Battle of Brandywine

invades Britain and succeeds. There they reigned for more than 300 years. I wasn’t until the year of 44 BC that Julius Caesar war assassinated. That is when Marcus Anthony takes control of Rome. Julius’s nephew Octavian, defeats Marcus Anthony at the battle of Actium, where he became the first emperor of…

changer, but that did not last forever. The tank evolved into a more mobile and armored piece of machinery, tactics changed to account for these beasts of metal and fossil fuel, and the idea of warfare became even scarier for some. Eventually some battles were fought entirely around the idea of the tank, both sides scurrying about the battlefield, firing shell after shell. Time continued to pass and even more terrible weapons came,…

War Over Time War is a concept that changes over time. In combat, soldiers develope a different way of experiencing war as time moves on. This means that the soldiers have common experiences in war and over time they can either turn into an improved part of war, or a completely different aspect. As time passes by, soldiers have experienced a difference in war, from new forms of communication with loved ones to having near death experiences to having PTSD as a result. Men and women experience…

The Just War Theory is a method used to determine whether wars, battles, and other violent engagements a justified, and if so, what was the reason for the war. The reasons used in the Just War Theory are the following: just cause, last resort, legitimate authority, possessing right intention, reasonable chance of success…

A young and developing boy has ample time to mature and become an adult, but when a boy is thrusted into a war, he is forced to mature very rapidly. War changes the very nature of how these boys behave and think as they experience the true horrors of war. These rookies have to adapt and transform into an unfeeling killing machine, or have to deal with the something far worse than dying, guilt. The necessity of rapid maturation is a necessity for new soldiers during times of war. In Stephen…

On August 14, 1940, Henry sat hunched up in a rock hard chair in an suffocating, closed room of the drafting hall in Berlin that resembled a death alley in a prison. His commanding officer drafted members of his unit for a mission to take London as part of the Blitzkrieg offensive. Supposedly, with London occupied by Germany, Britain would fall on its knees and surrender early in the war. Henry’s cowardly mindset and the idea of going to war didn't go together. The clock ticked as more of his…

Battle of the Coral Sea was one of the major battles that demonstrated the power and effectiveness of the Japanese military, and the work that U.S. had to put in to make their military better. This battle would make Japan empire expand around the pacific. Before the war has even started each sides of the battle had a plan for what they were going to do. Japan plans was to isolate Australia from the allies, and then invade the port city of Moresby. From this Japan now has the ability to have…

events of the Battle of Thermopylae. Of course, it is a dramatized version of the actual events of history. Hollywood takes historical events and dresses them up with glam and over exaggerations to catch the viewers interest. This can be bad in some situations because it can leave the viewer with the impression that certain things happened when they actually might not have. The movie 300, while enjoyable to watch, is a very dramatized version of what actually happened during the Battle of…

English corpses. He goes onto say that there is no better quality in a man than restraint and humility in peacetime. But, when the battle comes, Henry explains that as soon as the trumpet blows, his soldiers need to act like the tiger, act strong. This is metaphorical language because a tiger growls, a tiger is strong and fierce, which are qualities needed in a battle to fight. Henry continues to motivate the soldiers and encourage them, telling them to grit their teeth and let their nostrils…

Caesar and Xenaphon have many similarities as authors, but they make use of different styles to achieve their goals. Caesars account of The Gallic Wars and Xenophon’s Anabasis are both about the respective author’s heroic military adventures. Both were written to win the hearts of readers and give the author credibility after political backlash. However, since Caesar and Xenophon are from different cultures, in different situations, and have different end games. Because of this, the authors use…