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Designed for low-cost training, these rounds have always been in the background of Police and Military use. more...
Ludwig Lew Wetzel Indian Fighter
In the 18th century Ohio frontier Ludwig "Lewis" Wetzel served as the boogeyman of the forests on his one-man revenge-fueled warpath more...
Saladin united the Middle East and fought two separate armies of crusaders. He is seen as a great military leader by both the east and the west. more...
The Renaissance swords in battle
Emerging from the huge cumbersome swords of the middle ages, the slender and sleek rapier became a status symbol and gave birth to the martial art of fencing more...
The Long sword or Two handed sword
Growing from the knights sword of the early middle ages, these huge monster blades were king of the Western European battlefields for two hundred years more...
The Spatha and the Knightsword
Growing from the Roman Gladius, these swords became the legendary blades of the middle ages that lasted in combat in one form or another for over a thousand years. more...
The Pike as a Weapon in History
From the 1300s to as late as the 20th Century the Pike was a simple concept that revolutionized tactics and maneuver warfare. more...
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By: Terry Long
One of the side effects of Pope Urban II's call for Crusade in 1095 was an increase in violence against Jews in France and Germany. more...
The Hanseatic League of medieval merchants reached a zenith in its power by winning a war with Denmark. more...
By: Terry Long
Led by Walter the Penniless and Peter the Hermit the People's Crusade preceded the First Crusade by several months. more...
Frankish And Carolingian Cavalrymen
Over the course of the Dark Ages, the warriors of the Frankish Kingdoms developed a martial class of armored cavalrymen. These were the prototypes for medieval knights. more...
Weapons That Empowered The Medieval Infantryman
During the High Middle Ages, new weapons gave the infantryman, who had been overshadowed by mounted noble knights, renewed fighting strength, and thus greater importance. more...
English Battle Tactics in the High Middle Ages
From the 1290s onward, the armies of England began to use new military tactics which revolved around massed archery, defensive deployment, and dismounting their warriors. more...
In the year 711 armies of Muslim Berbers invaded the Iberian Peninsula, conquering most of Spain and set the course of Spanish history for the next seven hundred years. more...
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