Roman-Persian Wars ★★ La dinastia sassanide, dal nome della famiglia persiana che rovesciò la dinastia partica degli Arcacidi nel III secolo d.C, governò dal 224 al 651 d.C. circa (427 anni) sull'Iran. L'impero sassanide aveva un grande esercito che riuscì a sconfiggere più volte il grande avversario dell'Iran, l'Impero romano. Fu il più pericoloso rivale... Continua a leggere →
★★★★ Ancient China and Rome have often been subject to intense comparison as the culturalforerunners of East Asian and Western civilizations. This comparison is made especially with the Han dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE), the contemporaneous government of China during much of the Roman Empire’s reign over Europe. However, if one looks back at... Continua a leggere →
★ Abstract: Known in Europe as the Seven Years' War and in North America as the French and Indian War, this global conflict witnessed the emergence of the British Empire in the "New World" while sowing the seeds of revolution and the foundation of the United States Fonte : American Battlefield Trust Categorie Tags
★★★ Il trionfo di Montcalm e l'assedio di Fort William Henry del 1757, durante la guerra dei Sette Anni. Le truppe britanniche del Tenente Colonnello George Munro trincerate nel forte furono costrette alla capitolazione dalla superiorità dell'esercito francese del Marchese di Montcalm e dal mancato arrivo dei rinforzi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jtEGqmqIyY Autore: Michele Angelini Fonte: Domus Orobica Categorie Tags
★★★ I cliché sono al centro della nostra considerazione del cambiamento, sostiene lo storico David Edgerton. Le valutazioni del futuro, per quanto fresche le riteniamo, sono intrappolate in modelli ricorrenti di pensiero vincolato che enfatizzano novità e rivoluzioni. Questi cliché hanno un impatto pernicioso sul modo in cui le organizzazioni militari pensano al futuro, creando... Continua a leggere →
Cold War (1947-1991) ★★★★ Military Forces Notwithstanding Marshal Stalin's assurances early this year that the Red Army had demobilized following World War II and had completed its demobilization in 1948, the armed forces of theSoviet Union are recognized as the most powerful in the world today. Although few data pertaining to the strength and composition... Continua a leggere →
Cold War (1947-1991) ★★★★ A lecture, previously labelled “restricted”, delivered at the Naval War Collegeon 11 June 1952, in the Global Strategy Discussions. Basic strategy must be determined by a perpetual remembrance that the world is round. Like most other important observations this may be considered obvious, but its realization in the abstract and its... Continua a leggere →
Cold War (1947-1991) ★★★★ A lecture, previously labelled “restricted”, delivered at the Naval War Collegeon 11 June 1952, in the Global Strategy Discussions. Basic strategy must be determined by a perpetual remembrance that the world is round. Like most other important observations this may be considered obvious, but its realization in the abstract and its... Continua a leggere →
★★★★ The English word ‘mercenary’ is derived from the Latin mercenarius, a hireling or someone who is paid for work. The original etymology of the mercenarius is rooted in two other Latin words: mercari, to trade or exchange, and merx, commodity or merchandise. That wider meaning was frequently associated in general usage with faithlessness and... Continua a leggere →
★★★ On three occasions between 1593 and 1637, the incumbent rulers of Japan gave serious consideration to sending military expeditions against the Spanish rulers of the Philippines. None of these proposed invasions ever set sail, but an examination of the plans made and the reasons they were not put into effect sheds considerable light on... Continua a leggere →
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