Battle of France

to make changes to their government. At that moment France needed an individual leader. They could have reverted back to a monarchy, but most people still resented the reign of their last king. Instead, people wanted an emperor. Queue Napoleon Bonaparte.…

accused of crimes against Humanity. Reason being is that Napoleon Bonaparte has proven time and time again that his best interest was for the people of France. This is shown by his many reforms which helped abolished inequality amongst social classes in France, spreading enlightenment ideas throughout Europe, and his military genius, losing only two battles during his unification of Europe. These are all qualities of a good leader and only further prove that Napoleon is not guilty of crimes…

Napoleon took roughly 600,000 men into Russia. He undermined the strength of Russians, and went to Russia poorly equipped.The French emperor was planning to confront the Russian army in a major battle. The Russian Army slowly picked off Napoleon's men by retreating. As the Russians retreated from the battles, Napoleon followed with his army.The Russian army retreated to Moscow. As they proceeded, they poisoned the water, burned farms and killed the livestock so when the French army attempted…

Americans pushed in France was the Jim Crow laws. On average, African American soldier’s experiences in France are defined as having both good and bad experiences. The European continent presented African American soldiers more freedoms than their home, but still had certain limitations. As racial discrimination was still prevalent in the American military during both wars. This racial discrimination from their own military soured relationships with French communities as…

This is evident in Beowulf’s second battle, the battle with Grendel’s mother. Grendel’s mother is a symbol for all things that affect a person through their life. These obstacles could range from work related problems to personal issues. Beowulf started battle two with his experience in swimming due to his match with Breka a long time ago. Right before Beowulf leaped into the lake, he said to Unferth…

Throughout Frederick’s campaign, he “could not spare the time for a lengthy pursuit of a single enemy.” For example, during the Battle of Leuthen, Frederick devastated the enemy by killing 10,000 Austrians and taking 12,000 more as prisoners.” However, Frederick had lost 6,000 of his own and could not effectively pursue and destroy the retreating Army. In most battles however, Frederick “usually lost more men than his enemies.” The time-consuming aspect of siege warfare further inhibited the…

“The Snake Warriors – Sons of the Tiger Teeth: a descriptive analysis of Carib warfare, ca. 1500-1820” by Neil Lancelot Whitehead Neil Whitehead, in his article The Snake Warriors analysed Carib warfare, uses historical texts’ to interpret Carib war culture and society anthropologically. He does this by first, describing Carib military tactics prior to European contact, discussing social and ideological context they were deployed, and also to analyze the effect European contact had on the…

1. “Lischer introduces three types of military-humanitarian interactions: “humanitarian soldiers,” “aid workers as government agents,” and “humanitarian placebo.” What are the key features of these three types of militarized aid? What are their potential implications for aid organizations and their intended beneficiaries?” “Humanitarian soldiers”- Involving the military in the provision of aid can grow stability and help make allies with other countries. It can also strengthen government…

In 356 B.C. Phillip II and his third wife Olympias had a child named Alexander. At a young age Alexander was educated by a wise Greek philosopher named Aristotle. According to Plutarch, Alexander went against Aristotle’s advice to treat the Greeks as a leader, and the barbarians as a master (Plutarch 4). However, he treated them as friends and kinsmen so that his kingdom would not be filled with warfare, banishments and secret plots. In this way he could mediate and govern the world (Plutarch 4)…

young person with sentimental ideas about the glories of war. He enrolls in the Union armed forces and rapidly finds sides of himself he never knew existed. Him joining the army was a result of his mother telling him that he should never run from battle. “‘I don’t know what else to tell you, Henry, except that you must never avoid your duty, child. If a time comes when you have to be killed or do a bad thing, Henry, don’t think of anything except what’s right.’” (page 4) The trepidation,…