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Greek Triumph at Plataea

Persian Basic Mardonius noticed a chance to crush the Greeks in July 479 BC close to Thebes. By Eric Niderost Persian King Xerxes I “The Nice” was a person who...

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Revenge at Falkirk

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

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From Ancient India to Vietnam

From their first battlefield use in India three,000 years in the past, warfare elephants functioned as dwelling tanks. By David Ison Think about a time when...