BACKGROUND The Battle of the Coral Sea was a series of several naval battles fought during the 4th and the 8th of May‚ 1942‚ between Japanese forces and Allied forces (U.S. and Australian). It represented the first battle in history with aircraft carrier warfare on both sides. The Coral Sea is located just off the northeastern coast of Australia‚ southwest of the Solomon Islands and east of New Guinea. Who was involved There were four major groups of ships engaged in different parts of the
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The Battle Of Trenton and the Affect it had on the American Revolution History 101 B011 Wayne Newton Mr. Bacon Winter 2013 The subject of this paper is going to be the Battle of Trenton and the affect it had on the American Revolution. This battle took place on Christmas day in 1776. It was a battle between future president General George Washington and Colonel Rall. This battle proved to be significant for many reasons. Reasons we are going to cover such as weather
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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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In August‚ 480 BC while the Persians took over their city and scorched it‚ the Athenians fled to Salamis after the Battle of Thermopylae. The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle‚ which was fought in September‚ 480 BC between Persia and the Greek city-states. It took place on a small island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens‚ Greece in the canals between Salamis and Piraeus. Effectively under Themistocles and led by the Spartan Eurybiades‚ the Greeks had 371 small oared ships known as triremes and pentekonters
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he The Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was just recently made emperor again in France in 1815. And his enemy’s had already formed an alliance against him. He only had one way to stay emperor and that was to fight his way through it. He had one main goal in his grand strategy to win the war and that was to isolate the allied and Prussian armies‚ and annihilate each one separately. This was a great strategy in theory because if he could destroy the coalition forces before they were reinforced then
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The Battle of Salamis The naval battle of Salamis was one of the last great battles of the Greco-Persian Wars‚ An invasion of Greece by the Persians Led by Persian King forces cunningly defeated Xerxes larger fleet under the leadership of Athenian general Themistocles. Xerxes‚ the son of King Darius was aggressive in the building of his empire. To get revenge for his late his father’s defeat at Marathon‚ he led an army of 150‚000 men and a navy consisting of 600 triremes (war vessels) into Greece
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The Battle of Shiloh History 217 Dr. Tew 4/24/2014 Dr. Tew Important Event in History April 21‚ 2014 The Battle of Shiloh Early in the morning of April 6 to 7‚ 1862‚ the Battle of Shiloh took place. This was in the early‚ middle of the Civil war. The battle took place in Hardin County‚ Tennessee. This war was fought between Americans. The North side was the Union who believed in keeping the Union intact. The Union was the twenty Free states and five border slave states
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History 24 April 2000 The Battle of Gettysburg " The Turning Point of the Civil War Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. This is the most famous and important Civil War Battle that occurred over three hot summer days‚ July 3‚ 1863‚ around the small market town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. More importantly Gettysburg was the clash between the two major American Cultures of their time: the North and the South. The causes of the Civil War‚ and the Battle of Gettysburg‚ one must
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The battle of Gettysburg On Tuesday morning‚ June 30‚ 1863‚ an infantry brigade of Confederate soldiers searching for shoes headed toward Gettysburg. The Confederate commander spotted a long column of Federal cavalry heading toward the town. He withdrew his brigade and informed his superior‚ General Henry Heth‚ who in turn told his superior‚ A.P. Hill‚ he would go back the following morning for shoes that were desperately needed. The battle began on July 1‚ 1863‚ when some of General Ambrose Powell
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founded in 1765‚ participated in the Boston Tea Party‚ an event leading up to the war. The Daughters Of Liberty‚ also founded around 1765‚ 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
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