Battle of Camden

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…

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…

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…

Thermopylae was a natural choke point and had been the site of other battles like that of the 300 Spartans (Taylor 123). Antiochus’ army is formed of 14,500 men including 10,000 of his own infantry, 500 cavalry and, 4,000 of the Aetolian leagues’ and other allies (Taylor 124). The Roman army of 22,000 engaged the Seleucid one by initially driving Antiochus’ allies from the mountains bordering the pass (Appian, S.18). Then the Roman army properly attacked the phalanx but before long the fleeing…

The battle of Stalingrad is one of the most important battles in all of World War two for two reasons. It halted the German offensive, and it laid the foundation for future Russian victories. Without Stalingrad, the Russians would have had no hope for World War two, and had to have been defeated by the Nazi army. If Russia had fallen, it could have meant a whole new outcome to World War two, changing the world as we know it. Stalingrad held the original name of Tsaritsyn until the year of 1925.…

challenged and battled with a two million man Persian force at Thermopylae. This legendary battle between a small group of disciplined and devoted soldiers against impossible odds has been told throughout the generations, but never so clearly and insightfully than through Steven Pressfield’s novel Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of Thermopylae. Through the eyes of Xeones, a battle squire captured after the battle, the reader is immersed in the lives of Spartan soldiers, revealing an unprecedented…

around, yet she tries to look confident. She started at a tantrum and changed gears as soon as she had to. Pasiphae had warned her that she had 12 minutes to defeat her or else her friends, Percy and Annabeth, would die. Knowing this, throughout the battle she knew she had one job and she put her all into it. She didn’t have time to be scared, or to cry, or to wait for her team to come save…