The Battle of Passchendaele The Battle of Passchendaele is remembered for its atrocious conditions‚ high casualty rates and Canadian valor. Canadians‚ instrumental in securing victory‚ earned a total of nine Victoria Crosses for their courage. Located near the town of Ypres where another brutal battle occurred‚ a small town called Passchendaele sat‚ unaware of the brutal future that was to come. Although it had very little strategic value‚ General Douglas Haig of the Royal British Army was
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What makes a battle great? First and foremost it has to be huge‚ meaning between two superpowers with both sides having a substantial amount of troops. But‚ it also has to be for a glorious cause or must be led by a great general; and it must be a battle that changes the course of history. With all this in mind‚ the battles of antiquity were truly the greatest battles. But because there were so many‚ I have only enough space to describe the three greatest land battles between 1000AD and 1500 AD;
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Explain why William introduced castles into England? There was a plethora of reasons why William introduced castles into England. Firstly‚ they were built for protection; after the battle of Hastings there was only about 5‚000 Normans left in England‚ they were massively outnumbered by the English whose population measured around 1 and a half million. Therefore William would have feared the English revolting and with only 5‚000 men they had little chance of putting up a strong defence‚ William therefore
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Why does Robert Greene the English author attack Shakespeare? Well William Shakespeare was a great poet‚ actor‚ and playwright. Why would anyone want to attack him? Robert Greene knew that shakespeare was a threat on him because both of them were poets. He felt like if he get rid of shakespeare he gets rid of the competition‚ but it was not going to be easy. Robert was so determined to bring shakespeare down because shakespeare was getting big in the business and not him. So let’s just talk about
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On Thursday‚ November 19‚ the men’s basketball team hosted LeMoyne-Owen College. [MORE] The Tigers quickly set the pace and led the Magicians 42-31 at halftime and held the Magicians to 37 percent field goal shootings. The Tigers won the first half battle with 48 percent‚ 15 of 31 shots‚ from the field‚ which was led by junior Jahmal Lane with 12 points. Although the Tigers led the Magicians into halftime‚ the Magicians led the Tigers in three-pointers 40 percent to 25 percent in the first half. However
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The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne) was a turning point in the Williamite claim on the English throne. The deposed King James VII of Scotland and James II of England and Ireland and his Jacobite supporters were defeated by James’ nephew and son-in-law‚ William III and his supporters. By the invitation of Parliament‚ William had deposed James in 1688. Both kings acted as commander of their respective armies. The battle took place on July 1‚ 1690 (Old Style) just outside the town of Drogheda
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The battle of Culloden Moor‚ fought on 16 April 1746‚ took less than an hour to reach its conclusion and extinguish the Scots’ hopes of returning a Scottish Stuart king to the throne of Scotland. This was a battle between the Jacobites‚ who were the supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie‚ and the Hanoverian British army; and it brought to a bloody end the Jacobite uprising of 1745. The lead-up to this battle started in the 1630s‚ which was a period of religious and political upheaval in Britain.
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important battles to ever take place was fought‚ called the Battle of Marathon. It was to determine the future of democracy. The ten strategoi‚ or generals‚ were voted in by the ten tribes of Athens‚ from any income group‚ making this the chance to show how democracy would work to their advantage during war. It also proved Greece was unified and working together because of Cleisthenes reforms‚ had they still been divided due to tribe alliances Athens wouldn’t have been strong enough to fight and win the
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The Battle of Little Bighorn was a battle between the Americans and Native Americans.The Battle of Little Bighorn occurred at Big Horn County‚ Montana and Little Bighorn river. The battle took place on June 25 through June 26‚ 1876. The battle of Little Bighorn took place on Little Bighorn river because Custer’s army had attacked first. He did not know the number of Native Americans there were. The reasons why The Battle of Little Bighorn had began was because the Americans heard that someone
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THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA Following its defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga‚ the Union Army‚ which was led by Major General William S. Rosecrans‚ went back to its base at Chattanooga. Reaching the safety of the town‚ they quickly created defenses before General Braxton Bragg’s pursuing Army of Tennessee arrived. Moving his men onto Missionary Ridge to the east and Lookout Mountain to the south‚ Bragg soon commanded the approaches to the city and placed the Union troops under siege
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