(a wall of shields & spears) slowly until they came within range of the Persian archers, when they broke into a run. The arrows were ineffective at close range compared to the Greek spears. Soon they retreated, but the Greeks ran them down them from behind and killed them and war as ...
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it along with aggressive aerial attacks tore gaps in Polish defenses to allow tanks and mechanized infantry to roll through. Observing the German successes in Poland, Major General Robert M. Danford, Chief of US Field Artillery (1938-1942), commented that effective combined arms warfare had produ...
Every ancient Aztec weapon had a unique and specific use, withAztec warriorsdesignated to specialize in them. Aztec warfare was very organized, complex and full of ritual and tradition. We know a significant amount about some of the weapons that the Aztecs used, though much of the history has...
Toward the end of the fifteenth century, modern artillery and portable firearms became the signature weapons of European armies, radically altering the nature of warfare. The new arms transformed society, too, as cities were built and rebuilt to limit the effects of bombardment by cannon. This ...
On April 23, 1945, Hitler appointed the General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling to command of the Berlin Defense. Weidling tried to organize the city’s defense against overwhelming odds, but eventually lost the battle for Berlin. On May 2, 1945, he signed the capitulation of the German troops...
On April 23, 1945, Hitler appointed the General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling to command of the Berlin Defense. Weidling tried to organize the city’s defense against overwhelming odds, but eventually lost the battle for Berlin. On May 2, 1945, he signed the capitulation of the German troops...
This article traces the development of military technology by historical period, from prehistory to the 18th century. For a discussion of modern military technology,seesmall arm,artillery,rocket and missile system,nuclear weapon,chemical warfare,biological warfare,fortification,tank,naval ship,submarine,mil...
In Gustavus Adolphus: Resolution of foreign wars The war in Russia was much more serious, and it was here that Gustavus, in a succession of difficult and indecisive campaigns, learned the rudiments of warfare. It dragged on until ended by the Peace of Stolbova in 1617, by which time it ha...
againstGerman,Hun,Avar,Slav, andArabwerebreachedfinally by modernartillery, in the mysteries of which European technicians had instructed the most successful of the Central Asian invaders: the OttomanTurks. The fortunes of the empire were thus intimately entwined with those of peoples whose ...