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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Tsushima
It’s pronounced “Sue-She-Ma”. Name: The Battle of Tsushima, also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait, or the Sea of Japan Naval Battle. The War: Russo-Japanese War When: 27-28th May 1905 Where: The Straits of Tsushima, between Japan and Korea. … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged 1905, baltic, battleships, borodino, combined fleet, decisive battles, empire, great powers, japan, korea, manchuria, nebogtov, port, portsmouth, prot arthur, rozhestvensky, russia, russo-japanese war, strait, togo, tsushima, war
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It Is Not War #6: Endor
(Sadly, the videos I used in this post have since been taken down due to copyright infringement. I guess you’ll just have to use your memories). With a few spectacular exceptions, tribal armies have never gotten on well against colonial … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, It Is Not War, TV/Movies, War
Tagged bad, battle of endor, c-3po, empire, ewoks, furry, han solo, hate, it is not war, kids, legion of my best troops, leia organa, movies, native battles, native victories, rebels, return of the jedi, star wars, stormtroopers, stupid, walkers, war
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NFB’s 30 Decisive Battles Of The World: Pharsalus
Chronological order? Boring! So how are we going to do this? Through some short, quick headings namely: Name, When, Where, Type, Forces/Commanders, Quote, What Happened and then, the important part, why it is decisive in each of my own four interpretations: … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged caesar, civil war, decisive battles of the world, emperor, empire, optimates, pharsalus, pompey, populares, republic, rome
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