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    The Battle of Gettysburg‚ a major turning point in the civil war. The battle lasted five days‚ from June 30th - July 4th‚ 1863. The battle was fought between the Union and the Confederate armies. The union army was fighting to bring the United States back together and to end slavery. The Battle Of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the Civil War because of Failed Leadership and the number of men who were casualties. The Battle Of Gettysburg was a turning point in the civil war because of failed

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    The Battle of Britain (1940) The Battle of Britain was a combat of the Second World War‚ in which the British Air Force‚ the Royal Air Force (RAF)‚ defended the Britain against the German Air Force‚ the Luftwaffe. The battle commenced on July 10‚ 1940 and ended on October 31‚ 1940. The battle was fought over southern England entirely in the air. The German’s aim for the battle was to gain air superiority over southern England and the English Channel by destroying the RAF and England’s aircraft

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    on to succeed as King; but it was not easy and William tried and used many tactics and tricks to make sure he secured his victory. The Battle of Hastings Before William even began preparing to invade‚ there was a great debate on whether or not the Normans should risk invading England‚ as it was quite a strong country at the time. William of Normandy won the battle because was well prepared and had a good army. The Normans had knights on horseback who were skilful fighters. William was extremely

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    • The Battle of Gettysburg was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania • The battle started on July 1st‚ 1863 to July 3rd‚ 1863. It started at 4 pm on July 1st but on July 2nd‚ Longstreet was ordered by Commander Robert E. Lee to attack. Although he was instructed to attack‚ he was very slow to get his men and weapons ready and finally started to attack around 4 pm and the fighting came to an end at about 10:30 pm. The next morning on July 3rd the fighting started again at 4:30 am and finally the battle

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    The Battle of Hastings was fought on the 14th October 1066 (shortly after King Edward the confessor had died) between Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy. The battle was fought on Senlac hill 10 kilometres away from Hastings. The battle started because when King Edward died‚ he left no heir to the throne. The men who claimed to be king were Harald Hadrada‚ Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy. This essay will decide why William won the battle of Hastings by looking at the tree following

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    This question is asking why William was able to beat King Harold Godwinson. There are many reasons why William won the Battle of Hasting for example good reason for won in Battle is Harold Godwinson’s army was tired. The English army had already fought the Battle of Stamford Bridge that day. They had to race down to the small village of Hastings and that’s why they are louse. Williams’s army was rested. Many reasons for Williams’s victory are also to do with chance and also the choices that King

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    to handle. Why did Charles I move out of Oxford just prior to the Battle of Naseby? In May 1645 Parliaments army besiege Oxford (the King’s wartime capital).  Initially‚ Charles welcomed this move as the army would not be able to interfere with his move north.  Then at the end of May he was told that Oxford was short of provisions and that it could not hold out long.  So on the 31st of May‚ just before (2 weeks) the Battle of Naseby‚ Charles left Oxford.  Royalists stormed the Parliamentary

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    Why Did William Win The Battle Of Hastings? Essay Williams victory in 1066 is suprising in some ways‚ this is because King Harold came up with some good choices. Harold was smart enough to think of making a shield wall with his army. By making a shield wall‚ William’s army would have been struggling to fight them. The shield wall was formed by every man in the army to stand shoulder to shoulder to make it more stronger. Each shield was made from wood and covered in metal which would help the

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    among the rotting carcass of their own fellow soldiers. During “The Battle of Somme”‚ in 1916‚ German soldiers was trained to spot how British officers dressed and was ordered to kill them. I also know from my own knowledge that before the battle had started‚ British forces had fired over 1‚700‚000 shells at the German soldiers‚ this potentially could have been a leading factor to make‚ “The Battle of Somme” the bloodiest battles of the war‚ or of any war before or since. Source A3 is a photograph

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    In the summer of 1862‚ the confederates found themselves as the aggressors. In the Eastern Theater‚ Lee’s army of Northern Virginia had driven the Union Armies away from the Confederate capital‚ Richmond and was preparing to invade Maryland. In the western theater‚ the confederate armies were also moving strong‚ into Kentucky. Due to the war France and Britain were feeling the strain as cotton from the southern states was starting to diminish. President Lincoln was thinking of taking a risky

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