Other than Harold Godwinson, two other men were claiming the English throne; their names were William, Duke of Normandy and Harald Hardrada, a Viking from the north. On 21st of September 1066 Harold received word that Harald had arrived in York so he quickly gathered his troops and prepared for a surprise attack at Stamford Bridge. Harold’s army was made up of two types of soldiers. The well paid ones were called the Housecarls and they were well trained and the best fighters in the Saxon army who were there to protect their King. The Housecarls were very loyal because they were paid.
They also had an advantage because Hitler broke the Nazi-Soviet pact with Stalin which took Stalin by surprise. The Russians began destroying factories and farm equipment and burned crops to keep them out of enemies’ hands. But the Germans still managed to make it deep into Russia and were debating whether or not to conquer Moscow and Leningrad. Like Napoleon’s Grand Army in 1812, the Germans were stopped by the brutalness of the Russian “General Winter.” This is where Operation Barbarossa fails. They never were able to take complete
How far can Napoleon's military success from 1796-1800 be explained by the weaknesses of his opponents? A lot of Napoleon’s military success can be attributed to the weaknesses of his opponents but his own strengths and that of his men are a also a larger factor. From the years 1796-1800 Napoleons’ forces took part in 35 battles, the large majority of the battles were victories for the French. These battles were spread over the years occurred throughout: Egypt, Italy and, Syria. The success of the French troops can be based on many factors: Napoleon’s “new” - but very successful- way of making war, the superb commanders (Masséna and Augurea) Napoleon had underneath him and, the poor organisation and communication between his opponents.
Oliver Cromwell became the most important general on the Parliamentarian side and Prince Rupert on the Royalist side. Oliver Cromwell was famous for his well thought out tactics and his well disciplined army, where as Rupert, the kings nephew, made decisions without thinking them through and was not always in full control of his men. Before the war, Oliver Cromwell was worrying whether or not his army would want to fight the king because in those days it was said that the king is Gods representative. The king also had much more money because he was supported by some very wealthy men, so he had more money. However, as the war went on, the king’s money dwindled away, and Parliament raised taxes, therefore they had more money than the king.
The invention was a success although it was British troops, 20,000 were killed and 40,000 were injured. This is shocking because the technology was new, when you get something new you test it and wonder if it’s good or not just like the technology in WW1 who knew it would proceed this well the amount of people it injured was amazing. Adding to that the British Vickers machine gun crew WW1 was the first automatic guns had been used in large numbers in a European war, first time lucky they used it in the European war not knowing if it would work or not but surprisingly it was achieved well. Another reason England was so involved David Lloyd George was one of the big three this is shocking because England wasn’t involved at all it started with the Black Hand gang in Franz Ferdinand’s assassination. England hadn’t been attacked on their own territory for over 1000 years and unexpectedly the German airships bombed the south of England However 8,538315 million approximately were killed deaths are expected in war but not on this scale.
This is a massive key factor to why the Bolsheviks had won the war because without the people that they controlled they would of not of been able to make all the weapons and the most essential things that they needed to win the war against the whites. So even though the whites had a bigger army, the Bolsheviks were able to win the war, because of all the support of the people they had control over and all the work they had done and the support they gave to the red army to lead them to victory. However the amount of arms they had and the amount of people they had control over may not be the leading factor to why they won the war. There are other factors such as the Bolsheviks had complete control over the trans-Siberian railway. This railway was the main line where all the supplies and goods came in and out of Russia so having control over this was a great advantage.
Another reason America had an advantage over Britain was that the English citizens were tired of war. The war had begun to turn into years and citizens were getting tired of paying taxes and just the war in general. In my opinion one of the biggest advantages the colonists had was how great a leader George Washington was. American soldiers were outnumbered and not as well trained as the English soldiers, but because of Washington’s brilliance and strategy it helped the colonists prevail over Britain. On the other hand Britain also had many advantages over the Americans.
Militarism played an immense part in the start of the Great War and without it, there was a chance that the war would have never have lasted as long as it did. Militarism is when an entire country is in love with the idea of war. Soldiers were considered to be very god-like, and citizens only focused on the favourable aspects of war: serving one’s country and being honoured .In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, both France’s and Germany’s armies had nearly doubled in size due to militarism. Germany was in competition with France to obtain Europe’s largest army. The country also felt threatened as its neighbouring country, Russia was part of the Triple Entente and was itself building up a vast army.
This was only a temporary victory for the Bolsheviks as they lost support of the majority of the Russian population. In addition, he led the Reds in the Russian Civil War. The success of the Reds proved Lenin’s brilliant leadership. However, again, they lost a lot of support. Lenin had also ended the war with Germany by signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
At the time, Germany had around 5.6 million men whereas the Russian strength was limited to only 2.9 million a substantial difference. But for what they lacked, they made up in tank and aircraft numbers with 12-15,000 tanks and 35-40,000 aircraft. Germany numbers of only 3,600 tanks and 4,000 aircraft were no match for the outstanding number of equipment that Russia had. Russian troops of only 2.9 million were also at an extremely low level of morale. If this was not the case, when the Germans attacked there could have been a much better chance of defeating them.