Detailed biographies of key players, a timeline, and primary source documents including Madison's recommendation of war, a British soldier's description of the burning of Washington, D. C., and General Andrew Jackson's account of his great victory at New Orleans, bring life to the war's ...
A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independent in 1902. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. ...
known as Red Sticks, sought aggressively to return their society to a traditional way of life. Creek leaders such as William Weatherford (Red Eagle), Peter McQueen, and Menawa, who had been allies of the British during the War of 1812, violently clashed with other chiefs of the Creek Natio...
Coast Guard service members are the world’s recognized experts in port security and shallow-water combat – but those functions were not in the job description of the service’s precursor, the small fleet of revenue cutters established in 1790 at the request of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilt...
war-game (redirected fromwar gamer) Related to war gamer:War Games war-game (wôr′gām′) v.war-gamed,war-gam·ing,war-games v.intr. To engage in a war game. v.tr. To simulate (a military operation or a proposed plan of action) in order to test validity or effectiveness under...
It has been said that before the Civil War the country was referred to as “The United States are …” but after the war the description became “The United States is …” Yet questions of federal vs. state power continued to crop up. Virginia sued to reclaim certain of its western coun...
This is a pretty watered-down, basic description of this rivalry, but these two nations have fought many, many wars, and William's conquest of England was the starting point for many of the earlier ones. Anglo-French War, (1109-1113) Anglo-French War, (1116-1119) Anglo-French War,...
Image: 9"X11.5" Total Size with white border and description 12"X14" PNT-002Special Internet Price 24.50US (29.50CAN) Battle of Queenston Heights, 5th October 1812 This view of the famous 1812 battle is based on a sketch by James Dennis, an officer of the 49th Regiment of Foot who ...
Description: Located on a small island off the coast of Khaz Modan, Tol Barad occupied a critical position during the Second War. 描述:多巴拉德位于卡兹莫丹海岸附近的一个小岛上,在第二次战争中扮演了一个相当重要的角色。 dictsearch.appspot.com 6. We finally arrived at a very quite village church...
of the centralized Russian state. This development can also be traced in historical stories and tales (The Tale of Igor’s Campaign, The Life of Alexander Nevsky, Zadonshchina, and others). In the 18th century there were attempts at the consistent description of separate wars, but military-...