However, it is unfair to suggest that Charles was fully responsible for all royalist failures. Despite having poorer resources to begin with, the royalists seemed to have the upper hand towards the middle of the war, winning many battles such as Adwalton Moor, and Roundway Down, and the successful siege of Bristol. The road to London appeared to be open. However, they failed to capitalise on early victories, at the fault of the poor military leadership. The divided nature of the royalist councils, for example the relationship between Rupert and Digby lead to a lack of coordination of their forces. The royalists were limited in their alliances, and the Cessation Treaty failed to supply the royalists with enough troops, again weakening their cause. The inability to raise sufficient funding for the war, due to the smaller tax base of the royalists, meant they failed to create a…
Why Richard lost at the battle of Bosworth can be put into long and short-term factors. In the short term, to start with Richard outnumbered Tudor’s men 10000 to 5000 and were obviously favoured to be victorious, however when Richard tried to kidnap Tudor, this forced Tudor to seek help from the French. This allowed for King Charles to use henry as a means of unsettling the English Monarchy, to do this Charles gave Henry 60000 francs and 1800 highly professional mercenaries to use in the battle. Although Richards’s men outnumbered Tudor’s, Tudor’s men were of higher skill level and this was certainly a factor of defeat.…
The main reason why the Norman’s won was due to Harold’s death. After he died the Saxon’s lost all momentum,…
The main point of the narrative by Joseph Plumb Martin is to show the Revolutionary War through the eyes of the people who are the lowest in the militaries chain of command, the private soldier. Martin was an average soldier who described the hardships he and his fellow soldiers went through. The soldiers were malnourished and not properly clothed for the weather. Many didn’t have shoes, Martin made moccasins out of leather and tied them around his feet so they wouldn’t bleed from the cold. Martin states, “we had nothing to eat for two or three days previous, except what the trees of the field and forest afforded us.”(124) This quote shows that even though they were expected to fight for their country, they were essentially left to fend for…
The first major similarity between these battles is that Beowulf for the most part he fights alone. During the first battle Beowulf fights against not only Grendal, but also against his men which shows how good of a fighter Beowulf because he was able to defeat them even though he was outnumbered. In his second battle, when fighting against Grendal’s mother he goes down to the bottom of the lake without his men to battle against her. During the third battle, his men desert him during the intense fight so Beowulf is left alone to fight his most challenging battle yet. In the end Beowulf is unable to defeat the dragon so he was left to lose alone.…
The most obvious difference between the two is the name of the heroes and their battling strengths. In the poem, Beowulf, the hero is known as Beowulf and has extraordinary strength whereas in the movie, The 13th Warrior, he is known as Buliwyf who has nothing other than regular human strength. Another difference occurs in the in how the beasts are portrayed. In the poem the main beasts name is Grendel, and in the movie the beast is known as the leader of thousands of other beasts. In Beowulf the hero only has to take on two beasts, Grendel and Grendel’s mother, in contrast the hero in The 13th Warrior has to take on thousands of beasts. When it came to the battles against the beasts, Buliwyf’s men fight alongside him against the thousands he had to take on, whereas Beowulf’s men took off except for one who stayed and fought by his side. In the poem, Beowulf kills Grendel by ripping off his arm and later returns to kill Grendel’s Mother. In contrast to the poem Buliwyf stabs the leader of the beasts to death after killing the leader’s mother.…
The Prince of Glory and The Eastern Front, both display the the conditions of both countries, soldiers, home front, and leadership within the battles of World War I. The differences between the two countries approaches to the war are vastly different, however, the themes within the battles are similar. These themes include the leadership of both armies, patience, and the home front stability; these themes found in both countries affect their outcomes of their battles. It appears that the French, unlike the Russians, remained more stable throughout these battles due to their superior organization, care for their soldiers, and ability to keep their home front stable.…
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Nobody could deny that leadership is nearly as old as humanity. We noticed some members of the society came up to leaders positions while others did not. Leadership is the heartbeat of any organization and the key to success. Leadership has been defined as an effective influence in the activity of a group and directing them toward the target seeking to achieve a particular goal. Leadership is to correct mistakes, support the team spirit and balance between personal goals and team goals. I believe that leadership is the behavior of the leader that helps his group to achieve specific goals while guiding them towards achieving these goals. Simply, it is the ability of the leader to influence the group in various levels. Big difference between…
When a streak of light ran across the sky and crashed into the earth the…
The version of War of the Worlds I found most effective in creating fear amongst it’s audience was the radio broadcast. In both the novel version and the radio broadcast the alien creature that lands on Earth is described in great detail. It’s grotesque features are planted in our mind as the narrator tell us the events of the story. In the original novel the crowd is in a sort of riot at the sight of an extraterrestrial and even trampel a pedestrian in all the fuss. Even though the radio broadcast describes less of the chaos in the crowd i found it more frightening. One of the scariest thing about this version was that many of the listeners thought it was actually happening to Earth. As you can imagine the thought of an alien invasion is terrifying, not only did many think the events to be true but they had to wait for the narrator to reveal more information. When people read the novel they knew it was fiction and also could skip to the end of the book if they couldn't take the suspense , eliminating many feelings of fear.…
In 1860 and 1861 eleven of the southern states declared their secession from the Union creating the Confederate States. This act caused widespread conflict and the Civil War followed quickly after. The Southern states were led to secede from the Union by many different factors, including the question of slavery, the election of Abraham Lincoln, and the “right of self government.”…
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 were fought between the United States and Great tBritain. The cause of the Revolutionary War was due to unfair taxation of the colonies by the British Parliament, and without the help from the French, the United States would not have won this war. The causes of the War of 1812 were due to the French involvement with Great Britain, which lead to trade embargoes in Europe. Also, impressment of U.S. seamen for the British army, freedom of the seas, British stirring up Indian trouble in the northwest of the U.S. were major factors as well. Although, both wars ultimately lead to victories for the United States.…
The war of 1812 was the americans first war. It was a 32 month war almost three years. The U.S was fighting against the world's strongest navy, the british and we were also fighting with the canadians. The white house was burnt down after by the enemies after they ate dinner in it. There was many little battle that the us lost but we also had some big wins in some big city’s, allowing us to win and get the land we wanted along with ending the impressment of U.S sailors.…
One thing I noticed was the use of several different themes included in both stories. In the Lord of the Rings the inhabitants of Middle Earth join to save themselves from enslavement. Centuries before, a ring was forged putting much power into control of who had it. Some men fell into that power, but an alliance of men and elves defeated it. The Ring was cut from Sauron hand. Sauron was a antagonist character who was pursuing the power by wearing the ring. After being cut from Saurons hand, the ring should have been destroyed, but a human prince, Isildur, took it. Isildur was slain, and the Ring fell into a river. Myth also played a part in The Lord of the Rings, the sense of transience and lost grandeur that pervades The Lord of the Rings goes, in part, with the territory in which Tolkien is wading. He writes the novel in a mythic mode, and one of the conventions of myth is that it describes a past that is more glorious than the present. This sense of loss certainly is present in the Greek myths, for example, or in Homer’s epic poems that draw on these myths—both of which describe a world in which men and gods mix freely, a world that is no more. Tolkien’s own work is something between mythology and fiction, locating itself in a middle ground between a past that is remembered only in song and the everyday present of the reader. This sense of ancientness is constantly present, brought to life in chants, poems, and graven inscriptions. As Tolkien shows again and again—whether with the Elves or with the Númenóreans or the Dwarves—the stories that the characters tell define them. In…