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ID Section Concepts Flashcards

Concepts covered in the course study guide for the ID section of the test. (72 cards)

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OFFENSIVE & LEGITIMACY:

The Battle of Bunker Hill

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British OFFENSIVE was successful (sustained attack and maintained momentum)

British LEGITIMACY was undermined; showed the Brit’s weakness by not completely destroying Patriots

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OFFENSIVE:

Battle of Charleston

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British failed the OFFENSIVE due to squandering movements

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OFFENSIVE:

Princeton

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Patriots sustain the OFFENSIVE by using deception to surprise Cornwallis

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UNITY OF COMMAND & OFFENSIVE:

Saratoga Campaign

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British failed UNITY OF COMMAND due to poor communication among the three commanders.

OFFENSIVE/St. Leger’s disappearing army

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LEGITIMACY:

Waxhaws Massacre

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British fail LEGITIMACY when they shot at Patriots who were surrendering

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LEGITIMACY:

Southern Guerilla War

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Sumter & Marion maintained LEGITIMACY; British failed to maintain it

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LEGITIMACY:

King’s Mountain

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British fail LEGITIMACY because Tories switched sides during the battle

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OFFENSIVE:

Cowpens

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Morgan upheld the OFFENSIVE because he had strong control

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OFFENSIVE:

Guilford Courthouse Campaign

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Green uses Cornwallis’ aggressiveness against him (wares troops out), Green isn’t trying to initiate but controls the fight

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OFFENSIVE:

Detroit Front

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Harrison orders a mounted attack

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LEGITIMACY:

Jackson’s Creek War Campaign

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Jackson upheld LEGITIMACY because he aided and protected those who switched sides (appeal to morality)

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OFFENSIVE:

Vera Cruz

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Scott maintains the OFFENSIVE; he moves quickly and controls the fight via an amphibious landing

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OFFENSIVE:

Cerro Gordo

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Santa Ana was forced to react

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OFFENSIVE:

Battle of Contreras

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Lee controls the fight (finds and maneuvers through a goat trail)

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LEGITIMACY:

Chapultepec

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Scott gains LEGITIMACY because he acts as government for Mexico City, example of good COIN

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PERSEVERANCE:

Anaconda Plan

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The plan would take about a year and a half to complete

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UNITY OF COMMAND: Henry & Donelson

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Rebels kept passing command (Floyd, pillow, buckner)

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OFFENSIVE:

Seven Days Battle

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Lee sustains the OFFENSIVE while McClellan wins, but doesn’t exploit

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OFFENSIVE:

Chancellorsville

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Hooker wasn’t able to have good control over his troops thus moved slowly, Lee is controlling the fight (has intiative)

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OFFENSIVE:

Overland Campaign

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Grant continues to press Lee to Petersburg

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OFFENSIVE:

Atlanta Campaign

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Initiated the attack

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PERSEVERANCE:

Reconstruction

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The army remains in the south for 20 years

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PERSEVERANCE:

Red Cloud’s War

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abandons Bozeman trail & Ft. Kearny for another route

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LEGITIMACY:

Philippine War

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US trying to show we can contribute positive things

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PERSEVERANCE: | 1900s Election-Year Surge
McKinley wants to stay in the war, so recruits people to progress the war toward a positive result
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LEGITIMACY: | Bonus March
The reaction of Hoover and MacArthur to the Bonus March dramatically undermined their LEGITIMACY
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UNITY OF COMMAND: | Omaha Beach
No formal UNITY OF COMMAND, but unity of effort via LT rallying
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PERSEVERANCE: | Okinawa
Requires time to go bunker to bunker to remove Japanese through such tough terrain
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LEGITIMACY: | Little Rock
federal government upheld court order to integrate schools (federal authority prevails)
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LEGITIMACY: | Kent State
National Guard reacts poorly to student protestors undermining LEGITIMACY
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EXTERNAL LINES: | Saratoga Campaign
External – failed b/c 2 of 3 British Commanders had poor communication, only one shows up to the fight
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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: Horseshoe Bend Battle
External – Jackson good use, was able to surround Indians on peninsula Internal – Indians bad use, got surrounded
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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: Jackson’s Valley Campaign
External – Union has 3 armies under 3 commanders, don’t communicate to exploit Internal – British good use, able to move quickly
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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: | Chancellorsville
Internal – Lee External – Hooker (double envelopment)
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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: | Battle of Gettysburg
Internal – Union uses their lines to move quickly via fishhook External – Lee doesn’t use them well
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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: | Pusan Perimeter
Internal – US is able to move supplies quickly External – NK exhausted themselves, had long + vulnerable LOCs
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OBSTACLES: | Battle of Charleston (1776)
Obstacles - British mis-assessed amphibious landing due to tide & sand bars
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OBSERVATION/FOF: | King’s Mountain
Obs/FoF – Patriots have it, use terrain to their advantage (trees/ridges)
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COVER & CONCEALMENT: Cowpens
C & C – use microterrain (slight hill) to hide forces
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OBSTACLES: | Guilford Courthouse Campaign
Obstacles – Green uses the woods to break up Cornwallis’ formations
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COVER & CONCEALMENT | + OBSTACLES: Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans
C & C – uses terrain & fog Obstacles – Jackson uses the marshy area, canal reinforcements, and Mississippi River
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OBSTACLES: | Battle of Buena Vista
Obstacles – Taylor uses hills on right and broken terrain on left
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OBSERVATION: Perryville
Observation – bad example, Buell’s acoustic shadow doesn’t allow him to hear that his forces are fighting
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OBSERVATION/FOF + COVER & CONCEALMENT: Battle of Gettysburg
Obs/FoF – Union has them uses them to communicate & can see Lee approaching C & C – Union denies rebels this because of good ^^^, Yankees on ridge
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OBSERVATION/FOF + COVER & CONCEALMENT: Cassino & Rapido River
Obs/FoF – the Germans sit on Monte Cassino hill and are able to see the valley of which US troops are trying to maneuver through C & C – US unable to move through the river without detection
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OBSTACLES: | Battle of the Bulge
Obstacles – Airborne Division uses obstacles everywhere to slow down German forces until Bastogne can get rescued
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TIMING: | Cowpens
Morgan applied well to perform double envelopment
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TIMING: | Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans
British fail b/c couldn’t get through terrain with row boats fast enough
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TIMING: | Jackson’s Valley Campaign
Union – didn’t coordinate or time their actions British – interior lines let them move faster, 50+ miles in 2 days
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TIMING: | Seven Days Battle
Lee’s penetration attack has poor coordination
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TIMING: | Battle of Antietam
Fought a little over here and a little bit over there
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TIMING: | Battle of Gettysburg
Lee doesn’t use lines well, so fails
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TIMING: | Overland Campaign
Penetration has to be just right, explosive occurs, but not exploited
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TIMING: | Kasserine Pass
Didn’t exploit small victory, Germans able to win
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TIMING: | Inchon
MacArthur timed really well, NK forces were preoccupied with Pusan
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TIMING: | Mayaguez
Hasty decision making leads to a sloppy operation, left people behind
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TIMING: | Airland Battle
Timing is synchronous and simultaneous
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TURNING MOVEMENT: | Princeton
Washington flanks Cornwallis’ rear
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TURNING MOVEMENT: | Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans
British, doesn’t work due to difficult terrain
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TURNING MOVEMENT: | Atlanta Campaign
Sherman makes several of these against Johnston
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TURNING MOVEMENT: | Lae
US did a successful on (achieved obj)
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TURNING MOVEMENT: | Lucas at Anzio
Tried an amphibious turning movement to cut LOCs via cutting off roads, did not achieve Obj
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TURNING MOVEMENT: | Patton in France
Encircles German forces or causes them to retreat to get them out of France (achieves obj)
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TURNING MOVEMENT: | Inchon
Successful b/c cut LOCs & took Seoul, moved NK forces out of South
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What are the two US Constitutional guidelines regarding the US military?
ARTICLE 1: (Congress) How the militia is trained; organizing, arming, and disciplining. Requires a simple majority. ARTICLE 2: (Executive) The President cannot declare war, but he/she can commit troops
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CENTER OF GRAVITY: | Lake Champlain
British LOCs
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CENTER OF GRAVITY: | NYC & Philadelphia Campaigns
The Army
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CENTER OF GRAVITY: | 1864 Union
Presidential Election
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CENTER OF GRAVITY: | Shenandoah Valley
Food and Crops
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CENTER OF GRAVITY: | March to the Sea
Food and Crops
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CENTER OF GRAVITY: | WW2 @ Pacific Islands, Bismarck Sea, & Lae
Troop Ships
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CENTER OF GRAVITY: | Vietnam
The People (south to join the north)

OCS 201-21 Military History (4 decks)

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