The Battle of Hastings By Finlay Campbell 1. It is the 13th of October 1066 and I ‚ King Harold Godwinson am preparing my mighty army for battle against the Norman Army and their leader‚ Duke William II .We are prepared to do anything to protect our land and our pride. From our intelligence‚ it seems that the Normans have a force with around 10‚000 which means that we are outnumbered because we only have 7‚000 troops available for battle. 2. I king Harold Godwinson have prepared the finest war
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The battle was known by different names. The Germans referred to it as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation Watch on the Rhine")‚ while the French named it the Bataille des Ardennes ("Battle of the Ardennes"). The Allies called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. The phrase "Battle of the Bulge" was coined by contemporary press to describe the way the Allied front line bulged inward on wartime news maps[22][h][23] and became the best known name for the battle. The German offensive was supported
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Alamo and the fight for Texas’ independence‚ there were a handful of people that gave first-person accounts of certain events that occurred. These individuals were eyewitnesses throughout the Battle of the Alamo and their stories are quite captivating. One of these individuals was just a child during the battle of the Alamo and his name was Enrique Esparza. According to his account written and quoted in The San Antonio Light‚ he and his family found themselves heading to the Alamo due to General Santa
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The Battle of Saratoga was an event that was created by other situations before it. In 1777‚ the British army planned a three part attack. These attacks would be from three different directions to confuse the Patriots and stay on target. This was to seize Albany‚ New York and gain control of the nearby Hudson River. In turn‚ it would cut off the New England colonies from the Middle Colonies as the Hudson River connects both regions. It started with General Burgoyne‚ a leading British general‚ leading
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by a series of some of the bloodiest battles in history‚ having immense effects on civilian populations and infrastructure. The war was so deadly in large part due to the advance in air warfare‚ weaponry‚ and military tactics. Some battles lasted for days‚ and others years. Of the list of significant battles that altered the tides of the war in favor of the Allied powers‚ the Battle of Stalingrad takes precedent. This five month‚ one week‚ and three day battle that saw a near two million casualties
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Darius was the king of Persia and the first to attack Greece. The war was called The Battle Of Marathon it was the most famous. It was the very 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
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The Battle of Gettysburg was considered one of the most important confrontations of the Civil War because it was the bloodiest battle of the War. This specific war was important also because it lasted only three days. The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1‚ 1863 and involved around 165‚000 men and ended on July 3‚ 1863 with over 50‚000 casualties. Of the casualties‚ around 23‚000 were Union soldiers and around 28‚000 were Confederates. This three day battle was the largest battle ever fought on
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The Battle of Carchemish The Battle of Carchemish was a historic battle fought between Babylon‚ Media‚ Assyria‚ Egypt‚ and Israel. The battle was over who would dominatence in the Middle East. Babylon and Media hadave long been at war with Assyria for quite some time‚‚ battling for control in the Middle East.** However‚ in 612 B.C.‚ Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Nineveh‚ Assyria’s capital. The Assyrian lLeaders escaped to Haran from Nineveh‚ and tried to rebuild an army. Nebuchadnezzar then came
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Amid World War II‚ the Battle of Normandy‚ which kept going from June 1944 to August 1944‚ brought about the Allied freeing of Western Europe from the control of German Nazis. The Operation which was code named Overlord. The fight started on June 6‚ 1944‚ otherwise called D-Day‚ when approximately 156‚000 soldiers from Britain America and Canada arrived on five shores along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily secured shores of France’s Normandy district. The intrusion was one of the biggest land and
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The battle of Vicksburg took place in Vicksburg‚ Mississippi‚ 250 feet high‚ overlooking the Mississippi River on the Louisiana-Mississippi state border. It took place between May 18- July 4‚ 1863. The Battle of Vicksburg‚ Mississippi‚ was also called the Siege of Vicksburg‚ was the result of a long land and naval campaign by Union forces to capture a key strategic position during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln recognized the significance of the town situated on a 200-foot bluff
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