The Mexican War marked a major turning point for the fledgling American nation and its military – not only did it redefine the Southern border with Mexico‚ but it demonstrated the capabilities of the U.S. Army during an offensive engagement following a prolonged period of peace. The Mexican War is not a commonly cited conflict in U.S. history‚ but the lessons learned from it are relevant even today‚ as it combined conventional warfare with the struggle of being a small‚ occupying force in both rural
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Heroes of the Trojan War: What is a hero really? Everyone has their own beliefs about what a hero is‚ but the beliefs greatly vary from each other. In the movie Troy for example‚ lots of people think that Achilles is a hero because he is such a great warrior. In reality though‚ someone needs to be a lot more than a great weapon-handler to be a hero. A hero is a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. A hero is a person who is regarded as a model
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The start of the Persian Wars is mostly due to Persia. The Persian Empire was very ambitious‚ and it became well-known for being the largest empire of its time‚ as it occupied the entire Middle East‚ parts of Egypt and Libya‚ and some areas around the Mediterranean. This ambition was what led the Persians into conflict with the Greeks‚ initially with the Greek cities on the Anatolian seacoast‚ after the conquest of Libya in 546 B.C.E. At first‚ the Greek cities allowed Persian rule‚ but in 499
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Castro‚ Nazzi 1CA5 I. Introduction For a start‚ there’s disagreement on when the war started and two common dates for when it finished. In terms of Europe‚ Russia generally holds that the ’Great Patriotic War ’ began on June 22nd 1941 with Operation Barbarossa (the German invasion of Russia) while Western Europe uses September 1st 1939‚ the German invasion of Poland. Both use the date of Germany ’s unconditional surrender as the end in Europe‚ but the Western Allies accepted the
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Use of elephants as war animals has been dated back to as early as 331 BC by the Persians. King Darius the 111 of Persia was the first to use elephants in the battle of Guagamela‚ against Alexander the Great of Mecedon. Kind Darius’ army consisted of 15 well trained Indian elephants which was used to frighten the opposition. War elephants were used in elephantry which involves a parade of elephants with military troops mounted on top. These elephants were used to charge at the enemy‚ separate their
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Peloponnesian War • The Peloponnesian War paved the way for the Macedonian takeover of Greece and Alexander the Great’s empire. Thucydides on the Causes of the Peloponnesian War “I think that the truest explanation (prophasis)‚ but the one that was least made public‚ was the growth of Athens’ power and the fear that this caused among the Spartans made war inevitable” “But the grounds of complaint (aitiai)‚ which where openly stated by each side and led them to break the peace and go to war were
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“The Art of War” The book “The Art of War” serves as a manual book or more likely a bible for those entrepreneurs especially for those who are starters when it comes to business industry. There are 13 chapters in the book that states a lot of teachings and guidelines pertaining in entering a war or starting a business in an entrepreneur’s mind set. Confucius said: “If I fight‚ I conquer”‚ this line is a very inspirational to entrepreneurs because we should put in mind that we know well what
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What is war driving? War driving is the act of locating and possibly exploiting connections to wireless local area networks while driving around a city or elsewhere. To do war driving‚ you need a car‚ a laptop‚ a wireless Ethernet card set to work in promiscuous mode‚ and some kind of an antenna which can be mounted on top of or positioned inside the car. There are 77 businesses in Richmond‚ VA that provide Wi-Fi access. These websites that list these hotspots give you the address‚ the telephone
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Wars are fought for the freedom of a country‚ the land it desires‚ or even the religion it foretakes. Most wars are fought for a worthy reason‚ but some are just mistakes that never should have happened. The war in Iraq is a significant American mistake that has been ignored for years as a result of Iraq always being portrayed as the “bad guys.” When American troops were sent to Iraq‚ they took control over the people and their way of life. Unfortunately‚ the United States troops had mostly gone
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In 1948‚ there was war between Israel and a military alliance of Arab states. Israeli forces overthrown the Arab military coalition which forced thousands of Palestinians to flee the country for their own safety. As a result of the 1948 War‚ many Palestinians became refugees and the state of Israel was born. Residents of Palestine attempts to go back to their own villages‚ but they were forbidden to do so. Even though Palestine refugees failed to return to their homeland‚ they achieve success in
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