Saturday, August 23, 2008

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The Hundred Years' War

As 1328 französchische last king, he did not know what to break out a power struggle would ...

was after the Salic law of succession now Philip VI. , turn to take control of one of Europe's great powers.

But that was not so easy. Because of his ancestry Edward III raised. , the English king claims to the kingdom, was because his mother was the sister of the French monarch.

broke out, the longest war of the Middle Ages.

England had gone many possessions in France, a large part, however, was lost in the last century.

When Philip the possessions of France in the English occupied, the war broke out for good.

In 1340, Edward was in England.

Erf ührte except the "usual" or 8000 Welsh longbow archers with the first battle in the very best.

get the French cavalry and infantry were cut down by several dozen thousand arrows.

After eleven months of siege could take the English and Calais, which had to capitulate.

accepted 15 years later, Edward's son, also called "Black Prince", mean the successor of Philip, John II near Poitiers trapped in her second major victory.

was in 1360 finished the first war by the Peace of Brétigny.

Edward renounced the possessions in France and takes for a high ransom and a few areas in France.

began, however, by 1369 under the French ski's King Charles V, the Wise the acts are fighting again.

He recaptured many possessions in France from England and defeated with the help of the Castilians from what is now Spain, the English fleet at La Rochelle.

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made by Jean Fouquet image. It shows Karl, the French ski's King.

died in 1376 English Trhonfolger Edward of Woodstock, and next year his father, which ended the hostilities of the English for a while.

Both sides signed a peace treaty that gave them a 28-year break.

However, the peace did not last forever ...

moved 1413 of the throne of its owner. Henry V then took over England, and raised as his predecessor, claim to the French throne.

The fighting began again ...

He decided to reclaim the Normandy, but forced into the French army to a standstill and he went back, but eventually it did come to the battle of Agincourt.

There were the 6000 British, of which 5000 archers, 11,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry and 4,000 crossbow and archery meet.

rushed the arrogant French rider immediately in the battle ... and got stuck in the mud because the ground was soaked from the rain.

now they could easily be defeated by the British.

The shaft ended in spite of the superiority of France after a panic with the victory of the English.

5000 nobles and knights of France had fallen. The English had only 100 men lost.

Many other victories have been won by the English.

Finally came the English Expansion to a halt. Led by a peasant girl, Joan of Arc beat the French back to English.

The French ski king betrayed, and ended at the stake. That's what I call gratitude ...

lost in the last phase of the war the British.

The most important adviser of the English king was banished by the Parliament and the mischief could not turn away.

1815 neglischen still the monarch called on documents kings of France, in 1920, finally ended that.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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The Civil War


In this article I will make a big leap in time, from antiquity to the North American Sezzesionskrieg.

It is hard to believe, but gave it in the North American South until the late 19th Century still slaves.

The situation between the North - and South came to a head more and more, until the U.S. elects a president, who was considered an enemy of slavery. His name was Abraham Lincoln
author of the picture: Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

the southern states did not like it. They were very dependent on agriculture, and the slaves were not as expensive as salaried workers.

The northern states were very industrial.

in their cities, many workers were employed in the factories that produced there are all sorts of things.

also weapons.



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Dark blue: northern states without slaves.
Light Blue: Northern States with slaves.
Red: South (Confederate States), with slaves

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The southern states joined together schielßlich. They now formed the Confederate States. They elected their own president, Jefferson Davis .

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photo by Mathew Brady

On 12 April made the Confederate States the first train, shot by a Union fort.

Initially, both sides were not sure about the impact of the war. They were disastrous. The civil war claimed more lives than all other wars in which Americans were involved.

Half a million people died, and there were also many wounded.

After the first battle won by the Confederate States of America, the Northern States were aware that they had to build a powerful army.

The Northern States tried to take the Confederate capital, but they failed.

1863 occupied the northern states, many strategically important places in the South. So they shared the confederacy in two.

was also fought at sea.

President Jefferson Davis offered to those "trunk letters of marque, which attacked the ships of the Norstaaten or the Union.

In the bay Chesapeake Bay 1862 there was an extraordinary battle.

It all started with the fact that the confederation when the war began a naval arsenal seized by the Union in Norfolk. They fell into the hands of some vessels, including the steam frigate Merrimac, which they sailed round and enclosed in their arsenal.

under the name "Virginia" 1862 she swam the naval blockade of the Union, but not without having to attach to the side plates 8 cm thick iron plates. The ship was sent with heavy guns to the front.

accompanied by the gunboats "Beaufort", "Jamestown, and" teaser ", it should break on 8 March, the naval blockade.

The gunboat of the Union," Congress "the ships greeted with a hail of bullets, which unfortunately at the" Virginia rebounded.

Then direct the guns of the "Virginia" on the "congress", and inflicted enormous damage on the ship so that it in shallower waters swam.

The cannons of the "Cumberland" had more success, and their shots came through the loopholes and destroyed two guns and put 20 men out of action.

The Virginia but approached without stopping to let the "Cumberland" and rammed it.

The guns of the Union ships could not reach the ship. In the dead angle of the "Cumberland" swam the "Virginia".

The "Cumberland" disappeared in the floods of water, and had been looking for the "Congress", the protection in shallower waters. burned soon under the hail of bullets Konförderationsschiffe ...

Nevertheless swam the "Virginia" back to the shipyard, and the reason was lack of ammunition and the wounding of the commander.

later one day, on 9 Floated in March 1862, the "Virginia" back to the naval blockade of the Union.

But everything changed when the Confederate had planned it ...

On the other hand, dipped the "Monitor".

The Monitor was a modern ship with a tower, designed and built by the designer John Ericsson (* July 31, 1803 in Långbanshyttan ; † 8 March 1889).

The sides were protected by thick iron plates, and the ship was equipped with a rotating turret.

The battle began.

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image: In the foreground, the "Monitor".

The "Virginia" immediately started the fire.

The answer came herübergeschwirrt a hail of bullets. The bullets bounced off the ship and the ships fired on and approached it up to 50 m.

the end of the fight lacked the "Virginia" to the chimney and the "Monitor" came the voice disappeared.

turned Finally, the "Virginia" and returned.

The fight was a draw.

The Union had been able to keep the naval blockade.

was the beginning of the end with the decision to make Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant to command the Union army.

He celebrated a Siegnach the others. On 9 April 1865 laid down an important part of the Konförderationsarmee weapons.

The rest of the army followed in the summer 1865th

On 18 December 1865 decided to prohibit slavery.

The U.S. was now after the victory of the North very industrial. This change also played in the World Wars a major role ...


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picture of Mathew Brady