Wars throughout Time

The military has been instrumental in the protection and development of U.S interests around the world. From the Revolutionary War, which established the United States as a nation, through the World Wars, which set up the U.S as one of the world super powers, to its current war on terror, the military has helped and protected U.S. interests around the world. During all these wars American soldiers have proudly served their country. Because of these wars America is famous throughout the world for military power and its protection of freedom in the world. Today the U.S is an international symbol of wealth and power; it has the largest Gross Domestic Product in the world as well as the strongest military. Yet even America falls prey to a

As the war began, it seemed that the British possessed a greater advantage over the unprepared American rebels. The population odds alone were about three British to every one American rebel with around 7.5 million British soldiers against around 2.5 million American colonists. When it came to wealth and military power, the British were in favor. In addition to having a much greater amount of soldiers, the British soldiers were professional trained when compared to the minute amount of poorly trained American militia. While numerous and highly trained, the British also had the necessary money to equip their soldiers with the necessary ammunition, clothes, training, etc. The American soldiers, on the other hand, suffered from lack of supplies, lack of money, no leadership, and the difficult weather conditions. Recruiting, supplying, training, equipping, and paying soldiers were monumental challenges, especially for a nation that was barely forming its first governments. Due to the lack of money, there was a lack of supplies for the soldiers who rarely received their pay

Prior to the war, a great military build-up occurred, which also played a factor in the

Two years earlier, America’s military preparedness was not that of a nation expecting to go to war. In 1939, the United States Army ranked thirty-ninth in the world, possessing a cavalry force of fifty thousand and using horses to pull the artillery. Many Americans — still trying to recover from the decade-long ordeal of the Great Depression — were reluctant to participate in the conflict that was spreading throughout Europe and Asia. President Roosevelt did what he could to coax a reluctant nation to focus its economic might on military preparedness. If the American military wasn’t yet equal to the Germans or the Japanese, American workers could build ships and planes faster than the enemy could sink them or shoot them

Patriotic enthusiasm that had been so vivid during the first war with Britain simply was not there. The government provided very little money for this effort and as a result, the efforts to increase the size of the army were

The Revolutionary War was already at a disadvantage before they even stepped foot onto the area of Valley Forge. You could say that was because the soldiers had bad circumstances.They just lost two battles before, Brandywine and Germantown, so their spirits were low. Most enlisted were from ages 11 to 16, while others were 50 to 60 years old (Hobart). Many of them were volunteers, so they were untrained and undisciplined. George Washington was under stress because of the soldiers and because Congress wasn’t

During the War of 1812, America had an extremely weak military consisting of roughly seven-thousand soldiers at the start and about thirty-five thousand at the end. The military was not prepared for war at the time, as a result, they suffered several bad defeats. A main reason why the military was so weak was because of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson during his presidency, made major military changes that included cutting the standing army down to the minimum and weakening the Navy. Therefore, when

During the revolution, the Patriots were a strong army that worked together, even during hard times. Towards the beginning stages of the revolution, the colonies recognized that they needed their independence from Britain in order to be successful as a country. They started to come together and form their own militia. They began to round up supplies and artillery, and were even training to fight. Delegates from each colony came together as the Second Continental Congress, which was America’s government during the war. They formed the Continental army, and appointed George Washington as commanding general. The army started to train and gather up supplies. No matter what King George did, they would not back down. As the war raged on, things were

　　During the early 1800’s in San Antonio, over 6000 Mexicans made their way to the Alamo to fight a group of Texans approximately 187 strong. Led by Colonel William B. Travis the men of the Alamo defended their position for 10 days until they inevitably fell. There were a bevy of factors that led to the United States to declare war on Mexico. For example, the language barrier was a contributing factor as was the difference in religions. Their was also the United States growing desire to expand further out west, driven partially by the premise of Manifest Destiny.

In 1776, written by David McCullough, McCullough gives a fresh insight into the life of George Washington and the Continental Army. He speaks on the hardships and obstacles they faced during their battles with the British. Although the Continental Army dealt with losses of battles and painful waiting to attack or be attacked, I found the day to day issues the army faced to be intriguing and very interesting. Not only did the soldiers deal with the daily knowledge they could be killed at any moment and the physical wear on their bodies, but they also had to endure harsh living conditions and disease. Without the consistent endurance and strength from Washington and his army, America might not have achieved

In fact when President Lincoln announced he was raising a federal army of 75,000 men he quickly outnumbered it due to patriotic responses to the attack on Fort Sumter. When he asked Indiana for six regiments the governor promised Lincoln twelve, and the governor of Ohio, tasked to raise 13 regiments, stopped at 20 upsetting those who didn’t get to join. With the surge of volunteers on both sides of the war came shortages of many things, such as weapons and officers. This is because there were no European type “military families” where offspring are bound to join the army as officers and also because WestPoint the only military academy in the country had such a low amount of people in its graduating classes. These were some examples of how the

In a 2015 article, “Is U.S. military becoming outdated?” written by Stuart Bradin, Keenan Yoho, and Meaghan Keeler-Pettigrew, the authors argued that despite the U.S. military maintaining a position of global dominance “without peer” during conventional operations, it is not the ideal force against current and future threats. The authors claim that there are several negative factors arising due to the past sixteen years of war against several state and non-state elements, inferior cultural differences of government bureaucracy compared to commercial firms, and a misallocation of defense spending that leaves the US military waging war inefficiently while simultaneously losing technological dominance against current and future threats.

General George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army. On the date December 12, 1777, he lead his army to Valley Forge. It was a 13-mile walk. Also he did not want to fight in battles that he knew he could not win. When they arrived to Valley Forge, everyone was tired and hungry. Valley Forge was Washington’s most powerful challenge he had for the war. The February of the following year, a stranger arrived. He was Baron Friedrich von Steuben. Soon after he came, he put the army on a training program. Quickly after the program started the men were all stronger and very well trained.

Before the Mexican American War had started, there were already things leading to the war. Mexico was encouraging settlers and was allowing people to immigrate from the U.S., this included the Old Three Hundred where they settled along the Brazo River in 1822. By 1834, there were over 30,000 Americans living in Texas and 7,800 Mexicans. Soon there was the Battle of the Alamo that was from February 23, 1836-March 6, 1836, it was a 13 day siege at the San Antonio mission. During the Alamo there were over 4000 people in the Mexican forces, while there was only roughly 180 American rebels fighting

If you eat with your fingers does it show you discomfort? Do you feel disgusted? A woman who is very distraught and very wise has an opinion on fingers and she thinks "fingers are filthy" (The Voyage Out 50). Visualize an old, boney, gray skin woman using utensils to eat a fruit. A young, mischievous man who tells the gruesome story of how he got away with murdering a German, with the terrifying graphic detailing story he claimed "with one blow it cut through his neck so deeply that his whole head fell forward and dangled down onto his chest" (Mdisho of Mwanumwezi 39). Envision this a man running for four hours and welcoming himself into another person's home and murdering him with one blow to the head, and then the victims head rolls down