The Battle of Hastings was between William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson in 1066. William won the battle and became king‚ Harald lost for many reasons such as bad luck‚ mistakes and bad leadership. When Edward the Confessor died‚ there was no direct heir to the throne and the throne was passed to Harold Godwinson. Then William claimed that Edward the confessor had promised the throne to him. So they fought at the battle of Hastings for the throne. Harold was unlucky
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War‚ marking the ‘shot heard around the world.’ Pursuing several years of mounting tensions and the livelihood of Boston troops‚ the military governor of Massachusetts‚ General Thomas Gage‚ began moving to secure the colony’s military supplies to keep them from the patriot militias. His proceedings received official consent on April 14‚ 1775‚ when orders arrived from the secretary
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David Farragut led the Union navy into Mobile Bay‚ Alabama‚ to face a smaller Confederate fleet under the command of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and neutralize three forts surrounding Mobile Bay to complete the Union blockade of the Gulf of Mexico. The battle would prove pivotal in the Union victory‚ as well as President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election three months later. The Union fleet‚ under Farragut‚ used sheer power and numbers to decimate the Confederates. The Union fleet consisted of four ironclad
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The Battle of Kursk occurred between Soviet Russian and German military forces in July and August of 1943. It took place outside and around the Soviet city of Kursk located near the border with Ukraine. It was the last major German offensive on the Eastern Front and is known to be the largest tank battle in history. Over two million men and eight thousand tanks were involved in the conflict. The battle ended with a decisive victory for the Soviet Union and put the German Wehrmacht on the defensive
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The battle of Marathon was in September of 490 BCE between Greece and Persia. This battle also shows that thinking outside the box and not following the normal ways of fighting can help you survive and win. The Persian’s set their sights on Athens because they had an alliance with Athens to help them defeat Sparta. When they “signed” their alliance with Athens they asked for earth and water‚ which really meant that Athens would belong to Persia. Athens was unaware of what they were really signing
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The Battle of Midway is one of the most famous battles from World War II. It took place in the Pacific theater between 4 and 7 June 1942. This was only six months after the Japanese had devastatingly bombed Pearl Harbor propelling the United States to join the war. Despite the short time-frame for the U.S. being involved in the war‚ Midway would prove to be the turning point in the Pacific and if the U.S. had not managed to preserve that tiny atoll the Pacific Ocean could very well be dominated to
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Why William won the battle of Hastings? The battle of Hastings happened in 1066‚ 14th of October and was fought between William and Harold. The battle was eventually won by William. There are four reasons why William won the battle of Hastings‚ there are preparation‚ tactics‚ luck and his leadership. First of all‚ William won the Battle of Hastings because he prepared himself very well before he fought. William prepared a great army of knights‚ where there are two thousand knights. What’s more
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It was said by the Saxons that Harold Hardrada was stronger and bigger than any man living. As soon as he and Tostig landed with their army in the north of England‚ they routed the first English who came to fight them. When Harold of England heard this he set out for the north‚ hurrying his grumbling soldiers along at a speed to which they were quite unaccustomed. King Harold and his men were only a day’s march from York when the invaders took the city by storm. That night the Northmen returned
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The battle of Gettysburg started in June 1863‚ Lees’s troops crossed Maryland and marched in to Pennsylvania. The general of the the Union at the time was General George Meade. General George Meade was one of the few Union Generals who began his life and career in a foreign land. He was born in Spain‚ and moved to America after his family was in debt after the Napoleonic war. On July 1st‚ Confederate troops entered the town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. Before the war had begun Confederate troops
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To what extent is Xerxes misinterpreted in both ancient and modern sources? Throughout history‚ it has been claimed by many that Xerxes‚ the fourth Persian king of the Great Achaemenid dynasty‚ was a cruel and intolerant leader‚ whose actions were more than questionable. However‚ in a time when Persian and Greek hostilities were quite extreme‚ due to Xerxes’ military decision to acquire Greece‚ there were few written sources which were not composed by his opposition or heavily influenced by the
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