The quality of the soldiers was definitely among the reasons as to why the British were defeated in Malaya and Singapore during WWII. Their morale was low as most of them were recruited not from the locals but from Nepal‚ Britain‚ India and elsewhere and so did not have the fortitude to defend Singapore. Furthermore‚ the soldiers defending Singapore were heterogeneous comprising of many races and nationalities and spoke different languages which posed a communication problem amount them. Additionally
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fiercest enemy to the Roman civilization. At the end of the Republic though‚ Carthage became Rome’s biggest rival and enemy. These battles were to identify which one will gain the supremacy or dominion over the world. Being aware of the impact of those wars‚ the Romans had done the essential by winning the fight; something that resulted in the
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Polybius Polybius was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period born in Megalopolis‚ Arcadia (200-118 B.C). He was the son of Lycortas‚ also a Greek Politician who became the Cavalry commander of the Achaean league (a Hellenistic period of alliance between Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese). The Achaean league existed between 280 and 146 B.C‚ and at that time Polybius was also a member of the Achaean league in which he spent trying to maintain the independence of Macedonia
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2nd Punic War. Therefore‚ we will be focusing on the time period starting from 500 BC till the end of the 2nd Punic War (202 BC). Under Commerce‚ we are focusing on international trade (trade between The Carthage Empire‚ North Africa and other cities of the Iberian Peninsula) and how it became an international metropolis due to its strategic location near the Mediterranean trade routes. Under Conflict‚ we are focusing on military (advanced navy) and territorial expansion (Punic Wars). We will be
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The Growing German threat was the most important reason for Britain ending its policy of Splendid Isolation. How far do you agree? At first examination it would seem that it was not actually the fear of Germany that prompted Britain to end their policy of splendid isolation if we take into consideration that this of fear of Germany only really came to fruition in about 1905. However it was before this that Britain had broken its so named policy of ‘Splendid Isolation’ by signing an alliance with
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the British managed to produce the most effective design‚ the Germans were the first to utilize their potential during WWI. German military observers of the Russo-Japanese war left with a renewed respect for the mortar bombs they’d seen deployed. They began stockpiling mortars in the few years prior to the war and by the time war had hit‚ they had around 150 mortars available to them. The German’s had envisaged how useful mortars would be against the eastern fortresses of France and this was their
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This happened movement happened over the dispute of slavery which the British were against. The British abolished slavery in 1833. From 1779 to 1878‚ boundaries were outlined between white farmers and the Xhosa kingdoms after land wars near the eastern coast of South Africa. Prior to this move‚ whites had dominated the Khoi-San tribes fairly easily which decimated the tribes economy. However‚ the greatest opponent to white were of the Zulu Kingdom resulting in people
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empire over the period 1870-1980. During different time frames within the period; expansion‚ colonisation and decolonisation economic and finance hold different amounts of weight due to events which mark turning points in the relationship e.g. World Wars. Strategic and cultural are also clear concerns which effect the relation which I will evaluate. Trading to make profit was the main reason British business men landed on African soil. This shows economic influences started the relationship between
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Before the 1800s‚ China was a super power before the time the Europeans came to their country. They comprehended further more about the world than the Europeans did‚ and had already started trading there. China had the largest known market in the world at the time‚ selling all sorts of exquisite products. This meant that China was home to one of the major economies on the planet. But it was even the smallest of things that made them a world leader. Priceless inventions like the saddle had not been
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served in the Anglo-Boer War as a Lieutenant and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions against the enemy. Swinton wrote The Defence of Duffer’s Drift to educate the military minded on small unit tactics. Swinton postulates that unconventional tactics must sometimes be adopted to suit a specific battlefield. The author supports his thesis by relating a series of progressive lessons he learned while serving as a lieutenant in the Anglo-Boer War. The main character in the
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