Battle of Long Island

Athens and Sparta two very powerful Greek city states were allies in the Persian Wars. They fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War. The war lasted from 431 BC-404 BC. Athens lost the battle, which in turn ended the golden age in Greece. When the Persian war ended both Athens and Sparta came to terms and agreed on a Thirty year peace. Athens then became very powerful, thanks to the leadership of Pericles. Thucydides thought that the war broke out due to Sparta being on edge and how…

P-38 in the Pacific The P-38 Lightning represented a brilliant design which endured for the duration of World War II, operating in every major theatre, and countless battles, both major and minor (Stanaway, 1997). In this paper, I will outline the capabilities and design of this machine, as well as its impact on various theatres of World War II, including homeland defensive operation, the European Theatre, and the Pacific Theatre. The genesis of the P-38 occurred in 1935, with a design…

a feature of the supposed Third System, a waterfront barrier project actualized by Congress in 1817. The three-layered, five-sided fort 's beach front situation was intended to permit it to control access to the basic Charleston Harbor. While the island itself was just 2.4 sections of land in size, the fort was manufactured to oblige an army of 650 officers and 135 cannons pieces. Development of Fort Sumter first started in 1829 in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, on a man…

Personal Response: I liked this book because it talks of demons and their island of Hyrule . I adored the idea of mystical creatures that lived in an underground city. They lived among us cloaked and ready to stop the endless cruelty that humans are so well known for. They fight only peaceful battles as long as it was permitted. Plot: In the book Artemis Fowl the Lost Colony the mythical creatures that lived underground were faced with a demonic warping process. They were the new species in…

World War 2 was the largest ever global military conflict and lasted from 1939 to 1945. The war was mostly fought between the Allies and Axis. The Axis were formed out of mutual goals and to secure each of their own expansionist interests while the allies were created in retaliation to stop their aggression throughout. There were many theatres throughout the war such as the South-East Asian theatre which was one of the bloodiest conflicts during the war and lasted from 8 December 1941 – 9…

After coming off the battle of long island General Washington and his troops had been defeated badly, Washington had lost almost 4,000 troops. Winter and the end of the year were slowly approaching. Washington had three options either attacked New Jersey, move to winter quarters and rebuilt the army or disband the army and rely solely on the militia. At this point, morale amongst the troops was low, and the contracts were set to expire at the end of the winter. Washington decided to attack New…

allies marched north in 498 B.C. and captured Sardis, the all-important capital of Darius’ Lydian satrapy. The city was subsequently burned to the ground, causing Darius to jump at the chance to go to war with the Greeks. After winning a decisive battle at Miletus, the threat of Darius and the formidable Persian Empire caused the Ionian League to disband. What was left of the free-thinkers of the Ionian Revolution fled to Athens. “That, in turn, drew westward the jaundiced eye of the Persian…

The Battle of Bunker Hill The battle of Bunker Hill took place on june 17 1775, in Charlestown, Massachusetts. It was the second engagement between British troops and the 13 colonies. The cause of the battle was because there was a conflict between british troops and the 13 colonies. It was learned that the British were planning to send troops from Boston to invade the hills surrounding the city. But Colonel William Prescott won’t let that happen. He commanded his troops to build fences and…

necessary for sailing on a submarine. The most challenging, though, would be the mental and emotional requirements for sailing. Being in an isolated metal bubble of air hundreds of feet under water really takes a toll on a person’s sanity. It takes a real battle-hardened person to sail on a submarine. Usually, a submarine has no windows to prevent leaks and hull breaches, and never surfaces unless it absolutely has to.According to Jeremy Bender, author of CRAMPED, ISOLATED, AND…

Blackbeard, also identified as Edward Teach, was hunted down and killed off North Carolina’s Outer Banks during a battle with a British naval force sent from Virginia. In 1713, he commenced his “pirating career” when he became a crewman aboard a Caribbean ship ordered by Benjamin Hornigold. History claims that Blackbeard had as many as fourteen wives. Teach was said to be a native of England and in 1717 he captured and took over a French ship and improved its armament to forty guns, and renamed…