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Portchester Castle
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Portchester Castle
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As Portus Adurni, Portchester in present-day Hampshire was established as one of the ‘forts of the Saxon shore’, built by the Romans along the southeastern English coast in the 3rd century CE. At the time, Roman Britannia was suffering increasingly from cross-channel marauding from north European tribes. The ‘Count of... More
Post Colonial Wars 1948–89
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Post Colonial Wars 1948–89
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After achieving independence, many African states experienced various forms of armed conflict, which served to hold back economic and social development across the continent. The legacy of the old colonial borders is believed to have played an important role in this widespread conflict as they were drawn by the European... More
Post-1945 Military Involvement in Politics
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Post-1945 Military Involvement in Politics
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Military rule was ingrained in Latin America from the establishment of the viceroyalties of New Spain and Brazil (the preceding Aztec, Maya and Inca were hardly pacific cultures). The prevailing land use model – vast haciendas, supported by encomienda forced labour or the mass import of slaves – spawned oligarchic... More
Post-1945 Military Involvement in Politics in Latin America
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Post-1945 Military Involvement in Politics in Latin America
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Following the conclusion of World War II, the schism between the US and the Soviet Union, which formed around their contesting political ideologies, consolidated into the Cold War. The struggle between capitalism and communism spread across most of the developing world and in South America in particular Communist political movements... More
Pre-Roman Gaul
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Pre-Roman Gaul
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Julius Caesar discerned three broad divisions amongst the inhabitants of Gaul. The Belgae of the north were similar to, but wilder than, the Celtae of the centre, while the Aquitani tribes of the Southwest were entirely distinct in appearance and customs. Prior to Caesar’s conquest, most of the southern littoral... More
President Davis’s Route 10 December 1862–5 January 1863
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President Davis’s Route 10 December 1862–5 January 1863
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As the first full year of the conflict neared its end, President Davis responded to a call from his home state Mississippi’s legislature to visit and provide ‘refuge from an Iliad of Woes’. Travelling incognito with just one aide, Davis combined his address in Jackson with a tour of his... More
Price’s Raid in Missouri September–October 1864
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Price’s Raid in Missouri September–October 1864
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Major General Sterling Price’s Raid on Missouri was ambitious in conception, flawed in execution. State and national elections were impending, and the masterplan was to seize Missouri, secure a Confederate governor and so discredit Lincoln that he lost the presidential election. Price was given the go-ahead and amassed a largely... More
Principal Japanese Naval Air Bombardments 1937–41
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Principal Japanese Naval Air Bombardments 1937–41
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The Chinese Republic was established in 1912 but, by 1931, had descended into a civil war, which the Japanese were quick to exploit. After several acts of aggression, beginning with the taking of Peking (now Beijing) and Tientsin, war was declared in July 1937. From the start, Japan had aerial... More
Projected German Advances Late 1941–1943
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Projected German Advances Late 1941–1943
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As the war progressed, the Nazi war machine was in need of oil, yet no area under Axis power had sufficient supplies. The oil-rich Middle East was a logical target for the Nazis, yet to succeed they would need to take the Suez Canal. From there, they could sweep through... More
Queen Anne’s War 1702–13 & The War of Jenkins Ear 1739–42
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Queen Anne’s War 1702–13 & The War of Jenkins Ear 1739–42
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Queen Anne’s War, a British victory, was fought between Great Britain and France, joined by its Spanish allies. Each side allied themselves to Indian nations, with the British supported by the Iroquois and the French-Spanish, the Abenakis. This war was contemporaneous with the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe,... More
Range of Bomber Aircraft 1941
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Range of Bomber Aircraft 1941
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World War II saw the use of unprecedented airpower and the advent of strategic bombing. This aerial bombardment of heavily populated and industrialized areas caused chaos on the ground, as well as weakening resources for, and strength on, the battlefield. Bombers, therefore, were important tools of war. The Germans used... More
Rappahannock Station 7 November 1863
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Rappahannock Station 7 November 1863
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The Second Battle of Rappahannock Station took place on 7 November 1863, on the Orange and Alexandra Railroad. While the Union Major General William French crossed the river at Kelly’s Ford, Union Major General John Sedgwick’s army advanced towards Rappahannock Station, where Confederates, under Major General Jubal Early, were mobilized.... More