Imperial units

half of the 19th century new world powers seized the nation-state model and tried to extend their borders and influence. The United States was an unstable new republic, and whatever was left of the Americas was controlled by the European empires. Imperial extension would not go unchallenged. But, by the 1900, the United States and Canada had enveloped the rest of the North American landmass, and a large portion of Latin America would break free from European rule. Utilizing the ideals of…

Throughout history, violence has been used as a means to many ends. As far as the earliest recorded histories, we can see that man has killed each other in pursuit for land, gold, and general greed. Yet violence isn’t inherently evil: a hunter who kills animals to feed his family is guilty of nothing. Under this pretense, we can see that many have tried to use violence to further justice. When the Senate assassinated Julius Caesar, they did it “for the Republic”: to ensure that Rome would never…

Many were the survivors of multiple units that had been the victims of US naval actions while on route to other locations in the theatre and were unarmed and ill equipped. The rest were members of the 43rd division of the Japanese imperial army, with some elements of the 47th mixed brigade, and small numbers of naval personnel. In addition to small arms and machine guns, the Japanese also…

Introduction: This essay will cover the impact that the rule of the British Empire had on the development of India’s development as a nation. Ruling of the British lasted nearly 90 years from 1858 to 1947, when the English East India Company had established supremacy in Bengal in 1857. The transition from a relationship of trade to direct rule can be explained by the needs of trade. The British began to criticize the prices of textiles, which was the most important item in this trade, and…

In September of 1939, the second World War broke out after Germany annexed Austria and invaded Poland. The first World War was compromised after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which included: war guilt clause, reparations, disarmament, and territorial clauses (WorldWarTwo-Causes). However, “ [t]he German people were very unhappy about the treaty and thought that it was too harsh” (WorldWarTwo-Causes). Germany was in a very poor position after World War One and were angry that they were…

“ Chinese cosmology pictured the heaven round and the earth as a stable cube. Space was conceived as a series of imprecated squares, at the center of which lay the capital of the empire strictly oriented toward the points of the compass. And in its center the palace commanded the main north- south axis, facing southward (as did all important buildings) in the direction of the Red phoenix of summer and fire. To the east was the region of the blue Dragon, of spring and growth and the upright tree.…

know. Seemed almost a requirement to have one. That seemed to mollify the commander. “Now, the reason we’re all here: A Republic transport, carrying among its cargo a ZR-57 orbital strike bomb, crashed into northern Avilatan six days ago. Recovery unit sent a team, but they were too late. Separatist forces had already stolen the transport’s cargo, including…

Australian Army Nursing Service, Hospital Ship Gascon, off Gallipoli S ister Tucker’s account offers a different perspective to the more familiar image of the brave ‘natural soldiers’ who landed on a Gallipoli beach as volunteers of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) proudly fighting under their own flag for the very first time. With the landing of the Australian troops on 25 April 1915 the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (Anzac) legend was born. Australia’s official WWI historian Charles…

Joseph Bloomfield was appointed captain in the third regiment of the New Jersey militia in 1776, he left his comfortable life and employment to support the Revolutionary war effort. He left behind two journals that held his first hand experiences of participating in The Revolutionary war and what he encountered being a captain in the barracks during this era. The Journals have been read, edited and published by a Mr Mark E. Lender and James Kirby Martin, these are the pages we have been provided…

John Locke was an English philosopher regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and generally considered the "Father of Classical Liberalism". In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. Locke argued that people have rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property, which have a foundation independent of the laws of any particular society…