In terms of war strategy, Lincoln articulated two priorities: to ensure that Washington was well-defended, and to conduct an aggressive war effort that would satisfy the demand in the North for prompt, decisive victory ; major Northern newspaper editors expected victory within 90 days.

Hoplite warfare was in decline ; there were three major battles in the Peloponnesian War, and none proved decisive.

A major Franco-Spanish fleet was annihilated at the decisive Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, prompting the vacillating king of Spain to reconsider his alliance with France.

A major feat of engineering, the " Uganda railway " ( that is the railway inside Kenya leading to Uganda ) was completed in 1903 and was a decisive event in modernizing the area.

Through his decisive influence on Claude Lévi-Strauss and Roland Barthes, among others, Jakobson became a pivotal figure in the adaptation of structural analysis to disciplines beyond linguistics, including anthropology and literary theory ; this generalization of Saussurean methods, known as " structuralism ", became a major post-war intellectual movement in Europe and the United States.

Three major land battles, seven large naval battles ( five nighttime surface actions and two carrier battles ), and continual, almost daily aerial battles culminated in the decisive Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in early November 1942, in which the last Japanese attempt to bombard Henderson Field from the sea and land with enough troops to retake it was defeated.

The German victory at Tannenberg was, according to David Stevenson, " a major victory but far from decisive ".

Most of the major ancient historians assigned credit for the dramatic Athenian victories of 411 BC to Alcibiades, but a few, such as Cornelius Nepos, pointed to the decisive role that was played in these battles by Thrasybulus.

After the decisive period for the Greek nation of 1912 – 1922, Piraeus experienced a major demographic explosion, with its population almost doubling to reach 251, 659 in 1928 from 133, 482 in 1920, an increase owed to the arrival of Greek refugees from Asia Minor after the Greco-Turkish War and the Asia Minor Catastrophe.

Marcus ' victory was decisive in that the Iazyges did not again appear as a major threat to Rome.

The last major decisive battle of the Lazic wars came in 556 when Byzantine general Martin defeated a massive Sassanian force led by a Persian nakhvaegan ( field marshal ).

The Battle of Marne was also one of the first major battles in which reconnaissance planes played a decisive role, by discovering weak points in the German lines and allowing the allies to take advantage of them.

The war would be decided on the continent, and the major land operations that sealed the swift French victory involved the Ulm Campaign, a large wheeling manoeuvre by the Grande Armée lasting from late August to mid-October that captured an entire Austrian army, and the decisive French victory over a combined Russo-Austrian force under Tsar Alexander I at the Battle of Austerlitz in early December.

Because it is in the middle of the island of Honshū, it has been the site of many decisive battles throughout Japan's history, the oldest major one being the Jinshin War in 672, which led to the establishment of Emperor Temmu as the 40th emperor of Japan.

Entschieden ( Strong and decisive ) minor to F major

Meanwhile, Lucian Truscott, who had been promoted from the command of U. S. 3rd Infantry Division to replace Lucas as commander of VI Corps on February 22, worked with his staff on the plans for a decisive attack as part of a general offensive which Alexander was planning for May and which would include a major offensive on the Gustav Line, Operation Diadem.

Alma was the first major encounter fought in the Crimea since the Allied landings at Kalamita Bay on 14 September, and was a clear battlefield success ; but a tardy pursuit by the Allies failed to gain a decisive victory, allowing the Russians to regroup, recover and prepare their defence.

As the elections turned out to be close, the defeated Social Democrats found reasons to suspect that her nontraditional campaign was decisive for the outcome, which soured the relationship between the two major coalition partners.

It has now been clearly established that glycans are major constituents of the skin and play a decisive role in skin homeostasis.

This gives them a decisive advantage over other plants, whereas in nutrient-rich soils they tend to be out-competed by plants adapted to aggressive growth where nutrient supplies are not the major constraints.

His writings have predicted many of the major developments of the late twentieth century, including privatization and decentralization ; the rise of Japan to economic world power ; the decisive importance of marketing ; and the emergence of the information society with its necessity of lifelong learning.

After the Illyrian Wars with the Roman Republic in 229 BC ended in a decisive defeat for the Illyrians, the city passed to Roman rule, under which it was developed as a major military and naval base.

The new French War Minister Painleve had a low opinion of Nivelle ’ s plan to achieve a decisive “ rupture ”, and after it failed he clearly wanted to sack Nivelle ( contrary to Wilson's advice on 26 April ) and replace him with Petain, who favoured abstaining from major offensives until the Americans were present in strength.

* Battle of Kursk, the decisive battle that was Nazi Germany's last major offensive in the east and one of the largest tank battles in history.

Also inscribed, on the shorter sides of the four supporting columns, are the names of the major victorious battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

In two battles, Galerius won major victories over Narseh.

Huerta was more successful, defeating Orozco's troops in three major battles and forcing Orozco to flee to the United States in September 1912.

With Consular armies destroyed in two major battles, and Hannibal approaching Rome's gates, the Romans feared the imminent destruction of their city.

Historians debate whether or not Washington preferred a Fabian strategy to harass the British with quick, sharp attacks followed by a retreat so the larger British army could not catch him, or whether he preferred to fight major battles.

As a result, Hannibal fought no more major battles in Italy for the rest of the war.

Between 4 March and 18 March 1945, there were major battles between the Soviet and Polish forces and the German army.

Musashi is said to have fought over 60 duels and was never defeated, although this is a conservative estimate, most likely not accounting for deaths by his hand in major battles.

Mythological archetypes such as the cautionary tale regarding the abuse of technology, battles between gods, and creation stories are often the subject of major film productions.

The major battles were all fought in one month ( 7 August till 1 September ), and both French armies were captured at Sedan and Metz, the latter after a siege of some weeks.

On September 26, 1996, as the Taliban with military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia prepared for another major offensive, Massoud ordered a full retreat from Kabul to continue anti-Taliban resistance in the Hindu Kush mountains instead of engaging in street battles in Kabul.

In 1862, as a general he fought a series of battles and was promoted to major general after forcing the surrender of a large Confederate army and gaining control of Kentucky and most of Tennessee.

After Muhammad's death one of the major battles of the Ridda Wars was fought at Dibba, resulting in the defeat of the non-Muslims and the triumph of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula.

Student-soldiers participated in 17 major battles, carrying a flag hand-sewn by UIU women students.

The Jay Treaty passed, and indeed the Federalists won most of the major legislative battles in the 1790s.

One of the last major battles involving Vikings was the Battle of Clontarf on the 23 April 1014, in which Vikings fought both for the Irish over-king Brian Boru's army and for the Viking-led army opposing him.

The United Kingdom and its Commonwealth remained the only major force continuing the fight against the Axis, with battles taking place in North Africa as well as the long-running Battle of the Atlantic.

In consequence, Army forces deploying to Africa suffered serious initial reverses when encountering German armored combat units in Africa at Kasserine Pass and other major battles.

Not only did he win battles and dominate Southern England but also he took an active hand in administering the affairs of his kingdom by founding market towns and overseeing the first major issues of gold coins in Britain ; he assumed a role in the administration of the Catholic Church in England ( sponsoring the short-lived archbishopric of Lichfield ), and even negotiated with Charlemagne as an equal.

Bohemia, as a constituent state of the Empire, would be a major factor in the many battles along the Empire's eastern border.

The next year was marked by two major campaigns and several smaller battles with a large army estimated at 55, 000 – 70, 000 men, backed by naval forces.

In 628, Emperor Taizong held a Buddhist memorial service for the casualties of war, and in 629 had Buddhist monasteries erected at the sites of major battles so that monks could pray for the fallen on both sides of the fight.

" Later, Rabin was Chief of Operations for the Southern Front and participated in the major battles ending the fighting there, including Operation Yoav and Operation Horev.