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Sierra Leone was a country that was rich with diamonds. Many people fueled by corruption because of blood diamonds made Sierra Leone into a heartless place full of conflict. Thousands of people were enslaved, and kids were turned into executioners. The war was started because the government...

Secondo voi è giusto che durante le guerre, in un attacco frontale tra un cavaliere e un soldato, il soldato per neutralizzarlo ammazzava il cavallo?

If you could quote me historians' sources for the number of soldiers I would be grateful. I'm talking about a single battle, not a complete war.

During Qianlong's campaigns of conquest, many people were only interested in battle. But during his reign, were there any siege wars for the conquest of cities, territories etc? I'm sure that's almost the case, as various historians have noted that China experienced many sieges in the 17th and...

I'm looking for photos of a Civil War soldier (or at least his regiment) who fought during the Siege of Petersburg. His name was John Henry Mace and he was part of the 67th infantry regiment of Pennsylvania. Any pictures of him specifically or his regiment that fought during the battle would be...

It is famous that the maximum draw weight of Western personal crossbows is around 1300lb, but they require the use of tools such as windlass. I'm curious about their draw weight without tools. How much draw weight was used in actual war? Based on this video, over 300 lb seems possible...

I wanted to pose a controversial question, something unsubstantiated by fact, considered by most even pseudo-history, or worse, myth (!!!). What do you think? Please defend your beliefs. Even the unhinged ones.

Aurora Mardiganian, a survivor of the Armenian genocide of 1915–1923, described how Ottoman tormentors "crucified" sixteen young Armenian ...... The victims were crucified to crosses in the film Auction of Souls (1919), which was based on her novel Ravished Armenia. However, Mardiganian...

Hello! First post here so hopefully it is received well. Im looking to try and find some of the more 'interesting' war stories and have been having a tough time finding them through google, its hard to find specific things and they get buried under the mountain of other war pages. To be...

Hello everyone ! I created an account just today because i need help. I'm making a presentation about the Sino-Vietnamese War and i found this photo. I can't find if the soldier is Chinese or Vietnamese, i think he is Chinese but the uniform and the helmet looks American, i cannot understand...

Hello folks! I'm a Brazilian with Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, living and Canada. The historical period that I'm most interested in is WWII. This topic has always fascinated me since I was a teenager, and to be honest, I don't know why. So, I'm always trying to learn something from that...

Were the Swiss pikemen better at hand to hand combat than the medieval knights especially when it comes to 1 versus 1 combat to the death? There were true stories about Swiss halberdiers(They are from the Swiss pikemen.) who always defeated the medieval knights in hand to hand combat.

This question was asked on Stack exchange: How many wars have there been in Europe since the WW2?. It received an answer which was a copy and paste of a wikipedia article named Pax Europaea, which counts twenty six wars during this period. However the answer has raised some dispute in the...

Good day people, I admire old Mesopotamians nations so Im curious about their armies and conflicts. Sorry about grammar. All what I can found via search online is just common bla bla bla and nothing interesting. Some questions I have especially for people who are into this subject. How that...

Conrad V or Conradin, (127852-1268) was King of Sicily, King of Jerusalem, and Duke of Swabia. The throne of Sicily was usurped by his uncle Manfred in 1258, who in turn was overthrown and usurped by Charles, Count of Anjou & Provence in 1266. Trying to recover his kingdom, Conradin was...

How come that the ancient Assyrians were decisively defeated and destroyed by Indo-Europeans such as the Scythians, the Medes, and the Persians despite the fact that the ancient Assyrians have a professional military? Why weren't the ancient Assyrians able to conquer Persia, Media, and the...

How come that 14th century fully armored medieval knights miserably lost to medieval Swiss warriors such as medieval Swiss halberdiers despite the fact that the knights were brutally trained from childhood in martial arts and also the fact that the knights were completely armored? I am talking...

How did the ancient legendary Macedonian military unit, the Silver Shields defeat Macedonian Phalangites such as in the Battle of Paraitakene and the Battle of Gabiene despite the fact that the Silver shields were only using a hoplon, a short spear, a xiphos, and little armor while the...

So I just recently saw a lot of sources such as the Youtube history channel Invicta claiming that the ancient Spartan super warrior image(the Spartans brutally training for battle at childhood and are basically invincible fearless warriors who never surrendered) is only a myth that rose out of...

Hello! Are standing professional armies composed of citizens generally superior to mercenary ones when it comes to quality, or not at all? And, please do explain why. Historically, mercenary companies were always around. From Ancient Greece to modern days, we know of soldiers fighting for...