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both of these obstacles, then they would certainly be struck down. There were several towers that were positioned close to the castle that had slots carved in them, which made it easy to fire arrows from, and later being used for weaponry such as muskets and cannons. If one thing was certain, it was that Vlad most certainly did not want his enemies making it to Castle Poenari alive. (History Channel,…

The Battle of Sluys resulted in utter devastation for the French. Hindered by the crowded inlet, they were unable to maneuver effectively. Edward, capitalizing on the situation and with the wind in his favor, launched a relentless attack. English longbowmen rained arrows down on the French ships from elevated platforms, while English prows rammed into the immobile French hulls. The longbowmen paused their barrage to allow men-at-arms to board and engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat. The battle…

“Naked use of force has accomplished more for the human race than other endeavor.” Societies wage wars for any number of reason but the scale and scope of conflict is determined by ultimate end state of the conflict. This endstate is tied to development of instrument ( the army), national will, and resources mobilization. Limited war is characterized by the restrained use of weapons and military options while Total war is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a belligerent engages in a…

silver lining. In the midst of migrating so often, she developed a skill with machinery, as well as blacksmith tools. She used these skills to colonists’ advantage. She began to refurbish weapons that had already been used in battle. She refined muskets, canons, various guns and she also forged ammunition. She did all this with the help of a local blacksmith at his shop. They did this work in secret because it was illegal to use the government’s weapons against them. Although not much is…

The Civil War was one of the most iconic and deadly wars in American history. With the advancement of technology championed from the Industrial Revolution that improved communications, transport, and the lethality of weapons, war took on a whole new dangerous territory that earned it the title as being the first modern war. It was the turning point between the limited combat strategies of the past and the full mobilization of the future, exercising full frontal strategies that would exacerbate…

Americans Need Gun Control In America there are debating issues about gun control. Most of issues are by humans, such as human trafficking, corruption, gun violence, and drugs. In the United States of America, gun violence has become a big issue because of so many recent tragic incidents. There is a higher rate of death (in the U.S.A.) related to gun violence than any other developed country. Every year 30,000 people get killed and 80,000 people get injured due to gun in U.S. This fact indicates…

Making sacrifices can be hard, everyone has had firsthand experience with making adjustments to their lives in order to reach their goals. “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill. Making adjustments often means giving up the things that you enjoyed doing the most, which is part of everyday life. For the men in 1832, it was no different for them if it meant sacrificing themselves for the better of their people. In the book,…

force. “Firearms were produced in Europe and had reached the interior of both Africa and North America before the Industrial Revolution” (Osterhammel, Globalization: a short history, 2005, p. 66). Before the advance military force, the world used Muskets to defend and attack personals. These rifles were extremely expensive to produce, therefor not many of them were used. After the Industrial Revolution, “the best products of the arms industry, such as heavy artillery and the slowly emerging…

The American Revolution officially began in 1775 and lasted until 1783, spanning the course of eight years. However, what sparked this Revolution was the aftermath of the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. King George III spent a substantial amount of money to supply and defend the colonists. After the end of the war, it only seemed reasonable to have the colonists pay for the debt, so taxes were administered without their consent. This, of course, angered the colonists, who were not…

to Dominic then it would sound manly. According to the book entitled Journey of the Early Republic said that, “young girls with deep voices and masculine names (“Hero,” “Clyda,” “Georgian”), who dream of and engage in masculine behavior—shooting muskets, playing with swords, fighting nobly in battles.” This shows that not only changing their names to become masculine, but changing their voices to sound deeper is attractive because if a masculine woman were to have an adorable and soothing voice…