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Sertorius was a disaffected Roman who fought successfully against Sulla and Pompey. He was a masterly tactician specialising in surprise and ambushes exploiting wooded hills and according to Plutarch introduced Roman weapons, formations and signals. The 53 cohorts of Roman exiles under the treacherous Paperna that joined him maintained a separate command and camp. For a century the old Republic…
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In March 1860, exile Rosolino Pilo exhorted Giuseppe Garibaldi to take charge of an expedition to liberate Southern Italy from…
Bonaparte defeated the Mameluke forces at the ‘Battle of the Pyramids’ (fifteen miles distant) on 21 July and entered the…
Supermarine Spitfire Probably the most successful British fighter of World War II; placed in front-line service throughout the war. At…
The entire goal of the American Revolution including the penning of the Declaration of Independence was to gain the colonists and the newly formed American nation legitimacy internationally. The Declaration of Independence was written to…
In the realm of modern warfare, where technology evolves at breakneck speed, traditional defense mechanisms are often rendered obsolete against emerging threats. Among these threats, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have become increasingly prevalent, posing significant…
Weapons and Warfare has been updated with a save posts feature, accessibility options and a new store. While on a post page, you can now easily save a post to read later: New accessibility options…
For the Israelis the War of Attrition was now becoming serious. It was becoming clear the Egyptians had embarked upon…
Early Years The Ilmailuvoimat, Finland’s air force, is one of the oldest official independent aviation forces in the world. During…
The totally inadequate efforts of Imperial Russia to establish an effective air service disappeared in the flames of the October…
Exocet – Land-based firing by MM38 battery at Hooker’s Point, near Stanley, that hit and damaged HMS Glamorgan 12th June.…
An illustration depicting the battle of Mt. Badon in which the historic Arthur (if there actually was one) was said to have won a major victory over the encroaching Saxons. If Arthur was a real person, I think this depiction is a lot closer to what he may have looked…
The latest edition of Modern Weaponry—a magazine published by Chinese state-owned defense giant Norinco—contains four computer-generated images of the upcoming Xian H-20 bomber. The pictures confirm the bomber’s internal weapons bay, flying wing design, and dark grey radar-absorbent coating, according to the South China Morning Post. These are the first…
The United States was deeply embroiled in South East Asia. Addled political considerations dictated that military action must take the form of a carefully graduated response to aggression from North Vietnam, with the result that the USAF and USN went to war with one hand tied behind their backs. For…
Lacking manpower, materiel, and suitable fortifications, Army Group A cracked apart on the first day of the Soviet offensive (within hours, actually). As always, the Soviets staggered the start. Coordinated front-level offensives on this continental scale require more than a starter’s pistol. Local variations in weather, the ground, and the…
The darkness of the Greek Dark Age – and indeed the meagreness of all our sources up until that point – are suddenly replaced by an overload of information, beginning as a trickle in the early eighth century and turning into a flood by the following century. The Dark Age…
The hotel after the bombing Zionist leaders arrested in Operation Agatha. Left to right: David Remez, Moshe Sharett, Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Dov Yosef, Shenkarsky, David Hacohen, Halperin. Located in central Jerusalem, the King David Hotel has long been one of Israel’s premier establishments. As the prestate period was winding down, the…
Germany, 1995, b&w/Color, 59 minutes, English commentary and subtitles. Patriot or traitor? More than one-half century after his execution, General Andrei Vlasov remains one of World War II’s most controversial figures. A brilliant Soviet commander, Vlasov was captured by the German Wehrmacht in July, 1942, and soon became central to…
King Alfred’s Saxon Navy. A visual depiction of a Danish ship clashing with one of Alfred’s new English ships. Although nineteenth-and early twentieth-century British historians wrote quite a lot about Anglo-Saxon “naval forces,” and even claimed that Alfred was the founder of the Royal Navy, very little has been written…
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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