reasons that have been presented of how and why Alexander won every one of his battles. He would achieve his victories by first investigating the land where he wished to advance upon. In order to be sure of the safety of himself and his army he would often explore alone over dangerous terrain. In order for men to respect and follow to the ends of the earth one must risk himself. Before meeting his opponents in battle he would study their psychology, their weapons, and their methods of warfare. If
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remaining loyal to him, he still became less and less fond of them. I believe this was a result of him believing that he could win the war all by himself, without the help or advice of his subordinates. A classic example of how this failed was the battle of Stalingrad in 1942. Before the invasion (of Moscow), two of Hitler’s senior-most advisors told him that they disagreed with the plan. Despite his better judgment, Hitler ignored their advice and continued on anyway. As they entered the city they
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Brennan Texas history 1-8-15 Mr Davy Crockett Davy Crockett was a frontiersman and politician who severed in the Us congress before moving on towards West into Texas. He was among the many defenders in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo which were killed by the Mexican army. The television gave people a positive point of view on Davy Crockett by presenting him as a heroic figure, and also by presenting him as an independent. individual. . People got to visualize the
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THE ALAMO I chose to write about the Alamo because I watched this movie when I was younger and wanted to watch it again now that I have a better perspective on the history that took place in the Battle for the Alamo. The movie takes place in San Antonio in early 1836, 6,000 Mexicans marched to The Alamo to fight a group of patriots of 187 strong; they were led by Colonel William B. Travis. During the 10 days of fighting, the Mexicans fought and fired their cannons until they were able to climb over
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even though you might not know what Austerlitz or Waterloo are is that it has to be some sort of battle site since he mentions the pile the bodies. Austerlitz is a battle site that Napoleon Bonaparte was involved in which he basically defeated the Russian and Austrian troops, which historians might say it was one of Napoleon’s greatest victories of his time. Ironically, Waterloo was Napoleon’s last battle as commander of the French which was defeated by Duke of Wellington of England and Gebhard von
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When Mexican General Martin Perfecto de Cos demanded the surrender of the Texan's cannon in the Battle of Gonzales, Travis was one of hundreds to come to help with defense. He was too late, however, to take part in the action.On orders from Provisional Governor Henry Smith in January,1836, Travis entered the Alamo with about 30 men. The Mexican army
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feelings for a “riverboat gambler” and was cheating on him. So Travis killed the “riverboat gambler” and buried him in a Jewish cemetery. After his crime Travis abandons his wife, his son, and his unborn daughter and moved to Texas to fight in the Texas Battles. He ended up in a small town called Anahuac located east of the Galveston Bay. Travis then listed his marital status as single, even though he was married. He wrote letters to officials asking for reinforcements in the Alamo, but only 35 men came
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The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg,[3] was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II.[4][5] The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation
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To what extent was battle of the Somme 1916 a learning curve? Some the mouth of hell pages 263-281 Lyn Macdonald Films used to show the troops in a good fun light masking the true events of the Somme, people getting anxious since some films were not as censored and families would start to worry especially when half the post home was censored with loads of the letter written off. There was photographers which both to pictures and filmed live events at the Somme which had a significant event on those
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and fought in the battle of The Alamo. Davy joined the state militia of Tennessee under Andrew Jackson’s forces because he wanted to help other people. This shows Davy’s courage to fight for others knowing he could get injured or even killed. Some say “he got his courage from his dad that was in the revolutionary war” (Sanford, pg. 9). He was in multiple battles with the “Red Coats” during the time he was a militia man. One of the battles he didn’t go to. It was called the battle of horseshoe bend
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