RAID

Wessex Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century. The Anglo-Saxons believed that Wessex was founded by Cerdic and Cynric, but this may be a legend. The two main sources for the history of Wessex are the Anglo-Saxon . During the 8th century, as the hegemony of Mercia grew, Wessex largely . The name of Viking - pirate or sea-raider - was derived from "wic" - the temporary camps established by the…

advantage to the Japanese. With American morale waning back home, General Doolittle organized a secret bombing of Tokyo in April 1942. While Tokyo endured insignificant damage, the Doolittle Raid boosted morale in the United States, and it provided a sense of empowerment to troops in combat. Shortly after the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Midway would mark the turning point in the war in the Pacific. An aggressive Japanese fleet attempted to take control of Midway Island, but the American Navy…

“Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose” (Ronald Reagan). When World War II ended another war emerged, this war is now known as the Cold War. This war was between the United States and the Soviet Union. Even though there was no direct military battles, millions of lives were lost and billions of dollars were spent. This war lasted 45 years, a battle of two superpowers, democracy and communism. During the Cold War, a fight to spread communism and to stop it occurred in different…

The Civil War was inevitable because of the large amounts of tension between the North and South that caused the Nullification Crisis. This argued that states had the right to declare that federal law was null and void. This said that the states had the right since the Union had already been formed. The issue would be a tariff passing the South and refusing to follow it because they had the right to declare it null and void. This caused tension because the South wouldn’t pay these tariff’s and…

begin an uprising began in 1858, when Brown wanted to attack the Federal arsenal in Virginia to seize weapons. After Brown had collected an army of twenty men, he expected to kill or take the southern white hostages that impeded him. Brown began his raid on the night of October 16th, 1859; he and his men took over the arsenal in Harpers Ferry in hope that his wait to start a slave rebellion would finally be over. When his men asked the Africa Americans to fight with him, they were frightened to…

describes about the tax system, justice system, and the lives of those that lived under these circumstances. The book mentioned a lot of stories regarding the lifestyle of people including how others were bombarded with the following catastrophes: famine, raids from the bandits, locusts, earthquakes, flooding, and poverty. Spence briefly analyzes the lives of women and how they played a huge role in the book, although…

"A traveler in Crowned Fox woodlands? Quite odd." There an old lady stood, just down the rocky path where trees grew overhead, "Come now, you must be cold out in this snowy weather." "Hmm? You wish to hear the tale of the two broken kings?" She mused as the snowy earth cracked underneath her shoes as she walked, "I suppose that it won't hurt to tell a tale." She opened the door to a small hut and gestured inside, "Sit down my friend and I shall tell the tale..." The old lady sighed as she sat…

Mathematics, astronomy, geography, literature, arts, and philosophy are all things we consider to be advanced thought and help us as a society. For these things, we can thank Islam. Islam was and still is a world power. Islam has thoroughly shaped the world as we know it. Its power spread exceedingly quickly however. The speed at which it spread begs the question, why? What about this religion caused it to move so fast? Islam spread so quickly because it surpassed the bounds of religion…

December 7th 1941, the war still raging in Europe between the Axis Powers Block led by Germany in one side and the allies consisting of the United Kingdom, France and Poland in the other side. At the same time in another part of the world, the United States of America was still in its era of isolationism. This era will end at 7:55 am when the Japanese decided to attack Pearl Harbor. The unprovoked attack was a reason enough to rally all the citizens of the US to join World War II. By 1945…

Before World War II schools, were teaching children how to respond to air raid sirens. They went over drill over drill, which was an example of their fear from. People built bomb shelters, stock piled canned goods so they could have something to live off of, and they had gas masks even for babies. Today we don’t do things like…