Did you know that the Revolutionary War is like a parent and child fighting? The Americans (the child) are fighting the British(the parent) and the British keep giving them punishments like more tax. By December‚ 1777 over 1800 soldiers had died and by March‚ over 900 more soldiers had died. That means a total of over 2700 soldiers died in all‚ that is quite a bit of soldiers dying! The colonists did not even have good clothes or shoes and became very sick. I have decided not to reenlist for
Premium American Revolutionary War American Revolution Death
History Guide World War One: Events leading up to World War One: March 1890: The German statesman Otto von Bismarkre signs‚ mostly forced by the new Kaiser‚ Wilelm II. The Kaiser takes a more active role in German Welpolitik. However‚ the blunders of the Kaiser and other chancellors alienate Germany from other European powers and gave increasing influence to army leaders within Germany. December 1893: France and Russia sign a military convention pledging to help each other in the event of a
Premium Soviet Union World War I World War II
What countries may have had distinct disadvantages during the war? Why and what were they? Russia was at a disadvantage since they had outdated equipment and tactics. Their lack of new technology and advanced equipment was mirrored by other nations such as Greece might have had quite a disadvantage due to its size. 2. When the Archduke of Austria‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ visited Bosnia in 1914‚ he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ under orders of the Black Hand which was a covert Serbian
Premium World War I World War II Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Chapter 19 - The First World War -4 main causes of World War 1 1. Nationalism: Overinflated love of one’s country or intense pride in one’s country 2. Imperialism: Extending political‚ economic and military control over weaker territories 3. Militarism: Making sure one’s country does not fall behind in the arms race 4. Alliances -2 alliance groups -Triple entente: France‚ Great Britain‚ Russia -Triple alliance: Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy‚ Later on Ottoman Empire *How
Free World War I Woodrow Wilson
A frequently‚ and sometimes hotly‚ discussed subject; the outcome of the American Civil War has fascinated historians for generations. Some argue that the North’s economic advantages proved too much for the South‚ others that Southern strategy was faulty‚ offensive when it should have been defensive‚ and vice-versa. Internal division in the South is often referred to‚ and complaints made against Davis’ somewhat makeshift‚ inexperienced‚ government. Doubts are sometimes raised over the commitment
Premium Confederate States of America American Civil War Southern United States
Why did the Allies defeat Hitler? - Weakness of the Axis powers Germany didn’t not give their full military capacity to invade Britain in 1941‚ Hitler allowed Britain to survive. From this Britain kept going with the war into the West‚ the British resistance was increasingly causing Germany problems. Britain also acted as a launch pad for the bombing of Germany and Operation Overload. Therefore‚ invasion of the Soviet Union proved to be a huge mistake‚ pushing Germany to face war on two fronts.
Premium World War II Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany
Cold war was a state of political and military tension after world WW2 between powers in western bloc and eastern bloc. The westerns bloc’s military is so much weaker than the new rising eastern bloc country because of the serious wound from ww2. It seems the western bloc country got no chance to win. But the cold war ends with the instantaneous collapse of Soviet Union. I think there is three reasons that caused Soviet Union lost this war. Frist of all it’s the awful foreign policy of Soviet Union
Premium World War II Cold War Soviet Union
Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? Roxanne C. Jones Politics 300‚ Section 003016 Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? ‘Do you think you are going to win?’ ‘Yes‚ yes of course.’ ‘What makes you think so? What makes you think you are going to win?’ ‘I believe we are going to win. It’s evident!’ (Panjshairi commander Ahmad Shah Massoud in an interview from the French prize-winning documentary film ‘Valley against an Empire’ by Jerome Bony and Christophe de Ponfilly
Premium Soviet Union Soviet war in Afghanistan World War II
There are constant debates on why did the South lose the Civil War. The Civil War ended 150 years ago but that has not affected historians to question the outcome of the war for the Confederacy. According to Gary Gallagher‚ many historians work backward starting from Appomattox to explain the failure of the war. He continues by stating that those historians claim the reasoning for the failure was caused by the lack will to win the war by the Confederates. Gary Gallagher disagrees with these methods
Premium Virginia Confederate States of America Confederate States Army
Why did the UK lose its status as a world power after the Second World War? The two World Wars had a tremendous impact on the British economy. Similarly but worse than the World War l‚ Britain experienced a huge loss of her wealth after the Second World war (1939‐1945). The extinction of British Empire mainly started with the outbreak of the Second World War. As a result her status as a world power weakened. There are many various factors that affected Britain so that she lost economic and political
Premium World War II British Empire World War I