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Le Passepoil issues from 1920 to 1950 (bar Le Passepoil N°1 (1933)) are downladable from :La SABRETACHE
SOCIETE D'ETUDES D'HISTOIRE MILITAIRE
Association...

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War of 1812 (US, GB & Canada)
Olivier Millet has released a free online eBook in French on the armies of the US, GB & Canada, covering regular, militia & provincial units:...

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Russia
Historical description of the clothing and equipment of Russian troops, with pictures
Edited by: Viskovatova A.v.
Original title: Historical clothes and opisanie Rossijskih...

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1890-1939 Knötel Uniformenkunde
Napoleon on Line site has posted the Knotel plates for the Napoleonic era http://uniformenportal.de/index.php?/category/102&lang=en_GB
This is extremely...

One of the world's earliest known mosques, built around 1,200 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists in Israel's Negev Desert.
The remains, dating from the 7th or 8th century, were found...

Hi Steph,

I am extremely sorry to hear your very sad news. Losing a hard drive is a complete bugger which I learnt from a similar experience resulting in having to rebuild my electronic...

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Sweden

Thanks to Agathon v. Bahr at the Napoleon Series website, links to 3 very good booklets by Christian Braunstein. "Svenska arméns uniformer" on the Swedish army - first on...

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Saxony
Markus Stein (Napoleon Series) has published on line 20 plates from a very detailed uniform series "Abbildung der neu organisirten Königlich-Sächsischen Armee in kolorirten...

This air support was not a US military operation. It was a CIA operation through their "Civil Air Transport" bought from the Nationalist Chinese - "CIA's Clandestine Services: Histories of Civil...

Post 4 updated with "Return of the French"; US intervention to be added...

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Spain

Los Dragones Cuera. Las Guarniciones de los Presidios de Nueva Espana https://publicaciones.defensa.gob.es/media/downloadable/files/links/l/o/los-dragones-de-cuera.pdf
La...

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Thanks to Tom Holmberg (Napoleon Series Forum)

A List of Books Relating to the Peninsular War in Spain
Gary Menchen

"This bibliography of books related to the...

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From Defesa Nacional, Republica Portuguesa:
In Portuguese - all downloadable as pdfs - articles cover many eras:
Empresa da Revista Militar 1849 - 1874...

US Intervention in Vietnam – an attempt to put it in context

When the Chinese were finally expelled in 1426, Vietnam enjoyed a period of independence though by no means any stability or good...

Afraid the opening post takes an extremely simplistic view of history ignoring what had gone before formal US intervention e.g. colonisation, terrorism by separatists, lobbying of US President for...

Very nice - alternative source thanks to Markus Stein see "Le Passepoil" http://www.napoleon-online.de/Dokumente/Le%20Passepoil%20Extraheft%204%20-%201932.pdf...

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Prussia

Thanks to Markus Stein at Napoleon on Line Next to Doepler (which could only be obtained via an expensive reprint; see...

Nice to hear from you again!

Try my threads on Regimental names:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=408864 France
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=436889 Minor...

Théophile-Malo Corret de la Tour D’Auvergne?

The First Grenadier of France
’TWAS in a certain regiment of French Grenadiers,
A touching and beautiful custom was observed many years;
Which was...

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PRESENCIA DE FLAMENCOS Y VALONES EN LA MILICIA ESPAÑOLA. Nº 7 (The Flemish and Walloons Presence in the Spanish...

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Thanks to Markus Stein at Napoleon Online you can download a number of publications:
Le Passepoil from 1921 to 1950 http://www.napoleon-online.de/quellen_lepassepoil.html...

You may want to take a look at Susan Rose's "Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000–1500" and Jan Glete's "Warfare at Sea, 1500–1650: Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe". They form part of...

Probably not a lot due to shipworms which bore into wood and destroy the ships - unlike in the Black sea where they cannot survive due to the lack of dissolved oxygen at the depths of the wrecks.

Try https://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Technology_Tree_(ETW) which combines units & buildings - though the civilian stuff is well down the page.

See https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iraq which advises against all travel to:
Anbar province
Ninewah province
Salah-Al-Din province
Diyala province
Tam’mim (Kirkuk) province
in Erbil...

Opposed, Aikanar phrased it excellently!

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Spain
Spanish naval uniforms in Publicaciones Defensa booklets:

UNIFORMES DE LA ARMADA TRES SIGLOS DE HISTORIA (1700-2000): REGLAMENTOS DE UNIFORMIDAD Y PRENDAS DE UNIFORMES. VOL. I...

While the visor may now have gone the cords, raquettes etc are totally the wrong colour - so any real point without addressing this issue! Agree with Steph go with MoE for the complete cornucopia of...

Also on 1814, extracted from page 136/137 of David Johnson's "The French Cavalry 1792-1815" which has also used Henry Houssaye's "1814":

"This officer commanded the cavalry depot at Versailles...

Afraid not much more - from page 47/48 of George Nafziger's "Lutzen and Bautzen - Napoleon's Spring campaign of 1813"
"When five dismounted squadrons of the Guard arrived in Fulda, they found...

I know of no book that covers this in the manner that this topic probably deserves. For 1813 see Napoleon’s Equine Strategy in 1813 by Paul L Dawson...

Russian uniforms for the Napoleonic era can be seen at the Russian Reenactor's website: http://www.reenactor.ru/index.php?showtopic=89513

According to "300 Years of Russian marines Volume 1 (1705-1855)" the image is of Grenadiers and officers of the Leaman rowing fleet 1790-91. Am having difficulty extracting images from this volume...

For Spain have a look at Publicaciones Defensa booklets:

UNIFORMES DE LA ARMADA TRES SIGLOS DE HISTORIA (1700-2000): REGLAMENTOS DE UNIFORMIDAD Y PRENDAS DE UNIFORMES. VOL. I ...

Bella Italia Militar - about the Military organization of the ancient Italian states (Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of Sicily, Republic of Venice, Papal States, Republic of Genoa etc....)...

Balkans area?

or the Golden Pavilion it is. Well done and over to you.

Most definitely Brent Nosworthy's "The Anatomy of Victory: Battle Tactics, 1689-1763" which was highly praised as a classic on 18th century warfare. As originally published in 1992, it is difficult...

You need an educational institution log in or use a proxyserver (with a US setting)....

Afraid as they have reprinted the book, the only electronic copy that you do not have to pay for appears to be at Haithi Trust: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89003628542