Battle of Long Island

Napoleon Bonaparte, a significant historical leader and dominant military general, is seen as the reviver of France after the initiation of the French Revolution in 1789. Napoleon Bonaparte was born August 15th, 1769 in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. At a young age Napoleon attended the military college of Brienne where he studied for 5 years, and his military interests were nurtured from a young age. Later on in 1785, Napoleon returned to Corsica for the death of his father…

Alexander Hamilton was born on the island of Nevis, British West Indies on January 11th, 1757. Alex was born to Rachel Fawcett Lavien and John Lavien. John Lavien was an abusive husband so Rachel decided to flee their relationship with Alexander and his brother James who was older. Rachel remarried to James Hamilton. When Alex was 10 his father, James, left them with all his debts for Rachel to deal with. Alexander took his first job when he was only 11. Despite his best efforts Alexander’s…

beach landings that would occur following the Marines being tasked with those duties. The most important factor in the development of the Marine amphibious assault doctrine was the threat of being overtaken by the Army. The United States waited far too long to implement the Marines…

Medieval ages. Two rival dynasties were fighting over land in a struggle that is marked by numerous battles, multiple characters, and disregarded treaty after disregarded treaty. The land in question, known as Aquitaine or Guyenne, should have belonged to England, but was being treated as a French territory causing a conflict that would span over the rule of different monarchs on both sides. The war was long enough to be divided into three periods; the Edwardian War, Caroline War, and…

Japanese throughout the War, thus proving their importance to the Allies. The first major battle between the two forces took place at the Battle of Midway in…

emerges due to the constant battle with the unknown fear of the beast. The painted mask that Jack doges, truly represent his turn into savagery and introduce this new identity of bloodlust and violence, “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling….and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” (66). This shows that due to his obsession of bloodlust and craving for violence when caged in the island, Jack reverted…

The Ottoman Empire One of the great empires of history is the Ottoman Empire. At the height of its power it controlled the entire Middle East and North Africa as well as parts of Eastern Europe. Greece has a long tradition of independence from the time of Alexander the Great. Even earlier the city states of Greece were fiercely independent and even withstood the assault of the Persian King Xersis. Greeks Lose their Independence After that classical age the Greeks lost their independence, as…

March to Virginia The march to Yorktown began on 19 August 1862 and was led by Washington and Rochambeau. During the protection of the Hudson Valley, a march in Newport, Rhode Island began, involving 3000 American soldiers and 4000 French soldiers. Fake dispatches where sent out by Washington in order to not compromise their destination, the dispatches were to reveal to Clinton that the Franco-American army was going to launch an attack on New York. From September 2nd to the 4th the Americans…

Sometime around 0630 the first group of United Nations troops was ashore "Green Beach" on Wolmi-do. The island was captured by noon. During the afternoon they defended the land bridge to Inchon, while in anticipation of reinforcement. The invasion on Inchon was a surprise to the North Korean People Army like General MacArthur said. The fatality during the Inchon invasion and a following battle for the town had 566 killed and 2,716 wounded. The North Korean People Army lost more than 35,000,…

Let me tell the story, Muse, of the man of many ways, the man who alone survived the trials and quests of the gods, and reclaimed his throne on the island of Ithaca. And let me tell of The Sacker of Troy, Son of Laertes and Ruler of Ithaca!Let me tell of Odysseus’s further struggle to protect his homeland! The southern part of Ithaca was always warm and breezy, the waves kissing the sandy beaches, and the sun always shining on the tops of trees. And it was this area of Ithaca where Alkaios…