The First Total War Analysis

Why did Britain switch to a Southern military strategy? Why did that strategy ultimately fail?

The war of 1812 was yet another war that the United States got caught up with. There were several reasons as to what caused this war to begin. Let 's go back to the year of 1806 when France declared it to be illegal for “all neutral trade with Great Britain” (War of 1812 - 1815). The very next year in 1807 Great Britain decided that they were going to play the same game as France and made it illegal for France and all allies of France to trade with each other. In response to the childish games that France and Great Britain were playing the United States Congress passed laws to “[prohibit] U.S. vessels” from doing business with the European Nations (War of 1812 - 1815). In 1810 the United States decided that realistically this wasn 't exactly doing what it was suppose to so they opened trade back up with the European Nations on the condition that France and Great Britain

One cannot discuss international conflicts, wars, and struggles throughout pre-20th-century history without giving enormous precedence to the might of military and naval elites that were fundamentally the core catalyst in determining the outcomes of some of the most ferocious violence history has witnessed. Violence has always been engrained in the human psyche, and those who have forged the strongest alliances, the mightiest of military forces, and developed the shrewdest of tactics prevail, victors, most of the time. With regards to political relations, a countries military might will always coincide with factors such as economy, differing governing systems, land mass etc. as the foremost justifications as to why a superpower is a superpower,

Hundred Years’ War, fought by both England and France, had a profound impact on the next stage of their histories. Both sides experienced changes after the war that substantially decreased the income of many peasants. The war was fought almost entirely in France and had many consequences on the political, economic, and social fabric of both countries. The Hundred Years’ War changed both governments by making England more liberal and France more conservative than before, by affecting the economic fabric through changes in the lives of peasants, and by altering the social fabric through revolts and a changes in how the countries felt about themselves. The French experienced profound changes due to the war. The French experienced many

November 8, 1942 the day United States military forces with the help of the United Kingdom had launched an operation against French North Africa. The French were holding territories of Algeria and Morocco. The code name Torch it reflected the results of the long and contentious arguments that had gone on between British and American planners about the future course of Allied strategy. There was intervention by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the arguments that finally stilled the arguments between the allies. Torch’s impact was great and enormous through the course of the rest of the war. The most important strategic decision that the Allied leaders would ever make during the war. Operation Torch had postponed the landing in France until 1944, it

The Civil War. The Napoleonic Wars. The Hundred Years’ War. The Vietnam War. The Korean War. America’s Revolutionary War. The Great War. All of these wars were filled with terrible suffering and thousands of deaths, but one could be considered the most catastrophic of them all: World War II. Many horrendous events took place in those six years, yet none were as devastating as what happened in August 1945. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hit with a nuclear blast so powerful people over two miles away burst into flames. War brings things like this to the world, but for some people, the atomic bombings seemed to go too far. Others believe the atomic bombs were the only way to end the war. This question is still being debated today: Was dropping the atomic bombs during WWII justified?

A total war consists of a large part of a nation being part of a war and civilians being integrated in the war. This was the case in the First World War, the war which was expected to be a swift one turned out to be a long-lasting war. The economy

The validity of the above arguments is predicated on the assumption British strategy failed because they did not understand the true nature of the war combined with incoherent strategies led by singular field commanders making poor decisions. In fact, the British were engaged in a world war and had to shift gears toward other war torn parts of the world such as the West Indies and France. (Weigley, p. 24) The above paragraphs also fail to mention the superior tactical performances by brilliant field commanders such as Clinton and Cornwallis in major battles such as New York and Charleston. They were not inept commanders but lacked the personnel and resources necessary to decidedly defeat the far less capable forces of the Americans. If

From the second half of the nineteenth century, nations in Europe had undergone enormous changes and conflicts that contributed to the outbreak of the disastrous war worldwide. The change of Ihering and other liberals’ attitude towards Bismarck’s Realpolitik signals the growing militant nationalism and public enthusiasm for war; as nationalism fueled the imperial rivalries in the following two decades, Ferry’s description of the tense competition of great powers signals the arm races, and all these three factors set the stage for World War I.

In the year 1642, England was fighting a civil war that would decide whether Monarchy would rule, or England would become a commonwealth. What happened after the war influenced the 17th century in such a way that it changed everything. Firstly, England was able to create the one of the first professional armies and navies, they started to become a united nation, and The English Civil War was a spark to an explosion. The fuel too many other revolutions was lit. Therefore, the most important outcome of the English Civil War is the execution of King Charles I because England could create a professional army, they became a commonwealth, and they fueled other revolutions.

The 1800’s were filled with expedition and adventure. The elites were profiting from people expanding west with the help of transportation routes. Lewis and Clark had major help from the Mandans and Sacajawea with their journey west. The Napoleonic Wars, War Hawks, and the War of 1812 were all things that challenged Mandans in diplomacy. Led by Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, Natives were divided into accommodationists and traditionalists. The War of 1812 went well for the British, but that wasn't the same story in the Battle of Thames. The British lose and Tecumseh dies in the Battle of Thames. These were major events that occurred in the 1800’s.

The Somme Campaign is a series of battles that took place along the Somme Valley in France between July 1st and November 19th 1916. It was the first major Anglo-French offensive on the Western Front. A lack of context has allowed it to become one of the most controversial battles in history due to the immense number of casualties that it caused over a small area of little strategic importance, however, the Somme was simply an episode – albeit an integral one - in the larger military continuum of a war of attrition. During the course of this essay, the significance of the Somme will be examined in terms of territory, casualties, Anglo (BEF)-French relations, tactics, technology, the contribution of empire forces, supplies and logistics

Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War shows us how dehumanizing war can be in a science fiction story through the eyes of William Mandella, a Physicist that is drafted into the forever war. Throughout the war Mandella feels like there is something off about the war. Mandella keeps learning more and more about how unsafe the war is for him and the rest of his team. Some things he learns consists of dying from some of the collapsar jumps because of the speed, and the unsafe body armor that can blow you to pieces if you are not careful. With Mandella knowing this it makes him worried, but after a couple hundred earth years of traveling the universe in a ship that goes light speed and fighting an alien enemy that is more advanced than him he doesn’t worry

As an Armenian I have often been exposed to the history of my ancestors, particularly relating to the genocide of 1915.The story of my great-grandparents’ escape, aided by a Turkish family, showed that history is very much about the relation between humans. To enhance our understanding of the present, the study of past civilizations, individuals and events is crucial. The past has shaped the society we live in now, and through close analysis of historical events such as the Holocaust, we can better understand the dynamics of today’s world. It is for this reason that I have decided to pursue history.

It is well-known fact that as human beings we need guidance in life. That specific guidance that was there for our ancestors, is here for us and it will be for our descendants, is history. Even though there have been events in history which ended happily, the ones which had the biggest impact on our lives were the ones which occurred through battles and wars.