Battle of Yorktown During the American Revolution‚ the Americans and French (Franco-American coalition) fought the British at the Battle of Yorktown also known as “The Siege of Yorktown”. The Americans and the French fielded a combined force of roughly 16‚000 soldiers to defeat the British force estimated at 7‚000 soldiers. American General George Washington and French Lieutenant General de Rochambeau led the American and French soldiers. The British commanding officer was Major General Lord Cornwallis
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battle ever fought in North America. Why did the Battle of Gettysburg happen? Two months foregoing the battle‚ General Lee had an impressive defeat against the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville‚ Virginia. He then started planning for a Northern invasion by first taking action on the Yankees. His army was at the time 80‚000 soldiers! With the army of the Potomac Commander Joseph Hooker and leading about 10‚000 soldiers he began moving towards General Lee by Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln got
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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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reasons why William the conqueror won the battle of Hastings that was fought on October 14th 1066. Duke William of Normandy won the battle because was well prepared and had a good army. They prepared carefully for the battle. The Normans had knights on horseback who were skilful fighters. William also was skilful and ambitious‚ and he was determined to be King of England. There were many factors contributing to the victory of William the Conqueror in 1066. Firstly‚ the English king Harold was prepared
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Arndt‚ Joshua Captain Wade MS III 02/16/2017 The Military Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo‚ fought on June 18‚ 1815‚ was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle. "On 13 March 1815‚ six days before Napoleon reached Paris‚ the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw. Four days later‚ the United Kingdom‚ Russia‚ Austria‚ and Prussia mobilized armies to defeat Napoleon. Critically outnumbered‚ Napoleon knew that once his attempts at dissuading one or more of the Seventh Coalition
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Why the Normans won the battle of Hastings The reason why the Normans won the battle of Hasting About 10 days before the Vikings landed at Stanford the Saxons were down in Hasting where they were expecting the Norman’s to come and attack. Unfortunately for William the winds where not very good in France and after a few days of waiting for the Normans word got out that Vikings had landed up in Stanford. The Saxons marched up as fast as they could‚ they won the battle of Stanford and then
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and earned his freedom. Here he is right now maximus the gladiator (audience cheers) Dave: So then maximus before we get to know about your life in the arena I would like to know about your background and why you were chosen for the arena instead of labour? Maximus: When I was young i use to watch my father‚ neighbours and family practice fighting‚ this inspired me to fight and train as a soldier to defend the town. But as i got into my early teens i began to take notice of the fighting
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with a moral dilemma. What people do is often the opposite of what their conscience tells them to do. " The Sniper" by O’ Flaherty and "War" by Timothy Findley are both good examples of this. The two stories both show that war brings people pain because it forces them to contradict their consciences and feelings. "The Sniper" and "War" both show people will go against their conscience during war because they are force to hurt women & children. In the story " War"‚ Neil not only throws stones at his
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Hannibal‚ Baal‚ and Rome Hannibal Barca was one of the greatest Generals of his time. Although his abilities at developing battle strategies were unequaled in his day‚ the driving forces behind his successes as a general‚ were not only his superior military ability‚ but also his feelings of hostility toward the Romans. Because of his ability to plan and organize military campaigns he was able to succeed in crossing thousands of troops across the Alps to invade Italy. Hannibal‚ son of General
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The Battle of the Bulge was a powerful counterattack from the Nazis in Ardennes. This was Hitler’s last try to stop the Allied powers from taking back France after D-Day. Hitler sent 200‚000 German troops to cut through the Allied forces. The attack was unexpected and very effective. The attack started on an outpost being held by unexperienced infantrymen. After days of fighting‚ American airborne soldiers jumped behind enemy lines to try to stop the attack. The Americans kept fighting and soon won
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