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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Modern Day War With Bows And Arrows.
The Kalenjin and Kisii tribes in Kenya have been squabbling over borders and a Dutch photographer placed a link on Paleo Planet. It shows …
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The Mau Mau Rebellion
The end of World War II brought a worldwide anti colonial movement to the forefront. Perhaps it was because Japan and Germany had spent so …
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