Battle of Bannockburn

The Battle of Gettysburg was a very bloody battle that changed America. But was the Battle of Gettysburg the turning point of the Civil War? The Civil War started in the spring of 1861 and ended in 1865. It began mainly because of the differences between the North and the South. The South wanted slavery to expand, while the North wanted to abolish slavery. After years of conflict the South seceded. The War broke out after the shelling of Fort Sumter. When Confederate soldiers told the fort…

Critical Thinking: The Battle of Midway Military Intelligence is one of the most vital aspects of any war and is often the determining factor of the outcome. Few skirmishes in the history of the United States are more widely known than the Battle of Midway. This battle was a near perfect blending of intelligence development and application, and a major victory for the United States (Elder, 2008). The opposite is true for the Japanese Naval fleet commanded by Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto. Due to…

The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the war. After Lee’s win at Chancellorsville, he led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the North. The battle began on July 1, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Meade was pursuing Lee from the South and they accidentally bumped into each other at Gettysburg. By the end of the first day, the Confederates pushed the Union through the town of Gettysburg. The Union formed in the shape of a fish hook on…

The Killer Angels provided me with many interesting facts about the civil war. It really makes you think deeper into how bad their wounds were and especially how to cure them. Those men went into the battlefield, not knowing if they were going to walk out alive or not. One of the reasons why is because the medical field wasn't as advanced as it is now. Some doctors didn’t even know what they were doing, so you were lucky if you were in the hands of someone who did know. When a soldier was…

Prior to the speech Lincoln delivered, the Gettysburg Address, America was in the midst of a bloody Civil War. Four months before, the Union had just defeated the Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg ,which is also known as the turning point of the war. This speech was given at the end of the ceremony dedicating the Battlefield Cemetery to the fallen soldiers. Although this speech was intended for the fallen soldiers, it actually gave the rest of the Union soldiers the push to…

Battle of Britain An air battle with German and British air forces took place in Britain, from July 10 to October 31. In 1940, the battle started in August 30-31. The Germans had an upper hand over the British, they had seized airfields in Belgium, France, and Netherlands. There was to believe the battle was divided into four phases but actually there were five phases. The first phase of the German’s aerial assault on Britain was to concentrate on convoys sailing on the English Channel. The…

leaving no apparent heir to the throne of England this leaving Harold Godwinson the King of England. This caused Harold Godwinson, King of England and William, Duke of Normandy to fight for the right of the English throne. This fight is called the Battle of Hastings, which was fought at Senlac Hills which is 7 miles away from Hastings, where William was victorious and got the rights to the English throne. There are many factors which contributed to William’s victory, mainly the superiority of…

To this day, the battle and the histories associated with the Alamo continue to generate feelings of courage, endurance, heroism, and patriotism in those who learn about the battle. Via analysis of the following sources gathered, I will investigate the ways in which modern historians explain how myths, legends, and stories of the Alamo influence American memory and culture. Cultural historians have approached this topic by analyzing the portrayals of the Alamo in popular culture such as TV shows…

story of the Alamo right, well there is a similar story; this story is much more important because the outcome may well have changed the fate of Europe, and possibly America. This is the story of Leonidas, one of the greatest kings of Sparta; and the battle of Thermopylae, where this noble king made a brave sacrifice. The brave King of Sparta, Leonidas, one of the greatest Greek Kings of all time, strong and wise as a leader and a fighter, sacrificed himself, along with his 300 elite Spartan…

The army of Sparta was almost always outnumbered, but they were so tough, that they managed to push through and emerge victorious in most battles. The strengths outweigh the weaknesses because they had an advanced military, women were respected, they trained their soldiers at a young age. To begin with, the Spartans had advanced military. An example was The Battle of Thermopylae. 300 Spartans met up against several hundred thousand invading Persians. The Background…