Battle of Camden

planned a Blitzkrieg attack on the British forces. This attack led to a very important battle called The Battle of Britain. This battle is so important because it was the first time an Allied force defeated Hitler’s army. Despite all of the civilian deaths and damage caused to Britain, the German attacks did more to strengthen the British war effort than it did to destroy it. This is because the Blitz following the battle unified the people of Britain. It also proved to America that lending…

the cast and crew brought the four long years of the Civil war to present day audiences. The gore of Civil War battles that was discussed in class was shown in gut-wrenching ways with battlefields littered with bodies. The scene that showcased the true sacrifice that so many made was when President Lincoln went to the Union hospital to visit some of the soldiers that were injured in battle.…

In the part of N.S.D.Q. in the book Black Hawk Down, the army rangers who were stranded in Mogadishu, Somalia, have made it back to a Pakistani base. The base was an abandoned soccer stadium and was being used to house all of the rangers who were stuck in Mogadishu for just less than 24 hours, being shot at and killed by Somali civilians. The men who were stranded were picked up by Malaysian men and were taken back to the soccer stadium. The men knew that they had been defeated, and they were…

the battle of Gettysburg. Some could blame General Lee’s subordinates, J.E.B. Stewart, James Longstreet, Harry Heth, ect. Although most would blame the subordinates for the loss, they were clearly no the ones to blame for it. The blame for the loss, of the Confederates ,of the three day battle of Gettysburg is completely on General Robert E. Lee. There are many reasons of why General Lee is the one to blame for the loss of the three day battle at Gettysburg. One reason Lee loss the battle…

What comes to mind when you hear the Battle of Gettysburg? Some might say Pickett’s Charge, Buford’s defense, or Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. However, one of the more important events was Joshua Chamberlain’s defense and bayonet charge on Little Round Top. On July 2nd, 1863, on the far left Union flank, stood Joshua Chamberlain and his 20th Maine. Had the Confederate broke through, they would have outflanked the Union, ultimately winning Gettysburg. Chamberlain defended Little Round Top by…

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…