1 From the Siege of Troy and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest to Agincourt, Waterloo and D-Day, military campaigns have captured the imagination of subsequent generations, literary circles, artists and, more recently, filmmakers. 2 This does not apply to victorious operations only: the tragedy of defeat and the self-denying heroism of the defenders against overwhelming forces have fascinated as well – and quite possibly even more. (Photo Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-734-0019-15 / Vorpahl / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3. 3 Starting with Herodotus, the last stand of the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae has been dramatized by numerous eminent writers and poets, including Lord Byron, A.E. German soldiers manning a Panzerschreck anti-tank rocket launcher during the Battle of Tannenberg Line, August 1944. Lord Tennyson immortalized the ill-fated Battle of Balaclava in his ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’, while the Battles of the Alamo and of Dien Bien Phu were made into films. In some cases, these works conveyed critical and pacifist messages: Arnold Zweig’s novel Erziehung vor Verdun and the Vietnam War film Hamburger Hill are typical examples. With regard to the First World War, it also seems that failed campaigns have had a more powerful and enduring grip on the public imagination and national consciousness: Gallipoli, the Somme and Caporetto are some of the most important lieux de mémoire in Australia, Britain and Italy. In Canada, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele are widely remembered – tactical victories, it is true, but like the French defensive success at Verdun achieved at a very high cost. Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly.While these battles have more recently come to exemplify the futility of war, originally they were often utilized to provide glorious examples of patriotism, loyalty and the readiness to make sacrifices in the name of the nation. May 25th | Panel AMA with /r/AskBibleScholars Please Subscribe to our Google Calendar for Upcoming AMAs and Events To nominate someone else as a Quality Contributor, message the mods. Our flaired users have detailed knowledge of their historical specialty and a proven record of excellent contributions to /r/AskHistorians. The eastern hill was known to Estonians as the Lastekodumägi (Orphanage Hill Kinderheimhöhe in German). Please Read and Understand the Rules Before Contributing. After defending the Narva bridgehead for six months, the German forces fell back to the Tannenberg Line in the hills of Sinimäed (Russian: ) on 26 July 1944. Report Comments That Break Reddiquette or the Subreddit Rules. Serious On-Topic Comments Only: No Jokes, Anecdotes, Clutter, or other Digressions. Provide Primary and Secondary Sources If Asked. Write Original, In-Depth and Comprehensive Answers, Using Good Historical Practices. Questions should be clear and specific in what they ask, and should be able to get detailed answers from historians whose expertise is likely to be in particular times and places. Nothing Less Than 20 Years Old, and Don't Soapbox. Be Nice: No Racism, Bigotry, or Offensive Behavior.

Downvote and Report comments that are unhelpful or grossly off-topic.The shootings were conducted with the use of a proscription list (Sonderfahndungsbuch Polen), compiled by the Gestapo in the two years before the invasion of Poland. Upvote informative, well sourced answers Operation Tannenberg (German: Unternehmen Tannenberg) was a codename for one of the anti-Polish extermination actions by Nazi Germany.New to /r/AskHistorians? Please read our subreddit rules and FAQ before posting! Apply for Flair

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