Battle of Antietam

This paper identifies and analyzes the initial strategies of the Athenians and Spartans using the ends, ways, and means paradigm. It identifies how and why their strategies changed and explains why the Spartans were best able to adapt their strategy as the realities, risks and the length of the war changed. The initial strategy of the Athenians was to outlast the enemy. Pericles, the primary architect, revealed the Athenian strategy when delivered an insightful speech before the war. In…

Hickory Road against the slopes of Pigeon Hill was Smith’s brigade. On Smith’s Left was Walcutt’s brigade that was aiming for the ground between Pigeon Hill and Little Kennesaw. These three brigades consisted of a total of 5500 men. The Day before the battle Smith’s division had camped northwest of Kennesaw Mountain, in order to get to their position on time they had to march many miles in the night. That evening Willis told his men to be ready for the assault the following day. It was not until…

of Fire is set in ancient Greece where the Greeks are still around and the pivotal battle that helped win the war against the Persians. The war was decided between the Romans and the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae and the battle at Artemisium that occurred at the same time. The Greeks decided that battle had to be won on both land and water. While the war was lost on land, the navy, after winning their battle, defeated the Persians on land. Xeones, who was a Greek that was caught by the…

The battle of the Coral Sea was caused by the interception Americans made against the Japanese advancing to New Guinea in May of 1942. This was the first battle air-sea battle in history. The Japanese planes landed in the area of New Guinea, Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher commanded the American aircraft carriers to attack. Because of codebreakers who knew enough information to perceive the japanese, the Allied fleets were able assembled in the Coral Sea in time to attack the Japanese. These…

WWI waged on for a devastating four years, yet in only six weeks, France succumbed to German attack and plunged society into its next world war. Historians wrestle with explanations, trying to pin-point specific political, psychological and military French failures which were the catalyst for the actual Fall of France. For these researchers, trying to demystify events often resurrects their own personal perspectives on history. Sometimes their bias seeps into their works. None-the-less, Julian…

father seizes it. In 1 Henry IV, Harry fights alongside the other soldiers in the Battle of Shrewsbury and refuses to leave the battlefield when wounded, citing, “God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The Prince of Wales from such a field as this” (V.iv.10-11). Harry sets himself up for success by lowering others’ expectations of him by associating with drunkards and other lowlifes. King Henry verbally battles his son, voicing how he would rather have the rebel Hotspur as a son than Harry.…

“Silent Professional” is a term used often when referencing the Special Operations community. It means do not brag about what you have done or where you have been, because secrecy is your only true ally. Every night since the World Trade Center towers fell, there have been Soldiers overseas taking the fight to those responsible. Night after night, these nameless warriors have been planning and conducting covert operations in hostile areas all over the world without fail. The only time the…

The believed origin date for the first Olympiad is 776 BC however it is has been the subject of intense debates for historians for a long time (Spivey 2004, 206). When trying to come to a date for the first Olympiad a decision was made by fixing a list of victors at Olympia, after which they counted backward in quadrennial units (Miller 2004, 20). The main concern with trying to figure out the origin date is if it is accuracy for the emergence of Greek athletics. Scholars have looked for the…

This particular database contains information from battles such as World War I and I and even the Vietnam War. Gain knowledge about who won these particular battles and how long they lasted with the help of the Australian national archives military records. Accessing war databases such as national archives World War 1 service records can help to provide information of the soldiers that served in the particular battle. Also, you will be able to access records of naval intelligence…

blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a bulge--hence the name of the battle. Later that day, three German armies launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west in the poorly roaded, rugged, heavily forested Ardennes forest. The once quiet region became bedlam as American soldiers flooded to attempt to push the Germans back.…