(500 B.C. - 449 B.C)‚ many battles took place in this bloody war. Battles were fought on land and at sea. Sea battles played a major role during the war. The Athenian Fleet was among the most sophisticated and powerful navies to date that time. The Persian Armada seemed unbeatable with its vast number of ships and soldiers. The Athenian Navy had a higher kill ratio than the massive Persian Fleet. The Persians and the Athenians both used that same type of ship for sea battles‚ the trireme. A trireme
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The Battle of the Atlantic was the turning point in the war for the Allies‚ it’s when they finally had been on the offense then the defense.The main cause for this Battle was for the control of the sea routes‚ it would’ve been endgame for the Allies had they lost it first began with Britain fighting basically alone and if they lost Germany would’ve been able to easily taken over. The Battle had gone on from 1939-1945 and throughout that six year period thousands of men had died from each side. Great
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July 1st‚ 1916‚ artillery flew everywhere‚ machine guns rang in the distance‚ millions dead. 57‚000 British‚ 8‚000 French and Germans already dead in the first 24 hours. This is the Battle of the Somme‚ held on the River Somme in France. 1.2 million casualties. It started with British General Douglas Haig coming up with an idea of a “great push” through German lines. It was a trench warfare‚ massive artillery bombardments‚ thousand of soldiers going “over the top” into No Mans Land‚ and already many
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The first problem between the British and the Americans happened on April 19‚1775 in Massachusetts. General Thomas Gage wanted his men to ruin all of the Americans supplies and guns that were placed in Concord. He also wanted John Hancock and Sameul Adams to be arrested. Joseph Waren figured out Gage’s plan. He immediately called for William Dawes and Paul Revere to go to Concord and warn the minutemen to be ready. The two
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victory in the battle of Britain. I will look at tactics‚ pilots‚ leadership‚ technology and weapons to help me explain this. The first and most important reason for the victory of the battle of britain was the technology used. Radar was a very important device only used by the british in the battle. Radar was used to detect enemy invation from up to 100 miles away. This enabled british fighter planes‚ the Hurricanes and the Spitfires‚ to get up into the air and prepare for battle. Britain was
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Arndt‚ Joshua Captain Wade MS III 02/16/2017 The Military Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo‚ fought on June 18‚ 1815‚ was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle. "On 13 March 1815‚ six days before Napoleon reached Paris‚ the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw. Four days later‚ the United Kingdom‚ Russia‚ Austria‚ and Prussia mobilized armies to defeat Napoleon. Critically outnumbered‚ Napoleon knew that once his attempts at dissuading one or more of the Seventh Coalition
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110-01 May 8‚ 2013 The Significance of Battle of Bunker Hill The American Revolutionary War is the war that Americans overthrew the British colonial rule‚ won the independence and it is also the war that was conductive to the development of capitalism in the United States and helped the United States developed the capitalist economy. The Battle of Bunker Hill‚ as the early battle in this historical war‚ is also a significant battle during the war. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17
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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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Title: The battle of the brands: Old Spice vs. Axe. By: Neff‚ Jack‚ Advertising Age‚ 00018899‚ 11/17/2008‚ Vol. 79‚ Issue 43 Database:Communication & Mass Media Complete P&G‚ Unilever claim respective products are up and rival’s are down One of the crowning achievements of the Jim Stengel era at Procter & Gamble Co.‚ at least according to Jim Stengel‚ has been the rebound of Old Spice in the battle for hearts and minds of men. P&G’s former global marketing officer was so impressed with the old-school
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Japanese. With fear of losing the Pacific the United States need a strategic victory that could turn the tide of the war. Soon two battles would come over the horizon and would distinguish themselves as the battles that marked the turn of the tide in the war. These two battles are The Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. With out victories in these battles the Pacific might have been losing‚ and the course and outcome of the war changed forever. In the beginning in the war in the Pacific
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