A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, such as a suicidal assault through the breach...
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Look up forlorn hope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Forlorn Hope may refer to: Forlorn hope, a group of soldiers tasked with leading the vanguard...
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Donner Party (section "The Forlorn Hope")
some pistols, hoping to make their way to Bear Valley. Historian Charles McGlashan later called this snowshoe party the "Forlorn Hope". Two of those...
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The Forlorn Hope is a science fiction novel by David Drake. The Forlorn Hope was originally intended as the first volume of a series for Ace Books, later...
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The Donner Party (2009 film) (redirect from The Forlorn)
increasingly scarce, a small group calling themselves "The Forlorn Hope" turned to cannibalism. The Forlorn was the working title for the film. The film opens...
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The Forlorn Hope Estate is an area of Bristol in St Paul's. The 13-acre estate was originally a farm owned by St Nicholas Church vestry from 1693. At that...
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head was a vanguard (Vortrab) also known as the Verlorener Haufen or 'forlorn hope', which in the case of the Brunswick force numbered some 1,500 Landsknechte...
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Forlorn Hope was the name given by a group of seven men to an open boat in which they sailed and rowed from Adam Bay, Northern Territory to Champion Bay...
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The Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier, 2014. G. Jungslager, pp 442. Forlorn Hope, 2012. T Hara pp 73. Japanese Destroyer Captain, 1961. T Hara, pp 74...
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Tales from the Forlorn Hope is a 1991 role-playing adventure for Cyberpunk published by R. Talsorian Games. Tales from the Forlorn Hope is an adventure...
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publicity to send a message is a matter of speculation.[citation needed] Forlorn hope – Military trope Green Light Teams – American special forces tasked with...
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onwards and contained much of what was standard for German shock troops. Forlorn hope Special forces Assault Engineering Brigades Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany)...
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start calling the piece they are in the Forlorn Hope. As they approach Jupiter, Stevens eases the Forlorn Hope out of the pack and manages a hard landing...
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dangerous situations (commonly suicide missions such as demining or forlorn hope advance parties), as march battalions that maintain replacement personnel...
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attack an enemy or an enemy unit from the side, or to maneuver to do so. Forlorn hope: a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part...
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accurately to make a breach in the fortifications. In order to allow the forlorn hope and support troops to get close enough to exploit the breach, more zigzag...
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phrase forlorn hope originally meant "storming party, body of skirmishers" from Dutch verloren hoop "lost troop". But confusion with English hope has given...
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were placed on its flanks. In the attack, a band of soldiers called a forlorn hope preceded the pike square to break enemy pikes. The pikemen were supported...
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I. Conscription and sexism Male expendability Military tactics/units Forlorn hope: an initial wave of assault troops expected to sustain high casualties...
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label Toy's Factory in 1999. In 2001, they released their second album A Forlorn Hope, which sold over 500,000 copies. It was later released in America by...
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voice during the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty signing ceremony in "Forlorn Hope". This is the last After Forever album with guitarist and founder Mark...
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originally named Forlorn Hope by inhabitants, but was given its current name by Oscar Richard, Sr., who was the post master of the Forlorn Hope, La., post office...
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treatment of armed forces as a worthless commodity to be expended Dušni Brav Forlorn hope, the initial wave of troops attacking a fortress or other strongpoint...
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support. Vanguardism, a political theory developed by Vladimir Lenin Forlorn hope Rearguard Rogers, Clifford (2007). Soldiers Lives through History: The...
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solitary and the sad find comfort in it. It reflects the pretty, pitiable, forlorn hope of those who are cursed with a low vitality, and poor physical health"...
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brought back to life and is a member of Legion's advanced scouting group, "Forlorn Hope." Eletherion The oldest warrior son of Kyrdu. Eletherion is Kylhuk's...
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in the South Essex Battalion after successfully leading an unofficial forlorn hope to take the third breach of Badajoz and the death of several captains...
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"martyr") and istishhadi (Arabic: اِسْتِشْهَادِيّ, "martyrdom seeker"), are forlorn hope or suicide attack shock troops utilized by several Sunni jihadist groups...
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Retrieved June 21, 2019. S.G. SAVIGE. D.S.O., M.C. (1920). STALKY'S FORLORN HOPE. McCubbin. Shoumanov, Vasili (2021). "Assyrian Yellow Pages by Vasili...
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revive the warmth and affection we had for his younger self seems a forlorn hope, just as casting a creaky Harrison Ford as a man living off the land...
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