Frontal Assault - Battles With Notably Successful Frontal Assaults

Battles With Notably Successful Frontal Assaults

  • Battle of Bunker Hill - after two failed attempts British army succeeds in capturing heights
  • Battle of Missionary Ridge - Union army storms Missionary Ridge after flank attacks are stalled
  • Battle of Pea Ridge - Union army routs Confederate forces in a frontal assault on the second day
  • Battle of Spotsylvania Court House - Union army captures "Mule Shoe Salient"
  • Brusilov Offensive - Russian army breaks Austro-Hungarian lines during WWI

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