Muslim Conquests
The birth of Islam not only gave rise to one of the largest religious movements on earth, but it also laid the framework for a military campaign that would see the Middle...
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Fortifications
It has been said that the conduct of warfare never change, only the weaponry and the men performing it does. This statement is mostly true. History is rife with the stor...
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Desert Storm
On 2 August 1990 the might of the Iraqi army stormed across the desert, driving headlong towards their small Arab neighbor’s capital of Kuwait City. The Iraqi government...
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The Great War
The birth of modern warfare was brutally forged on the battlefields of World War I. The combination of new weapons, strategies and tactics combined with the old European...
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Amhrán na bhFiann/The Soldier’s Song
The Easter Rising of 1916 sparked the critical moment in the push for Irish independence. With the United Kingdom bogged down in World War I, Irish revolutionaries presse...
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Napoleon: Warrior, Emperor, and Pariah
s night fell on 18 June 1815, Napoleon’s forces disintegrated and fled the battlefield. The allied coalition in Belgium, led by the United Kingdom and Prussia had success...
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1066: The Fate of England
The year was 1066 and the fate of England hung in the balance. On 5 January, the Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor took his last breath. Before passing, the childless...
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