Battle of Long Island

Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents that Occurred Within His Own Observation, and later it was better known as Private Yankee Doodle. The book portrays Revolutionary War battles of historical significance and illustrates the difficulties faced by the soldiers who fought in the war. In 1760, Joseph Plumb Martin was born in western Massachusetts. From the age of seven, he was raised by his grandparents in Connecticut…

According to The War of the Revolution by Christopher Ward, “It was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared independence on July 4, 1776. In terms of troop deployment and fighting, it was the largest battle of the entire war.” In view of that, it is possible to see how important this battle for the revolutionary battle of the United States was. So, after the Washington’s army was destroyed by the British in New York, the British put…

The battle of Midway represents an important naval battle involving the United States and Japan throughout World War II. The Japanese struck the United States military base in Pearl Harbor, prompting the US to immediately take action. The United States began the very first naval action within the Midway Islands in defense of its Pacific fleet. Midway served as the Japanese's final target during their western push throughout the Pacific region. On June 4, 1942, shortly after midnight, the United…

camps was Rock Island. Rock Island as a terrible prison camp did not reach the knowledge of everyone until the very popular book Gone With The Wind. In the novel it follows a plantation owner family the trial and turmoil of before and after the Civil War. One of the main characters husbands Ashley Wilkes is fighting in the Civil War, but is captured. The two characters of Scarlett O 'Hara, and Ashley’s wife Melanie Wilkes discuss how Ashley was taken to a horrible place called Rock Island. With…

The Pacific Theater was the site of a great many bloody battles in World War Two. The one most revered by the American people today is Iwo Jima, but there is a slew of other battles in which the Navajos were instrumental to including: Guadalcanal, Peleliu, and the Saipan. Every campaign which the United States began from 1942 through 1945 implemented the use of the navajo code talkers. Without these key battles the War in the Pacific would undoubtedly have been lost, and therefore would have…

surrounding islands and lands, which shows that were many resources available in the Caribbean Sea. There is the Windward, Leewards, Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. There is the Atlantic Ocean that is surrounded by the countries such as Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The territorial outcomes of the Spanish American war solidify U.S. Naval control over the Panama Canal by the amount of trading routes and straits available such as the Mona Passage, which is a strait that separates the islands…

adventures, treasure, sea battles, and heroes. Stories such as Treasure Island have romanticized the idea of pirates. Three ways that they have have romanticized the idea of pirates are marooned pirates, mutinies, and less pirate ships. First of all, in Treasure Island a pirate gets marooned. Then three years later, the Hispaniola (Ship from Treasure Island) arrives at Treasure Island, only to have Jim find the marooned pirate, Ben Gunn, in the forest. In Treasure Island Ben Gunn says “I’m…

King Kamehameha was well known for unifying the islands, but he had to overcome a lot of hardships to officially bring all of the islands together under his leadership. He battled for the islands using force, foreign advisors, improved weaponry, and new methods, allowing him to win most of the battles he won. Kamehameha’s last battle was known as the Battle of Nu’uanu, but he had to propose a peace treaty to finally rule all islands, showing that his sight was not merely on winning, yet also…

The Battle of Midway has been described by some as a turning point in World War II. Occurring just six months after the devastating attack by Japan on the United States Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan believing they had weakened and frightened the United States now felt it was time for a secondary attack and full blown occupation of the island of Midway. Chosen not for any resources or because it had great facilities; Midway was chosen by Japan because of the islands location.…

Colonel Joseph H. Alexander gives a vivid account of the three days of one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific War in his book, Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa. Colonel Alexander, a combat veteran and accomplished military historian, was not at Tarawa, but he has seen violent combat in Vietnam. He spent eleven of his twenty-nine years of service in amphibian tractor battalions. These were similar to the ones used at Tarawa. Colonel Alexander used several sources including…