Military History
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Emperor Nikephoros Phokas is best known for being a talented general, warrior, and conqueror. But the “White Death of the Saracens” wasn’t just a soldier. A look into the surpris...
**NOT A TANk** Here -> https://t.co/BHFzi9nytK Bayonet underwater drone (UUV) with tracks can crawl out of the sea. Quite a useful capability… https://t.co/Yo06kg9V9Q
On this date in 1991, the US committed a major war crime unleashing the full force of US air power on a highway full of retreating Iraqi army vehicles & civilian refugees, massacri...
India's infamous ANI news agency https://t.co/hlafYNB0vT
Your narration of events is dishonest and ahistorical. Large segments of Dhulbahante were documented "British friendlies", they were armed by the Brits & fought AGAINST Mad Mulla...
Resistance of Chauhans against Sultanate post Prithviraj Chauhan. ( A Thread) https://t.co/6QPTnB8Sox
#Thread Battles won by Hindu Kings against some invaders (last part): Battle of Wadgaon/First Anglo Maratha war (1779)- Defeated Brits Rana Kumbha defeated Shams Khan & Qutubudd...
#Thread Battles won by Hindu Kings against some invaders (part 3): Rana Hammir Singh defeated Md. Bin Tughlaq twice:- Battle of Singoli (1336) Battle of Kangra (1333)- Katoch Ra...
There were many heroic battles speeches through history. Speeches that inspired the soldiers to achieve great glory on the battlefield. But what was the WORST battle speech? An...
“We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory” In cold February of 1963, three months after the battle of Chushul, bodies of soldiers of 13t...
When Blair was elected in 1997, RAF had 8 (IX, 12, 617, 31, 13, 14, 17, II) Tornado sqns, with GR4 upgrade underway. 3 Jaguar sqns (6, 41, 54), 3 Harrier (1, 3, IV) and 6 Tornado F...
#Thread Battles won by Hindu Kings against some invaders (part 2): Battle of Kolhapur (1659) Battle of Pavan Khind (1660) Battle of Umberkhind (1661) Battle of Surat (1664) Battl...
#Thread Battles won by Hindu Kings against some invaders: Battle of Rutehalli fort-defeated Hyder Ali (1764) Battle of Sira and Madgiri (1767)- defeated the forces of Hyder Ali a...
Between the 13th-15th February 1945, the German city of Dresden was carpet bombed by the RAF & USAAF. One of the most controversial actions of the Western Allies during the Second...
This is the CRAZIEST story. 👀 Japanese Balloon Bombs of World War 2. Between 1944 and 1945, Japan supposedly launched over 9,000 balloon bombs over the US. Over 300 made it to...
Today 11 February is anniversary of the assault on Copenhagen in 1659 during the Second Northern War. After a prolonged siege, the Swedes attempted one last desperate assault to t...
https://t.co/CmBOnOoNVM TIL Kato Kiyomasa's 22,800 marched 450 KM's in 15 days to reach Seoul while Konishi Yukinaga's 18,700 did in 23 days. German blitzkrieg in WW2 was only slig...
@Hadithoftheday Salman Al-Farisi R.A (The Persian) Salman Al Farsi R.A was the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He travelled for years & years to meet the Prophet, was of similar age to...
1) On this day 6 February 1991 there was an incident during Op GRANBY resulting in the loss of two Centurion 165 AVREs from 32 Engineer Regiment. Below is a first-hand account of...
2 direct references to the ability of Maharaja Shahajiraje Bhonsale to kill elephants. Kavindra Paramanda, Govinda and Devdutta Newaskar's Ansha-Avataram and Mahakavi Jayaram Pind...
Ahom Artillery & foundries The use of artillery in war by the Ahoms as recorded in the chronicles was found in 1535. Siu-Hum-Mong created 2 posts, viz. Khargharia Phukan(Artiller...
@USCivilWarPdcst @BigBupIsWatchin Well that's the thing, in the second century it doesn't really seem to matter. Cynocephelae, Thermopylae, Magnesia and Pydna - the Romans run the...
Romans, generally speaking. Parthians will also work in a pinch. https://t.co/8stCDN34So
February 2nd marks the 80th anniversary of the 200-day-long Battle of Stalingrad. It was the bloodiest battle in history and a major turning point for the Soviet Union and the Alli...
