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NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World: Adrianople
Back to the ancient world today and the beginning of the end for possibly the most well-known state in history. Name: The Battle of Adrianople, sometimes called the Battle of Hadrianopolis The War: The Gothic War When: 9 August 378 Where: … Continue reading
Posted in History, NFBs Decisive Battles Of The World, War
Tagged adrianople, bury, cavalry, decisive battles, eastern roman empire, edirne, fall of rome, flank, fritigern, goths, gratian, hadrianopolis, numbers, thrace, valens, wagon circle, western roman empite
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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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It Is Not War #1: Troy
The title of this post comes from a famous quotation of French General Pierre Bosquet. Observing the ill-fated charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, he remarked “C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c’est … Continue reading
Posted in History, It Is Not War, TV/Movies, War
Tagged achilles, agamemnon, cannae, encircling, flank, greeks, hastings, hector, it is not war, odysseus, phillippi, shieldwall, siege, sparta, trojans, troy, wolfgang pietersen
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