The treatment of the military subject in Shakespeare’s Roman plays complicates early modern cultural understandings of the...
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Introduction The Ten Thousand Immortals were the elite force of the Persian army of the Achaemenid Empire...
How Army Aviator Charles Kettles earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic acts during the Vietnam...
In 1918, the Marine Corps began investigating how the integration of women would take place. By Kenna...
Ultimately, the Mongols would establish the largest empire the world had ever seen. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction...
Roman law provisions on desertion had features that were totally different from the common Roman criminal law....
Parthia controlled territories that stretched from the Mediterranean in the west to India and China in the...
Most of these Americans left behind little evidence explaining why they took up arms for the French...
Capturing forts was necessary as enemy capitals were usually fortified and no invader could proclaim victory without...
The ancient Indian naval ships protected trade and carried troops to war zones. Introduction The navy in...
An ancient Roman fable imagines a cinaedus, well-known for his brazen effeminacy, fighting heroically. Introduction On August...
Geographical importance and religious differences were both factors in the war. Introduction Overview In Britain, the Crimean...
Carrhae proved to be a complete disaster from its beginning. Introduction The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE was...
World War II brought about a new deal for veterans. Introduction In the early morning hours of...
Recruits in the first African-American Marine Corps trained at Montford Point, eventually ending the military’s longstanding policy...
The Persian Army became a multi-cultural force consisting of a fusion of soldiers from Persia or the...
Examining the act of sharing food during a time of war, even across enemy lines, is a...
Louis XIV repeatedly reminded his commanders that 1693 had to be viewed as the year of decision....
The best way to honor D-Day veteran’s sacrifice is to work for that elusive, but achievable eternal...
How engineers helped the Allies defeat Nazi Germany and win World War II. Introduction When Allied troops...
Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day, was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Launched on June 6,...
It was the first stage in the liberation of western Europe and a major step towards the...
Genevieve Hitt, likely the first woman to serve the U.S. government as a cryptologist, broke ground in...
Developments forced a dramatic transformation in the character of warfare from antiquity, changing tactics, weaponry, and fortifications....
Although given basic defensive features, forts were never designed to withstand a sustained enemy attack. By Mark...
The Battle of Zama not only ended the Second Punic War, it also established the Roman army...
The Etruscan armies of part-time soldiers proved to be no match for the more professional and tactically...
The armies could have involved over 100,000 men on either side who came from all over Europe....
Viking warfare connected with the expansion of Scandinavian influence along the North Atlantic and into the Mediterranean....
The Romans knew that a powerful naval fleet could supply troops and equipment where they were most...