Battle of Hamel The Battle of Hamel was a major turning point of World War 1. It set the centre stage for future engagements such as Amiens and was the quickest and more efficient battle in the history of the war. The Battle of Hamel took place on 4th July of 1918 and the operation was overseen by John Monash‚ an Australian general. It was executed by the elite soldiers of the 4th division as well as newly conscripted Americans. The objective was to take the town of Hamel‚ France for the Allies
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THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA Following its defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga‚ the Union Army‚ which was led by Major General William S. Rosecrans‚ went back to its base at Chattanooga. Reaching the safety of the town‚ they quickly created defenses before General Braxton Bragg’s pursuing Army of Tennessee arrived. Moving his men onto Missionary Ridge to the east and Lookout Mountain to the south‚ Bragg soon commanded the approaches to the city and placed the Union troops under siege
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COMMENTARY: Poems I?d read over on any rainy day by Nikki Rivera Gomez / MindaNews Monday‚ 02 July 2007 23:01 It was the 1950s—the decade when a pompous West‚ emerging victorious from a world war that killed over 57 million people‚ was beginning to prance and preen like a peacock. Almost overnight‚ the US economy boomed with those big-finned Chryslers‚ Fords‚ and Buicks. Holiday Inn began its worldwide chain‚ as did the now ubiquitous McDonalds. I was barely a year old when Elvis‚ James
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them. But when the mother is the nightmare‚ they have no comfort. The topics are excerpts‚ one is from Amy Chua’s memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom and the other is from Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club are about mother-daughter relationships. The authors wrote about their own memories. Chua is about being the mother of two daughters and Tan is about being the daughter of two Chinese immigrant parents. In Amy Chua’s excerpt “The Violin”‚ Chua is retelling a memory of her and her daughter‚
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the Iraqi combatants‚ the first battle of Fallujah‚ known as Operation Vigilant Resolve‚ came shortly after the victory of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The 1st Battalion‚ 5th Marine Regiment‚ was sent into the city of Fallujah to save troops of the 82nd Airborne Division. On 31 March 2004‚ four U.S. contractors were ambushed and killed by Iraqi insurgents. Months after the loss of the first battle of Fallujah‚ the U.S. fought in another battle of Fallujah. This battle took place on November 7th‚ 2004
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The Battle of Waterloo was fought thirteen kilometres south of Brussels between the French‚ under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte‚ and the Allied armies commanded by the Duke of Wellington from Britain and General Blücher from Prussia. The French defeat at Waterloo drew to a close 23 years of war beginning with the French Revolutionary wars in 1792 and continuing with the Napoleonic Wars from 1803. There was a brief eleven-month respite when Napoleon was forced to abdicate‚ exiled to the island
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The Battle of Crete Crete‚ the largest of the islands in the southern Mediterranean‚ was the site of one of the most unique battles in World War 2. Using airborne troops Hitler invaded Crete on the 20th of May 1941. The three main causes of the battle was Mussolini’s invasion of Greece‚ Crete’s strategic importance and the Paratroopers wanting to prove themselves. The consequences can be seen from all three of the main fighting sides; the Germans‚ the Allies and the Cretans. Each with different
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Marisol Ms. Jordan US history P.2 23‚ October 2012 The Battle of Vicksburg The battle of Vicksburg was a major siege of the Civil War. The great battle and controversy was all about the Mississippi River‚ and who would have dominant use of it. Of course with its major benefit‚ who could possibly not want the rights to use of the Mississippi? With steam boat technology especially‚ this made commerce a very profitable game. This regular route would also
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As much as The Battle of Salamis was a significant victorious accomplishment for the Greek Navy‚ it was equally as important to the Persians as subdue against their Empire. As the reader embarks on a journey into a review on one of the greatest battle of all times‚ here is a brief summary about the Author‚ his background and the battle of Salamis through his eyes. Barry Strauss is currently the professor of history and classics at the prestigious Cornell University. He has been published countless
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The French revolution was a beacon of hope for the common people‚ that quickly turned into a bloodbath as the common people took the law into their own hands in order to right the Aristocrat’s wrongs. Throughout A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens emphasizes the theme vengeance vs justice by employing negative diction and incorporating the motifs blood‚ wine‚ and the color red‚ and duality in order to illustrate how french society masks revenge as justice during the revolution. Dickens’ use of negative
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