Military history

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Military history is the history of what happened in the history of humanity that are considered to be conflicts. This could mean anything as small as a fight between two tribes or a conflict as large as a world war. Military historians record military history.

Military History Media

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  Infantry were the first military forces in history. This warrior statuette demonstrates that military culture was an important part of historical societies, c.480 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen.

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  The Canadian War Museum.

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  Relief of Ramses II located in Abu Simbel fighting at the Battle of Kadesh on a chariot.

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  Depiction of a Greek trireme: this graphic was first published in May, Elmer; Stadler, Gerald; Votaw, John; Griess, Thomas (series ed) (1984) Ancient and Medieval Warfare: The History of the Strategies, Tactics, and Leadership of Classical Warfare, New Jersey, United States: Avery Publishing Group ISBN:

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  Japanese samurai boarding Mongol ships in 1281

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  Illustration of an "eruptor", a proto-cannon, capable of firing cast-iron bombs filled with gunpowder, from the 14th century Ming Dynasty book Huolongjing

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  A small English Civil War-era cannon

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  A 155 mm M198 howitzer firing a shell

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  The Battle of Pavia in 1525. Heavy cavalry and Landsknecht mercenaries armed with arquebuses.

Related pages

• Military science

Other websites

• Why Study War?, by Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal, Summer 2007 Archived 2010-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Military History Encyclopedia
• Military History Wiki