The Battle of San Pasqual Katie Baldridge Carl Coughlan History 111 March 6‚ 2005 Katie Baldridge Carl Coughlan History 111 March 6‚ 2005 The Battle of San Pasqual The battle of San Pasqual was one of the many battles fought against Americans to protect their land. The greedy American government was determined to conquer California from Mexico and make it part of the union. The mass migration of immigrants caused the widespread of people to flee south. Mexico had departed from
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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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Battle of Verdun Speech Good afternoon‚ I am Cadet Smith‚ and today I plan to further educate you all on the Battle of Verdun. The Battle of Verdun lasted from February 21st‚ 1916 to December 19th‚ 1916; it was known as one of the lengthiest battles in world history. The battle was fought in Verdun-sur-Meuse‚ France‚ a small city located in North-Eastern France. The battle was fought between France and Germany. The Commanders in the battle for France was General Philippe Pétain and a French artillery
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The Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC‚ an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered‚ the Greeks held back the Persians for three days in one of history’s most famous last stands. A small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass. After three days of battle‚ a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a mountain path that
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Montgomery 1 The battleship was an instrument used in several wars as a sea based weapon. The battle ship was one of the primary ships in World War II and was a massive ship. The bristling guns and heavy plates of armor were a staple of the ships design. The battleships design was top of the line when it was made but are now outdated. Battleships‚ once the juggernauts of the sea‚ greatly influenced the odds of battles long ago and serve now as monuments to America’s military might. The first battleships
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The First Battle of Manassas also known as First Manassas or The First Battle of Bull Run was the first significant battle of the Civil War. The battle took place on July 21st‚ 1861 in Prince William County‚ Virginia at Manassas Junction. The battle was between Union officer Brigadier General Irvin McDowell and Brigadier General P.G.T Beauregard. Lincoln pressured McDowell to launch an attack on Confederate forces led by General Beauregard‚ who held a rather secure position around Bull Run‚ northeast
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democratic government for the United States of America. The first president‚ George Washington‚ as we know created ingenious battle strategies to defeat and ultimately destroy the bond between Britain and America‚ such as when Washington led the Continental Army to Trenton then replying back with glee to the President of the Congress “I have the pleasure of Congratulating you upon the success of an enterprise which I had formed against a Detachment of the Enemy lying in Trenton‚ and which was executed
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. This is the most famous and important Civil War Battle that occurred on July 1st-3rd 1863 in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. More importantly Gettysburg was the clash between the two major American Cultures of their time: the North and the South. The Confederacy had an agricultural economy producing tobacco‚ corn‚ and cotton‚ with many large plantations owned by a few very rich white males. These owners lived off the labor of sharecroppers
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Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres‚ Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties‚ but also for the mud. Ypres was the principal town within a salient (or bulge) in the British lines and the site of two previous battles: First Ypres (October-November 1914) and Second Ypres (April-May 1915). Haig had long wanted a British offensive in Flanders and‚ following a warning that the German blockade would soon cripple the British war effort‚ wanted to reach the Belgian coast
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Sealing the Fate of North America The battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought on the 13th of September 1759. It was the result of a three-month British siege of the French North American capital of Quebec City. Although the battle lasted for a short period of time‚ involved comparatively few troops‚ and caused few casualties‚ the effects of the battle were far reaching. The British victory at the battle resulted both in the death of the French general – the Marquis de Montcalm – and the British
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