PPT-The Battle of Thermopylae

THIS IS SPARTA The Battle of Marathon Spartans showed up two days after the battle was over Three reasons why the Spartans did not help earlier There was more to it than a religious festival. September 17, 1862. Robert E. Lee (CSA). George B. McClellan (USA). The Two Commanders. General Robert E. Lee’s reasons for invading Maryland. To gather supplies and troops from the slave-holding border state of Maryland.. By: . Timothy Gerlach. , . Jake Carey. , . Sara Diaz. Events leading up to the Battle. Germany repeatedly losing battles. Loss of Morale among German soldiers. Loss of territory gained over the war . Unit plan – 5. th. grade. Jordan Brown. Educ. 380. Standards for unit plan:. SS.S.H.CL1.3 Summarize key battles, strategies, and turning points of the Civil War (e.g., Fort Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, other regional battles and the surrender at Appomattox). By Samuel Amis. Europe – 1812. The French Emperor Napoleon had humbled all the main European powers save Great Britain, whose navy won a decisive victory at Trafalgar and put paid to any French ambitions of invasion. Instead Napoleon turned to dominating the mainland and thus denying the British their major markets for trade. To this end he occupied Spain and put his brother on the throne and forced the Austrians, Prussians as well as the Italian and German states into an unwilling alliance with France. Napoleon eventually overreached himself with the disastrous invasion of Russia that resulted in the deaths. By Reilly Stone. . What was the Battle of The Bulge?. . The Battle of the Bulge was a German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxemburg on the Western front toward the end of World War II in Europe against the allied forces.. L/O – To examine the events of the battle and to judge who was now favourite to win the crown. Can you remember who they were?. Harold becomes King of England. When Edward the Confessor died on 5th January 1066, the . Ms. Dow. Socials 9. Napoleon Returns to France. Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. He spent less than a year there before he decided to regain his power. The Duke of Wellington Disapproves. Napoleon marches to Belgium. By: . Bridget Heller. Where and when did the battle take place?. The battle started early Sunday morning on July 21. st. , 1862. It took place in Manassas, Virginia, not far from Washington DC. The battle lasted one HORRIFIC day! . David Wong, Jeremy Gunawan, Francisco Rubiolo, Matthew Morin. Thesis. To aid the Allies in the fight against Hitler, the U.S.A. sent supplies overseas, to which Germany responded by shooting them down with U-boats. To protect their ships, Allied inventors developed . . By: John Froman, Dyuthi Nair, Kellen Hoke, and Adam Callahan. Who it involved. -The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between . Germany’s High Seas Fleet. and . Great Britain’s Royal Navy. . July 21, 1861. Background Information. Also known as the . First Battle of Manassas. Battle . took place on July 21, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia . (about 25 miles from D.C.). Union objective. : . defeat the Confederate army and capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. Make them pages 21-25. * Please turn to page 295 in our . red books . Read the introduction to . Chapter 28: Fighting the Persian Wars. Use the map on 295 to tell me how far it is from. Athens . to the . The Battle of Salamis WORLD HISTORY READERS Level 3- ⑦ A Sea Battle Near Thermopylae How was the Battle of Thermopylae related to the Battle of Salamis? When the Persians, from modern-day Iran, invaded Greece, Sparta and some other Greek cities sent soldiers to stop Xerxes at the narrow pass of Thermopylae. The Persians won that battle, and the Greek navy had to pull back from where they were fighting the Persians at sea. The Greek fleet of ships moved to a narrow area of water called the Straits of Salamis. Because it was narrow, it was a good place for a small fleet to fight a big one. The second World War defense of the UK by the Royal Air Force against the German Air force (Luftwaffe). Date: 10 July- 31 October 1940. Location: Britain airspace. Result: British victory. WWII’s defense of the UK by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).