Never Outgunned

Teeth The stars were glowing intensely that night; It looked almost as if it was a warning. The mousebirds that usually fill the sky were nowhere to be seen. You could feel it: something terrible was going to happen. The humidity of the air stuffed my lungs making it extremely difficult to breath. I could barely hear the TV over the loud roar from the helicopter, “Breaking news: Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana has been killed. The former president’s plane has been shot down above Kigali…

Why is Kokoda commemorated as an important event in the history of Australia? Over the course of four months, Australian soldiers were faced with extreme hardship, in which they showed incredible bravery and perseverance at Kokoda, marking a pivotal milestone in the history of the country. The Kokoda campaign, fought during 1942, is one of the very few historical events in Australia which evoked pride, reverence and solemnity during World War II. This campaign has left a massive mark on…

On June 6th, 1944, towards the end of a horrific war, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in order to stop the advance of the German army. This operation was known as D-Day and it was the biggest turning point of World War II. Even 40 years after this battle, Ronald Reagan gave a speech commemorating the men who helped liberate Europe. He spoke to the American people about how not only did these soldiers fight for our nations, but also for freedom. Ronald Reagan, in his speech “On the…

on trial by the workers and served as an example that strengthened their resolve. Conflict The main conflict in God’s Bits of Wood is person vs society, that of the strikers versus the management and the society that they represent. The strikers never face a consistent person working against them; their only real enemy is the society that allows racist practices to go on. The workers deal with the police, local management, and regional government. This constant shift in opposing forces shows…

armies. Hannibal was able to create tactics that were unheard of during his time that could not be matched by any other army. He was constantly victorious in his many battles because of his smarts and advancement. Even when he was outnumbered and outgunned, he still managed to pull off a victory. During the battle of Cannae, Hannibal used tactics that ensured his win. The Romans believed that hannibal had no chance because the Roman army was many times the size of Hannibal’s, but they were…

very seriously, and the British found his stubborn rectitude most irritating. (“How China Got Rid of Opium”, 1977) One of the many trials to prevent any opium in the country was to send out a letter to Queen Victoria in 1839 which she most probably never read. This was a private letter that was written by Lin Zexu, the "commissioner" of China, to Queen Victoria of Britain before the…

general who disagrees with his tactics. Lee has a penchant for traditional warfare; however, Lee’s second-in-command Lieutenant General James Longstreet has a different outlook. Longstreet “had never believed in the invasion…He did not believe in offensive warfare when the enemy outnumbered you and outgunned you and would come looking for you anyway if you waited somewhere on your own ground” (10). George Pickett achieves rank as a Confederate Major General despite graduating last in his class…

In George Orwell’s 1984, the immoderate amount of technology employed to watch the citizens is inconceivable. The principal use of surveillance in the novel is to keep the Party in control, and eliminate any threats to the society. Through the Party’s use of surveillance in Oceania, the citizens live in constant fear of watched and observed invariably. On the other hand, modern day technology and surveillance varies tremendously from 1984. The United States government uses surveillance in…

War might not have been the best course of action for a country less than fifty years old. President James Madison and other government officials thought differently, though the country they faced had one of the strongest military power in the world. The War of 1812 was a war fought between the United States of America, Native Americans, and Great Britain. Most Americans had a very strong opinion about the issue of war. The war had many causes, the main reason being the United States declared…

As the Japanese began invading China and other areas in the Pacific during World War II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt created an embargo that cut off Japan’s oil supply. The Japanese felt that a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was the best response to Roosevelt’s embargo, as they believed that they needed oil and other resources which were cut off by the U.S. navy. In the aftermath of the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans mourned the loss of their brothers and sisters while the Japanese…