Battle Reports Samples For Students

One of the most important milestones for American intervention in the First World War was at the Second Battle of the Marne, which ran from July 15, 1918 to August 6, 1918. Following the collapse of the Great Offensive, American troops took part in a massive defense of the Marne, in an attempt to keep the German army from being able to cross Chateau-Thierry and make it into Paris. While the Allies were largely made up of weary French and British commanders and soldiers, the Second Battle of the Marne represented the first major battle for the American forces during a ...

Political Science

Univeristy
1 Severity of Civil Wars: A quantitative analysis report
1.0 Introduction
Civil wars are brutal and cruel wars: but other than those two realities not enough is known about internal conflicts on many levels. The characteristic length of duration for a civil war is about six years (Fearon and Laitin, 2003). Black (2003) and Fortna (2004) explained that the children under the age often suffers the highest mortality rates
Lacina (2006) asked the question why the number of deaths is higher in some civil wars than others. Lacina (2006) used data from the years 1946 to 2000 to ...

The period of enlightenment in the 16th century did not only spark the American Revolution but also led to political upheavals. Consequently, the battle of Cowpens is among the American historical civil wars. To emerge victorious, both the British and Americans had to gather enough military personnel, weapons and fighting tactics. Therefore, the next discussion gives a detailed description of the military personnel and intelligence applied during the battle.

The Americans gathered army personnel through acquiring volunteers.

In addition, each army group was aware of the military weapons acquired by their opponents. Due to competition, the army leaders had to acquire guns competitively and other military equipments like ...

The movie on Hannibal of Carthage starts with a description of a general who slaughters 75 thousand best trained roman soldiers. His quest is to conquer the Roman Empire.
The first battle is a draw but Carthage uses its military power to take over Spain. Hannibal witnesses his father, who was also a general, slaughter the Spanish. His father is assassinated but about 9 years later, he launches an attack on his long time enemy, the romans. He lacks a navy thus has to attack by land. He uses Spain as his base but the Romans learn of his attack and prepare to ...

The movie revolves around a famous commander and ruler in the Greek history named Alexander the great. The movie shows how the leader was ruthless in battling his enemies and his quest to expand his empire. In his battles, he was actively involved unlike other emperors who sent soldiers to the battle and remained behind. From a tender age of 25 years, he was muscular enough to fight in battles.
In the introductory part of the movie, he is depicted as a young determined soldier from the Greeks. He fought in many battles and expanded his territory. His only obstacle to ...

The battles of the two coalitions during World War II deployed on the space of the four basis theaters of war: the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the West European and the Eastern ones, with the Pacific playing the role of the primary battleground that witnessed the great sea battles between the Japanese and Allies. Apart from Nazi Germany, Military Japan also had expansionist plans in its strategy during WWII. As long as in 1931 it made an attempt to occupy Manchuria and North China, as well as the invasion into the depth of China in 1937 (Japanese Conquest). The expansion ...

The historic fiction written by Jeff Shaara, The Glorious Cause is set in America when it was a new country and tracks the Revolutionary War. It uses the literary device of telling the story from the viewpoints of all the commanding generals of both sides. In this manner, one chapter might be titled “Washington“and tell the story from his prospective. The chapter entitled “Cornwallis” would give not just the facts about how he participated but also how he saw them. Because of this there is no traditional “main character” as the protagonist. Instead there is a steadily shifting almost bird’ ...

Season one episode four of battle of the Thermopylae revolves around two kings namely; king Leonidas and king Xerxes. King Leonidas led the fearless and famous three hundred Spartans soldiers while, Xerxes led his army which of comprised of over one million soldiers. This war lasted for three days. The Persians under the leadership of king Xerxes became the victors of this battle. The Spartans had shown a lot of courage going into this battle and although they were all killed; their courage inspired all the Greeks across all the Greece land.
Xerxes and his army sailed along the ...

For those who are not acquainted with the books of German writer Erich Maria Remarque, the title of the novel All Quite on the Western Front does not promise emotional reading. The first thought of it is that this book will tell its reader about ordinary, if not peaceful, but stable life. After the book has been read, there is an absolutely different attitude to it. The language of the novel is very simple and the readers catch themselves thinking that by chance they have an opportunity to read some notes in the diary of a young German soldier ...

For those readers who are not acquainted with the books of German writer Erich Maria Remarque, the title of the novel All Quite on the Western Front will not stir any predictions of emotional and even depressive reading. The first thought of it is that this novel will tell its reader about ordinary and if not peaceful, but stable life. After the book has been read, there is absolutely different attitude to it. The language of the novel is very simple and the book is written as if it is not the book at all. The readers catch themselves ...

The City and State

Macro Environmental Factors: Adidas
The two main macro environmental factors impacting Adidas are legal and socio-cultural. In 2015, Adidas brand faced financial turmoil due to several factors, which led to a drop in its sales (Peterson, 2015). The executives failed to create the products that were supposed to appeal to changing taste of the American customers (Peterson, 2015). Adidas has not been as successful as Nike in signing sports celebrities for endorsements. Nike signed a deal with Basketball superstar Michael Jordan and today the Jordan brand is one of its most profitable subsidiaries. Adidas is yet to achieve that ...

Quindlen (218) narrates about the battle on poverty, describing it as the battle that has not yet been won. She starts the narration by indicating that Lyndon B. Johnson declared the war on poverty in 1964, arguing that America was capable of overcoming the problem. True to this, the people acted and the poverty levels were decreased by significant levels. This was attributed to the statement that the 1 out of 5 Americans was living in poor conditions. However, in the following years, the egocentricity of the people took over and the ratio of the poor people rose again. ...

Book report: Gates of Fire

Reconstructing the details of the battles, which took place long-long time ago, not even in the new era is not an easy thing for historians, not to mention authors who struggle to describe the course of events both authentically and vividly. However, Steven Pressfield managed to create a novel, seen through the eyes of the only survivor Xeones in the battle of Thermopylae in the year 480 B.C. In other words, the book to be presented here is ‘Gates of Fire’ written in 1998 in the genre of the historical fiction.
The name ‘Gates of Fire’ or as some ...

Innovative Ways of Using Emerging Information Technologies

There are several ways by which users can evaluate and gage the performance of cloud providers. Usually, they are assessed based on costs of the utility model, though there are several variations to further gauged each provider’s desirability such as the location, reliability and security factors. There are organizations that offer certification to providers that comply with specific standards; for instance, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) developed the Trusted Cloud Initiative Program that help cloud providers comply with standards and practices (Cloud, 2011). In addition to relying on certifications, users must take considerable steps in evaluating the performance ...

The United States has prospered for many years now with the evolution of international trade. The reason that the United States has been forced to engage in international trade is that our fine nation does not have every resource available for an affordable price. Due to the population increase, the United States and other countries have been forced to look beyond their borders for viable resources. This is what has caused the globalizing world that we live in today. One of the major factors that has aided all of this is the Internet making so many different international companies ...

LITERATURE REVIEW – GENDER EQUALITY IN

Literature Review – Gender Equality in
Corporate America
Literature reveals the ongoing issue of gender equality in corporate America remains problematic for women. The importance of this issue aligns to implications of the continued lack of social progress taking place in American business among other areas and represents the backward view society continues practicing in general. Gender is the specific issue of inequality among the female population in the corporate America but unfortunately again, as statistics found in literature from studies of inequalities of diversity compounds the situation connecting to hiring practices. This institutionalization of such illegal ideas leads to ...

Steevens, Warrington. With Kitchener to Khartoum: After the Conquest. London and Edinburg: William Blackwood and Sons, 317-325. Print.
Steevens article “With Kitchener to Khartoum: After the Conquest” offers a critical analysis on the conquest of Khartoum from the Egyptians who administered it during the period prior the conquest. The article’s thesis is that the conquest of Khartoum from the Egyptian administration was beneficial as it was equally detrimental. Precisely, the article centers on the premise that conquest of Khartoum was costly, but it served for the benefit of Egypt. In supporting the above-mentioned thesis, the author offers a ...

The Qu’ran

The Qu’ran or Koran is a collection of speeches made by Mohammad considered the Messenger of ALLAH. The holy book of the followers of Islam, the Qu’ran has strict instructions for its believers. It reveals the existence of the one God, ALLAH, the evil of sin, the dos and don’ts prescribed by HIM to be a true follower and the correct way to form a new Muslim community. Divided into chapters or Surahs, the following passage is a transcription of Surah 1 and 47.
Surah one begins with an invocation to the Gracious and Merciful ALLAH, ...

In her writing, Sandra Cisneros (204) pays much attention to the issue of discrimination against women. In her article entitled ‘Only Daughter’, the author dwells heavily on the issue of women being seen as second class people after men, with even parents seeing the girl child not as valuable as the male child. To illustrate this, the author takes the reader back to her younger years where the reader learns that she was brought up in a family of a Mexican father and a Mexican-American mother. Discrimination was evident in that the girl could not play with her brothers since they ...

Apple iPad had no real worries from competitors until Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire Tablet so the tech bloggers report. The product most like the Kindle Fire Tablet is Barnes & Noble Nook Color because they are similarly priced and offer similar applications (Rothman 2011). The costumer will make the best choice of tablet if they first consider what they want to do with their new gadget.

Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet is a perfect size for pockets so it can be carried everywhere without any annoying bulges or pokes. It measures 7 inches which sounds like it’s close to ...

Literature

My men are my hero is a book giving a graphic description of war from the perspective of the American marines who are usually on the front line. The book was written by sergeant major Brad Kasal. It documents his life and an experience in the military. It especially focuses on the war in Iraq and especially the battle for Fallujah. This is a tale of heroism and sacrifice told first hand by the people on the front line.
The motivation for the book was a picture taken of brad Kasal in Fallujah. The picture is graphic to say the least. In ...

Boeing X-32, a multipurpose jet fighter, lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 during the joint strike fighter contest. The X-32 has composite wing that is of carbon fiber, and trapezoidal in shape (Griehl, Manfred 56). The wing had a high sweep angle meant to allow a thick section of the wing to be used while it is still providing limited transonic drag. The angle was also significant as it provided a good angle for the antenna equipment that was installed in the equipment. The engine of the plane was positioned behind the cockpit. This position of the engine places the plane ahead of ...

Marketing Management

Executive Summary
The battle between gadget suppliers has now moved in the living room, for capturing the viewers on providing a new television experience, through customized products that integrate customized cable TV, online chat, playing video games, using computer, and other smartphone related applications, etc. This trend, initiated by Apple Inc. has rapidly evolve, with many other strong competitors entering this market, challenging Apple to continue to innovate, while also adjusting its segmentation, positioning, targeted population and its marketing mix to gain more market share and continue to dominate this market domain.
Vodafone entered the telecom market quite recently ...

Introduction

Hinduism is the oldest and third largest practiced religion in the world having more than 1 Billion followers. Hinduism is the religion that is most practiced in East Asia mainly in many parts of India and Nepal. The main religious traditions among the Hindu are srauta, vaishnayism, and shaiyism although there are other small religious traditions. Hindus religious laws are based on society values and Dharma but they do not have common rigid beliefs like the Islam laws or Jewish traditions which are based on a universal Holy Koran and Holy Bible (Ludo, 1978). Hindu religion history do not point ...

Introduction

Gates of Fire is a book which tells the tale of the war between the Persians and the Greeks. The war occurred about 500 B.C. and the king of Persia at that time was Xerxes. Xerxes conquered most of the Asian territories and in the long run attacked Greece. At that time, Greece comprised of large number of city states but the most prominent were Sparta and Athens. At the time of the invasion by the Persians, the city of Athens was progressive and had philosophers, artists and hedonists. Sparta on the other hand boasted of fearsome warriors led by ...

Executive summary

Procuring a Smartphone in the market today is not the easiest of things. It is one of the biggest dilemmas shoppers find themselves entrapped in. the major reason for the dilemma being the fact that all the major brand manufacturers are becoming more creative by day. The world is waking up to innovative developments each and every day. The shortcomings in one smart phone are catered for by another phone which also has its shortcomings. The strengths of the Smartphone vary from one brand to another. The battle of operating systems is the beginning of the Smartphone wars (Ilyas, 26). ...

Starbucks is currently one of the most successful companies worldwide. With over 16,850 shops in 40 countries and raking in revenues of $10.7 billion, it is clear that Starbucks is a coffee retail magnate. For fourteen straight years, they’ve maintained a 5% same-store sales growth. (Lepore, 2011). However, one does not climb to such great lengths without a strategic industrial plan. Such success is not a product of circumstance, but of in depth analysis and planning. This paper aims to thoroughly study Starbucks’s business plans through a strategic analysis model through its five components: industry ...

Report on Cola Wars

The Race to the Top Continues
Description of Case Situation
The carbonated soda drink industry is a $74 billion industry dominated by two mega giants namely Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Before turning into beverage empires, these two companies started as a mere concoction dedicated as medicinal reliefs as both CSD’s are invented by pharmacists. Soon, after a century of battling it out to earn the biggest share in the market, Coke and Pepsi still haven’t been able to settle the score between them. The brands became a household name from the time it hit the soda fountain arena until the ...

Introduction

In any business environment, the players, especially the companies, must strive to gain the competitive advantage in order to withstand competition. Technology companies are faced with another challenge of adjusting with the rapidly changing technology in order to remain relevant in their markets. Such companies must adjust appropriately, both internally and externally. This paper analyses and evaluates the position of HP Company. It analyses the internal and external environment of the company and gives the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. In addition, it identifies one of the problems that the company is faced with and proposes a solution ...

The movie Ramses-Raging Chariots is one of the most interesting movies that can be viewed online. This movie tries to show what happened in the battle of Kadesh. By watching the introduction of the movie, one would get the perception that the rest of it would involve a series of fights and wars. The war that escalates in this movie is between the Hittite and the Egyptian Empires. According to the explanations given in the movie, the war between these two empires took place in a city called Kadesh. The attires worn by the soldiers indicate that the wars were in ...