and retreated to new ground. As we inspected the area where they once occupied‚ suddenly artillery shells exploded all around us. I jumped to the ground as shrapnel exploded and flew overhead striking the tree that was behind me. We were being attacked. Not by the Japanese‚ but from our own guns. The radioman started shouting‚ “We are Americans! Stop The Artillery!” Nothing stopped‚ for the artillery commanders faced a known problem. The Japanese were far more fluent in English then we were
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Akbar the Great was the third Mughal Emperor‚ ascending the throne at the very young age of thirteen. During the time of Akbar’s reign he abolished military threats from some of the most powerful empires including the Second Battle of Panipat where he defeated the Hindu king Hemu. Aside from being a great military commander Akbar the Great was also a huge influence on India’s culture and art‚ even having the walls of his palaces covered in murals. He also took an interest in Sanskrit literature
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The Major Battles of the Civil War No other war seems to hold our focus like the Civil War. Scholars have chosen to make it their life’s work‚ authors have written reams about it‚ and we all feel some kind of connection to the Civil War. This paper was created to highlight some of the major battles that took place during that conflict. Major battles usually marked a drastic change in the momentum from one side to the other or led to massive losses of troops. These battles and their results all
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good range. The rifled cannon would deliver shells that explode on impact‚ thereby creating lots of shrapnel. These canons were capable of taking out ten men with one shot. Gettysburg also discussed the smoothbore cannon which was the most popular artillery in the Civil War and could fire four kinds of ammunition. Lastly‚ Gettysburg talked about a new type of bullet‚ the miniball. The miniball had a hollowed base and was grooved on the sides‚ both of which would lead to more stability. The miniball
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History OA Project- John Maclenan Hine Task 1- Old Alleynian John McLennan Hine was born in Maryport‚ Cumberland on 14th of April 1872 and died when his ship‚ the H.M.S. Invincible sunk on May 31st‚ 1916 in the battle of Jutland. He was 44 years old and his body was never found‚ but he is commemorated on the Portsmouth naval memorial. He was in the royal navy (Sherwood Foresters division) and was an engineer lieutenant. He was the son of Alfred and Isabella Hine and the husband of Lydia Emma Hine
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In the heat of battle‚ without effective delivery from officers‚ soldiers would have no idea what to do‚ and many lives were wasted in the hiccup between command and the front lines. With ships out at sea providing artillery support to the soldiers on the ground‚ calculations and positions had to be exact‚ or the ships would be bombing their own men. “Eventually I found a battalion signaler...this pathetic little ‘flag-waggler’...the ship’s guns mercifully lifted their
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British batteries opened up en masse and were met by Jackson’s mad 24 artillery pieces. The main group of British soldiers moved to the canal near the swamp. Britains light troops‚ led by Robert Rennie advanced along the river bank and were overwhelmed by the American defenders. Rennie was shot dead. The British soldiers retreat
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retreat. Even with the US forces seizing ground‚ they were taking heavy casualties in the process. During the attacks in the foothills‚ PAVN rocket batteries targeted the US Dak To Airfield. During the entirety of the Dak To offensive‚ the regular artillery and rocket fire was the closest the PAVN forces came to capturing Dak To. (Sandstrum A.‚ 1985‚ p. 87) These skirmishes went for weeks inciting heavy casualties on both sides‚ and US and ARVN forces seizing most of the key hills over watching Dak
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a replacement of the crossbows. As they made the crossbows larger‚ the catapults became larger as well. At first‚ the catapult was the weapon of choice in warfare‚ but as soon as the invention of gunpowder and artillery‚ the catapult wasn’t used as much anymore. The gunpowder and artillery quickly replaced the catapult and became the weapon of choice. The grade that I believe I should receive is at least an A because I put a lot of work into this project and my catapult shoots pretty far as
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New Technology Of World War One World War I brought much technological advancement to the battlefield‚ such as pillboxes‚ flamethrowers‚ and mustard gas. But all this new technology brought the need for new tactics and there really were no new ideas on how to use them. Soldiers fought a traditional styled war‚ and suffered many casualties due to the new technology. Generals slowly figured out the strengths and weaknesses of each new piece of equipment and were able to use most of them effectively
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