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A detail from the c. 1858 title page of a collection of lithographs The Campaign in India 1857-58 showing Bengal sepoy infantry of the British East India Company. (National Army Museum, London)

A photograph showing Canadian infantry troops landing under fire at Juno Beach, Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944. Taken near St Aubin-sur-Mer, at about 8.05 am. (Imperial War Museums)

US infantrymen reading letters from home in August 1944 after the Battle of Saipan during WWII's Pacific War. US Signal Corps Archive.

A photograph of a member of the United States Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard stood in a trench on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). (US National Archives)

The pezhetairoi (foot companions) were part of the imposing army that accompanied the Macedonian commander Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) when he crossed the Hellespont to face the Persian king Darius III in 334 BCE. Armed with...

The Battle of Cannae (2 August 216 BCE) was the decisive victory of the Carthaginian army over Roman forces at Cannae, southeast Italy, during the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE). The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca (l. 247-183...

The Roman army consisted of three separate divisions: the famed legions, the cavalry, and lastly, the auxiliaries. The auxiliaries (auxilia) were comprised of infantry cohorts, mounted infantry, and cavalry units or wings...

D-Day was the first day of Operation Overlord, the Allied attack on German-occupied Western Europe, which began on the beaches of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. Primarily US, British, and Canadian troops, with naval and air support...

After securing the eastern Mediterranean seaboard and Egypt, Alexander the Great pushed east into Mesopotamia with the intention of bringing Darius to battle. After crossing the Euphrates River unopposed, he marched...

The Battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire on 14 June 1645 was one of the most important battles of the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). The Royalists, led in person by King Charles, were soundly defeated by the Parliamentarians'...