In the early crusades men of all ranks from all over Europe took the cross and went to fight Islam as volunteers. Some went out of religious fervour, others to escape the plagues a...0850451256Terence Wise
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
This fascinating study by Anthony Kemp outlines the careers and characters of a number of senior German commanders of the World War II period (1939-1945). To those who read militar...9999903390817Anthony Kemp
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
During the Middle Ages, Islam was Christian Europe's only civilized and most troublesome neighbor. The Middle Ages saw almost continual strife between these two distinct cultures. ...9999903390800David Nicolle Angus McBri...
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Land ForcesOn the night of 1 ??2 April 1982, the Argentinian Junta led by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri made its move against the Falkland Islands. On 3 April British Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Th...9999903390794Will Fowler
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Most historians agree that the Carolingian Age, from the 8th to the 10th Century AD, represented one of the most important turning points in European history. It can be said with s...9999903390787David Nicolle
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
On 28 September 1066 William of Normandy landed near Hastings and prepared to meet the Anglo-Saxon army of King Harold Godwinson. On 10 October 1066 the two armies met; and after s...9999903390770Christopher Rothero
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
The Arthurian Age; the Celtic Twilight; the Dark Ages; the Birth of England; these are the powerfully romantic names often given to one of the most confused yet vital periods in Br...9999903390763David Nicolle
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Salah al Din Yusif ibn Ayyub, known to his Muslim contemporaries as al Nasi, 'The Victorious', and to an admiring Europe as Saladin, is the most famous single figure in the history...9999903390688David Nicolle
Osprey Publishing (UK)
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
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Parthians & Sassanid PersiansThe Parthians were a warrior people. Though possessing no regular army they were superb horsemen and archers, and in time of war the nobility provided heavily armoured knights moun...9999903390664Peter Wilcox
Osprey Publishing (UK)
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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...
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
Though the 'Scythian period' in the history of Eastern Europe lasted little more than 400 years, the impression these horsemen made upon the history of their times was such that a ...9999903390565M. V. Gorelik
Osprey Publishing (UK)
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
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
Editors Varis
viernes, 24 de octubre de 2025
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