Wars
Bohemian-Hungarian War (1468-1478)
PĆ”l Kinizsi (1432-1494) was a Hungarian general, legendary commoner commander in the army of king Matthias Corvinus. He was comes of Temes (comes Temesiensis) since 1484 and Captain General of the Lower Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary (generalis capitaneus inferiorum partium regni). He is famous for his participation with Stephen V Bathory, the Voivode of Transylvania in the victory…
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Army Group Northās Years of Hope and FrustrationĀ I
1941: Race to Moscow, German Army Group North, the leadership. The German Push to Leningrad The OKH issued the marshaling orderāAufmarschanweisung Ost (Deployment Directive East)āfor the invasion of the Soviet Union on January 31, 1941. With respect to Army Group North, it called for an encirclement of major portions of…
Austriaās Opening Disasters āĀ WWI
Austriaās decision for war against Serbia was not a product of fatalism, fecklessness, or incompetence. Whether to preempt any possibility of a solution to the south Slavic question within Habsburg borders, or from murkier motives with domestic roots, Serbia, by not repudiating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, had offered…
The Sinai Campaign of 1967 PartĀ I
The Sinai Campaign of 1967 Part II ā”ļø Ā Conquest of Sinai. 5ā6 June 1967 As a small nation surrounded by enemies, Israel was acutely conscious that if she was to survive she could not afford to lose a battle, much less a war. Of necessity, therefore, the Israeli Defence…
The Sinai Campaign of 1967 PartĀ II
ā¬ ļø The Sinai Campaign of 1967 Part I Conquest of Sinai. 7ā8 June 1967 Yet, as the saying goes, who dares wins. The Egyptians, listening to the excited voice on Radio Cairo announcing with more optimism than accuracy that their comrades had captured Beersheba, were quite unprepared for the…
The history of the [Spanish] Army of Flanders and the Eighty Years War. PartĀ I
By Fernando GonzĆ”lez de LeĆ³n It appears that there were two distinct periods or eras in the history of the Army of Flanders and the Eighty Years War. The first one lasted roughly from 1567 to the signing of the Twelve Years Truce in 1609. This first Army of Flanders…
The history of the [Spanish] Army of Flanders and the Eighty Years War. PartĀ II
BATTLE OF ROCROI, 19 MAY 1643 Following successful cavalry charges by Isembourg on the Spanish right and Conde on the French right, the latter won the battle by keeping his horsemen in check, riding across the rear of the Spanish infantry, and attacking Isembourgās cavalry from behind. Once the Spanish…