Battle

Iwo Jima is an island in the Pacific, approximately 650 miles from Tokyo that really did not have significant amount of natural resources. It was a rocky island with a volcano; however, it did serve as a vital platform for the Japanese fighters to launch attacks against American bombers. The island also held tactical importance to American forces. The island would serve as a landing strip for fighter escorts and as an airstrip used to repair damaged aircraft. The Marines conducted an…

Schiller drew from this rough time in his life writing works such as, “The Battle.” “The Battle” at a first glance is about a battle that is happening between two armies. The poem starts off with the image of a long stretch of men marching at a solemn pace. The column of men is described as heavy and cloudy giving the reader a sense of watching clouds roll…

sculptures that were located directly underneath the pediment of the Parthenon. There were ninety-two, and they all represented incidents of the battle between Lapiths, a group of people that lived in northern Greece near the mountains, and the centaurs, mythological creatures that were half horse and half man. The battle is meant to represent the battle between civilization and barbarism and was a popular subject in Greek art. This supports how the Parthenon, not only was just a mere building,…

In fact, this procedure is very much true. Throughout Spartan history, babies were brought to the council by their parents, for an inspection. This inspection would now be called infanticide. Infanticide is the killing of a child within a year of birth. During the inspection, council men who are generally sixty years old or older would check for any deformities in the children before deciding if they were fit to be a Spartan. The inspection determined their fate. Would they grow up to be a…

General a few days later, accepted his appointment as commander in chief to Virginia;s military. Lee knew that the North was plentiful in resources so they would win a war of abrasion. With this in mind, he hoped that the south could win a few battles and pressure Lincoln to stop the fighting. In September 1862, Lee led 40,000 soldiers across the Potomac river into Maryland. At the time, the army was small and had been “marching, fighting, and starving” (p.82) since June. General McClellan…

and deference of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Jackson claimed many victories for the Confederate Army and helped the army endure a long harsh battle against the Union. As General of the Confederate army Robert E. Lee demonstrated his military genius through his ability to anticipate enemy movements. Lee also showed his military genius through developing new battle tactics that positioned his generals to take strategic territories towards the northern border of Virginia.Thomas J. Jackson, also…

Weapons and Technology of WW1 World War I was called “the war to end all wars;,” however, it didn’t end anything. World War I was the biggest war anyone has ever seen in their time. Some countries were crippled, and some countries were strengthened, the same can be said of families. Over 38 million people died during this horrendous conflict, most of these deaths were civilians. Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what…

The Battle of Atlantic was the longest and largest sea battle during World War II . World War II began on September 3rd 1939, two days after German forces stormed into Poland. The Battle of the Atlantic began shortly after the declaration of War, but there is no official date of commencement. The Battle did not end until the defeat of Germany in May of 1945. The Battle was between the Allied powers, Great Britain, Canada and the United States, and the Axis powers, Germany and Italy. Both forces…

The Battle of Myitkyina During World War II, a major battle took place between the Japanese and American forces which would come to be known as the Battle of Myitkyina. This battle lasted from March 15, 1944 to August 3, 1944 and took place mainly on the Ava Bridge located in the Northern Burma Region. The Battle of Myitkyina resulted in the Myitkyina Airfield being seized which was the last remaining stronghold controlled by the Japanese forces. This battle would prove to be a decisive…

around, yet she tries to look confident. She started at a tantrum and changed gears as soon as she had to. Pasiphae had warned her that she had 12 minutes to defeat her or else her friends, Percy and Annabeth, would die. Knowing this, throughout the battle she knew she had one job and she put her all into it. She didn’t have time to be scared, or to cry, or to wait for her team to come save…