Peninsula Campaign

The nation known as the Commonwealth of Australia was a colony of the British Empire and then its own independent state, this can be traced with the settlers from other parts of the world, namely those from Europe and Great Britain. I will focus on the immigrants who went to the continent of Australia and its development as a colony then how it became a nation. In particular, there will be a concentration on how mining and prospecting interest help cultivate Australia as we know it today. This…

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth but quickly the earth turned sour. The man he had created turned to sin even while in paradise but God was not caught off guard. God had a plan to reach a people dying from sin and that plan was Missions. So God sent the first missionary. The missionary did all the things missionaries do, he preached, taught, and he prayed for people and they were healed. Often as the missionary was out in public people would flock to him. Quickly he would…

was captured by Indians, but was spared from being burned at the stake by the last-minute intervention of a French officer. In 1759, he participated in the attack on Fort Ticonderoga and later at Montreal. In 1762, he survived a shipwreck during a campaign against the Spanish in Havana and later served at Detroit during Pontiac's…

On 22 September 1980, Saddam Hussein, attempting to repeat the success of the Israeli pre-emptive air strike against the Arab air forces in the Six Day War, launched numerous sorties against Iranian airfields, hoping to destroy the Iranian air force on the ground. Although they failed, Saddam was still not going to be stopped from achieving his aim of establishing complete Iraqi dominance over the Shatt al-Arab waterway. He launched a land invasion of Iran, focusing on southern Iran. He was able…

was a French military and political leader. Napoleon Bonaparte gained his power during the French revolution and he also lead many successful campaigns during the revolutionary wars. Napoleon Bonaparte was the emperor of France from 1804 to 1814 and once again in 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica an island located west of the Italian peninsula. Napoleon Bonaparte was the fourth child in their family and the third son. Napoleon Bonaparte had an older brother Joseph and six younger…

Mexico is a nation found in North America, sharing a northern border with the United States and a southern one with Belize and Guatemala. To the west lies the Pacific Ocean and to the east is the Gulf of Mexico. The country is part of the Northern and Western Hemispheres. As a federal republic, it is also officially known as the United Mexican States much like the United States of America. As a one of the largest nations in the world, Mexico is almost three times the size of Texas;…

Matthew Kaplan 7th Grade English Litzelfelner 12 February 2016 Japan Textbook Controversy Japan has been leaving genocides they’ve committed out of their own textbooks, minimizing the number of victims and downright denying some events. Japan is denying some events even happened accusing victims of lying and exaggerating. An example of the sugarcoating of Japanese history is Japan said that the sex slaves known as comfort women were prostitutes and did the things of their own free…

In Eisenhower campaign, he stated he would end the war in Korea. July 27,1953 a consent of agreement was established at Panmunjom . An armistice was signed by North Korea, the United Nations, and China. The treaty made it to where neither side could expand the number of…

The new President continued to try to initiate joint construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway that had been promoted by previous administrations with the Canadians. Another of the initiatives that Eisenhower took was the "New Look" defense program. In this program the budget of the United States Army would be cut back. The funds that were cut would be given to the Air Force and to the Navy to be spent on developing a larger nuclear arsenal and air power to deliver the weapons. This plan was…

Portugal, was dominated by one of the richest and most intellectually powerful civilizations in the world, the Muslims. It would take Europeans until 1492, with the help from Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile and their Reconquista and Inquisition, to expel the Moors from Spain. Immediately after, their expulsion ushered in the Spanish “discovery” of the New World which would forever impact Western Civilization. But we all know how that story goes. I would like to posit a new…