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Secret Weapons of Nazi Germany

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Jim Keys

With the rise of Adolf Hitler and National Socialist Party, every aspect of life in the Third Reich was devoted

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World War II 

The Fall of Singapore

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Jim Keys Admiral Thomas Phillips, Japan, Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, Prince of Wales, Repulse, Singapore, Task Force Z, Yamashita

The unbelievable complacency of the British Far East High Command when faced with Japanese aggression resulted in the loss of

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Hannibal and the Punic Wars 

Hannibal: Victories of the Great Hero from Ancient Carthage

December 19, 2018June 19, 2020 Yozan Mosig 'hannibal barca', carthage, hamilcar, hannibal, hasdrubal

Hannibal (247-183 BCE) was the greatest general to emerge from the Carthaginian Barca family. He was the son of Hamilcar

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Hannibal and the Punic Wars 

Alexander the Great and Hannibal Barca: A comparison

March 9, 2017June 18, 2020 Yozan Mosig 0 Comments 'alexander the great', barca, hannibal, zama

Often when Alexander the Great and Hannibal are compared, authors conclude that the Macedonian conqueror was superior to the Carthaginian

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Hannibal and the Punic Wars 

A Note on Hannibal’s Losses During the Crossing of the Alps

July 18, 2016June 18, 2020 Yozan Mosig 0 Comments alps, carthage, elephants, hannibal, livy, pachyderm, polybius

Hannibal Barca, the great Carthaginian general, is famous, among other feats, for his epic crossing of the Alps in 218

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Hannibal and the Punic Wars 

Understanding Cannae: Hannibal’s Orders

October 27, 2015June 18, 2020 Yozan Mosig 0 Comments 'punic wars', Aufidus, cannae, hannibal, Orders

It is morning on August 2nd, 216 BCE. The Carthaginian army under Hannibal has deployed on the plain of Cannae,

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Hannibal and the Punic Wars 

Hannibal Barca: A Biographical Sketch

October 1, 2015June 18, 2020 Yozan Mosig 0 Comments 'hannibal barca', 'punic wars', carthage, hamilcar, hannibal, hasdrubal, mago

Hannibal (247-183 BCE) was the greatest general to emerge from the Carthaginian Barca family. He was the son of Hamilcar

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New Perspectives on the Battle of Cannae

September 21, 2015June 18, 2020 Yozan Mosig 0 Comments Barletta, cannae, hannibal

(An edited transcription of a presentation delivered in Barletta, Italy, on the 2230th anniversary of Hannibal’s greatest victory, 2 August

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World War II 

Aktion Rheinland

April 30, 2014June 19, 2020 Richard H Cummings Aktion Rheinland, Düsseldorf, resistance

On 16 April 2014, I attended a Düsseldorf police sponsored memorial ceremony at the exact location, where five men of

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Irish History 

A Decade of Commemorations in Ireland

April 6, 2014June 18, 2020 Tom Byrne 0 Comments 'home rule', 'Irish Citizens Army', 'Ulster Volunteer Force', ICA, lockout, nationalist, princip, unionist, uvf

2014 marks the centenary of the start of World War I. In Ireland (and Britain) it also marks a century

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