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• Mar 28, 2017

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Battle of Malvern Hill during the Seven Days' Battles, 1 July 1862.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malvern_Hill

 

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Absolutely.

 

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Sweet. I had it down to either Glendale or Malvern Hill. Ended up just choosing one and hoping for the best .

Here's the next one:

 

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Battle of Nuʻuanu?

"Caught between the Hawaiian Army and a 1000-foot drop, over 700 Oʻahu warriors either jumped or were pushed over the edge of the Pali (cliff). In 1898 construction workers working on the Pali road discovered 800 skulls which were believed to be the remains of the warriors that fell to their deaths from the cliff above."

Google-fu (but no image searching). I actually thought it may have been Mayans or Incas involved. I had no idea Hawaii had its own conflicts...

 

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Yep! It's the Battle of Nu'uanu! (For those interested https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nuʻuanu) Nice job. Yeah, this was part of Kamehameha's unifcation wars, and his victory there pretty much sealed the deal. The battles on the Hawaiian islands aren't that well known, but something I find interesting. You're up!

 

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Should be an easy one for one particular member...

 

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• Mar 29, 2017

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I'll leave that to @Rico. But I just want to point out that South Africa has got one of the best looking IFV I've ever seen. (No idea if it was rubbish or not....)

 

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• Mar 29, 2017

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Gnarly said:

Should be an easy one for one particular member...

View attachment 12917

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Yep -- a rather fanciful representation of the battle of Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola 1988 from the Angolan/Cuban side.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cuito_Cuanavale

@Ithikial -- yes, that Ratel IFV was a pretty cool vehicle (terribly dated now) -- a bit of a tincan in conventional warfare, but really fast, very long range ... designed for long range, highly mobile bush warfare ...

 

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@Rico my brief skim of that battle suggests a large (?) part of the SADF's success was due to exactly that capability: highly mobile bush warfare isolating and eliminating individual enemy units.

Heavy emphasis on 'brief' on my behalf....

 

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• Mar 29, 2017

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I just could not find that flag anywhere!

 

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Back north and sword and spears... (also a pretty fanciful representation)

 

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• Mar 29, 2017

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Crap. Couldn't remember the exact name and wikipedia threw up the picture lol.

I'll hold off on this one

 

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Battle of Poitiers, October 25th, 732.

 

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Battle of Poitiers, October 25th, 732.

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Correct. aka Battle of Tours - turned back the muslim berber incursion from Spain into France.

Thought it might be too easy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours

 

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My turn then ...

 

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Actually, that's more of a duel ...
Does that count?

 

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Yeah, that's fine @MadMat. This is driving me crazy, because I've seen that painting before but forgot what it was about. Argh!

 

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This also looks so damn familiar - recently read book about French naval war in Indian Ocean during Napoleonic era - privateers or corsairs raiding British east Indiamen out of Mauritius and Reunion.

I think one of the famous French commanders was named Sourcouf (sp)'?

... getting close?

 

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Sourcouf (sp)'?
... getting close?

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Damn close indeed ... this painting depicts his most famous feat of arms.

 

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East Indiaman Kent battling Confiance, a privateer vessel commanded by French corsair Robert Surcouf in October 1800, as depicted in a painting by Ambroise Louis Garneray.

Never would have found it w/o some help.