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Battle of Cannae - Destruction of the Roman Army
Map of the Battle of Cannae showing how Hannibal encircles and defeats the Roman army.
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Ancient Egyptian Warfare - The Force That Built an Empire
Ancient Egyptian Warfare developed from an army of conscripts in the Pre-Dynastic Period (circa 3150-2613 BCE) through the early era of the Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE), supplied to the king by...
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Chinese Army on the March
Artist's impression of the Chinese army marching into battle.
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New York and New Jersey Campaign
The New York and New Jersey Campaign (3 July 1776 to 3 January 1777) was a pivotal campaign waged during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) for control of New York City, the Hudson River, and the resource-rich...
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Sepoy
A sepoy was an Indian soldier in the armies of various states and European trading companies in the Indian subcontinent and then, from the second half of the 19th century, in the British Indian Army. Recruited from many different population...
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Red Baron's Fokker Triplane
A photograph of the 'Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen flying his all-red Fokker D. R. 1 triplane and about to land. (Imperial War Museums)
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Terracotta Army
A portion of the Terracotta Army, the clay life-size army in the tomb of the Qin emperor Shi Huangdi. c. 210 BCE, Shaanxi Province, China.
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US Army Recruitment Poster 1847
To Arms! To Arms! 100 Men for the United States Army!, military recruitment poster in Millersburg, Ohio, printed broadside (notice); proclamation by T. L. Hart, 01 February 1847. This recruiting poster was part of...
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Kitchener as Sirdar of the Egyptian Army
A portrait of General Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), who was Sirdar of the Egyptian Army from 1892. In this capacity, Kitchener led an Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese army into Sudan and won the battle of Omdurman...
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Battle of Guilford Court House
The Battle of Guilford Court House (15 March 1781) was one of the last major engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Fought near Greensboro, North Carolina, it was a pyrrhic victory for the British...