The Civil War is considered to be the bloodiest episodes of warfare in American History. During this war, there were numerous well known battles. One of the most famous battles was called the Second Battle of Bull Run. The Second Battle of Bull Run was fought over August 28-30, 1862. Although this battle lasted only 3 days, there were approximately 22,000 casualties during this span.
The Vietnam War lasted for 20 years (1955-1975), more than 2 million lives were lost. 3 million people were wounded, and thousands of children were left orphans. The war destroyed both North and South Vietnam. In my opinion, war is, unnecessary and useless. We must strive towards peace and harmony not violence.
The time period between 1861-1865 is called one of the bloodiest times of American history. Approximately 620,000 men lost their lives during those four years, which was around 2% of the population of The United States at the time. The Civil War didn’t start as a war over slavery, but eventually progressed into one that would decide the future of four million people: the slaves living in the United States at the time. The stories told about the Civil War mostly focus on the men on the front, people in the North who supported President Lincoln, and slaves who were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation and the events that followed the Civil War. The story of Gone With The Wind, written as a book by Margaret Mitchell, and produced into film by David Selznick, is all about the women, the people who stayed home, the people on the losing side of the war.
On July 1st - 3rd of 1863 approximately 160,000 men were involved in the largest battle of the Civil War and the largest battle ever fought in North America in a small town in Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. Of the 160,000 men the 85,000 northerners outnumbered the 75,000 strong southerners. The battle is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War and a turning point in favor of the north. After the fighting had ended, the Union in total had 23,049 casualties and the Confederacy had 28,063, a great Union victory. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee, invaded the north for the second time where they laid assault after assault against the Union’s line.
The battle of Gettysburg was one of the most devastating clashes in the Civil War, but it quickly became a turning point for the Union army. In July of 1863, 35 miles from Pennsylvania 's capitol, the confederate army under General Lee attacked the Union forces at Gettysburg for three days straight (History.com Staff). Out of the many battles in the war, the battle at Gettysburg was most brutal. Out of 170,000 soldiers on both sides, 51,000 were either killed, wounded, or missing (History.com Staff). After the battle of Gettysburg, thousands of fallen soldiers were haphazardly buried in poorly made graves.
The events before the Waterloo campaign are intriguing as they display how charismatic and persuasive leader Napoleon was. Two years after the catastrophic failure of Napoleon's Russian campaign, which had cost the lives of over 400,000 soldiers, "the myth of Napoleon's invincibility
Battle of Verneuil, 1424 The Battle of Verneuil (occasionally written as Vernuil) was an important battle fought on 17th August 1424 near Verneuil in Normandy and a significant English victory. It was a particularly bloody battle, described by the English as a second Agincourt. Altogether some 7262 French and allied troops were killed, including 4000 Scots. English losses were 1600, including two men-at-arms and "a very few archers". The Scots army, led by Archibald, Earl of Douglas and John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (both of whom were killed), was almost totally destroyed.
For example, on 28 June 1098 there was a battle of Orontes. Starving crusaders were able to mobilize 15 thousand soldiers, who were ready to fight. Under the command of Bohemund Taranto they
Essay World war 1:we are talking about war in which died 17 million people including solders. World war 1 began on july 28, 1814. When Austria-Hungary decleared war on Serbia. This little war attracted Germany, Russia, Great Britain and France. The world war 1 ended in 11 november 1918.
In 1969 the peace moratorium was held. This was a gathering of 500 000 people and is believed to be the largest protest in US history. The rally featured anti war speeches, musical performances, and a memorable occasion of the crowd signing John Lennon’s song “Give Peace a chance”. After the revelation of the Mai Lai massacre, the media continued to exasperate public shock and mistrust in the