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Mary, Queen of Scots and Cryptoanalysis
by David Allan JohnsonMention Elizabethan England to most people, and they usually think of William Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre and Sir Francis Drake. Read more
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Military Myths and Legends: Belisarius
by James Allan EvansIt was a sorry tale. A brilliant general, military hero, and faithful servant of the state, blind and reduced to penury in his old age, sitting on the main street of Constantinople begging for his living. Read more
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The 1683 Battle of Vienna: What Went Wrong for the Ottoman Empire
by Ludwig Heinrich DyckFor nearly two long months, from July 14 to early September 1683, Vienna endured the siege from the Ottoman Empire. Read more
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The Goth Sack of Rome: Barbarians at the Gate in 410 AD
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckThe tattered banners of Hercules fluttered in the howling wind along the Frigidus River in western Italy, hard athwart the Adriatic Sea, on the afternoon of September 6, 394 ad. Read more
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General Mikhail Kutuzov and the Battle of the Danube
By Victor KamenirOn April 1, 1811, one-eyed General Mikhail Kutuzov arrived in the Romanian capital of Bucharest to take command of Russia’s Moldavian army. Read more
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Battle of Alma: First Blood in the Crimea
By Eric NiderostOn the morning of September 14, 1854, an Anglo-French fleet arrived off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea. Read more
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The Siege of Shipka Pass
By Victor KamenirIn the summer of 1875, the Christian Slavic populations of Bosnia and Herzegovina rose up in rebellion against their Muslim Ottoman Turkish rulers in response to high taxes and depredations by the local Turkish administration. Read more
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Dorylaeum: The First Christian-Muslim Clash of the Crusades
By Scott A. RichardsonThe Battle of Dorylaeum, fought on July 1, 1097, marked the first full-scale military clash between the Christian armies of the West and the Muslim armies of the East. Read more
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Baptism or Death: The Wendish Crusade, 1147-1185
By Kirk FreemanBy the middle of the 12th century, much of western Europe had settled into a tenuous, often interrupted peace, and many modern nation-states had begun to emerge. Read more
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The Fourth Fitna: A Family Feud that Crippled a Caliphate
By Jefferson M. GreyTo his contemporaries, Harun al-Rashid, fifth caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, seemed the most fortunate of men. Read more
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The Battle of Lepanto: “The Best Day’s Work in Centuries”
By William J. McPeakFor Europe, there was great news from Malta in August 1565. The Ottoman Turks had lifted their siege and made for home. Read more
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“I Order You To Die”
By Victor J. KamenirIn the English-speaking world, most students of military history would be hard-pressed to identify the time, place, or antagonists of the Canakkale Campaign. Read more
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Clash of the Tyrants
By Louis CiotolaIn the early 15th century, the strongest military powers in the world resided in Asia. Arguably, no two were more powerful than the Ottoman Empire of Bayezid I and the Tartar Empire of Tamerlane (Timur the Lame). Read more
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Alexandria: Redcoats in the Land of the Pharaohs
by Eric NiderostIt was a spectacle never to be forgotten by those few who were lucky enough to witness it. Read more
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Weapons of the Middle Ages: the Medieval Catapult
By Robert HeegeIt was the spring of 1097 and the Turks guarding the walls of Nicaea were in a confident mood. Read more
