In the Albigensian Crusade of the early 13th century, thousands perished in a bloody conflict that pitted Western Europeans against each other.   More »

English King Edward III’s longbowmen shattered multiple charges by French King Philip VI’s mounted French knights at Crécy in 1346.   More »

The Poles and Lithuanians invaded the lands of the Teutonic Order in 1410 in a bid to gain regional dominance.   More »

There are moments in military history that forever alter the flow of human events. Times when the very landscape appears to shift. When the shape of the familiar is swept away on the tide of the new. In the annals of military history magazines, this is one of those moments.   More »

Sultan Khalil’s Muslims besieged King Henry II of Jerusalem’s Crusaders at Acre in 1291. The Muslims proved unstoppable.   More »

A Crusader army marched into Bulgaria in September 1396 to rid Europe of the Ottomans. The Crusaders had little idea of what lay in store for them.   More »

Following the English disaster at Stirling Bridge in 1297, King Edward I marched to Scotland with a mighty host bent on crushing the Scots.   More »

Ancient Greek engineers developed war machines such as the catapult, which evolved from the crossbow and were the forerunners of modern artillery.   More »

Hoping to expel the French, a host of Italians sound the charge at Fornovo, only to confront a result they had not expected.   More »

Although the bow and javelin are more famous ancient weapons, the sling was just as important to the skirmishers of old.   More »