3 Maps of the Battle of Cannae, Each Quite Different
It’s interesting to see maps about the same battle look so different.
Africa
Rhodesian Light Infantry
As empires began to delaminate after World War II, Africa fell into a long series of colonial expulsions. Here, indigenous people from around the …
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The Siege Of Jadotville. Review.
The United States, and NATO member nations, and the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact armies were all appropriating all the economic resources each empire …
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The Italian Turkish War
Italian Alpini and Libyan corpses Perhaps it was the patina of the being a descendant of the once ascendant ancient Roman Army. The …
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The First Stone Aged People To Be Mowed Down With A Machine Gun.
Cecil Rhodes, Founder of Rhodesia King Lobengula was nervous. He should have been too. The leader of the Ndebele tribe was playing a waiting games …
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Shaka Zulu and the Velvet Bean.
I found an interesting story on this horticultural blog: Mucuna Pruriens In it I found an account that was amazing to me. It is …
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Are Combat Deaths Receding?
Angolan Children Troops (Getty Images) .I think about the fact that in a single evening, the Germans dropped 1000 tons of ordinance …
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The Changing Face Of Warfare.
Rwandan troops Board A C-17 On The Way To Darfur. Afghanistan is a country that has been at war continually since 1978. From …
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White Man’s Burden.
Rudyard Kipling Zheng He ruled the largest empire ever, according to academic sources, Wikipedia, and so forth. This is most probably true on …
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Why Do We Keep Doing This?
As Americans we have access to amazing amounts of information. Much of it is very important. Inside the information are the keys …
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Cracks In The Armor Of Empire.
The most satisfying part about being an armchair general, or a part time self taught military historian is that you work …
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KIng Peggy. How An Administrative Assistant In DC Became A Ruler Of Her Own Country.
King Peggy, Ruler of Otuam Peggielene Bartels was born in Takoradi, Ghana, in 1953. She migrated to the United States, and became an …
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France’s Shadow War In Mali.
Imagine a shadow war on the African continent between Islamic radicals who have taken over a republic with deep ties to France. Now, imagine …
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The Birkenhead Drill: The Origin Of “Women And Children First.”
The Wreck Of The Birkenhead On February 26th, 1852 the HMS Birkenhead, a British troop carrier transporting troops for the Navy struck a …
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Capitalism Midwifed The Boer War.
By the end of the 19th century, European powers some ascendant and some on the wane, all made a mad dash to occupy or …
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The Boer War Was A Replay Of History. Part 2.
The Boer Army inflicted thousands of casualties on advancing British regiments, and beat back many attempts to take high ground. The Boers of course …
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The Boer War Was A Replay Of History. Part 1.
Remarkable similarities color the army recruitment from the United States during the Vietnam conflict and British recruitment into the Boer Wars. Prospects themselves …
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The Dubats.
Every nation in Europe had holdings in Africa at one time, and almost none of it benefited the occupied. The Roman model of Auxiliary …
New Country: South Sudan.
South Sudan split from Sudan on November 9th, 2011. It is recognized by the United Nations and represents the further splitting of countries that has …
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