Early Modern | War History

7 Ways English Lords Fought Against Welsh Raiders

Andrew Knighton

Throughout the 13th century, there was conflict in the border region between England and Wales. This area, known as the Welsh March, contained both English…

Even in The USA, There Are Still Many Things Folks Don’t Know Too Much About The American Civil War

The American Civil War was fought from April 12, 1861, to May 9, 1865, between the Confederate States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina,…

5 Types of Wargames From Medieval Tournaments

Andrew Knighton

The heart of the high medieval army was its knights and men-at-arms, heavily armoured soldiers from wealthy backgrounds who often fought from horseback. Using lances…

The Battle of Pliska – a Byzantine military disaster

Andrew Knighton

Though they clung to the name of the Roman Empire, the Byzantines never achieved the glory of their predecessors. Theirs was an empire in slow…

The Battle of Arsuf – To Win the Day, One Man Must Defy His Own King

Malcolm Higgins

Beneath the relentless beating of the midday sun, under a seemingly endless rain of arrows, The Grand Master’s patience had all but run out. Garnier…

Single Combat At The Siege of Bayonne, 1131AD

Jack Beckett

Pedro de Lara was bored. His had lived a full life, a life of personal pride and skill at arms, of politics, wine and of…

Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan

Greg Jackson

Feudal Japan is remembered as the era of the samurai. Like the knights of feudal Europe, they were the expensively equipped warrior aristocracy. They were,…

The Battle of Morgarten – against all the Odds, One Small Army Changes the Course of Military History

Malcolm Higgins

The supremacy of heavy cavalry and mounted knights on the battlefield came to an end one cold November morning in 1315, and it began with…

The Birth of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the American Civil War

The recruitment of African-American soldiers was one of the most important moments in the American Civil War. In practical terms, it provided soldiers for the…

The American Civil War – the Union told all the European countries if they recognized the Confederacy’s legitimacy, it was equal to declaring war against the Union

By the beginning of the American Civil War, the United States was a little more than 50 years of age. They had started to develop relationships…

Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk

Most people are familiar with the general history of the Arab expansion after the death of Mohammad. The Arabs didn’t sit idly in Saudi Arabia,…

Al-Andalus, a Melting Pot of Faiths in the Iberian Peninsula

Waqas Ali

Jewish people have often faced persecution throughout history, and across many states. At the start of the 8th century, the technologically and numerically superior Muslims…