Battle
AIRBORNE IN SICILY
A C-47 tows a CG-4 Waco glider into the air. Constructed from wood, steel and fabric they would be used extensively by the Allied airborne armies in the European theatre of operations. Unfortunately due to high winds over Sicily on the night of 9–10 July 1943 the troops of the 82nd Airborne RCT did not find their designated drop zones.…
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Kolberg in 1945
KoĹ‚obrzeg (Kolberg) in 1945. 80% of the city was destroyed during the war. In November 1944 Kolberg, a large Baltic seaport in the Prussian Province of Pomerania, was designated a stronghold as Festung Kolberg. It was one of the key German positions in the Pomeranian Wall, a vital link between…
Capture of Magdala, (13 April 1868)
The Fortress of Magdala, prior to its destruction in April 1868. British troops posing at a captured sentry post above Koket-Bir gate at Magdala fortress. The mission of the British expeditionary force sent to Abyssinia in 1867-1868, under the command of Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal Lord) Sir Robert C.…
BATTLE OF THE RIVERÂ SALADO
Book Link Development of the Battle of Salado 30 October 1340 Many of the battles fought between Islam and Christianity have been hailed as the decisive encounter between the two religions. Few of them can have been more decisive than the crushing defeat of the wealthy emir of Marinid Morocco,…
The first challenge: Bayezid I’s siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) II
Sultan Bayezid breaks the siege at Nicopolis and comes close at night to the besieged castle of Nicopolis and encouarages the castle commander Dogan Bey. Source: HĂĽnername, DoÄźan KardeĹź, Ä°stanbul 1969 When Emperor Manuel II traveled to the West at the end of 1399 in search of financial and military…
The Battle of Kosovo – Reality and Myth
Kosovo Maiden After the battle of the Maritsa River the Ottomans greatly extended their circle of vassals, who were obliged to contribute to the Empire’s further ascent and consolidation by paying annual tributes and joining forces with the sultan in his military expeditions. They placed the urban strip and important…
Battle of Arklow 1798
Background The Irish Rising took place on the 24th of May 1798. It was only partial; confined chiefly to the counties of Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford; and there were some slight attempts in Carlow, Queen’s Co., Meath and county Dublin. But Dublin city did not rise, for it had been…