Alamo and the fight for Texas’ independence‚ there were a handful of people that gave first-person accounts of certain events that occurred. These individuals were eyewitnesses throughout the Battle of the Alamo and their stories are quite captivating. One of these individuals was just a child during the battle of the Alamo and his name was Enrique Esparza. According to his account written and quoted in The San Antonio Light‚ he and his family found themselves heading to the Alamo due to General Santa
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Montgomery 1 The battleship was an instrument used in several wars as a sea based weapon. The battle ship was one of the primary ships in World War II and was a massive ship. The bristling guns and heavy plates of armor were a staple of the ships design. The battleships design was top of the line when it was made but are now outdated. Battleships‚ once the juggernauts of the sea‚ greatly influenced the odds of battles long ago and serve now as monuments to America’s military might. The first battleships
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Battle of the Last 300 Spartans (Battle of Thermopylae thər-mop-i-lee[->0]) The battle was fought around August 7th or September 8th‚ in the year of 490 B.C. It was fought by the alliance of the Greek city-states under the power of King Leonidas of the Spartans and the Persian Empire Xerxes. A force of 7‚300 Greek men marched to guard the passage of Thermopylae. King Leonidas heard that a force of Persian troops were marching to take the passage‚ which was vital to the Greeks. The passage
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The Battle of Shiloh Leah Webster‚ 1st Period Specifics about the battle 1. Where was the Battle of Shiloh fought? The Battle of Shiloh was fought in Pittsburg Landing which is in Hardin County‚ Tennessee. 2. What leaders commanded the North? The generals who lead the Union were Don Carlos Buell and Ulysses S. Grant. 3. What leaders commanded the South? The generals who lead the Confederates were Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard. 4. How many deaths were there in this battle
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1943 von Paulus ordered the 6th Army to surrender on February 2 in StalingradOn January 31‚ 1943 von Paulus ordered the 6th Army to surrender on February 2 in Stalingrad 9 The battle of Stalingrad lasted for about 200 days and nights. This battle probably had the most casualties of all urban battles-or even of ANY battle of ALL time. The number of deaths‚ wounds‚ and casualties was unbelievable. This number
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In the beginning of June‚ 1863‚ the Confederate army began movement into Pennsylvania. Lee issued his first orders for the northern offensive on June 3rd‚ “breaking contact with Hooker’s Army of the Potomac near Fredericksburg” (Reardon‚ 2013). Lee’s forces moved through the Shenandoah Valley‚ using the Blue Ridge Mountains to conceal their movement into Pennsylvania. Lee used his cavalry Division‚ led by Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart to screen the movement of the rest of the army as it passed over the
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casualties‚ and 18‚000 Confederate casualties‚ the Battle of Chickamauga was known as the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War‚ closely following the Battle of Gettysburg. The Union and the Confederacy were fighting for the two railroad lines that ran through Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. On September 19th and 20th‚ 1863‚ the Battle of Chickamauga was fought in the counties of Catoosa and Walker‚ Georgia. Chickamauga got many different nicknames after the battle‚ including “death-knell” and “the river of
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Introduction World Wars‚ Battles‚ or even Civil Wars are very devastating and it just shows how much the people love their country or just how much they want to conquer that country or maybe how much they want independence. Like here in the Philippines‚ we have some different battles. I would love to talk about the Battle of Bataan and I find it most interesting‚ but there is something that is very vague and common about it. I thought about something that really interested me and it came to my mind
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. This is the most famous and important Civil War Battle that occurred on July 1st-3rd 1863 in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. More importantly Gettysburg was the clash between the two major American Cultures of their time: the North and the South. The Confederacy had an agricultural economy producing tobacco‚ corn‚ and cotton‚ with many large plantations owned by a few very rich white males. These owners lived off the labor of sharecroppers
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The Battle of Algiers is a fascinating example of the evocation of thought that can be brought out by a film with such power. Each individual who views the film comes out with a slightly different opinion onto which side the film is skewed. Certainly the film pulls no punches in it’s depiction of the events in which the film represents. However‚ in all indications‚ Gillo Pontecorvo sought to make a neutral sided film that showed the futility of oppression and war. While one side may come out as
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