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85Alexander the Great's Absolute Thrashing of Darius at the Battle of Gaugamela
334 years before Christ, Alexander of Macedon stormed into Asia Minor and began a series of conquests that would result in the defeat of the mighty Persian Empire, the integration of Greek thought and language throughout the Middle-East and India...
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81George Armstrong Custer's 1867 Court Martial And the 1868 Washita River Battle
The story of George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn is probably one of the biggest and most publicized stories of the 1800's Indian Wars. One issue that has been reported on but not nearly to the degree of the Little Bighorn...
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83We Were Soldiers - History Film Guide
We Were Soldiers (Mel Gibson) - Film Study Guide for a University level History course. Using historically based films builds student interest, requiring essays strengthens their analytical, composition, and grammar skills, as well as their understanding of historical events and periods.
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83World War 1 History: Russian Wolves, Business As Usual and War Horses
Here are three short pieces about relatively unknown events related to World War 1. The first is about wolves on the Eastern Front; the second is about the armaments business; the third is about horses in the war.
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83The Interpretation of Native American Indians in Hollywood Films
Over the years, the film industry has been guilty of promoting many stereotypical portrayals of various races, including the Asians, the Blacks and the subject of this hub, the Native American Indians. Hollywood has been referred to as the second...
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83The Court of Inquiry on Marcus Reno / Where Was He During Custer's Defeat?
The story of the people involved in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The court of inquiry of Major Marcus Reno and whether or not he was somehow responsible for the massacre of George Armstrong Custer and his troops in 1876.
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81Ghost Cavalry of the Great War
Captain Cecil Wightwick left us an account of the strange things that happened between April and August 1918 near Bethune (France), in the middle of an area of front line trenches between the city of Ypres (Flanders, Belgium) and the French towns of...
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82History Files: Hannibal and the Battle of Cannae
Possibly the greatest battle of the Punic Wars. Hannibals defeat of the Roman Republics Army under Varo,at Cannae, has become the Holy Grail of a tactical victory against which later generals have measured themselves.
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80Why I Hate Poetry
The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. These two old guys drove twelve miles into town to attend a special poetry reading, hoping to eventually read publicly a few of their own poems in the...
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80Ohio - Home Of the First State Military Hall Of Fame - Honoring Forgotten Veterans
Ohio is home to the state's Military Hall of Fame for Valor, an organization that is not as yet well known in America. It is the first state hall of fame of its kind in the country, with classes of honored veterans inducted since July 2000.
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