The battle of Artemisium highlights Themistocles role in achieving victory for the Greeks. At Artemisium, it was Themistocles duty to send a naval fleet to attack the Persian navy, who were suspected to be sailing to Athens. this poved to be effective in the long term course of the war because it delayed the Persian fleet which meant that, “The Persians would not be able to divide their fleet and make raids against the Peloponnese for the purpose of creating divisions and seizing strategic points.”-Pamela Bradley. Furthermore if the Persians were able to launch raids in the Peloponnese this may have triggered Helot revolts as a possible alliance between them and Persia may have originated. If this were to have occurred then the Greeks alliance with the Spartans could have potentially been lost, as the Spartans may have withdrawn from the war.
World War 1 was a ticking time bomb waiting to happen. Countries throughout Europe had agreements of consolidated alliances which would pull European countries into battle. Therefore, if one country were to attack another, a domino like effect would come into play and the allied countries were bound to defend the attacked country. Since Austria-Hungary decided to declare war on Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Russia was bound to join the war because of cultural ties and alliances with Serbia. Germany saw that Russia was starting to mobilize troops so Germany decided to declare on Russia which leads to France joining the war because of being drawn against Germany.
* He is buried at Anzac cove. * Sir William Thisby Bridges was well known for the rising naming of the first Australian imperial force. He led the troops that were 1st to land at Gallipoli. * Late on the 25th of April he realised that the landing at Anzac cove was a failure. He concluded they should leave to avoid any further loss of life, he the NZ commander tried to convince the British general to evacuate but to no avail
M.L Bush said that ‘It was interconnected regional rebellions rather than one fluid movement’ because once the rebels had gone back to where they lived dotted across the North of England they would all have to meet up rather than go down to London in one group. Also the rebels outnumbered the King’s army 4:1 when they were confronted at the River Don. Instead of accepting the King’s pardon they should have risked battle once they dispersed they were no longer a threat to Henry. They were the stronger force but they tried to negotiate before they had achieved anything. This is another point towards poor leadership because there was no clear plan in how they were going to get their terms accepted only what terms they wanted.
He would win battles against weaker forces, but win he did, establishing a foothold on what would become the city of St. Petersburg. 12 Since there was no way Peter could send the southern fleet all the way around Europe or Asia to the Baltic, Peter again had an entire navy constructed from scratch and they would participate in naval as well as amphibious landings against the Swedes. 13 Throw in internal rebellion, external armies invading and bad choices by the Swedish military he and his forces finally owthe Great Northern War was concluded in terms favorable to Russia. Not content however,Peter would mobilize his forces (again) in an attempt to take on the Turks and would fail. To the rest of the European powers however, for the first time Great Britain and France would take notice of the power and potential of a rising Russia.
It puts you at the scene of one of the most famous events in Australia’s Military history. Completing the track is a great accomplishment and a good way to honour the memory of the Australian soldiers, sailors and aircrew who were in battle on the Kokoda Track. While walking the track you are able to understand the experience and achievements our soldiers made while battling with the Japanese. A quote from Prime Minister at the time of the war, Paul Keating states during his ANZAC speech in Papua New Guinea, “ They died in defense of Australia, and the civilization and values which had grown up there. That’s why it might be said that, for Australians, the battles of Papua New Guinea were the most
Truman believes that the communist’s are using terrorist force on Greece and Turkey and therefore to protect Greece and Turkey from the communists the Truman Doctrine was invented. They also knew that they were the only country able to help Democratic Greece. They did not want a totalitarian state forced upon these countries like Greece and Turkey. They did not want countries to be taken over by armed minorities and
The Remembrance Day Service is held every year to honour and remember those who suffered, endured and died in war, soldier and civilian alike. This year’s service focuses on the experiences of Australians in 1941, fighting to protect Greece and Crete from the ravages of fascism. Benito Mussolini, Italy’s dictator during WW2 and Germany’s ally in the war, invaded Greece only to be beaten back by the Greeks. With this defeat, Germany’s leader Adolf Hitler, turned his attention towards the unfortunate Greeks and in 1942, an allied force which included Australian soldiers was dispatched to Greece to help defend their shores. 17,000 Australian and 16,700 New Zealand servicemen and women travelled from half a world away to aid the Greeks.
The Central Powers were technically free to trade with the U.S. but the British navy which controlled the sea forbid them to do so. So, Germany announced its use of submarine warfare around the British Isles, warning the U.S. that it would try not to attack neutral ships, but that mistakes would probably occur. Wilson warned Germany that he wouldn’t accept this. German sub boats sank many ships. After many deaths Germany finally agreed not to sink unarmed ships without warning anymore.
Policymakers in the US were not interested in peace, but rather what they could get out of peace. When it came to negotiating, they blatantly denied Britain’s proposal to allow their Native American allies to stay in their Midwest territories when such a limitation would require the ever growing population of the States to sacrifice precious farmland. Also, the British conceded valuable fishing rights to the American government for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The treaty did not even mention the problem of impressments that the US tried to pass as justification for declaring war in the first place. The participation in this war also resulted in an explosion within the US Navy that made future overseas endeavors possible, and the United States gained serious respect from European powers that had previously noted the budding country as a cute experiment.