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Hawaii Operation 26 November–23 December 1941
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Hawaii Operation 26 November–23 December 1941
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The Japanese Hawaii Operation, which saw an unprovoked aerial attack on the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, marked the beginning of hostilities between the US and Japan. The attack was a pre-emptive strike aimed at disabling the US Pacific fleet so that Japan could carry out its territorial expansion... More
Herod’s Kingdom 40–20 BCE
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Herod’s Kingdom 40–20 BCE
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Under the patronage of Mark Antony, then in control in Rome, Herod was appointed king of the Jews by the Roman Senate in 40 BCE, and set out to claim his kingdom from his rival, the usurper Antigonus. Until his dizzying elevation, Herod had been a provincial governor in Galilee,... More
Hood’s Tennessee Campaign 29 September–30 November 1864
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Hood’s Tennessee Campaign 29 September–30 November 1864
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In the aftermath of the Union capture of Atlanta in the US Civil War, Confederate General John Hood decided to use his army, which had been left relatively undamaged, to disrupt Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s supply lines from Atlanta to Chattanooga. On 29–30 September, Hood’s Confederates crossed the Chattahoochee... More
Hospitalier Priories of England c. 1250
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Hospitalier Priories of England c. 1250
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The Knights Hospitalier emerged in the early 1100s, when a group devoted to the care of sick pilgrims acquired a further military function after the First Crusade’s capture of Jerusalem. This dual proficiency proved popular and the Order spread rapidly, arriving in England in the 1140s. In 1177, they were... More
Iberian Campaigns 1807–14
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Iberian Campaigns 1807–14
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The Peninsular War began after Portugal refused to cease trading with Britain, going against Napoleon’s planned economic starvation of Britain. Initially Spain was allied with France, participating in the swift invasion of Portugal in November 1807, however Napoleon soon seized the Spanish crown and awarded it to his brother Joseph.... More
Imperial Russian Command Structure December 1915
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Imperial Russian Command Structure December 1915
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The three great empires which dominated eastern Europe and its hinterlands in 1914 were brutally exposed by the realities of modern industrial warfare; each had been overthrown or dismembered by the war’s end. At the outset, Imperial Russia seemed better placed than its rivals; on paper its armed forces were... More
India at the Time of Clive c. 1760
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India at the Time of Clive c. 1760
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Robert Clive (1725–74) was born in Shropshire in 1725. He started his career in India as a Factor or Agent dealing with suppliers to the East India Company. The political situation in India, at least as far as the Europeans were concerned, was influenced by wars being fought in Europe.... More
India c.1795
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India c.1795
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During the first century or so of the East India Company’s existence it employed a few hundred soldiers as guards for its trading stations and possessions in transit. Great expansion of its armed force began under Clive; by the early 1760s it had 26,000 men under arms and by 1778... More
Indian Lands 1810
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Indian Lands 1810
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Early colonization of America, mainly confined to the malarial coastal wetlands, did not excessively impinge on the Indian heartlands. The Yamasee Wars (1715–17) ended with the effective destruction of that loose tribal group, and the remaining tribes, particularly, the Creeks became more astute, playing off colonial powers against one another.... More
Indian Ocean Raid March-April 1942
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Indian Ocean Raid March-April 1942
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In an attempt to solidify the gains made in Burma, and to weaken Allied resupply capabilities in the case of a push-back, Japan launched a naval offensive in the Indian Ocean centred on Ceylon. The fleet, led by Admiral Nagumo, began its foray into the Indian Ocean by moving north... More
Indian Wars and Railroads in the West 1860–93
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Indian Wars and Railroads in the West 1860–93
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The Indians of the West experienced an apocalypse from the 1850s; its four horsemen were floods of settlers, bison hunters, the US cavalry and the ‘iron horse’ of the railroads. The Homestead Act (1862) accelerated westward migration of the land-hungry. While Indian attacks on homesteaders provoked outrage and reprisal, Mormons... More
Infantry Versus Tanks 1940
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Infantry Versus Tanks 1940
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Anti-tank weapons and tactics progressed rapidly throughout the war in response to increasingly powerful and well-armoured tanks. The anti-tank rifle was a popular weapon in most armies towards the start of the war but gradually became less effective as an infantry tool as tank armour thickened. Hand-held anti-tank weapons progressed... More