Military History
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Thread: D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy The D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, are perhaps the most famous battle of the Second World War for Americans. But was it re...
By the 1060s the cracks in the Byzantine Empire were apparent. The thematic armies wasted away while expensive mercenaries replaced them. The riches of the imperial treasury were f...
Remembering today my submariner brothers who remain on eternal patrol. Over 20% of U.S. submariners who went out in WWII never came back, more than 10X the average fatality rate fo...
For Memorial Day, a thread showing US military cemeteries and memorials. First, the Meuse-Argonne WWI cemetery in France. 14,246 burials. Most died in the last 6 weeks of the war...
In the bleak autumn of 1947, Pakistani officials had crafted a different plan for Kashmir than the Tribal incursions. A plan comprised upon using Pakistani ex- servicemen of the...
According to historians, in October 1965, the P@k Army moved from two flanks, namely Kishangarh and Sadewala, to deep inside Indian territory, #LongThread https://t.co/rXNlQi0Cis
THE REAL WARFARE : IN the history of Military Science many strong nations worldwide teach their officers & staffs in their Staff colleges on Modern military warfare tactics and st...
Today 165 years ago on 10 May 1857 Indian Revolution of 1857 began. 165 years old picture of barracks of East India Company army at Meerut cantonment where Indian soldiers mutiny b...
A thread about the invention of Drill and the most important military visionary that you’ve (probably) never heard of: Maurice of Nassau (1/N) https://t.co/hfIWgjXOnf
Our history is also full of awe-inspiring stories of valour displayed by people who neither wore a uniform nor received any training. In the picture, General Cariappa is decorating...
Prussian War Machine Humiliated by Napoleon at Jena in 1806, throttled by rigid high nobles that failed miserably, King appoints Scharnhorst - modest origin officer - to drive re...
Long thread. Having read many articles in Western media and observed twitterati-led debates both during the run-up to the invasion and from February 24 onwards, I would like to ma...
Actually recent research shows that rockets were used by Marathas much before the so called Mysorean war. Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan were Tyrants who usurped throne from the legi...
Aside from his religious Genocide and barbarism, on a purely military level, Tipu Sultan is over rated in our history books. His dad Hyder Ali, was actually a far better military...
On this day in 1799, Tipu Sultan was martyred while defending his fort against the British in fourth Anglo-Mysore war. He became a symbol of resistance against British colonalism....
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have deep economic, political and military ties. It's history goes back to 1943 when King Abdul Aziz send the first foreign aid of £10,000 on the request...
Hari Singh Nalwa, commander in chief of the Sikh Khalsa army, the sword arm of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The man who conquered most of North West from Afghans, expanded Sikh empire ri...
Khawla bint azwar & the battle of ajnadin: She was an Arab warrior, sister of Zirrar ibn Azwar, the legendary commander during the 7th century Muslim conquest. Her family was amo...
We lost POK due to the treachery of Mslim soldiers of the Kashmir Army. Just Telling, In case people don't know! https://t.co/eY9W7uQIOm
A 🧵abt frmer Imperial German Navy gunboat SMS Vaterland that fought on Yangtze River, turned Chinese Navy ship Li Sui 利绥 that fought in the Allied Intervention of Russian Civil W...
THE HIGHWAY OF DEATH This stretch of road, which runs south from Baghdad, Iraq 🇮🇶 before turning into Highway 80, was where the U.S-led coalition forces attacked and massacred th...
🔴 SIKANDAR SHAH'S DEFEAT AGAINST THE TAMRADHWAJ SAMRAJYAM After the successful expedition in Saptagram in 1365 AD and Puri Jagannath Temple in 1367 AD, his eyes now fell upon Tamr...
White Tai Prince Deo Van Tri 刁文持 (Left seated), the ruler of Sip Song Chau Tai (泰族十二州 Federation of the Twelve Tai states) w Chinese Black Flag Army 黑旗軍 in NW Vietnam 18...
Kim Il Sung was born this day in 1912 in colonial Korea. His accomplishments are mostly disregarded in the west. A quick thread on his life https://t.co/myxRJGPsSg
