2nd Punic War The Roman Republic‚ early on in her history‚ was faced with a great foe from the South. Carthage and Rome were rivals throughout their shared history. What is likely the most notable of the conflicts waged between these two powers is the Second Punic War. This war‚ waged between the years of 218 – 201 B.C‚ saw Rome come dangerously close to her own demise. The Carthaginian campaign in Italy‚ led by Hannibal Barca‚ was immensely destructive and costly for Rome. It is interesting to
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Ho Chi Minh; was a leading figure for not only his people but also the nation of Vietnam‚ he was a tireless figurehead for Vietnam’s struggles for freedom. He was a committed nationalist and communist whose main goal was to achieve a united and independent Vietnamese nation. Ho Chi Minh; born Nguyen Sinh Cung (one of his many alias’) on May 19th‚ 1890‚ to very loyal parents; and proud son of Nguyen Sinh Huy; a Vietnam nationalist and teacher‚ employed under French rule – Ho’s father was an extremely
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all day. Rome avoided being attacked by beating the enemy to the attack. One example of Roman violence in all three Punic wars‚ Rome declared rome on Carthage and didn’t leave them alone until 3 wars later when most of the Carthaginians were killed‚ and those that were not were sold to slavery. But I am getting ahead of myself‚ back to the beginning of the 1st punic war. War was declared in 264 BC on the day that rome decided it was a good idea to interfere with a clash on western Sicily‚ a Carthaginian
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September 2‚ 1945‚ the Allied powers began occupying the war torn nations of Asia and the Pacific Rim. Among these countries were those in Indochina. In Vietnam as Japanese occupiers stepped aside‚ southern portions of the state were occupied first by the British and within a few months‚ by troops of the new French Fourth Republic (1946-1959). It seemed natural since Free French forces had supported the British and Americans in World War II (WWII) and Indochina had been a French colony since the
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Battle of Đien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union ’s French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations over the future of Indochina at Geneva. Military historian Martin Windrow wrote that Đien Bien Phu was "the first time that a non-European colonial independence movement had evolved
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Ho Chi Minh (HCM) 1890-1965 Family background and education ← Born in Nguyen Sinh Cung in Kimlien in Annam province ← His father>teacher employed by the French‚ resigned in protest of French dominance over Vietnam>Ho learnt to resist French & fight for independence from his father ← Run msg’s for the anti French underground when he was a child ← Brought up n strong Confucian teachings and went to French school‚ where he learnt to speak French ← 1911 left Vietnam on a
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major theoretical frameworks in International Relations: Liberalism and Realism‚ this paper argues that mechanisms for conflict resolution are often short-termed and often not home-groomed to accommodate the needs of citizens emanating from a civil war. Liberals argue that this is primarily a failure of cooperation between external and internal actors or stakeholders in the peace process. To them‚ this lack of cooperation generates economic problems and inhibits mistrust which is the embryo for conflict
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Professor Brennen English 1020 22 February 2012 Mary Anne Bell of “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” by Tim O’Brian It is a well known fact that experiencing war changes people; there is an innocence that is forever lost. In Tim O’Brian’s‚ “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”‚ Mary Anne Bell is an unusual example of the innocence that is lost in war because unlike the rest of the soldiers‚ she is a woman. Mary Anne’s transformation from innocent “sweetheart” to fierce warrior left readers with mixed emotions
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chemical agent‚ napalm would leave the enemy dead or with everlasting effects from the burns. Not only was it dangerous‚ it was also versatile in that it could be used in a variety of delivery methods. Napalm was used very wildly during the Vietnam War. Napalm is “chemical mixture of aluminum‚ oleic acid‚ coconut fatty acid‚ naphthenic‚ and an acid produced from petroleum” (new standard encyclopedia). Napalm is like a sticky jelly that is extremely flammable and can burn for up to ten minutes creating
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HANNIBAL AND THE BATTLE OF CANNAE The battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War near the town of Cannae‚ an ancient village in southern part of Italy. The battle took place between the outnumbered Carthaginian army under Hannibal against the Romans under the command of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro. For the most part‚ the Romans were overpowered by the undermanned Carthaginian forces. Many historians agree that the battle of Cannae is one of the greatest
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