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British naval guns at Vaalkrans Map of Battle of Vaal Krantz by the Boer General BJ Viljoen 5 February 1900 Having withdrawn from Spioenkop, the British were taken back under the direct command of Sir Redvers Buller and another attack was undertaken to clear the Brakfontein ridge and open the way to Ladysmith. The key position of Vaalkrans Hill was taken…
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Supacat’s Jackal 2 in all its glory represents over 7 tons of armoured reconnaissance vehicle; note the vital V-shaped hull…
Defense of Clichy during the battle of Paris. With matters in such a state, the end came quickly. Though Napoleon…
An watercolour of a small Dutch frigate shown, from two angles in a common convention of ship portraiture. She is…
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…
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Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489-1512), army commander of King Louis XII of France in the first italian war.…
Type VIIC/41 U-boats with their 88mm deck guns removed. Towards the end of the war the U-boats had few opportunities…
Ki-43-II-ko Ki-9. Manchukuo National Military Force Air Corps, 1938-39. This trainer is Orange overall, with Black cowling, forward fuselage, undercarriage…
Unknown painter under influence of Lucas Cranach the Elder, known as “The Master of the Battle of Orsha” In 1512 Muscovy broke the peace by attacking Lithuania again with the aim of capturing Smolensk. In December 1512 Grand Duke Basil himself went to Smolensk, but it was ably defended and…
At the time of the expulsion of the English from their Continental possessions, no blame was laid at the door of the longbow, nor did there seem to be any permanent discrediting of its power. Nevertheless, as future events proved, in spite of the triple victories of Crécy, Poitiers and…
Having won his battle of Cowpens, Daniel Morgan found himself, ironically, in considerable peril. Cornwallis’s army was still between him and Greene. After Pickens rejoined him the day after Cowpens, on 18 January, Morgan and his whole command marched together until they reached Gilbert Town. There Pickens was detached with…
Adolf Hitler at the headquarters of Army Group South in Poltava. From left to right: Lieutenant General Ernst, Colonel Max von Weichs, Adolf Hitler, General of Panzer Troops Friedrich Paulus, General Eberhard von Mackensen and General Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. June 1942. Vasily Chuikov holds Vasily Zaitsev’s rifle A…
PRINCIPAL COMBATANTS: Afghani invaders of the Punjab vs. the Marathas of west-central India PRINCIPAL THEATER(S): The Punjab, India MAJOR ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES: The Marathas waged war to eject the Afghans from the Punjab. OUTCOME: After initial Maratha victories, Ahmad Shah Duranni, the Afghani leader, decisively defeated the Marathas at the…
Reorganization of Forces and a New Strategy. After suffering stunning defeats on the Karelian Isthmus during December, the Red Army “licked its wounds” and, at the same time, looked for ways to improve its performance. It is apparent that Stalin himself undertook a reappraisal of the situation. He dismissed his…
The Salian (German, Salier) dynasty, which produced four kings or emperors in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, traced its roots back to at least the seventh century to a kinship group (Adelssippe) known as the Widonen that held high administrative positions and occasionally occupied the episcopal chair in Trier.…
The three major airborne forces of WWII used chutes that were superficially similar in that they all had 28ft diameter canopies. In their detail operation they were quite different however. The US Airborne’s first attempt was the T4. A workmanlike job, the rig featured a reserve (emergency) ‘chute which was…
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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