John Steinbeck opens his novel‚ In Dubious Battle‚ with the following quote from Milton’s Paradise Lost (this is where the title of the novel comes from): Innumerable force of Spirits armed‚ That durst dislike his reign‚ and‚ me preferring‚ His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven‚ And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? All is not lost--the unconquerable will‚ And study of revenge‚ immortal hate‚ And courage never to submit or yield:
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The Battle of Thermopylae The Spartans vs. The Persians The Battle of Thermopylae started in August of September of 480 BC. The battle lead by King Leonides of Sparta and Xerxes of The Persian empire. The Persians were trying to overtake Greece. In an effort to protect the Greek cities‚ The Greek Army lead by King Leonides was sent to the Pass of Thermopyle to stop the Persian entry into Greece. King Leonides started his march to Thermopylae with 300 men from the Royal Body Guard. As
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The battle of Maldon was a true historic event which took place in the year 991. From the entry in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle it is impossible to ascertain the events that occurred during the battle nor anything of the nature of the people involved. It is a simple‚ superficial‚ historical account which reveals very little. In Medieval English Literature Trapp‚ Gray and Boffey state “The annalists’ bare words give the dismal facts‚ but nothing about the battle itself and next to nothing about the English
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Battle of Amiens | Part of the Western Front of the First World War | Amiens‚ the key to the west by Arthur Streeton‚ 1918. | Date | 8–12 August 1918 (major combat) | Location | East of Amiens‚ Picardy‚ France | Result | Decisive Allied victory | | Belligerents | British Empire * Australia * Canada * United Kingdom France United States | German Empire | Commanders and leaders | Ferdinand Foch Sir Douglas Haig Henry Rawlinson Sir John Monash Sir Arthur
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to be a contributing factor within the scope of combined combat arms. This essay will examine the adaptations and techniques used during the Battle of Gettysburg. It will describe the history of the Battle of Gettysburg and the effects it has on today’s modern artillery. Throughout history‚ the field artillery has been referred to as the King of Battle. Operating
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participated in many patriot acts and events. Mercy Otis Warren supported the Patriots using plays. Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley fought in her husband’s place when he was injured. George Washington‚ called General Washington during battles‚ led the colonists‚ or the Continental Army‚ into battle against the British and won. Many Native Americans and African Americans participated in the American Revolutionary War. Though some Natives fought for the British‚ because they didn’t want any more colonists moving
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Jacee Arbegast U. S. History: A-4 March 15‚ 2013 The start of the longest single battle in World War I began on February 21‚ 1916 and didn’t end until December 18‚ 1916. One of the main reasons the British began the battle of Somme was because of the casualties from Verdun and the impact of the war on the French Army (Trueman‚ Chris). The root of this battle is held in a letter that was written by Erich von Falkenhayn to Wilhelm II. Von Falkenhayn wanted to explain that their key to the war
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BATTLE OF MEIKTILA INTRODUCTION 1. Gentlemen‚ I welcome you all in today ’s study period on "Battle of Meiktila" in the context of Burma Campaign. The significance of Burma Campaign in the course of world war II was of equal importance from both Allied and Axis points of view as that of other theatres of war. Burma was turned into the theatre of war during the third year of the world war II. Two major regional powers‚ one Asian ie Japan and another European ie Great Britain fought this
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Battle of Passchendale: 1) Background: a. General Douglas Haig‚ British General‚ believed that the morale of the German army was very low - especially after the success of the Allies at the Battle of Messines. i. He thought that the Allies could use this low morale and go across Flanders without much trouble. b. British were afraid that the Russians were going to pull out soon so they had to attack soon before the German forces only had to focus on the western
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* The Battle of Plataea (Greek: Μάχη τῶν Πλαταιῶν‚ Machē tōn Plataiōn) was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia‚ and was fought between an alliance of the Greek city-states‚ including Sparta‚ Athens‚ Corinth and Megara‚ and the Persian Empire of Xerxes * * In the summer of 479 BC‚ the Greeks assembled a huge army (by contemporary standards)‚ and marched out of the Peloponnesus. The Persians retreated
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