epic poem named after Beowulf himself is set on a journey of political issues. Just as leaders such as Roosevelt and Churchill‚ Beowulf created allies to help out not only his own nation but surrounding nations as well. Allies when it comes to battles and wars can be extremely powerful. As Roosevelt created allies during WW2 Beowulf creates a stronger ally with the Danes People. Beowulf feels the need to pay the debt of his father. Helping the Danes defeat Grendel who has made countless attacks on
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Why William won the battle of Hastings? The battle of Hastings happened in 1066‚ 14th of October and was fought between William and Harold. The battle was eventually won by William. There are four reasons why William won the battle of Hastings‚ there are preparation‚ tactics‚ luck and his leadership. First of all‚ William won the Battle of Hastings because he prepared himself very well before he fought. William prepared a great army of knights‚ where there are two thousand knights. What’s more
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Germany and its allies lost the war due to a number of reasons‚ these including; military mistakes‚ internal factor‚ allies and disease. Although their defeat was not so apparent leading up to 1918‚ as instead it was looking like defeat for the allies. Therefore‚ what then could’ve turned the tables on Germany so rapidly and if Germany were instead the victors would any of their small errors mattered. Nonetheless‚ Germany and its allies loss cannot be attributed to a single factor‚ but rather a combination
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Why the Americans won the Revolution The Americans won the Revolutionary War against the British due to three important advantages they had in the war. The first advantage they possessed was the fact that they were fighting on and knew their own land. The British had to move their troops and supplies across the ocean. The Americans did not have to. In addition‚ it was hard for the British to get reinforcement and when their ships were blocked‚ they had no support. As for knowing their own land
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The European allies were more interested in punishing Germany then creating a lasting peace. I Believe they did this for many reasons. Even though they might have known it wasn’t fair they did it anyway. One reason I believe this is because Europe had suffered so many casualties and deaths they had also lost a lot of land. Germany on the other hand didn’t have as much as Europe. But they had to live right next to each other. So Europe probably didn’t want to have to live next to Germany knowing
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World War II By: Zach Dahlenburg From what I have read its seems that Germany was the main reason for the first World War and for the second War. Some of the reasons why the second war was started was due to Fascism which was started by Benito Mussolini. Another reason that the second war was started was due to Chamberlin giving Germany part of Cezoslavakia After the First War‚ the French built the Maginot Wall to better protect them from Germany. It was 125 miles long (202 km). It stretched
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Why did the Allies defeat Hitler? - Weakness of the Axis powers Germany didn’t not give their full military capacity to invade Britain in 1941‚ Hitler allowed Britain to survive. From this Britain kept going with the war into the West‚ the British resistance was increasingly causing Germany problems. Britain also acted as a launch pad for the bombing of Germany and Operation Overload. Therefore‚ invasion of the Soviet Union proved to be a huge mistake‚ pushing Germany to face war on two fronts.
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war so important and significant. To start off‚ the first atomic bombs were used during this war. Devastating damage was caused by such explosives. Secondly‚ Adolf Hitler committed suicide. People may wonder‚ well there were so many casualties‚ so why is this one person’s death important to history. Read on and the truth of Adolf Hitler will be revealed. Lastly‚ Germany’s surrender to the Soviets had a big impact on Germany’s future. Greater conflict occurred making the end of World War II incomplete
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War 2 (WW2) was one of the most destructive wars in history‚ which killed more than 38 million people. More than 50 countries were involved and it changed the world forever. After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919‚ WW2 became inevitable. WW2 began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. Although Germany’s invasion of Poland was a trigger for the war‚ there were multiple causes. The three main factors that caused WW2 to be inevitable
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The date is June sixth‚ 1944. The Allies push onto the beaches of Normandy France. Along the sixty mile coastal stretch‚ it was divided into five sections‚ and named Sword‚ Juno‚ Gold‚ Omaha and Utah. Ground units arrived in Personnel Landing Craft Vehicle‚ which was launched from the U.S. Coast Guard. As the men hit shore‚ they were greeted with heavy machine gun fire. The length of the beach made it very difficult for anyone to an area with cover‚ making the men easy targets as they came from the
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