We just watched the movie "Glory" about the civil war, and we have to write how Colonel Shaw and the 54th challenged the fortunes of war.
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2006-11-01 15:41:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Fortunes of War in history means -
Fortunes of War is the collective name given to six novels by Olivia Manning, consisting of The Balkan Trilogy and The Levant Trilogy.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The novels describe the experiences of a young married couple, Harriet and Guy Pringle, early in World War II. Guy is attached to an educational establishment in Bucharest when war breaks out, and the couple are forced to leave the country, passing through Athens and ending up in Cairo, Egypt. Harriet is persuaded to return home by ship, but changes her mind at the last minute and goes to Damascus with friends. Guy, hearing that the ship has been torpedoed, believes her to be dead, but they are reunited in the end.
Major characters in the novel include: Harriet and Guy Pringle, Prince Yakimov, Sasha Drucker, Sir.Montague, Alan Frewen, Major Cookson, Mrs.Brett, Mrs.Jay, Mr.'Dobby' Dobson, Mr.'Foxy' Leverett, Charles Warden, Professor Lord Pinkrose, Professor Inchcape, Clarence, Lord Bedlington, Archie Callard, Toby Lush and Mr.Dubedat.
The novels were adapted for television by the BBC, starring Kenneth Branagh as Guy and Emma Thompson as Harriet. Other stars included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett and Rupert Graves.
The Balkan Trilogy is comprised of the books "The Great Fortune", "The Spoilt City" and "Friends And Heroes". The Levant Trilogy is comprised of the books "The Danger Tree", "The Battle Lost And Won" and "The Sum Of Things".
Fortunes of war - is also a Phrase meaning -
to the chances of happenings and mishaps that occur in a war-time environment. Also known as "luck"; good luck if the event is favorable.
2006-11-01 17:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fortunes Of War
2016-10-06 04:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can someone gain from a war? From ancient times wars have produced fortunes, capitulations, tributes, slavery, and territory. Now it's oil.
Another expression for this is, "To the victors go the spoils."
2006-11-01 16:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by tichur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "fortunes of war" is a phrase referring to the chance happenings and mishaps that occur in a war-time environment. Also known as "luck"; good luck if the event is favorable, bad luck if unfavorable.
2006-11-01 15:53:03 · answer #4 · answered by Hums2oldies 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Fortunes of war" simply means the good luck or bad luck one has in a war. The unforeseeable things that happen, in spite of what might have been planned. It means about the same thing as "the luck of the draw" means in poker.
2006-11-01 15:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its probably related to the term "fog of war" which talks about the same thing.
2006-11-01 17:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is the developed countries which invade other rich 3 world countries to steal their oil ;)
2006-11-01 15:44:07 · answer #7 · answered by MandO 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋