use of torture by both sides. In the Battle of Algiers‚ one can see how the FLN guerrilla insurrection and the French counter insurgency committed atrocities against each other‚ something of which would later lead to the Independence of Algeria. Nevertheless‚ when looking at the torture and atrocities done by both the French and the FLN one can recognize how both the French and FLN tried to exercise control over their fates in Algeria. In the film the Battle of Algiers we come to understand how
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The capture of Savannah‚ was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in Dec. of 1778 pitting local American Patriot MIlitia and Continental Army units‚ holding the city against a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. The British capture of the city led to an extended occupation and was the opening move in the British southern strategy to regain control of the rebellious Southern provinces by appealing to the relatively strong Loyalist sentiment there
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happened next would go down in history as one of the greatest battles for independence ever fought. The Battle of Bannockburn‚ which was a key cause for Scottish independence in the years to follow‚ is now the national holiday for the mighty and glorious nation of Scotland. In the Scottish city of Stirling‚ the English and Scottish infantry meet once more. However unlike the year 1314‚ it is instead the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. Every
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The Battle of Somme was fought from 1st July 1916 to 1st November of the same year next to the Somme River in northwestern France. The participants were German forces pitched against British and French soldiers The war was fought during the First World War‚ and it is considered one of the bloodiest military battles to date. The battle was ignited by anti-German forces who sought to reclaim a huge part of French territory that had been occupied by the German army in 1914. Another aim of the allied
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Tecumseh ‚Shawnee war chief‚ was born at Old Piqua‚ on the Mad River in western Ohio. In 1774‚ his father‚ Puckeshinwa‚ was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant‚ and in 1779 his mother‚ Methoataske‚ accompanied those Shawnees who migrated to Missouri‚ later died. Raised by an older sister‚ Tecumpease‚ Tecumseh would play war games with other fellow youths in his tribe. Tecumseh accompanied an older brother‚ Chiksika‚ on a series of raids against frontier settlements in Kentucky and Tennessee in
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The battle of New Orleans was a significant battle in the war of 1812. It was a crushing defeat for the British‚ increased patriotism‚ and Andrew Jackson emerged an American hero. The United States acquired the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803‚ thereby gaining control of the Mississippi River‚ and its watershed at the golf of Mexico. The U.S. government realized how important this was and its potential of becoming a great trading post. By 1812 this area called New Orleans grew as expected
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New Old Libya For decades Libyans lived under a dictator who twisted their past. Now they must imagine their future. By Robert Draper Photograph by George Steinmetz The bronze likeness of Muammar Qaddafi’s nemesis was lying on his back in a wooden crate shrouded in the darkness of a museum warehouse. His name was Septimius Severus. Like Qaddafi‚ he was from what is now Libya‚ and for 18 years bridging the second and third centuries A.D. he ruled the Roman Empire. His birthplace‚ Leptis Magna—a
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McKinsey Williams Ms. B Vasquez English 1301 March 5‚ 2013 Out with the Old in with the New The Movie Footloose tells a story about a young untamed teenage boy named Ren McCormick who moves from the windy city of Chicago to the small town of Bomont. The first time the character of Ren was introduced he was played by the eighties heartthrob Kevin Bacon‚ in the most recent version of the film the good-looking Kenny Wormald played Footloose’s character of Ren. The original film starring Bacon
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identifying key failures on the British side of the battle‚ this paper will demonstrate how the British could have been successful in the Southern Provinces of America. By winning this battle British forces would have continued recruiting Loyalist militia and ultimately won the war. This paper will show how poor decision making and inaccurate assumptions of the enemy were vital in the loss of this battle and those that followed it. The Battle of Kings Mountain was fought in Kings Mountain
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Old and New Imperialism There were two different time periods where Imperialism occurred. The first wave of imperialism‚ called the "Old" Imperialism‚ lasted from around 1500 1800. The "New" Imperialism lasted from around 1870 1914. The three main differences that we will discuss today are the differences in economics‚ politics‚ and the motive behind all of this. The new and the old waves of imperialism were very much different through economics. The old economics was pretty much
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