Prince Rupert of the Rhine Essays

  • Oliver Cromwell Hero Or Villain

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    because he wanted rich Jews from Holland to boost the English economy. Cromwell has also been seen as a heroic figure, because he formed the New Model Army. The New Model Army was powerful because they won all of the wars that they fought in. Prince Rupert of the Rhine called the New Model Army the ‘Ironsides’ as they seemed to cut through the

  • The Battle of Britain and Sir Winston Churchill

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    The Battle of Britain and Sir Winston Churchill Shortly after the Battle of Britain Sir Winston Churchill, the prime minister of Great Britain, is quoted as exclaiming, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." The few that Churchill was referring to were the brave aircrew that undertook the daunting task of repelling the massive offensive by the dreaded German air corps, the Luftwaffe. In the year 1940 Adolf Hitler ordered an offensive in coordination with