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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