Vietnam’s Successful Historic Generals Were Sisters.
The Trưng sisters were known as Hai Bà Trưng, or “Two Ladies [named] Trưng”. Around AD 14 – c. AD 43) they were military leaders …
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Ancient Generals
Most of history is military history. The battles of old defined us as human beings. The generals and kings and queens who led people into battle were the progenitors of the world around us, our culture and science and political systems. These are articles and discussion about the battles, the leaders, the people, the outcomes of war from ancient times to present.
Yalta
The conference at Yalta was a chance for the inheritors of power after World War II to decide how to govern. It was obviously one …
Something Destroyed Most Of The Mycenenans at The End of The Bronze Age.
Fire destroyed much of the Myceneans at the end of the Bronze Age. So I am reading this book and it’s about this two …
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Trebia. 218 BC
Trebia was the first major set piece battle between the Carthaginians and the Romans during the second Punic war. This was all out war …
Ticinus
Publius Cornelius Scipio In the fiorst battle of the Second Punic War, we see something rarely this nuanced. But we see cleverness. …
Cato The Elder at Valley Forge.
It never ceases to amaze me how people hundreds, even thousands of years ago consulted history’s lessons. In Rick Atkinsons book Valley Forge, we are …
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Cornered and Scared, Roman Soldiers are Comforted by a Leader.
In 61 AD, a new precept took the place of Prasutagus in Brittania. Prasutagus had a good working relationship with the Iceni people in Brittania. …
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The Hussites.
The Hussite movement began in the Bohemia, western Czechoslovakia – spread quickly at the hands or shall we say at the mouth of Jan Hus. …
Was Ahmose I Moses? An Opinion By One Of Our Readers, “Iggy”.
The 18th dynasty Pharaoh’s reign coincide directly with the reign of Solomon. The Exodus occurred exactly 480 (479 literal BC years when adjusted for inclusive …
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Rome’s Imperial Power Was Expressed In Its Architecture.
The Appian Way, Via Appia, is a wonder to the world. Itself it stretches just short of 40 miles. But it was the …
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Bannockburn
King Edward I was a tough old monarch. He was a ruthless and effective combat commander who required servitude, rectitude and compliance with English …
Still Amazed At All The Reference Material Available on Pinterest
A great map that describes Asia Minor in the Fifth Century and the reach of the Huns Again, a terrific map that helps dimensionalize …
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Da Vinci’s Weapons Drawings
Source: http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/leonardo-da-vinci-draws-designs-of-future-war-machines.html
Real Boomerangs
It’s just a flat hard airfoil, and for centuries, it was a go to tool for bringing home dinner. Man we have it easy these …
The Hwacha. Korea’s First Rocket Launcher
The hwach’a (화차; 火車) is the Korean phrase for ‘fire cart’ and was used as a multiple weapons launcher designed to send long thin …
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USAir Force General Hap Arnold Disagreed With The Use Of The Atomic Bomb.
Famous U.S. Army Air Forces, Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, was asked after Nagasaki by a New York Times reporter whether the atomic bomb caused …
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Chester Nimitz Also Thought The Atom Bomb Was Not Why Japan Surrendered.
Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, said at the Washington Monument on October 5, 1945: “The Japanese had, in …
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Ornate Islamic Knives and Swords
Hilt, Circa 14th Century Iberia Antique Turkish Ottoman Silver Islamic Dagger sword Muslim Dervish Knife Arabic Moroccan Jambiya Antique Islamic Silver Dagger Sword …
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The Varangians : Royal Guards And Mercenaries.
When Vikings migrated eastwards they went as traders, or they went as raiders. When they happened upon a settlement they gambled whether it would …
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The Country Of Edessa, Formed After The First Crusades, Lasted Only 50 Years.
The Crusades were of course a series of Christian invasions of Muslim held lands in the Levant. All of the Crusades were called …
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