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History of the Persian Immortals

History Immortals are an elite troop from the ancient Persian Empire. First appeared in the Achaemenid empire in the 6th century BC. "Immortals" are...

Switzerland during the World Wars (1914-1945)

In both the First and the Second World Wars, Switzerland took the position of armed neutrality. Since the beginning of the First World War,...

History of War Elephants

Usage and Ancient History In Antiquity and the Middle Ages, war elephants were a formidable force due to the awesome effect they had on the...

American Civil War – Year 1865

March of Sherman to the sea Sherman marched from Atlanta on November 15, 1864 in the direction of Savannah. In this case, the northerners had...

Battle for Fort Sumter – Start of the American Civil War – Part 1

South Carolina announced secession shortly after Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860, and by February 1861 six more southern states had made...

Manassas Campaign – American Civil War

By the beginning of the summer of 1861, two field armies of the Confederation were in Northern Virginia. General Beauregard commanded the Potomac Army,...

The West Virginia Campaign – Rich Mountain Campaign

The Western Virgins campaign, also known as Operation West Virginia, is the fighting that took place during the American civil war on the territory...

Weapons of the American Civil War

The American Civil War had a huge impact on the development of military equipment. In fact, it was the first war of the industrial...

American Civil War – Year 1863

The campaign of 1863 was a turning point of the war, although its beginning was unsuccessful for the northerners. In January 1863, Joseph Hooker...

American Civil War – Year 1862 – Part 2

Maryland Campaign On September 4, 1862, General Lee's army entered Maryland, intending to cut off the communications of the federal army and isolate Washington during...

American Civil War – Year 1862 – Part 1

In 1862, the northerners achieved the greatest success in the western theater of operations. In February and April, the army of General US Grant,...

American Civil War – Year 1864

During the war there was a strategic turnaround. The campaign plan of 1864 was developed by Grant, who led the Union’s armed forces. The...

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