In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses. They pro...9999903391180Stephen Turnbull
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Although the common Roman fighting men themselves have left no account, much literature has survived from antiquity. The wealth of archaeological finds, plus the study of surviving...9999903391173Michael Simkins
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
On June 27, 1862, with the American Civil War already a year old, General Robert E. Lee assumed personal command of troops engaged in driving the Federal Army of the Potomac out of...9999903391166Philip Katcher
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
By the end of the nineteenth century the fame of the Zulu was world-wide, and their army was one of the few non-European military organizations to have become the subject of seriou...9999903391159Angus McBride
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
If there is one thing we can be sure of concerning the Saxons, Vikings and Normans who inhabited the medieval world, it is that they were a good deal more advanced than some writin...9999903391142Terence Wise
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The succession of the French Duke of Anjou to the Spanish throne in 1700 provoked the formation of a Grand Alliance to thwart the king's expansionist ambitions. Led by the Duke of ...9999903391135Michael Barthorp
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
In the year 1900, an unprecedented co-operation occurred between the eight major military powers of the world. For more than a year military and naval personnel from Austria-Hungar...9999903391128Lynn Bodin
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The British connection with India dates from the formation of the Honourable East India Company in the 17th century, when a military force was needed to protect Britain's valuable ...9999903391111Ronald Harris
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Almost continual warfare raged in Europe during the period 1300-1500. These wars were the furnaces in which many of the modern European nations were forged. Parallel with this emer...9999903391104Terence Wise
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the South Wales Borderers, from Marlborough's Wars (1702-1713) through to World War II. The regiment's servi...9999903391098Christopher Wilkinson-Lat...
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Of all the world's seaborne military organizations, the British Royal Navy is perhaps the most prestigious. Protector of the British Empire and defender of British freedom, it has ...9999903391074Robert Wilkinson-Latham
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Wellington's commanders were undoubtedly a breed apart. Among these heroes were cavalry officer Henry Paget, who kept the French horses from the heels of the retreating British inf...9999903391067Michael Barthorp
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The Indian Army underwent significant changes in command, organization and composition from the time of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59, to the outbreak of World War I. Prior to the M...9999903391050Michael Barthorp
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The American Indian Wars, the most famous of which were fought on the great Western plains between 1860 and 1890, were among the most tragic of all conflicts ever fought. To the vi...9999903391043Philip Katcher
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
In the Sudan in 1881 an obscure son of a carpenter pronounced himself the 'Mahdi' or 'Guided One of the Prophet', the long-expected Messiah of the Islamic faith. His influence was ...9999903391036Robert Wilkinson-Latham
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the armies that fought in the Boer War. Both sides are covered, and the campaigns summarised. Uniforms are s...9999903391012Christopher Wilkinson-Lat...
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
For almost three centuries the Royal Scots Greys have had the proud distinction of being Scoland's only regular cavalry regiment, famed for their distinguished service record from ...9999903391005Charles Grant
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
It is arguable that no group of fighting men in the history of European arms has been so misrepresented by ill-informed publicity as the French Foreign Legion. Though initially con...9999903390992Martin Windrow
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
For over a hundred years British and Indian troops were engaged on the North-West Frontier of India, policing the tribes, mounting expeditions, and guarding against the ever-presen...9999903390978Robert Wilkinson-Latham
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organization of the 30th Punjabis, from 1857 to their service in World War II. Uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail...9999903390961James Lawford
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The Great War of 1914-18 is often seen as one major battleground ?? the Western Front ?? with numerous 'side-shows'. The other battle zones were not side-shows to those involved,...9999903390954David Nicolle
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Military affairs occupied a very significant place during Henry VIII's reign, with English armies seeing action against two main enemies: the French and the Scots, of which France ...9999903390947text by Paul Cornish
London : Osprey, 1987
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
In this worthy addition to the Elite series, Ian Heath transports us to the time of the Vikings examining their epic journeys and the ships they made them in, their methods of warf...9999903390930Ian Heath
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The cradle of western civilisation, the ancient Greek world, consisted of a series of independent city states some of which, such as Athens and Sparta, became major world powers. T...9999903390923Nicholas Sekunda
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Osprey's study of the Normans during the Middle Ages. Despite the small geographic extent of Normandy its people played a crucial role in the history of the medieval world. Ferocit...9999903390916David Nicolle
Osprey Publishing (UK)
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Born of a mixture of religious fervour, military ardour and political will, the Crusades ( 1095 - 1291) remain a fascinating and misunderstood aspect of medieval history. Born amid...9999903390862David Nicolle
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
'A very remarkable people, the Zulu', the British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, said on hearing of a fresh disaster in the war of 1879, 'They defeat our generals; they convert...9780850458640Ian Knight
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The British Army's involvement in the Crimean War of 1854-56 is often remembered only for the ill-advised "charge of the Light Brigade" during the battle of Sevastopol as memoriali...9999903390848J.B.R. Nicholson
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
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