Gallic & British CeltsIn 390 BC, a Gallic army marched on Rome. A confident Roman army of about 15,000 men that was sent to bar the way, was destroyed. Three days after the Battle of Allia, the Gauls en...9999903390749Peter Wilcox
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The German rulers were forceful and powerful men, and, surrounded by potential enemies, circumstances dictated the necessity of rule by strength based on military capacity. In the ...9999903390725Christopher Gravett
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Confederate TroopsWhen the Southern states seceded to form their own government in 1861, one of their first moves was to organise an army. The South's fighting men served from the time of their enli...9999903390695Philip Katcher
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
In 1823 Texas was opened to American settlement; over the next 12 years thousands took advantage of the opportunity. During this time the corrupt Santa Anna rose to power. A dishon...9999903390671Philip Haythornthwaite
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Union TroopsThe US Army during the Civil War was the largest the country had raised in its brief history; and it would remain the largest ever raised until World War I. In all, 2,772,408 men s...9999903390640Philip Katcher
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Germanics and DaciansThese vigorous northern 'barbarians' were the destroyers of the Western Empire of Rome. It was they who delivered the coup de grâce to the dying colossus in the south, subsequently...9999903390633Peter Wilcox
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Air ForcesDuring the Falklands conflict of 1982, aircraft (both fixed and rotary-wing) were of crucial importance to both sides: in moving reinforcements quickly across the sea and over the ...9999903390626Roy Braybrook
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Naval ForcesIn the early hours of the chilly late-autumn morning, April 2 1982, substantial forces of Argentine Marines, with heavy naval and air support, had invaded the Falkland islands, qui...9999903390619Adrian English Anthony Wa...
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Mercenaries were a common feature throughout most of Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries, and had been known far earlier. But nowhere did such a sophisticated system of hiring, p...9999903390602David Nicolle
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Specialist TroopsAt the time of the American Civil War (1861-1865), with two million men under arms, a US Army that in pre-war days had depended upon a minute number of technical troops now require...9999903390596Philip Katcher
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Henry V became King of England in 1413. He was one of the great warrior kings of the country, cast in the same mould as Edward I and Edward III. He was just, pious, athletic, chiva...9999903390589Christopher Rothero
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The infantry was Wellington's favoured tool, and he played a major role in raising its standards of excellence. He used it carefully, on ground which he selected to give it maximum...9999903390572Bryan Fosten
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
From the opening years of the 19th century, which saw the first moves towards standardisation and the beginnings of the demise of the system which allowed the colonels of regiments...9999903390558Mike Chappell
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
King John the Good of France was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356; his 14-year-old son Philip fought valiantly by his side until the bitter end, and as soo...9999903390541Nicholas Michael
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Though for centuries fighting was considered primarily a man's job, the world wars of the 20th century demanded women's involvement in the war effort. By World War II women were pl...9999903390534Jack Cassin-Scott
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The birth of the Ottoman state is shrouded in legend. Whatever the truth of its origins, the Ottomans formed an Empire which almost succeeded in bringing Christian Europe to its kn...9999903390527David Nicolle
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Much myth and fantasy surrounds the events of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485): a bloody and prolonged dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster. Terence Wise's f...9999903390503Terence Wise
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
A combination of dynastic disputes, feudal quibbles, trade disagreements and historical antagonism resulted in the opening of the Hundred Years War in 1337. The first major English...9999903390497Christopher Rothero
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
When Philip II ascended the throne in 359 BC, Macedonia was in danger of being engulfed by wild barbarian tribes to the north and wily Greek cities to the south. Philip had to expa...9999903390480Nicholas Sekunda
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
In the 1930s the War Office grew increasingly aware of the need for a new and more rational combat dress, and by 1937 the design for what would become known as 'battledress' was co...9999903390473Brian Jewell
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
During the 14th and 15th centuries military tactics in Europe underwent a period of sustained transformation of which the outcome was the rejuvenation of the footsoldier as the maj...9999903390466Douglas Miller Gerry Embl...
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The history of the Mongol armies is a catalogue of superlatives. No armies in history have ever won so many battles or conquered so much territory. No army has ever provoked such j...9999903390435Stephen Turnbull
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Between the first Jacobite rising in 1689 and the final collapse of the cause in 1746, the hopes of the House of Stuart were centred chiefly on Scotland. It is often wrongly assume...9999903390428Michael Barthorp
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The Second World War, unlike the First, fostered the projection of 'characters'. Thanks to the media, many of the Allied commanders became household names, known as much for their ...9999903390411Anthony Kemp
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The epic conflict between Rome and Carthage remains one of the most compelling stories of military history. The wars included such legendary events as the crossing of the Alps by H...9999903390404Terence Wise
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
This text by Terence Wise explores some of the fascinating peoples who comprised the ancient armies of the Middle East: the Sumerians, who were the first to introduce the use of br...9999903390398Terence Wise
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The Restoration of 1660 is often quoted as the birth date of our modern British Army. While this may be true as far as continuity of unit identity is concerned, the evidence of his...9999903390381Stuart Asquith
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viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
How far would you go to bury the truth?While searching for a missing hill walker, Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team uncovers a body - just not the one they were looking for.Still dealin...9999903390220J. D. Kirk
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jueves, 23 de octubre de 2025
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