The H.L. Hunley was the first combat submarine. It saw active service in the civil war,. It successfully sunk the union ship Housatonic, but the torpedo that was used was attached to a long stick under water, forcing the sailors to literally ram into the Housatonic, which sunk soon after. The blast from the torpedo left the sailors in the submarine with injuries to the lungs and or brain. All the crew members died.[1] The sub was operated by a crew of eight, seven to turn the

The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle that took place around 480 B.C. in Thermopylae, Greece. This battle cost many lives on both sides: an alliance of Greek city states led by Sparta and Athens as well as the invading Persians. The origins of this battle came when Darius I of Persia sent heralds to Greece in 491 B.C. to try and persuade them to allow Persia to rule them. The Greeks were proud and took great offense, especially the Athenians and Spartans, and Darius’s invasi