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The earliest Roman ventures across the Adriatic had occurred before the Second Punic War. The First and Second Illyrian Wars (229–228 and 221–219 BC) had been fought ostensibly to suppress piracy, but the interference with a minor state in Macedonia’s backyard had alarmed King Philip V sufficiently for him to form an alliance with Hannibal in 215 BC. The First…
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Mosquito, Philip E. West The quaint English locomotive steamed through the enchanting Norfolk countryside, tugging its carriages behind it. In…
Having achieved unity at home, Hideyoshi could afford to devote some thought to restoring Japan’s position in south-east Asia. The…
415–413 b.c. Forced Engaged Syracusan: Unknown, although probably roughly equal to Athenians; included 4,400 Spartans. Commander: Gylippus. Athenian: Approximately 200…
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C-47A serial FAC-681 of the Colombian Air Force is seen as it appeared in the 1980s. A former RAF machine,…
A floating fortress, the galleass was the ultimate and unwieldy result of an effort to combine both oars and broadside,…
On the Don Front, the going was more difficult. Batov threw his 65th Army at General Alexander Freiherr Edler von…
At the Battle of Allia, ‘mere barbarians’ defeated the Roman army and afterwards, sacked Rome. The sack of Rome by…
King Frederick the Great sent word to his post at Neisse to forward the guns and equipment thereabouts in preparation for his long anticipated siege of the enemy forces now shut up within the Schweidnitz Compound. He then moved his men forward to take up posts for this endeavor. Dittmannsdorf…
Russian Zircon Missile Concept Russia Test-Launches Tsirkon Hypersonic Cruise Missile from Ship for First Time The 3M22 Zircon or the SS-N-33 is a maneuvering anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile developed in Russia. The Zircon’s estimated range is 500 km at a low level and up to 750 km at a semi-ballistic…
Close Quarters, by Russell Smith (SPAD XIII & Fokker DVII) Air superiority enabled the French to resist the attacks of late May and early June, but the sheer effort of maintaining their position was taking an enormous toll of men and machines. ‘Most of our victories came during 1918 but…
On May 6, 1863, Custer was assigned as aide-de-camp to General Alfred Pleasonton, the commander of a cavalry division. The Custer–Pleasonton relationship developed into a mutual admiration society in which Custer claimed, “I do not believe a father could love his son more than Genl. Pleasonton loves me.” Of course,…
Returning German army marching through Berlin, December 1918 President Wilson himself arrived in Europe (to tremendous enthusiasm) in mid-December, and represented a sort of new world order, in which Progress and Freedom could resume the forward march that had stopped in 1914. Peace treaties were sorted out – more by…
Sneak Attack on Megara Demosthenes’ next scene of operation involved the city of Megara, which occupied one of the most strategic locations on the Greek mainland, a narrow isthmus separating the Peloponnese from Attica and Boeotia. Megara also had two important military and commercial harbors, Pegae on the Corinthian Gulf…
At the beginning of the sixth century Zosimus composed a history of the Roman empire that covered the period from the uncertainty over imperial succession in the early third century to the coming of the barbarians in the early fifth century. Constantine’s reign was hence at the chronological midpoint of…
Maneuvers before and after the Battle of Nineveh The wars between Persia and Rome came to a climax between 603 and 628, with significant consequences for each empire and for subsequent world history. Sparked by mutual interference in each other’s dynastic disputes, Chosroes II of Persia opened the wars against…
British coastal assault on St Cast in Brittany in September 1758. A German map, published…
Schnellboot S-80 torpedo boat Camo Operations with the Kriegsmarine S-boats were often used to patrol…
American Lend-Lease supplies to the USSR 1941–45. Soviet historiography is mocked in the West, where…
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