Compare Battle of the Elephants by Ihechukwu madubuike With Lull-a-Dirge by Joe de Graft.
Compare 'Battle of the Elephants' by Ihechukwu madubuike With 'Lull-a-Dirge' by Joe de Graft. In my essay going to compare Battle of the elephants to Lull-a-dirge The poems are both set in Africa and they are referring to the rivers, Because rivers are the main resources of African people. 'Lull-a-Dirge' is a personal poem about a father that is confused and worried because his wife is dead and he doesn't know how to take care of his little baby. The Battle of the Elephants' is a political war about farmers and the government fighting against each other. The government are described as elephants because they are big and powerful. In the first poem 'The battle of the elephants' there are two narrators, The first one is describing the witch and the other one is the witch. We know this because of this line ''they call her the demented witch'' means that she lives on her own. This phrase describes the witch so this speaker can't be the witch. The second speaker comes in; in the phrase 'there will be a Battle of the elephants the mighty husky elephants with tusks reaching out into the sky there will be a battle of the elephants.'' This line shows that it's the witch speaking because it's not describing the witch anymore. On the second poem 'Lull-a-dirge' There is only one speaker the father. We know this because he is the only one speaking and telling the story and
The main German naval strategy was to prevent supply ships getting across the Atlanticto Britain. The idea was to starve her into submission. Thus the main British naval plan was to deal with this threat.
History Coursework The main German naval strategy was to prevent supply ships getting across the Atlantic to Britain. The idea was to starve her into submission. Thus the main British naval plan was to deal with this threat. The British had a similar strategy to the Germans as far as blocking supplies were concerned and it was more successful. British ships blocked German ports with considerable success as the Germans never able to combat this as successfully as the British dealt with the U-Boats. By 1918, Germany was starving. The battle of Jutland, fought between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet, was the largest surface naval battle of all time, the only major fleet action of WW1, and the last major fleet action that the participants will ever fight. It played a key role in the demise of the battle cruiser, saw the first use of carrier based aircraft in battle and is one of the most controversial naval actions in the Royal Navy's long history. The Royal Navy started the war with a large numerical advantage in capital ships over the Germans. The Germans realised that they were likely to lose a full fleet battle and so determines to even the odds by luring smaller parts of the Grand Fleet into traps to eventually bring about equality with the British, at which point they felt confident they would defeat them. In the spring of 1916 the U-Boat
Book Review: First Day on the Somme
Book Review: The First Day on the Somme November 20, 2007 On July 1 1916, in one of the largest military operations to ever be executed, the British army entered into the bloodiest battle it has ever known. This was the battle of the Somme, a conflict that is etched into the collective memory of Britain as a tragedy. The first day on the Somme, the focus of this book, saw the loss of nearly 60,000 British troops, the largest loss in a single day in all of British History. Martin Middlebrook investigates, in depth, the events and circumstances that led to such a battle, and such an outcome, with regards to the British involvement. Through close examination of diaries and official records, as well as a wealth of interviews and correspondence with actual soldiers who experienced the battle first hand, Middlebrook takes us from the the evening before the attack to several days after the attack in excruciating detail with the personal narratives of those who were there. He analyzes the actions of all parties connected to the battle, from the infantryman to the general to the politician in London. Before Middlebrook describes the day of July 1, he provides the reader with a mass of background information to help understand why the battle went the way it did. His first point of order is the men and the makeup of the British army. This was the first large attack that Lord
The popular myth of the Battle of Britain quickly emerged during the early part of the War. However, not all later interpretations fully follow it. Why?
The Battle of Britain The popular myth of the Battle of Britain quickly emerged during the early part of the War. However, not all later interpretations fully follow it. Why? Introduction It was obvious that after France surrendered to Hitler on 17th June, Britain would be the next victim of the Blitzkrieg, but the Dunkirk evacuation, which was seen by the British public as a victory, enabled the Allies to prepare themselves for war. It is said that Hitler did not have big intentions on invading Britain. He really planned to invade Russia. This was shown when Hitler simply offered Britain a negotiated surrender in July 1940, Britain rejected it straight away, this meant that Hitler had to invade, he codenamed his plan Operation 'Sealion' The English Channel was the only obstacle for the Germans. Hitler realised he had to gain air superiority. Therefore it was up to the R.A.F. to defend Britain from the German invasion. The German fighters started the battle by making intense attacks on the British shipping in the English Channel to clear the Channel of ships and to draw out and to destroy as many British fighters as possible before the full frontal attack on Britain itself. This intense bombing went on for weeks. As well as ships, the Luftwaffe destroyed almost 260 British fighters. The Luftwaffe felt that the time had come for a really massive strike to finish off the
The trapped soul
The trapped soul A mist that covers everything has descended over the battlefields of Borodino; no longer are the sounds of war heard, the cries of injured men has stopped. A black shape starts to emerge from the grey smog, a lost trapped soul wandering the battlefield after this fateful afternoon. This figure of a ghost however is focused on one thing, finding his friend; he searches through the mist, but to no avail. The heavens are grey, the air is grey everything is grey. Accept for the battle colours of dead French soldiers and the half torn flags that are sinking into the bog, just like the heavy cannons and cavalry found. Some eighty thousand soldiers died that day in the battle; fifty thousand died defending Moscow buying time for the population of the capital to escape from Napoleons rule. The bloodiest one-day battle in the Napoleonic wars started on a morning that was so tranquil, so beautiful that it's hard to imagine the difference come the end of the day. Not a soul stirred in the Russian camp, exhausted after their one hundred and ten kilometre walk from Moscow: A cockerel crowed in the distance, signalling the dawn of a new day. Dimitry a peasant soldier of the Tsar, woken by the gentle breeze that caressed his innocent face, the sunlight danced, dappled through the tree that had protected him from a midnight downpour. Dimitry was a lanky figure compared to
'Stalingrad was the most significant turning point of the war on the Eastern Front for both the Soviet Army and the Wehrmacht.' To what extent do you agree with this interpretation? Use all of the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer.
'Stalingrad was the most significant turning point of the war on the Eastern Front for both the Soviet Army and the Wehrmacht.' To what extent do you agree with this interpretation? Use all of the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer. The Battle of Stalingrad occurred in 1943, and led to the Germans losing to the Soviet army. In my opinion, the Battle of Stalingrad was not the most important turning point in the war because the majority of the German army were still on the Eastern Front, with many weapons, tanks and aircraft to use in battle. I feel that the battle was a morale turning point for the Russians, since they had fended off the Germans and re-captured Stalingrad. The Germans lost 70 000 men and 2000 tanks. Good propaganda was made, and b the boosted Soviet morale. The workers started to produce more aircraft and tanks and eventually, any armour lost in battle could be replaced. Source B supports the view that the battle was a Soviet morale booster, because it shows the destruction of Stalingrad, which implies that the battle was bloody and the Russians managed to win. This implication is reasonably correct, because there was much death and destruction at Stalingrad, but the source was Soviet propaganda, which limits its reliability. I feel that German morale was not greatly affected by the loss at Stalingrad because it was kept a secret from the
deliverance and disaster
History GCSE coursework: assignment 1 The efficiency of sources may differ as some are more restricted, thus more inadequate than others. The utility can be scrutinized by exercising various analyses's and conditions. You have to consider the writer, status, motive and accuracy. On this basis I have started with a theory that the sources could be subjective as they were all written by British men. You can also note that all three sources give a different interpretation of what occurred. For example in source a, commander Thomas Kerr deems the lingering soldiers as useless and condemns their faith in the navy. Nevertheless, according to source C, there was a valiant and courageous sergeant who heroically took on eight Heinkels (planes). First of all, source A, in my opinion is very useful as it is an account from a high ranked commander of war. It must have some authenticity in it as Thomas Kerr is being extraordinarily negative of the army whereas he is being positive of the navy. This source, is a primary source. Anybody with his status would have had an incredibly superior awareness of the army's plans and would have had a first hand outlook on what was going on. Furthermore the source is providing us with a more realistic notion of what ensued as it is not saying that the British were unflustered by the state of affairs. He is not only acknowledging that the British were
The significance of the battle of the Somme
The significance of the battle of the Somme In military terms, there were many achievements by the British at The Battle of the Somme even though many losses were also sustained and instinctively it looked like a failure. The plan was to rise from the trenches and walk across no-mans land, slowly with arms spread wide. However, they were ignorant to the fact that the Germans were waiting for them with their machine guns at the ready. Many things went wrong with this assault for example some people say that the bombardment wasn't heavy enough, others say that enemy wire was not cut enough to let the allied troops through, leaving them as targets for machine guns, but many of the British shells were duds made by inexperienced workers and there was a considerable lack of communication between soldiers and from commanders over their battalions. Though this was appalling, it was a success in various ways. As a result of this failure they learnt from fatal mistakes for future battles such as the 2nd battle of the Marne on July 15th which assisted in winning the war. This, in theory, was a great step for the allies as it allowed a swifter and heavily improved attack. The Somme, in many ways, was more or less a training ground for Allied troops. Many machines were also enhanced as a result of their failure on the Somme such as the tanks which were perfected dramatically and could
Explore the similarities and differences between "The charge of the light brigade" and "The last of the light brigade".
Explore the similarities and differences between "The charge of the light brigade" and "The last of the light brigade". In this essay I will be comparing "The charge of the light brigade" to "The last of the light brigade". I will analyse the two poems for meanings to see which poem I preferred and why. "The charge of the light brigade" is about soldiers going off to war with the "Cossack and Russian". It shows the soldiers bravery and will-power. It explains why the soldiers were heroes and concentrates more on the optimistic and positive side of the war. It focuses on how the soldiers escaped the "mouth of hell". It was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. "The last of the light brigade" is about the same soldiers but a while after the war. The first poem focused on how they were heroes but "The last of the light brigade" explains that they are no longer heroes. It has a more pessimistic, negative point of view. The poem is about the soldiers begging Alfred Lord Tennyson to change the poem to tell the readers what is really happening to them. "You wrote we were heroes once sir. Please, write we are starving now." It is written by Rudyard Kipling. "The charge of the light brigade" was written to commemorate the soldiers who survived the war, calling them heroes. The author wanted us to experience the battle to help us realise how much was risked to save our country. Alfred
A wife in london
A Wife in London The poet and writer I am studying is Thomas hardy (1840-1928). His first successful novel was called 'Far From the Madding Crowd'. His poem that I am studying is called 'A Wife in London' (December 1899). It is a bout a woman in London who is waiting for her husband to come back from the war (the Second Boer War 1899-1902). This poem was written during the second Boer war, and it describes the view and emotions from a wife whose husband has gone to war and she's anticipating his return. In part one of the poem, Hardy gives an atmosphere of dread and waiting because it says 'behind whose webby fold on fold', which means 'behind the net curtains'. This shows she is waiting behind the window, looking out onto the streets. Also, it shows a kind of cold unknowing atmosphere, where it says 'tawny vapour that the Thames side-lanes have up rolled', which means that the fog from the Thames has drifted through the streets next to it. Part two of the poem is ironic because in the first part the wife gets a telegram saying her husband has died in the war where it says 'flashed news is in her hand', then 'he has fallen - in the far south land'. In the second part, she gets a letter from her husband that says he is full of hope of his return. This is a twist of fate because he thought he would be returning home but he got killed after he had sent the letter. His wife got
