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Notable figures from the first War of Independence as depicted by the Victorian artist William Hole. Inverurie (1307) Methven (1306) Pass of Brander (1307) Dalry (1306) Dupplin Moor (1332) Stirling Bridge(1297) Bannockburn (1314) Falkirk (1298) Dunbar (1296) Loudon Hill (1307) The Wars of Independence justifiably occupy a defining place in the history of Scotland. Before embarking on a record of…
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“HMS Warspite of the Eastern Fleet and Flagship of Admiral Sir James Sommerville, underway in the Indian Ocean.” The prime minister’s…
Marcus Ulpius Traianus (AD 56–117) He always marched on foot with the rank and file of his army, and he…
French troops arriving in Naples, 1494. The first fully mobile and effective field artillery appeared in 1494 in the train…
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…
Nobukiyo Nambu Japanese submarine I-168. I-174 was from the same class Nobukiyo Nambu couldn’t believe his luck. There in the…
30 May Birdwood first unveiled plans to capture the initial objectives, including the Sari Bair Range 6 August Birdwood’s plans…
This artist’s impression of Hen Domen, based on the archaeologists’ findings, shows how the castle might have appeared in the…
Barbarossa’s fleet wintering in the French harbour of Toulon, 1543. (by: Matrakçı Nasuh) French King Henry II renewed his father’s policy of alliance with the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman, to mount joint operations of the French, Turkish and corsair fleets in the western Mediterranean. For both sides, these naval campaigns had…
Later generations of Europeans, from the seventeenth century on, would grow increasingly confident, even complacent, regarding their military superiority over the East (excepting such scares as the 1683 siege of Vienna). There was no such confidence in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Then, a long string of battlefield victories indicated…
On 6 August, 176th Brigade, 59th Division, crossed the Orne near Bas de Brieux (near Grimbosq). The 271.ID fought fiercely, but the English were able establish a bridgehead. Kampfgruppe WĂĽnsche counter-attacked on 7 and 8 August with Panther tanks and Tigers from 2nd Company. SS-SturmbannfĂĽhrer Max WĂĽnsche, commander of Kampfgruppe…
Parma’s bridge across the Scheldt at Antwerp Over the next few years the Duke of Parma consolidated the line between the loyal south and the rebellious north, and set about reducing the northern strongholds by means of a long succession of sieges, a process that culminated in the thirteen-month-long Siege…
SHORT ACCOUNT OF COMBAT OPERATIONS FIGHTING TO THE EAST OF BERLIN 16 – 22 April 1945 Before the beginning of the final Russian offensive one panzer division and four panzer grenadier divisions were held in reserve behind the Oder Front. They had suffered severe casualties in the earlier fighting and had…
THE US ICBM PROGRAMME Snark and Navaho In the immediate post-war years the feeling in the United States was that ballistic missiles offered the best long-term solution for strategic warfare, but that the technology of the time did not appear to make it possible to build a missile with the…
This aviation art print by Mark Postlethwaite depicts a Focke Wulf Fw 190D-9 of 14/JG26 flown by Ofw. Werner Zech, which is intercepted by a P-51 Mustang of the 339th FG flown by Captain Francis R. Gerard, 18th March 1945. The fighter reinforcements were needed for Hitler’s last great offensive…
The almost constant warfare among the Sumerian city-states for 2,000 years spurred the development of military technology and technique far beyond any similar development found elsewhere in the Near East at that time. The first Sumerian war for which there is detailed evidence occurred between the states of Lagash and…
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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