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Organization Uniforms and Weapons. The Napoleonic period was one of the most glorious of the British Armys history and both the cavalry and artillery played a full part in many famous actions, such as Talavera, Salamanca and WaterlooThis volume covers cavalry and artillery, as well as supporting arms such as EngineersMilitia/yeomanry units and foreign units in British service are included.Discusses organization, uniform and equipment as well a...

This title explores and illustrates the armies of France, and six countries allied against Louis XIV, in a wide-ranging Continental conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare.Formed in 1689, the 'Grand Alliance' or League of Augsburg was a military coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Britain, Spain and the Duchy of Savoy, to resist Louis XIV's rich, powerful and expansionist France. The first stage of ...

An illustrated history of the Continental Army in colorThis is an illustrated history of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The full-color edition examines the organization, uniforms and equipment of the American forces that fought the British from 1775 - 1783. The volume is Part 1 of a multi part series on the American Revolution illustrated with prints, photos and specially created images for this book.

The Greek historian Herodotus said the Thracian tribes could conquer the world if they could stop fighting each other long enough.

Describes the Imperial Guard from its origins in the Consular Guard.

Studies the British infantry at a crucial period when it absorbed the harsh lessons of the American Revolutionary War to become the efficient, highly-motivated force that defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

A short history of the military forces involved in the US-Mexican War, 1846-48In, Armies of the US-Mexican War, Gabriele Esposito examines the organization, uniforms, and operations of the two combatants in the years 1846-1848. The US-Mexican war is not well covered in military history, but it was a pivotal action in the histories of both the US and Mexico. For the US, with a small professional army, it was the breeding ground for officers and...

From the Foundation of Rome to the Start of the Second Punic War.

This engaging study explains and illustrates the organization, equipment, and campaign record of the various armies fighting within Italy during the major wars of the period, which saw trained infantry and firearms challenging the domination of heavy armored cavalry.While the Italian Renaissance saw religion beginning to lose its primary role in society to science and the arts, it was also a period of political and military turmoil. Many regio...

A superbly illustrated study of a major conflict between the southern New England colonists and the area's indigenous Native Americans, which comprised the Native Americans' last major effort to drive the English colonists out of New England.King Philip's War was the result of over 50 years' tension between the native inhabitants of New England and its colonial settlers, as the two parties competed for land and resources. The Native Americans ...

This title chronicles and illustrates Italy's conquest of Libya during the Italian-Turkish War, which involved not only the armies and navies of both sides, but also a number of tribal insurgents, and had major implications for both World Wars.In the early 1900s, the decaying Ottoman Turkish Empire had lost some of its Balkan territories, but still nominally ruled all of North Africa between British Egypt in the east and French Algeria in the ...

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Studies the Celtic armies that dominated much of Europe for centuries.

This title explains and illustrates the 19th-century transition of Japanese armies from traditional Samurai equipment and tactics to those of the Western world, and the armed clashes between the two cultures.The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, decisively opened Japan to the outside world and the monarchy embraced modernization, including the creation of a new Westernized army. Howev...

Analyzes the Macedonian style of combined-arms warfare that dominated the classical world for over 200 years until eclipsed by the Roman legions.

This highly illustrated study examines, in detail, the brutal Paraguayan War of 1864--70, one of the largest and bloodiest conflicts in South American history. The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was the largest and most important military conflict in the history of South America, after the Wars of Independence, and its only true "continental" war. It involved four countries and lasted for more than five years, du...

This detailed study explains and illustrates the Russian, Scandinavian, Polish, and German armies of the crucial series of wars that saw Russia's arrival as a great military power in Northern Europe, displacing Sweden's 60-year hegemony.The Great Northern War was a long series of campaigns in which Russia, linked with several other countries in temporary alliances, confronted and eventually replaced Sweden as the predominant power in Northern ...

Leggere questo libro consentirà di scoprire un'Italia diversa e guasi sconosciuta: guella delle fiere popolazioni guerriere che prosperarono prima dell'ascesa di Roma. Lo scopo principale dell'autore è descrivere l'organizzazione militare dei vari popoli che abitavano la penisola italica, dal più grande al più piccolo, comprese le vicende degli stessi romani fino alla fine della Seconda Guerra Punica (202 a.C). Gli avvenimenti bellici vissuti ...

Covers the Late Roman Army from Diocletian's reign to the Fall of the Western Empire.

The Pacific War was one of the greatest and bloodiest war ever on the west part of South America, and is one of the most important conflicts in South American history.The Pacific War was one of the greatest and bloodiest war ever on the west part of South America, and is one of the most important conflicts in South American history. It is also known as the 'Saltpeter War' or the 'Guano War' because the possession of these two highly profitable...