Military History
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‘It was Indian way of giving Uncle Sam the finger’ said legendary USAF pilot, Chuck Yeager when his private plane, Beechcraft Queen Air was bombed in Chaklala Raid by IAF. The man...
I recently was sent a good scan of a rare document: the Tactical Mission Report by the 20th Air Force for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is undated but seems like it wa...
Lesser Known Fact: The 1857 war of independence is a famous event in Pakistan, though it saw little support here as compared to northern India. However, there was another uprisi...
👑 #Thread - || 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮 𝗕𝗵𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘃 𝗥𝗮𝘆 - the Hindu King of Bardhaman in Bengal who defeated & beheaded the Delhi Sultanate invader Zafar Khan Ghazi || 📜 Read : https://t.co/77G4vGcPvV...
So I learned that Steven Pressfield (of 'Gates of Fire' fame) has written another historical fiction novel, this time set in first century Roman Judaea and...please no? I read the...
Thread: Why War Matters I think sometimes the study of military history and methods is viewed as either a nerdy hobby for adolescent boys or a trait for guys who play too much ca...
A thread on some of the oldest regiments of the British Indian Army: The 1st and 3rd Brahmans, raised in 1776 as 30th Batallion and 1798 as 1st Batallion 16th BNI respectively, kn...
On the 23rd #KargilVijayDiwas, brief life story on 10 of the brave soldiers who risked their lives and went above and beyond the call of duty. On this day in 1999, the Kargil War,...
Thread: Soviet Deep Battle and Operation Bagration From June 22 to August 19, 1944, the Red Army executed Operation Bagration. This would inflict the single largest defeat in Ger...
In the 10 years between Manzikert & the reign Alexios Komnenos Byzantine rule in Anatolia effectively disappeared. Since this cataclysmic decline began with the disaster at Manzike...
The Battle of Stalingrad began 80 years ago on this day. It became a major turning point in WWII and was one of the bloodiest battles of all times with an estimated death toll of a...
Contrary to some myths about "infantry revolution", cavalry continued to be a crucial aspect of European warfare in renaissance and beyond. Let's take a look at the dynamic betwee...
After a week at the Seljuk camp, Romanos was freed & made his way to Theodosiopolis. His clothes were ruined at the Battle of Manzikert & so he wore Seljuk robes gifted to him by t...
One of our finest combat leaders. When faced with PLA in 1967 in Sikkim as a DIV GOC, just as we face PLA today in Ladakh, he refused to pull back and took the chinaman head the on...
The Indian Army's history goes back to the days of ancient India. Indian soldiers' valor has allowed them to advance their army from prehistoric to the current eras. #Thread https...
Despite knowing Japan was about to surrender in 1945, the American ruling class still nuked the ordinary people of Nagasaki & Hiroshima... to demonstrate American power to the Sovi...
Thread: American Civil War and the Tragedy of Missed Lessons There was an even 100 years between the downfall of Napoleon in 1814 and the beginning of World War One in 1914. The A...
Air Mshl VK “Jimmy” Bhatia – one of only 5 to be “Bar to VrC” in @IAF_MCC . Jimmy’s exceptional aviation career remains unmatched. He flew 34 sorties across 65 & 71 wars, deep into...
Hello friends I have written a thread on how the military innovations of Greek mercenary adventurers changed the Greek world, bringing about the transition from Classical to Hellen...
"Indian soldiers fought to defend the British Empire in World War I for a salary of 11 rupees per month and three meals a day ... their story is told in Sravani Basu's 'For King an...
Romanos’s measured success in the campaign of 1068 did not give the Empire the breathing room it needed. Rebellions, invasions, and intrigue spread & Romanos was powerless to meet...
Hi Everyone, As Russian forces approach Slavyansk I think it is a good time to revisit the 2014 battle. I am going to evaluate Colonel Igor Girkin aka Strelkov, as a commander dur...
It is 112 days since the Russian invasion of #Ukraine. Today, an examination of the Battle of the Luhansk Pocket, and the political, operational and tactical considerations involve...
Thread: Operation Barbarossa The Nazi-Soviet War was the largest land war ever fought, and the results shaped world affairs even to the present day. The German invasion of the USS...