History of War

The Romans Army

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A Roman army or legion indicates the ancient Roman army unit which was recruited specifically only  from Roman citizens. The legions were mainly composed of about 6, 000 soldiers which were then divided into “cohorts” and further divided into “centuries”. The Roman Empire and the Roman Republic had an enormous amount of military successes and … Read more

The Persian Wars – Overview

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The Persian Wars started in 499BC and lasted till 449BC which were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and the city states of the Hellenic world. The Persians appointed tyrants to rule the independent minded cities of Ionia and this would prove to be the source of trouble for both of … Read more

The Trojan War – Summary

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The Trojan war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology. The war was carried out against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband the King of Sparta also known as Menelaus. The war commenced after a dispute between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and … Read more

The Battle of Kadesh

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The Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC was one of the largest chariot battles fought which involved between 5,000 to 6,000 chariots.This battle was between the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses ll and the Hittite Empire which was under Muwatalli. After the banishment of the Hykos 15th Dynasty the Egyptian New Kingdom rulers were more belligerent … Read more

Map of the Vietnam War

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This page contains a map detailing the major battles of the Vietnam War with related reading on the Vietnam War.

Brief Overview of Vietnam War

Following World War 2 communist country’s lead by China recognized the Vietminh’s democratic republic of Vietnam as the official government of North Vietnam, whilst other nations recognized the French-backed, South Vietnamese Government, With emperor Bao Dai as its ruler. With the outbreak of the Korean war in the early 1950’s governments believed that Indochina was a direct expansionism of Communism by the Soviet Union. The Vietminh government begun forming a regular army assisted by Chinese military advises and by 1954 had become a well equipped and powerful force. Read Full Article Here

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Weapons used in the war of 1812

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The weapons used in the war of 1812 were knives, swords, bayonets, pistols, muskets, rifles, cannons and to a lesser extent, crude bombs. Among these different kinds of weapons, muskets and rifles with bayonets were the most used and in fact, were considered as the weapons that won the battles between these two opposing armies. … Read more

Weapons used in World War II

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Spanning the entire globe and involving more countries than any other war, World War II (1939 – 1945) was also the largest armed war in human history. With its roots in the First World War, it was not a surprise to see the fusion of man and machine to the extent that witnessed the Second. … Read more

Weapons used in World War I

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The advances of technology had a major impact on the weapons deployed in World War I (1914 – 1918). It saw the earliest development and applications of new forms of weapons in aviation, navy and chemical warfare. World War I also saw the first widespread deployment machine guns, artillery and the introduction of the lumbering … Read more

Weapons used in Vietnam War

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Stemming from the tensions, alliances and expansion of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States of America, the Vietnam War was fought between the North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, against the South fuelled by the US and its allies in Southeast Asia in a lengthy conflict (1959 -1975). This … Read more

Overview of Ancient Greek War

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Wars were common in ancient Greece. However, the ancient Greek wars known much about today thanks to the writing of Homer and Herodotus and Thucydides and Arrian are the Trojan War (sometime in 1250 BC but it may be a made-up story), the Persian Wars (490-480 BC), the Peloponnesian War (441-404 BC) and the campaigns of Alexander the Great (331-323 BC).

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