Essays about War Page 56

Last Stand of the 300 Isabelle The battle of Thermopylae was fought between the Greeks (Sparta and Athens) and the Persians. The Persian leader, Xerxes, wanted revenge on the Greeks for the destruction of Sardis, a Persian city, so he led the Persian army of up to 300,000 men to invade Greece (which was not…

Fought July 1 through July 3, 1863, considered by most military historians the turning point in theAmerican Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was a decisive engagement in that it arrested theConfederates’ second and last major invasion of the North, destroyed their offensive strategy, and forcedthem to fight a defensive war in which the inadequacies…

There were four major types of repeating rifles used in the American Civil War. Gun experts agree that identifying all the different types of weapons used in the war is nearly impossible (Niepert 2007). In his article Carbines, Revolving Rifles and Repeating Rifles,” Robert Niepert of the Florida Historical Society identifies the Colt-Root Rifle, Sharps…

I hoped that this time capsule will allow future generations to have an understanding of this period. The four items or events are: Harry Truman Space Race The creation and the destruction of the Berlin Wall Vietnam War Harry Truman Harry S. Truman, was born on 1884 and died on 1972, became the 33rd President…

The phrase “First World” (e.g. member states of the NATO) refers to countries which are democratic, have an advanced economy and technology, great influence on the world and highest standards of living. Where as the term “Third World” which was originally coined to refer to countries which neither aligned with the West (NATO) nor with…

In the 1960’s and 70’s, the United States underwent significant changes marked by turmoil. Despite recovering from containment and its domino policy, the US was self-assured in asserting its global influence. A pivotal event during this era was the Vietnam War, which emerged as the lengthiest war in American history. This conflict had a profound…

On August 5th. 1864. Rear Admiral David Farragut led the Union navy into Mobile Bay. Alabama. to confront a smaller Confederate fleet under the bid of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and neutralize three garrisons environing Mobile Bay to finish the Union encirclement of the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict would turn out pivotal in the Union…

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque’s protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More importantly, during…

After the events at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, militiamen from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont came together in Cambridge and the surrounding area near Boston. Meanwhile, British General Gage and 6,500 soldiers and marines controlled Boston proper, while the American force consisted of more than 16,000 men. However, sickness…

When evaluating Ken Burns documentary series The Civil War (1990) in terms of establishing a  verdict on the inherent quality of the series, it is important to keep in mind that there two basic perspectives from which the film will ultimately viewed: the perspective of an “average” viewer, and the perspective of an historian.   The…