Alexander The Great Alexander’s empire was 2‚000‚000 miles big. Alexander was born in 356 B.C.E in Macedonia. His father was king Philip of Macedonia‚ and his mother was Olympia. They hired a philosopher Aristotle to teach him After his father was assassinated He became king‚ and took his father’s plan to conquer Persia.(BGE). Was Alexander really great? Alexander was great for at least three reasons intelligence‚ creativity‚ caring for others. The first reason that Alexander was great
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The commander passed by me riding to the center of our line‚ the enemy was at the bottom of the hill from us battling our forces that attacked them from the rear. Our forces are outnumbered but they were only a distraction for us the cavalry. The commander rides to the center of the line and turns towards us and yells "Men today we send these invading fools to hell‚ take no prisoners‚ kill all of them‚ they shall pay for the damage they have done to our people and land!". At that he turns back
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For the most part the History surrounding "Braveheart" is accurate‚ but there are several significant people and events which simply do not match up historically. After watching the movie and reviewing the history behind it‚ it becomes clear that Hollywood felt they needed to alter several things in order to make the film more entertaining to their viewers. It is interesting to compare the depiction of the characters and events portrayed in the movie to the actual history that surrounds them. The
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Army Group South headed for the Ukraine‚ and the oil fields of the Caucasus. Facing them in the field were their Soviet counterparts‚ Soviet Marshals Klimenti Voroshilov‚ an old Bolshevik‚ drinking partner‚ and crony of Stalin; Semyon Buddeny‚ a cavalry officer of indifferent ability in modern warfare‚ and Semyon Timoshenko‚ one of the few capable high ranking officers to survive Stalin’s
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Kingdom. He is the recipient of several awards and nominations‚ having won two Brit Awards‚ two MTV Video Music Awards‚ two Ivor Novello Awards and receiving five Grammy Award nominations. Blunt was an officer in the British Army Life Guards‚ a cavalry regiment of the British Army‚ and served under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict in 1999. While posted to Kosovo‚ Blunt was introduced to the work of Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF or "Doctors Without Borders"). Since then‚ Blunt has been an active
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To understand the military successes of Napoleons’ army during this time all the levels of war must be analysed‚ starting with the strategy adopted by the French army. Strategy is seen as the “overall plans‚ assuming responsibility for the general course of military enterprises.” Previous to the Napoleonic Wars‚ strategies were formed around the basis that wars were generally a limit concept‚ meaning it rarely affected the entire of a factions’ society. This led to wars of manoeuvre in which direct
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Fallujah. It was recorded that approximately 4‚000-5‚000 insurgents remained in the city of Fallujah. On November 6‚ Regimental Combat Team 1‚ consisting of the 3rd Battalion/1st Marines‚ 3rd Battalion/5th Marines‚ and the US Army’s 2nd Battalion/7th Cavalry‚ were in position to assault the western part of Fallujah; attacking from the north. Later that day‚ they were joined by Regimental Combat Team 7‚ made up of 1st Battalion/3rd Marines‚ the 1st Battalion/8th Marines‚ and the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion/2nd
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first battle to be recorded. After defeating the Persians the greek city states became more confident about themselves and how strong they are to defending their city states. The Persian armada of 600 ships an invasion force of of 20‚000 infantry and cavalry on just north of Athens in september 490 B.C. Their goal was to crush Greek states. The Athens had 10‚000 men ready for the attack so they can protect their territory. Persians and the athens met on a plain mountain of Marathon 6 miles north of Athens
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to rest. As William arrived Harold got his men to formed a shield wall. William’s archers went first their aim was not great as they were shooting uphill consequently hitting the shield wall and soaring over their heads. Next William sent in his cavalry (men on horses) to attack but because there was a shield wall the hoses could not get past therefore the Normans were safe. William reset his archers to a good position enabling his archers to get a good aim‚ as a result of this it created the smallest
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your tents and start the fires. Before sunrise we will travel south. When the English arrive‚ we will pick them off like bugs as they swarm our camp. Any survivors will be taken out when we charge from north and south. Archers‚ count your arrows‚ cavalry‚ sharpen your spears‚ and the rest of you‚ prepare yourselves for battle! The English pillocks better be ready to kiss our Scottish
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