Ho Chi Minh and General Giap understood that they could not defeat the US through the use of conventional military tactics but could defeat them through an unconventional Peoples war. The Vietcong tactics were largely successful and effective, as they had extensive knowledge of the geography, topography and climate of Vietnam. Their tactics had also been hardened during the French war, making them more comfortable and experienced in their fighting. Furthermore, they avoided direct and open confrontation with the US forces in which they would be invariably outgunned. They operated mainly at night, which allowed them to have an advantage over the US soldiers who were unable to swiftly move about the unfamiliar terrain of Vietnam.
They also had the Iroquois Leagues join them. Together, it’s more than 45,000 men for the British. The French, on the other hand, has a well-trained army with a skilled commander who was Marquis de Montcalm. France was also a difficult country to defeat. They had 17, 900 soldiers in the war.
Athens was in fact a democracy and though it gave more freedom to its citizens, there were just too many people to run the government in anyway but chaotic. Athens assembly was composed of over 6,000 male citizens who voted on the laws. Sparta also had an assembly made up of male citizens who voted on the laws. Sparta and Athens both had a council. The major difference being that Athens council of five hundred men were chosen by lottery.
The Han Empire is much bigger than the Athens city-state Attica which is a mere 50 miles long, while the Han Empire stretches over 2400 miles long. The size difference alone shows how the Empires would have developed differently. Since Attica is smaller, the people are closer together, therefore it would be easier to develop a democracy there. Han China, however, is very big and everyone is spread out so it would be very difficult to govern if every citizen had a say in the decisions. The second and third documents show the differences in size and distribution of the population in both empires.
Henry spent about £15000, one seventh of his annual income, for this event. The King's entourage had 2800 tents and one temporary palace was built. Source 3 says that the Field of the Cloth of Gold wasn't a meeting to achieve something any more, but just an "Olympic Games" because of the jousts, wrestling and tournaments. It was like an international councours d'élégance in dress and jewelry. This source was written by G. Russel in 1969 in "The Field of Cloth of Gold".
By June, the RAF had rebuilt it’s fighter force back up to about 660 serviceable fighter planes because most of them were destroyed before the battle when the Nazi’s pushed across Europe in 1939-1940. The Luftwaffe had 2600 bombers at its disposal when the war had begun (on the 10th of July). The war took place in the skies over England. The small amount of pilots came from all over the Commonwealth including New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Australia; even overrun countries such as Poland,
McNamera and the Vietnam War McNamera, former secretary of defense for the United States, learned eleven huge lessons from his involvement in the wars of the wars of the 20th century. Several of these lessons were applied in his approach to the Vietnam War, while others failed to be successfully used. The first of these lessons, to empathize with the enemy, was unfortunately dismissed in this war. The United States, with over 500,000 troops alone, believed that they could easily overpower North Vietnam’s fighting force of fewer than 300,000. The United States, however, did not count on just how intense Vietnamese nationalism was.
* On October 24, the French began attacking Germany lines around the city. Making heavy use of artillery, they were able to push the Germans back on the east bank of the river. By December the Germans had been nearly forced back to their original lines. * The Battle of Verdun was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of World War I. Killing more than 250 000 people and leaving over one million wounded.
By 1860 there were only 1.4 million voters out of a population of 30million. Voters All men who were landowners, tenant farmers, professional men, like doctors or lawyers, or businessmen had the right to vote. The franchise (right to vote) was based on property. The 1832 Reform Bill gave the vote to the upper-middle class who along with the landed aristocracy dominated British politics Fairness Elections were marked by corruption and by intimidation. The small size of the electorate allowed vote-rigging and intimidation of voters as well as bribery.
After Adams’ four year term Jefferson ran against him again and in 1801 was elected the third president of the United States. His first term as president was greatly successful and he was able to negotiate the purchase of the Louisiana Territory which doubled the size of the Union. He served two terms and in 1808 his chosen successor, James Madison, won the election. He retired to Monticello, and in his 70’s decided to draw up the plans for The University of Virginia, his final achievement. Not only did he design the buildings, but he also hand picked the staff, selected the course material and reading lists for the