I think we can also add the Battle of the Carts (335BC) to this discussion. I am not familiar with this battle, but apparently Alexander the Great may also have ran into some war wagons while he was...
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I think we can also add the Battle of the Carts (335BC) to this discussion. I am not familiar with this battle, but apparently Alexander the Great may also have ran into some war wagons while he was...
While my answer will not feature war wagons, I would like to offer you and others another interesting case study.
The Battle of Watling Street (61AD)...
Though many reasons have been given, it remains one of the most unexplained defeats in military history. No one in 1940 had predicted that France would fall in just six weeks to Nazi Germany. Adding...
Grand strategy, one way or another, almost always relates back to long term planning and strategic vision. But can a civilization without a word for strategy and grand strategy possess such a concept...
He also gets a huge point for being Christian - an undeniable part of his legacy.
Made a quick phone call. He's not at Gitmo, so that's the good news. I even asked a couple knuckleheads there for a copy of the roster to make sure.
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I won't give a broad and complete answer, but your best case study for draconian laws likes this --in the ancient era-- is obviously Sparta. Otherwise, Septentrionalis gives a very good overview of...
No Akar. I am your father.
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I second Alcibiades. Would be a great historical epic all around. For an action-comedy however, Rome, Sweet Rome would be tough to beat.
One of my all-time favorite internet jokes. No doubt many have seen this list before, but history is sometimes worth a repeat.
The Most Appropriate Wub Bombs in History
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“To execute this order - means to defend our lands, to save the Motherland, to exterminate and to conquer the hated enemy… I think it is necessary.”
—People's Commissar for Defense of the USSR:...
In a perfect state of nature there is no judge, there are no laws, there is no sin, and there is no morality. Concepts of justice and injustice do not exist, man is wolf to man, and might makes...
The history of warfare proves that disaster usually falls upon the force that loses its cohesion. When formations are shattered, rout usually follows. And it is in unorganized retreat, as well as in...
"I do not pilfer victory." - Alexander the Great
The Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BC) was the last major battle of Alexander the Great. A truly remarkable battle, fought near the end of the known...
The thing is everybody sucked at sieges. Sun Tzu wrote in 500BC that the worst policy was to attack cities, and that commanders instead should try to win wars without fighting.
In Hannibal’s...
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“Great battles are won by artillery,” so says the god of war. But the history of the French Grand Battery is a murky one at best. Arguably there was no such thing as “The Grand Battery,” as it wasn’t...
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I think I would also add the testudo formation for discussion.
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For military coup, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture, and summary executions, along with kangaroo courts, milk money theft, and the bastardization of weights and measurements,...
You have a good thesis, but the model I think you're looking for is shock tactics. Skirmishers, in contrast, fight individually, have no formations, and are used for harassment and delay.
As...
"On the 29th and 30th he attacked the [Allies] with incredible violence and incredible losses. Certainly no democratic power would pour forth blood as he does. He must be short of food, or he would...
"We don’t want to start a nuclear war unless we really have to, now do we Jack?"
---Capt.Mandrake (Peter Sellers). Dr. Strangelove, Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
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I went ahead and added the footnotes for the Alexander comparison. Here again is one of the opinions I was referring to:
I’m curious though, what were Athens exact war aims in Sicily? And to...
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts”
- -William Shakespeare
“The...
Blahh.. no comment on invading Canada.
uSuthu!
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There is no war plan in history that has been scrutinized or shrouded in as much confusion and debate as the now infamous Schlieffen Plan. Historians are completely divided as to what exactly it...
Considered one of the most consequential models in game theory, decision-making, and modern ethics, the Prisoners’ Dilemma explains how you and I might not cooperate, even if it is generally...
US Grant. However, Washington, Marshall, Meigs, and Mahan were all equally outstanding leaders.
“Had you not defeated me, I would have placed myself greater than Alexander.”
-Hannibal Barca to Scipio Africanus
Hannibal Barca is unquestionably one of the great battlefield tacticians of...
When talking about morality I do like the yin yang symbol.
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Obviously, my own interpretation of yin yang has been...
Dick Cheney vs. Vladimir Putin?
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Though popularized recently with Russian military intervention into the Ukraine, there is plenty of debate in both academia and defense circles as to what exactly is hybrid warfare. Proponents of a...
I was hoping to demonstrate that the Four Great Inventions had some clout with academia. As far a mainstream audience is concerned, they were even featured at the Olympic games.
However, given my...
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The Principles of War are mostly defined as guidelines and “best practices” that have generally proven true throughout the history of warfare. The US Army for instance, currently recognizes nine...
Below is a link to a CRS report on Hypersonic Weapons (2019). Also highlighted are a few passages for Exarch.
Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress (Sept 2019)...
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Sar1n got here before I did. He does a better job then I do, but below is my two cents.
I don’t think a slanted line is always synonymous with a flank attack (which is an...
The purpose of the oblique order is to reject attack along the entire front for both you and your opponent. A slanted axis means only a portion of your line will make initial contact with the enemy....