Essays about War Page 70

Audie murphy             To say Audie Murphy was a hero would be an understatement.  With more than just a few medals for bravery while serving in the armed forces his name and memory have affected many since his untimely demise in 1971.  His character still has a lasting impact on our soldiers who are on…

Lincoln’s long hard struggle for equality and end of Slav ery had a limited effect on slaves as well as the outcome of the civil war. before the death of slavery in America, negros witnessed a cruel life. their ski n color was the reason they were entirely under the domination of caucasians. Howard Zi…

Field Marshal Douglas Haig was a senior commander in the British army during World War I. He was a warrior with difference. He led the British Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Somme and the 3rd Battle of Ypres. During the tenure as commander of the British Expeditionary Force, he became controversial for his actions….

The city of New Orleans was the most valutable city in the Confederacy. The loss of the city took a huge blow to the Confederacy. The lower Mississippi had become a Union’s passage for the 400 miles to Vicksburg, Mississippi. In the middle of the night on April 24, Admiral David G. Fraught tried an…

“You limp, will you get out – you hound, you skunk, sneak out of it, would you? “Himmelstos’s eye becomes glassy, I knock his head against the wall – “You cow” – I kick him in the ribs – “You swine” – I push him toward the door and shove him out head first. ”…

Should We Have Used the Atomic Bomb to Defeat the Japanese in WWII? Despite its destructive consequences, the American bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to put an end to the war in the Pacific. President Truman’s choice to release a nuclear weapon on Japan was the fastest solution to ending the United States’ involvement in…

During a time of war, the worst is always brought out in people. The movie Schindler’s List tells the story of an entrepreneur and womanizer, Oscar Schindler. When the Nazi party took over Germany, Schindler took advantage of the situation and began schoomsing up to the Nazi authorities. This helped him to become a very…

            Conscription created the first type of military draft in the United States. The Conscription Act of 1863 occurred during the Civil War in response to the large number of casualties (Walzer, 98). As more and more men were killed or injured during battle, both the Union Army and the Confederate Army needed a steady…

History Internal Assessment: An investigation into Cold War origins To what extent was the Cold War a result of conflicting ideologies? Historical Internal Assessment (HL) Examination Session: November 2013 Word Count: 1,907 words A-PLAN OF THE INVESTIGATION: This investigation assesses the significance of the role of ideology in the origins of the Cold War. This…

The end of World War II resulted in the Soviet occupation of Eastern and Central Europe and the occupation influenced and aided the spread of communism in these countries. With this development the world was divided into bipolar world of competing ideologies leading to Cold War. In essence it was a competition between two different…