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Tag Archives: battle
Ireland And Iraq: When COIN Works And When It Cant
The Irish Civil War is a conflict that is widely ignored in military circles, outside of the Irish Army, which has always seemed strange to me. The Irish Civil War is that rarest of things: an example of a successful … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Iraq, Ireland, Middle East, Xtranormal Videos
Tagged anti-Treaty, battle, britain, collins, counter-insuyrgency, difficutlies, failures, Iraq, ireland, irish civil war] coin, kilmallock, maliki, media control, pro-Treaty, twitter, war, war of independence
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Hastings
It is a common trend to start English history from this point. Let’s find out why. Name: The Battle of Hastings The War: The Norman Conquest of England When: 14 October 1066 Where: Senlac Hill, south-east of the town of … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged 1066, anglo-saxon, battle, combined arms, conquest, decisive battles, disputed, edgar, edward the confessor, england, haralda, harold godwinson, hastings, history, kings, nobles, normans, tapestry, war, william
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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Lepanto
My first naval entry and its a big’un. Name: The Battle of Lepanto The War: Part of the interminable Ottoman-Habsburg Wars and the Ottoman-Venetian Wars When: 7 October 1571 Where: The Gulf of Patras in the Ionian Sea, off Greece. Lepanto … Continue reading
Posted in History, Middle East, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, Religion, War
Tagged 1571, battle, christians, cyprus, decisive battles, don juan de austria, galeasses, gulf of patras, history, holy league, islam, lepanto, muslims, naupactus, oar ships, ottomans, our lady of victory, papal states, pasha ali, pius v, religion, venice, war
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Battles, Battles, Battles: Addendum
I had 24 down previously and I’m adding two more to that and replacing another: Breitenfeld (1631) – The key battle of the Thirty Years War, and the Christian Wars of Religion in general. Ensured the religious freedom of German Protestant States … Continue reading
Battles, Battles, Battles
There is a lot of them isn’t there? I’m trying to do what Creasy did and narrow down what I think are the most decisive battles in history. As you can imagine, a lot of problems with that process. Am … Continue reading
Posted in History, War
Tagged ain julut, alaric, battle, battles, borodino, cowpens, creasy, crecy, decisive, gravelines, hampton roads, hastings, hattin, history, madrid, marathon, marne, orleans, pearl harbour, pharsalus, sack of rome, sedan, somme, stalingrad, tshshima, valmy, vienna, war, waterloo, wilderness, zama
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It Is Not War #4: Helm’s Deep, Part Two
Part One, for those who aren’t caught up. And we’re back with Aragorn seeing red. This assault can’t work. The defenders don’t have the numbers to push the Uruks back at this stage. The escape route that leads to the … Continue reading
Posted in It Is Not War, War
Tagged aragorn, battle, cavalry, gandalf, gimli, haldir, helms deep, hollywood, hornburg, inaccurate, isengard, it is not war, lord of the rings, rohan, saruman, siege, the two towers, theoden, uruks, war
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It Is Not War #3: Helm’s Deep, Part One
We’re in the big time now. Before I start, I’d like to say that I’m quite pleased with the reaction to my first two posts, and thanks to all commentators and well-wishers. Right then. Troy was based off source material … Continue reading
Posted in It Is Not War, The Lord of the Rings, War
Tagged aragorn, assault, battle, berserker, breach, causeway, crossbows, culvert, dwarves, elves, explosions, fantasy, fortress, gimli, helms deep, hornburg, isengard, it is not war, ladders, legolas, lord of the rings, men, pikemen, rohan, saruman, siege, the two towers, theoden, uruk hai, wall, war
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It Is Not War #2: Sharpe’s Eagle
Disclaimer: I have a feeling I’ll be putting a lot of these up before “It Is Not War” posts. Anyway, the vast majority of what I’m planning on covering in this series are big budget type stuff, the kind of … Continue reading
Posted in History, It Is Not War, TV/Movies, War
Tagged 44th foot, battle, British, column, flank, French, it is not war, leroy, redcoats, riflemen, sean bean, sharpe's eagle, simmerson, skirmishers, south essex regiment, talavera, thin red line, tv, warfare, wellesley
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