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Somewhere in my heart I would like to believe that I am a strong and disciplined woman. Sometimes, that is true, more often, it is half-true and then there are the days when it is a lie. But people are dimensional and complex which often makes it fun to watch them. The truth is, in…

Nothing distinguished the dawn of June 2, 1942, from countless other dawns thathad fallen over tiny Midway atoll in the North Pacific. Nothing, that is, exceptthe tension, the electric tension of men waiting for an enemy to make his move. On Midway’s two main islands, Sand and Eastern, 3,632 United States Navy andMarine Corps personnel,…

The Battle of GettysburgThe Battle of Gettysburg was the most decisive battle for the North, and it lasted for a total of three days. It began on July 1 and ended on July 3, 1863. The Confederacy was going on the offensive and was beginning to venture into Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington D. C. They…

Gettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. Back in the day’s before animation. More importantly Gettysburg was the climatic clash between the two major American cultures of their time: the North and the South. A climax of a conflict between two cultures with such vastly different ideals that they could not coexist…

The Battle With Grendel’s MotherWhen Grendel’s mother found Beowulf running around on her ground, she picked him up and took him to a high arched building with a large battleground. She clawed at his mail shirt, but it did not affect him. The mail shirt was too strong for her to penetrate her fierce claw…

smarckBattles on the United Home Front and the end of BismarckFrom the defeat of Austria in 1866 until 1878 Bismarck was allied primarily with the National Liberals. Together they created a civil and criminal code for the new empire and accomplished Germany’s adoption of the gold standard and move toward free trade. Just as they…

World War One dominates the history of the 20th century. Itseffects were felt long after it ended. Its uneasy outcome pavedthe way for a second and worse conflict. World War One hadmany bloody battles and campaigns, but in this essay I willdiscuss which battle was the most important. Which battle was the most important one…

The First Battleof ManassasOn a hot summer day in July of 1861 therestood about 30,000 Union troops lead by General Irvin McDowell ready tomarch out and capture Richmond and end the war. For the troops wereyoung volunteers and thought that the battle would only last one day. But they were wrong for the battle of…

Battle of the SexesHad the daughters and wives of the countryside played a part in the committees in Tunnel Six and elsewhere? Was it common for a woman to bring a dispute before the assembly? What did the fact of the conflicts setting a pair of women against each other say about solidarity and division…

INTRODUCTION: (2 Min. )1. GAIN ATTENTION: In December of 1814, 11,000 to 14,450 of Great Britain’s finest troops were lead to destroy a much smaller force of 3,500 to 5,000 United States troops. This was part of the War of 1812 that was fought from June 1812 to the spring of 1815. The War of…