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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP07 Dec 2023 5:01 p.m. PST

… in history?


Interesting question…

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Armand

Grattan54 Supporting Member of TMP07 Dec 2023 6:05 p.m. PST

Moore's retreat in Spain?
Dunkirk?

Goldwyrm07 Dec 2023 6:07 p.m. PST

One might consider Xenophon and the 10,000 , over 3,000 miles from home, fighting through hostile enemy territory, and taking around two years to get home.

Perris0707 Supporting Member of TMP07 Dec 2023 6:09 p.m. PST

The Allies' withdrawal from Gallipoli.

Buck21507 Dec 2023 6:53 p.m. PST

George Washington's escape from Long Island to Manhattan.

emckinney07 Dec 2023 7:10 p.m. PST

"One might consider Xenophon and the 10,000 , over 3,000 miles from home, fighting through hostile enemy territory, and taking around two years to get home."

The Czech Legion in the Russian Civil War, all the way across Siberia.

Personal logo ColCampbell Supporting Member of TMP07 Dec 2023 8:34 p.m. PST

All five of these are excellent examples.

Jim

mildbill08 Dec 2023 6:23 a.m. PST

Sigel in the ACW was considered very good at withdrawing. Of course, he was always getting into situations that required a great withdrawal. :)

Dn Jackson Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 7:05 a.m. PST

Perhaps Jackson leaving the Shenandoah Valley and joing with Lee for the Seven Days.

Personal logo The Virtual Armchair General Sponsoring Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 11:20 a.m. PST

The Japanese withdrawal from Guadalcanal in '43.

Completely managed to fox the US Navy, and the Army suffered at least another hundred casualties from "friendly fire" while searching the then empty island for an enemy that had already decamped.

TVAG

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 3:29 p.m. PST

Thanks!


Armand

doc mcb08 Dec 2023 3:52 p.m. PST

Lee after Gettysburg?
Mao's Long March?

35thOVI Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 5:04 p.m. PST

In some cases, how much credit should be given to the incompetence of the pursuers?

Wolfhag Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 7:43 p.m. PST

Fighting withdraw while constantly pursued by the enemy and fighting. Chosin Reservoir and Xenophon would be in the running.

Gallipoli was a genius plan and execution as were the Japanese withdraw from the Aleutians and Guadalcanal.

Wolfhag

Cuprum208 Dec 2023 9:20 p.m. PST

emckinney, it's hard to call the attack on Kazan a "retreat through Siberia". Vladivostok was in the opposite direction, several thousand kilometers away)))

"Lion's retreat" of the 27th Neverovsky division in 1812.
From Wikipedia in an article about General Dmitry Neverovsky: "During the battle of Krasnoye on August 14 with 3 military corps under the command of Marshals Ney and Murat and the retreat after it, he showed high command skill and personal heroism. Despite frequent skirmishes with a numerically superior enemy ( Neverovsky had 6 thousand recruits against 15 thousand from the French), his division, which found itself in combat conditions for the first time, having repelled about 40 cavalry attacks, retreated (twelve miles over 5 hours) in the greatest order.

Personal logo Old Contemptible Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 10:46 p.m. PST

Washington's Continental Army withdrew from Trenton to attack Princeton. Then the withdrawal from Princeton to winter quarters.

Personal logo Old Contemptible Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 10:47 p.m. PST

Chosin Reservoir
Dunkirk
Corunna
German withdrawal from Sicily (August 11, 1943)
2nd Trenton
Russian withdrawal from Moscow (1812)
American withdrawal from Long Island.

Personal logo Wolfshanza Supporting Member of TMP08 Dec 2023 11:20 p.m. PST

Didn't Jubilation T Cornpone pull one off ? ? evil grin

doc mcb09 Dec 2023 1:30 p.m. PST

AAANNNDDD Wolfshanza for the win!

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP09 Dec 2023 3:20 p.m. PST

Ha!…


Armand

4th Cuirassier12 Dec 2023 3:04 a.m. PST

Grouchy from Wavre in 1815.

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