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U S C Fifty Fourth
1,682 wordsThe Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in early 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and curiosity, and its performance would be conside...
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World War Ii Middle Eastern
549 wordsThis is Audie Murphy's life story. At the tender age of 12, he becomes the head of the family after his father deserts them. He joins the army at the age of 18 and through the course of the war is decorated for valor nine times thus becoming the most decorated combat soldier in World War II. Audie does one of the bravest acts any soldier ever did during the war. He climbs aboard a burning tank destroyer and single handedly keeps the enemy from advancing on his position. He spends almost an hour ...
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World War Ii Time Life Books
1,480 wordsI. World War I had ended. Peace could finally be negotiated between to the Allies and Germany. Bad luck though struck the Allies as Germany had been hit with a horrible depression. A. The number cause for war in most countries up to that time had been poor economic conditions. In 1933, Germany held their usual presidential elections. The people of the country were hoping that the man the elected would bring peace to Germany and possibly better living conditions for them all. So what man they did...
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Taking Advantage Napoleon Made
1,425 words... attend Prussia's absolute control over German affairs. The final straw was Napoleon's offer of Hanover to Great Britain in return for peace. Napoleon went too far this time. Prussian honor was at stake and the army was mobilized on August 10 th, 1806. So, began the Battle of Jena. The French "battalion square" formation swung 90 degrees westwards towards the Prussian concentration. On 13 October, Lannes V Corps discovered 30, 000 Prussian troops around Jena. Napoleon sent orders for all Corp...
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Machine Gun Middle East
1,759 wordsThe Battle of El Alamein in late 1942 was the decisive battle of the North African campaign that lasted from 1940 until 1943. El Alamein was located 70 miles west of the main Egyptian port of Alexandria and could not be outflanked because movement of vehicles was restricted to a corridor of 40 miles between the sea and the impassable Quattara depression. Although the 8 th Army had overwhelming superiority in men, tanks, guns and aircraft and could not have lost the battle the prospect of a clear...
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Congressional Quarterly Weekly Combat Units
1,468 wordsIn this report, I will present the information I've discovered concerning whether allowing women to serve in combat units will reduce a units effectiveness. Women in today's military serve in more jobs and constitute the largest percent of women in the military they ever have. Four years ago women only made up 12 percent of the military, this has climbed from 1. 6 percent in 1973 (Armed Forces and Society, 1996, p. 17). They also hold more jobs than ever before. In 1991, congress passed an amend...
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Canadian History And Defining Moments
1,392 words"Just watch me. " Thats what Pierre Trudeau said when asked by a reporter if he was willing to bring in the military, under the War Measures Act, to calm the FLQ separatist terrorist group, and quell their acts of terror on the citizens of Quebec. Canada had a unique and exciting history that has many defining moments. Three such defining moments are Vimy Ridge in World War One, Canadas participating in D-Day in World War Two, and the Avro Arrow Jet Program. To begin, Canadas victory at Vimy Rid...
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Landing Craft Omaha Beach
1,911 wordsThe book D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II was written by Stephen E. Ambrose, and published by Simon & Schuster in New York. This book begins with a prologue that is followed by 32 chapters, a glossary, endnotes, a bibliography, an appendix, and an index. The first ten chapters give the events that lead up to D-Day, it discusses a variety of topics ranging from, general topics like the attackers and the defenders, to topics like what kind of weather conditions would be nec...
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Camp In Hopes Of Rallying Camp In Hopes Saladin
1,356 words... Joshua Power offers an excellent construction of the formation of the crusader army and its problems on the march: The mounted knights were preceded and probably flanked also by archers and crossbowmen, as well as by units of Turcoples, mounted archers who fought like the Saljuq or Turkish contingents. The heavy cavalry were the weakest point of the army when faced with Muslim troops far more mobile than their own. The enemy's mounted archers could shoot from well outside the range of Crusad...
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Invasion Of Normandy D Day
1,737 wordsOn June 6, 1944 the largest amphibious assault in history took place. On the morning of the Invasion of Normandy, beaches in the area of Cotentin, France, were bombarded with over 5, 000 tons of bombs, destroying anti-invasion equipment and de-mining many areas. The official British history says: Never has any coast suffered what a tortured strip of French coast suffered that morning. Following the bombardment over 100, 000 soldiers swam ashore (Normandy), and 11, 700 paratroopers were dropped (...
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East India Company British Army
1,645 wordsHow the 1857 Indian Mutiny threatened Great Britians control over India Since the beginning of the 16 th century Britain used to have the colonies in India, a land that had given to the world Vedas, Upanishad as, Sanskrit, Yoga, the reach east mythology and philosophy of the ancient civilizations Mohenjodaro and Harappa (now in Pakistan). The British perceived India principally as a place to make money, and its culture, beliefs and religions were left strictly alone. By the middle of the ninetee...
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Ups And Downs One Of The Greatest
2,245 wordsThe Desert Fox General Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox, Field Marshall, Hero, Traitor, Enemy, Father, Husband, Instructor. Though he held many titles in his life and was thought of in many different lights, he was and shall be remembered as, a true soldier, a man who men followed fearlessly and enemies dreaded facing. A soldier who remembered and adhered to the chivalrous side of war. A man who was committed to Germany and her people to the end. During peacetime or war, he was always a soldier, the...
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Byzantine Empire Medieval Warfare
2,503 wordsThroughout time Cavalry Medieval Calvary Throughout time horses have played an important role in society. Since their first introduction, they have continued to prove that they are a valuable asset. The horse fulfilled this role durning the middle ages to almost a key, in both personal and state affairs. It was in state affairs during the middle ages that the Cavalry rose to become an important part of the battle strategies of medieval commanders. The unit of choice went from Northern Europe's i...
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Machine Gun Fire World War Ii
4,307 wordsD-Day D-day is the term for a secret date on which a military operation is to begin. Peacetime planning of military operations is also based on supposed D-days. Terms such as D-plus- 3 (three days after initial attack) and H-hour (the hour of an attack) are used to plan the sequence of operations. The term D-day became current during World War II. , when it defined dates set for Allied landings on enemy-held coasts. The most famous D-Day is June 6, l 944, when the Allies invaded Normandy. (World...
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Second Punic War Set Up Camp
1,568 wordsHannibal was great Hannibal Hannibal: Hannibal was great Carthaginian general. He is remembered for his great tactical skills on the battle field and as a great military leader. Born in late 247 BC, was the eldest son of Hamilcar Barca. In 237 BC, Hamilcar took his nine year old son, Hannibal, to the alter of a Carthaginian god and made him swear eternal hatred to the Romans. Hannibal and his father then left for Spain. The center of Carthaginian power in Spain was the city of New Carthage. Hann...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Chicago Il
1,528 wordsSince his meteoric life and tragic death, Hannibal Barca comes across the centuries as the military commander with few, if any equals. A courageous leader, brilliant tactician, and steadfast soldier in the service of his beloved Carthage, Hannibal existed for one sole purpose: to defeat and, if possible, to eliminate the power of Rome (Livy p. 207). Hannibal? s destiny was already chosen for him before his own birth. The only thing that couldn? t have been foretold was the outcome of his struggl...
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Napoleon Army
2,907 wordsNapoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769. He was born on the small Italian Island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. He was born at a very hectic time. Corsica was trying to gain independence when French troops invaded. He was born during a war, and he will die because of one. When he turned ten his parents sent him to a military school, just outside of Paris. He devoted himself to learning and gaining experience to military tactics. All of this work eventually paid of...
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American Civil War First World War
1,944 wordsTo what extent was the American Civil War, the first modern war? The Great War witnessed a significant departure from the Napoleonic tactics and technology familiar to contemporary European military thinkers. Although the defining factor remains ambiguous, there is a tacit acceptance that the First World War epitomizes the modern war. It was a conflict of mass armies waged with highly efficient weaponry, which, coupled with the absolute pursuit of victory, eroded the pseudo-chivalric concepts wh...
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Congressional Quarterly Weekly Unit Cohesion
2,338 wordsWest 1 In this report, I will present the information Ive discovered concerning whether allowing women to serve in combat units will reduce a units effectiveness. Women in todays military serve in more jobs and constitute the largest percent of women in the military then ever before. Four years ago women only made up 12 percent of the military, this has climbed from 1. 6 percent in 1973 (Armed Forces and Society, 1996, p. 17). They also hold more jobs than ever before. In 1991, congress passed a...
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Cruel And Unusual Punishment Boot Camp
3,199 wordsThe historians cant seem to settle whether to call this one The Third Space War (or the fourth), or whether The First Interstellar War fits it better. We just call it The Bug War. Everything up to then and still later were just incidents, patrols or police actions. However, you are just as dead if you buy the farm in an incident as you are if you buy it in a declared war. Welcome to the 22 nd century as depicted by Robert Heinlein in his book Starship Troopers. Around 1987, the Russo-Anglo-Ameri...
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