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History and Evolution of the Dagger

History From ancient times, warriors came to the conclusion that they needed some short stabbing weapon that they could always carry around, and that is...

Battle for Fort Sumter – Start of the American Civil War – Part 2

Bombardment On April 12, 1861 at 03:20, Anderson was informed that fire would be open in an hour. At 04:30 a mortar shell from Fort...

History of the Sword Throughout Antiquity

Origins The sword is a kind of bladed weapon with a straight blade intended for a chopping or a piercing blow. In the broadest sense,...

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...

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