Military History
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The dream of gaining back the sovereignty of Yadava Empire ended with the Martyrdom of Harpaldeva Chalukya but his descendants reigned supreme in Konkan till the late 15th century...
Ulysses S. Grant is charging up the hill with his men. It's his first time in command and his heart is racing as his horse gallops beneath him. But, as he reaches the top of the...
1/17 What power does naval heritage give to a warship and crew? Thirty-five years ago today, a U.S. frigate in mortal peril off the Iranian coast found out. https://t.co/7Vk3ngNXd4
1/ CONQUERING CRIMEA - PART 6 In this final thread in a short series, I'll look at the lessons that can be learned from Crimea's military history and the challenges that Ukraine m...
1/ CONQUERING CRIMEA: PART 5 In this fifth and penultimate part of a short series of threads on the military history of Crimea, I'll cover the most recent invasion of Crimea – the...
26th July, 1967, Benjamin Adekunle Black Scorpion laid a siege on Bonny Island and captured it. From there he prepared to invade into the interiors to engage the rebel leader, Ojuk...
This morning, 819 years ago, a northern wind blew from the Golden Horn. The Venetian Fleet engaged the Sea Walls & after a fierce, but brief fight, 70 crusaders managed to enter Co...
2/ Hans Speidel, NATO Commander of Central Europe (CCE) 1957-1963 https://t.co/K5mK3JxxFs
1/ CONQUERING CRIMEA: PART 4 In this fourth of a short series of threads on the military history of Crimea, I'll be looking at the German-Romanian invasion of Crimea during World...
Alexander the Great was the first general to defeat a Navy on Land. But how did he do it? Well, the story involves shovels, wicker baskets, and building a land bridge across the...
Apropos Macron-Xi: The foreign policy of France since 1920s aims to retaining great power status sans the material and physical capacity. The U.S. underwrote it in the 1950s in...
"For decades former Nazis and German war criminals served at the highest echelons of NATO. Most of them were highly decorated Nazis, who later served in top positions in the Wester...
About The Battle Of Badr... THREAD https://t.co/AnXgyvc9wK
Mrs Ifeyinwa Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour, wife to Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is the daughter of Rtd Col Augustine Ifeanyi Aniebo. Col Augustine enlisted into the Royal West African Fronti...
I witnessed a gruesome battle outside Baghdad 20 years ago today, in which U.S. Marines killed six Iraqi civilians and maybe more (I wasn't able to count every body). The battle la...
Despite being "The Forgotten War", Korea produced stories of heroism that ring down through history. One such battle, where the USMC and Army fought heroically against incredible...
781 years ago today, the militiamen of Novgorod formed ranks on the frozen shores of Lake Peipus. Across the ice Teutonic Knights & Crusaders massed for a charge. Ravaged by Mong...
This story led me to some untouched aspects of the case of Donald Neilson aka the "Black Panther" A 🧵about his time with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry https://t.co/1csGR...
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the Birth of the Maratha Navy - A Long thread https://t.co/Yd6iRti25G
1. Francis Younghusband Mounts the Invasion of Tibet : How race to Lhasa Came to an End https://t.co/3bp6tpsbSo
MEGA THREAD 🧵 :— Significant mughal & Bijapur sultanate defeat's against maratha empire during the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj https://t.co/VmlmWZW8Ma https://t.co/XAcdpeD...
Remembering 🙏 Chinese 🇨🇳 Hero Pilot Lieutenant Commander Wang Wei, when his Chinese fighter jet collided with a U.S. EP-3 Spy plane 22 years ago! Every year on 01. April the call g...
1/ CONQUERING CRIMEA: PART 3 This is the third in a short series of threads exploring the military history of Crimea, which may soon become a battlefield again as Ukraine seeks to...
The Story Of The Abagana Ambush That Happened On A Day like this March 31, In 1968 during the Nigeria civil war A thread Retweet to educate someone https://t.co/pLsLViCOsL
