Bayonet

colonel, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who was ordered to defend the Little Round Top(which was the left flank of the union army)at all costs from several attacks by the confederates. When his men eventually ran out of ammo, he ordered a downhill bayonet charge. That charge most likely saved the union army from defeat and maybe even losing the entire war. Day 3 is from the confederate viewpoint, mostly General Robert E. Lee's. It tells the horrible tell of the doomed charge that Lee orderex…

befriending him he obtained a small part of television drama. Awhile later he quit college and got a job as a parking lot attendant and participated in auditions whenever they were available. After searching for a while he landed a small part in Fixed Bayonets, a war picture. He left Holly wood to go to New York to be in that production. In New York he landed a spot in the actors studio that was run by Lee Strasberg. After hitting big in New York he took off to Broadway and developed a…

his comrades are exposed to absolutely horrific scenes of war that completely destroy their sense of humanity. When Paul kills one of the men from the other side he sees that the “ man [is] like [him]. [he] thought of [his] hand-grenades, of [his] bayonet, of [his] rifle; now [Paul] sees [his] wife and [his] face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. [They] always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and…

The Rape of Nanking History states that Japan and China have been at war for decades. Throughout the years, the acts of violence have been gradually increasing. In 1937, the Japanese began a war that left more than 300,000 Chinese men, women, and children dead. The atrocities committed were just the beginning to a year of genocide. The Rape of Nanking will go down in history as one of the most brutal acts of bloodshed throughout all of China. During the nineteenth century, a war was fought…

On the evening of March, the fifth, it being a Monday, several soldier of the 29th Regiment committed brutal acts of bloodshed and violence against several of our young men while under the command of Captain Preston. There are those who are loudly proclaiming this act to be merely the soldiers defending themselves against malicious intent from colonist, however it is unfathomable to this writer how any person could fail to see this event anything but the needless bloodbath that it was. It is…

instead of human beings. In the poem, “Kids Who Die”, the adults who control high positions are described as content to believe in the false peace created by corruption. Rather than support human freedom they are described as using, “laws and clubs and bayonets and bullets / To frighten the people---”. In both works, the powerful are too content to worry about the troubles of the less fortunate. The poem, “Kids Who Die”, and the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, uses their similarity oppressed…

and shrapnel. Some of our non-commissioned officers fell to the ground in a horrific pool of blood. I hope the country we are fighting for realizes the sacrifices we as men are making for them. Seeing the lifeless bodies riddled with holes from bayonets is a terrifying site. June 8, 1916 I am exhausted from morning fire on the enemies and just barely finished breakfast. It also saddened me to record the conditions in which I have been enduring. The dugouts where I currently reside are…

Dear Mother & Father Fromelles, France I am alive, but barely. Yesterday, we attacked at Fromelles. It was shambles, we must have lost more than 5,000 to those Fritz. I swear our commanders are bloody idiots. I’m writing to you from a cold, wet trench somewhere in the North of France. But do not worry, Mother, for I am safe, although my best mate, Thommo was killed by artillery. One second he was there, the next second he wasn’t. The war is not what they make it out to be back in Australia…

Chamberlain was an idealist, a firm believer in men, a handsome, charming, and well educated person. He became the epitome of a civilian-turned-soldier, one who has left their comfortable life for his country and turned out to be a remarkable leader. He left teaching and entered the war to fight for the freedom of men, to stop a new aristocracy from growing in the South and to preserve the Union as proven in his speech to the “deserters” early in the book. “It’s the idea that we all have…

I woke with a start to the sound of a loud knock on the door. I rushed downstairs, flinging the door open. “They’re coming.” Robert said, a stern look on his face. I nodded. “Alright then.” I grabbed my rifle. We were ready for these regulars, and if need be, we're willing to die. We lined along the field. A young boy, around 15 perhaps, stood next to me. He trembled as the soldiers marched forward, the slow beating of the drum echoed across the field. They all stopped a distance away. The…