Battle

History is no stranger to unexpected outcomes, especially when it comes to wars and battles. One notable example is the battle of Agincourt. The battle was a part of the Hundred Years War, which took place in the year 1415. The two combatants were the French and English. Their force compositions were vastly different. According to Enguerrand de Monstrelet, a French chronicler, the French forces out numbered the English by 6 times (de Monstrelet 340). Despite the overwhelming odds, the…

Battle of Britain An air battle with German and British air forces took place in Britain, from July 10 to October 31. In 1940, the battle started in August 30-31. The Germans had an upper hand over the British, they had seized airfields in Belgium, France, and Netherlands. There was to believe the battle was divided into four phases but actually there were five phases. The first phase of the German’s aerial assault on Britain was to concentrate on convoys sailing on the English Channel. The…

Critical Thinking: The Battle of Midway Military Intelligence is one of the most vital aspects of any war and is often the determining factor of the outcome. Few skirmishes in the history of the United States are more widely known than the Battle of Midway. This battle was a near perfect blending of intelligence development and application, and a major victory for the United States (Elder, 2008). The opposite is true for the Japanese Naval fleet commanded by Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto. Due to…

The Battle of Gettysburg was a very bloody battle that changed America. But was the Battle of Gettysburg the turning point of the Civil War? The Civil War started in the spring of 1861 and ended in 1865. It began mainly because of the differences between the North and the South. The South wanted slavery to expand, while the North wanted to abolish slavery. After years of conflict the South seceded. The War broke out after the shelling of Fort Sumter. When Confederate soldiers told the fort…

The Battle of Thermopylae The battle of Thermopylae was the first battle between the Greeks and the Persians during the Greek and Persian war of 480 BC and 479 BC. The Greek force was dwarfed in comparison to the massive Persian army but they were devoted to protecting their homeland. The Greeks were very afraid of the Persian and Thessalian armies. Greece fought amongst itself for a while because no one could decide what to do about the massive armies that were coming their way. Eventually,…

planned a Blitzkrieg attack on the British forces. This attack led to a very important battle called The Battle of Britain. This battle is so important because it was the first time an Allied force defeated Hitler’s army. Despite all of the civilian deaths and damage caused to Britain, the German attacks did more to strengthen the British war effort than it did to destroy it. This is because the Blitz following the battle unified the people of Britain. It also proved to America that lending…

There are four important battles that took place between Allied forces and Japanese forces. The first battle is known as the Battle of Midway, and according to the textbook (2014), the battle began when the United States sent ships into the area known as Midway to protect an airfield there. Japan viewed this as a breaking of code, and sent their men to Midway. While the leader of the naval ships, Chester Nimitz, hid his men beyond the horizon, he waited for the Japanese to start the attack. Even…

city. The Battle of Marathon was a major battle in the first war between the Greek city and the Persian Empire. It was a major victory for the Greeks, and some historians argue that it is one of the most important battles in the history of the world. At Thermopylae in the late summer of 480 the Spartan king Leonidas held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best of the Great King's troops. It has also been the site of several battles in…

The most important battle during the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. While the first encounter leading this battle was in Chancellorsville which was easily dominated by the South in eventually led the Southern troops to Northern Virginia to this famous battle. This was a battle that took place over three days in the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Led by General George Gordon Meade the Battle of Gettysburg was turning point of the civil war, which successfully…

The Battle of Gettysburg Battle Analysis SSG. Gonzalez Angel Army Logistics University SLC 18-526 The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle of the American Civil War as well as the largest battle that took place in North America. The Battle of Gettysburg began in Pennsylvania on the 1st of July, and it lasted until the 3rd of July in 1863 (Staff, 2009). The Union’s Army of the Potomac under Major General George Gordon Meade consisted of about…