British Army

from illness and freezing body temperatures. And now, you wonder: Is all this trouble and devastation really worth the risk? The first two years of the American Revolution hadn’t gone well for the Continental Army. Not surprisingly, Washington was having trouble keeping all his soldiers in the army. For most people in the war, victory seemed far off, in fact for many, it seemed unlikely. If you were a soldier at Valley Forge, would you have abandoned the war too? I am not going to re-enlist in…

commanders of the armies during the Taiping rebellion, which prior to this was not an ability the Manchu military leaders willing to give up. However, due to the Rebellions of the 19th century, the Manchus had no other choice but to grant these military leadership powers to the select few. These Chinese military leaderswere able to make their own armies and charge taxes to fund these armies. Funding from taxes were used to modernize their military through arsenals. These Chinese armies were not…

serve as currency to finance their war effort . Unfortunately, this strategy led to high rates of inflation due to low confidence in the instruments, which resulted in food shortages that severely limited the South’s ability to properly supply its Army later in the war . On the Union side, the Federal government had a similar, but more balanced approach. They issued Treasury notes, but they required acceptance of these notes for all debts except for interest on government bonds making the…

You won’t believe how badly this surprised the Germans! We captured Vimy Ridge within 3 days! I also find it amazing how we Canadians have won this battle despite the losses that the French and British armies suffered fighting this same one. Despite this I’ve still seen the unseeable: groups of badly injured men being transported to the hospital, which they would usually leave dead or without a limb. Also, to survive we have to eat food according to…

The next battle that we had heard of after our victory was fought by the British army. The battle had lasted around five months and they had lost this battle with a great disadvantage. As I reviewed this battle the other day, I was able to see the techniques that they had used weren’t advantageous. They would tread through no-man’s…

Question: How does Clausewitz's paradoxical trinity explain the changes to the character of warfare from the methods used by Frederick the Great to those that followed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? I. Thesis: Clausewitz’s paradoxical trinity explains the changes to the character of warfare from the ‘political-ideological French Revolution ’ to the ‘military revolution of the Great War ’ by acknowledging the variable but compelling relationships between: instruments of…

because sources have said that it is an insufficient tactic that should have never been used to begin with. Armies still train using trench warfare though because it is said they should be prepared for anything. Believe it or not, some countries do not find trench warfare so inefficient. It could be said that they actually like trench warfare compared to other tactics. Though, a lot of armies today have millions of soldiers, reality is that they have too many people to defend so they have no…

New York trapper named Tom Dobb and his son Ned. Ned becomes involved in the revolution by signing up for the continental army. Tom realizes that his son has made a wrong choice, so he tries to get his son out of the army. But this makes the situation worse and Tom is forced to sign up for the continental army as well. Now both Tom and his son, Ned, are part of the continental army. This begins a long journey as they fight for freedom for the Colonies. The first scene in the film begins with…

141). “Why,” I asked, “do they adore the Redcoats, that are taxing and issuing Acts on us, while we are here, freezing to death fight for our rights and freedom back?” That night I remember writing in my journal, ‘Why am I here? Britain has an hug army in Pennsylvania, that is nice and warm quartered in houses, while us Americans are stuck in Valley Forge. We are small in numbers compared to Britain. “She has declared the right, not only to tax us, but also to bind us in al cases whatsoever.” A…

about his friend that had died fighting. The middle son Thomas reads this letter to the rest of the children. Thomas gets caught wearing his father's old military fatigues and holding his dad’s old hatchet. Thomas asks his dad when he can join the army and his father says in two years when he is seventeen. Thomas gets mad when he says this because he thinks that the war will be over by then.The scene switches to the family outside listening to all of the gun and cannon shots in the distance.…