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452. Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)

2024/5/20
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Dominic和Tom探讨了小比格霍恩战役的史实与虚构,以及卡斯特的英雄形象及其报道的政治化和演变。他们分析了卡斯特的命令含糊不清,以及其行动目标在于驱赶印第安人,并尽可能取得军事胜利。他们还描述了印第安人聚集地规模巨大,位于风景优美的地理位置,以及小比格霍恩河谷的地理特征对战斗的影响。此外,他们还分析了格兰特政府的政策导致印第安人缺乏资源,并促使他们聚集在更大的营地中,以及印第安人在罗斯巴德战役的胜利增强了他们的信心,并导致了他们聚集在大型营地中。他们还探讨了印第安人对即将到来的战斗缺乏预感,沉浸在庆祝活动中,以及坐牛对即将到来的危险有所预感,并进行了祈祷。他们还分析了卡斯特的军队规模、人员素质以及装备情况,以及卡斯特的紧迫感与其政治和经济利益相关。他们还描述了卡斯特军队的行军过程及其遇到的困难,以及侦察兵对印第安人数量的预估以及卡斯特的回应。他们还探讨了卡斯特军队的休息和克劳侦察兵带来的消息,以及卡斯特的决定。他们还分析了卡斯特的作战计划以及其潜在的风险,以及卡斯特军队的夜间行军以及侦察兵的报告。此外,他们还分析了侦察兵对印第安人数量的报告以及卡斯特的回应,以及印第安人发现美军踪迹以及卡斯特的决定。他们还探讨了卡斯特军队疲惫的状态及其对战斗的影响,以及侦察兵对战斗的担忧以及卡斯特的自信。他们还分析了卡斯特的自信和种族优越感,以及卡斯特军队分兵的策略以及其目的。他们还描述了卡斯特军队分兵后的具体部署以及宾廷的角色,以及侦察兵的警告以及卡斯特的回应,以及士兵们的情绪。他们还概述了战斗开始前的战略态势,以及卡斯特军队的三路推进计划。最后,他们还分析了卡斯特军队行军过程中的细节以及印第安人被发现,以及卡斯特与雷诺分兵的决定以及卡斯特的潜在计划。 Dominic和Tom详细描述了小比格霍恩战役的经过,包括雷诺的进攻、撤退以及卡斯特的行动和最终的失败。他们分析了雷诺的指挥失误,以及印第安人对美军的反击。他们还描述了战斗中美军士兵的伤亡以及印第安人的行为。此外,他们还讲述了一些士兵的个人经历,例如布鲁迪刀的死亡以及多曼的遭遇。他们还探讨了战斗的战略意义以及其对美国西部历史的影响。

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“You and I are going home today, and by a trail that is strange to us both…”

The Battle of The Little Bighorn is one of the totemic moments of American frontier history. However, it is also mysterious, with the exact events of that blood-soaked day difficult to trace. On the 22nd of June, George Custer marched out with vague orders to drive the vast gathering of the Lakota and their allies, under the leadership of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, towards General Terry’s force, advancing from the South. Custer, keen as ever for a charge, was hoping to score a considerable defeat over the Native Americans in time for the 4th of July centenary. Then, on the evening of the 24th of June, Crow scouts reported that the Lakota’s trail had been found, and Custer launched into action. Marching his men through the night, they arrived at the encampment the following morning, shocked to discover a camp of thousands. At 3pm, the first force attacked, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, in all its horror and gore, had begun…

Join Dominic and Tom they explore one of America’s most mythologised battles, separating fact from fiction, as they build up to George Custer’s last stand.

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