Sicily

The Sicily played a huge role in politics around the 1860’s. The Sicily started interfering with politics. “The Mafia became adept at political corruption and intimated people to vote for certain candidates, who were in turn beholden to the Mafia” (History). With them having an upper hand they controlled the majority of the votes. It was like the voters were scared of the Mafia so they obeyed without a thought. When the Nuovo Mafia came around they made society forget about Sicily. Nuovo Mafia…

the first conflict between Rome and Carthage over the Island of Sicily broke out. The First Punic War and the struggle to take control over Sicily had begun. Romans soon realized that despite their powerful army, they need to match the naval power of Carthage too. This realization came about first because Carthage managed to retake many of the coast cities they had lost to Romans and interrupted Rome’s plan of sending troops to Sicily by fighting them from the sea. Romans couldn’t fight the…

Alcibiades) of how the Athenians should proceed. Similar to the ends construct, competing ideas are a risk in the sense that they detract from the detail and focus of one agreed upon idea. As seen above, Nicias spoke out against any campaign on Sicily since he was concerned that they would “leave many enemies behind [Athens]” This risk might have been more fully considered if not for the competing plans of Lamachus and Alcibiades. Lamachus proposes sailing straight for Syracuse to attack.…

In 264 B.C., Rome decided to intervene in a dispute on the western coast of the island of Sicily. Which was a Carthaginian province at the time. While Carthage supported Syracuse, Rome supported Messina, and the struggle soon exploded into an all out war between the two powers, with control of Sicily a major trade route, at stake. Over the span of almost twenty years, Rome rebuilt its entire fleet in order to confront Carthage’s powerful navy…

Catholic principles in Italian Society in the 1960s. Divorzio all’italiana presents gender roles by showing the premarital expectations of women, a man’s role in defending his family’s honor, and male masculinity. Divorzio all’italiana is set in 1960s Sicily. Ferdinando Cefalù, a born aristocrat, has been married to Rosalia for twelve years and is very annoyed of her over-nurturing behaviors towards…

sea as a rival to the Carthaginians as the Queen of the Seas. In conclusion, though Carthage and Rome in the ancient times were two great forces to reckon with, Carthage had an extensive trading empire in the Western Mediterranean, and colonies in Sicily and Sardinia. Rome as yet had not expanded its territory outside of the Italian mainland peninsula. Rome realized that for it to conquer Carthage it must be able to battle and take supremacy in the sea. The Romans learned this art and skill and…

captain who was Sollozzo’s bodyguard. Michael is sent to Sicily, where he finds his love, only to witness her murder.This development of the character enables the reader to empathize with him and make him consider as a protagonist of the novel. 3. Michael as The…

The Allied Forces wasted an opportunity to gain a position of relative advantage over the Germany Army by the failure to contain Germany forces in Sicily. The inability of Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ) to seize the initiative allowed the Germany leadership time to develop the withdrawal of forces to Italy. The essay will address the dysfunctional command and control of the AFHQ at the various levels of leadership which allowed an orderly withdrawal of Axis forces. It will evaluate the…

“Joint functions are related capabilities and activities grouped together to help Joint Force Commanders integrate, synchronize, and direct joint operations.” The Sicily Campaign, known as Operation Husky, provides various examples of combined and joint functions. Although Operation Husky resulted in an important Allied victory, joint functions such as command and control (C2) proved dismal; fires were considered marginal; while maneuver was regarded as satisfactory. To illustrate this a brief…

from 1939-1945 in which the Canadian army fought battles worldwide and contributed greatly to the allied victory in the war. Many Canadians fighting in the war were part of a gruelling Italian campaign. The army first landed on the Italian island of Sicily where they then made their way deeper into Italy, fighting battles in Ortona, Cassino and Rome. Secondly, some soldiers who were part of the Canadian army were sent to Hong Kong to fight the Japanese. The Canadians were heavily involved in the…