver in very difficult terrain.🧵
It took a while, but the wait should be worth it: Part 2 on the Chickamauga Campaign is out.
Having brilliantly maneuvered across the Tennessee River undetected, the Union Army of the Cumberland faced an even greater challenge around Chattanooga itself.
dispatch.bazaarofwar.com/p/b…
With luck, this would impose a dilemma that would compel Bragg to abandon Chattanooga, thereby opening a brief window for the Union army to concentrate in the valley beyond—or, if his flight was hasty enough, to keep up pressure on the pursuit.
Geography dictated that taking Chattanooga would be a difficult operation in the best of circumstances. We will look at how it played out in another thread; in the meantime, read the full piece:
"Blind Man's Bluff: Stumbling to an Endgame at Chickamauga"
dispatch.bazaarofwar.com/p/b…
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The Arab-Byzantine wars lasted over 3 centuries because it was extremely difficult for either side to defeat the other outright—even incremental territorial gains were difficult.
Instead, strategy on both sides came to resemble Native American warfare of the Eastern Woodlands.
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For >300 years, Arabs & Byzantines fought a series of frontier wars. These mostly resembled other large interstate conflicts, but their open-endedness also took on very different dynamics.
Strategy in an Endless War: The Arab-Byzantine Frontier, Part 1
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The Bazaar of War retweeted
It took a while, but the wait should be worth it: Part 2 on the Chickamauga Campaign is out.
Having brilliantly maneuvered across the Tennessee River undetected, the Union Army of the Cumberland faced an even greater challenge around Chattanooga itself.
dispatch.bazaarofwar.com/p/b…