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* Definition of the term Military History |
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* Description of the classification system used on this page |
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* Timeline |
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* Military Eras |
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* Military Units |
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* [[Famous military writers|Famous Military Writers]] |
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* [[Famous military commanders|Famous Military Commanders]] |
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* List of Wars |
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* Famous Battles |
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The main sections, like famous military commanders, should be in their own pages. |
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==== Summary ==== |
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The history of human warfare. |
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==== Military Unit Types ==== |
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Classified by Era |
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* Antiquity |
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** [[Infantry]] |
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** [[Cavalry]] |
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** [[Chariot|Chariotry]] |
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** [[Archery]] |
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** [[Slingman]] |
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** [[Hoplite]] |
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** [[Macedonian phalanx]] |
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** [[Roman legion]] |
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*** [[Marius' army]] |
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*** [[auxiliaries]] |
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** [[Greek fire]] |
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* Medieval (See also: [[Medieval warfare]]) |
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** [[Knight]] |
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** [[Cataphract]] |
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** [[Condottieri]] |
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** [[Horse archer]] |
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** [[Pikeman]] |
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** [[Longbowman]] |
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** [[Artillery]] |
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** [[Fyrd]] |
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** [[Fortification]] |
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* Modern |
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** [[Musketeer]] |
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** [[Rifleman]] |
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** [[Marine]] |
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** [[Armory]] |
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** [[Conscription]] |
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** [[Military aviation|Aviation]] |
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==== Famous wars and battles ==== |
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For more complete list of wars you may want to see [[War]] |
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* Ancient |
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** Greek Wars |
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*** [[Trojan War]] (c. [[1200 BC]]) |
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*** [[Persian Wars]] ([[499 BC|499]]-[[479 BC]]) |
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**** [[Battle of Marathon]] ([[491 BC]]) |
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**** [[Battle of Salamis]] |
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**** [[Battle of Thermopylae]] |
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*** [[Peloponnesian War]] ([[431 BC|431]]-[[404 BC]]) |
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*** [[Wars of Alexander the Great]] ([[334 BC|334]]-[[323 BC]]) |
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** Roman Wars |
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*** [[Punic Wars]] ([[264 BC|264]]-[[241 BC]], [[218 BC|218]]-[[202 BC]], [[149 BC|149]]-[[146 BC]]) |
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*** Julius Caesar's campaigns? |
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*** [[Battle of Pharsalus]] ([[48 BC]]) |
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*** [[Battle of Actium]] ([[31 BC]]) |
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* Medieval |
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** [[Europe]]an |
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*** [[Battle of Poitiers]] |
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*** [[Battle of Lechfeld]] ([[955]]) |
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*** [[Crusade]]s ([[1096]]-[[1291]]) |
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*** [[Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]] ([[1212]]) |
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*** [[Battle of Bannockburn|Bannockburn]] ([[1314]]) |
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*** [[Hundred Years War]] ([[1337]]-[[1453]]) |
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**** [[Battle of Crecy|Crécy]] ([[1346]]) |
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**** [[Battle of Agincourt]] ([[1415]]) |
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**** [[Siege of Orleans]] ([[1429]]) |
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*** [[Wars of the Roses]] ([[1455]]-[[1485]]) |
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**** [[Battle of Tewkesbury]] |
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**** [[Battle of Bosworth Field]] |
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* Pike & Shot |
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** [[Dutch Independence]] ([[1568]]-[[1648]]) |
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** [[Spanish Armada|Defeat of the Spanish Armada]] [[1588]] |
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** [[Thirty Years War]] ([[1618]]-[[1648]]) |
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** [[English Civil War]] ([[1642]]-[[1649]]) |
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** [[AngloDutch Wars|Anglo-Dutch Wars]] |
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** [[Great Northern War]] ([[1700]]-[[1721]]) |
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** [[Queen Annes War|Queen Anne's War]] |
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** [[War of Spanish Succession]] ([[1701]]-[[1714]]) |
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** [[King Georges War|King George's War]] |
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** [[War of Jenkins Ear|War of Jenkin's Ear]] |
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** [[War of the Austrian Succession]] ([[1740]]-[[1748]]) |
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** [[Seven Years War]] ([[1756]]-[[1763]]) |
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** [[French and Indian War]] ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) |
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** [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]-[[1783]]) |
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** [[French Revolution]] & [[Napoleonic Wars]] ([[1789]]-[[1815]]) |
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*** [[Battle of Trafalgar]] [[1797]]? |
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*** [[Battle of Waterloo]] [[1815]] |
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* Age of Rifles |
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** [[War of 1812]] ([[1812]]-[[1814]]) |
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** [[Greek Independence]] ([[1821]]-[[1829]]) |
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** [[Mexican-American War]] ([[1846]]-[[1848]]) |
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** [[Taiping Rebellion]] ([[1850]]-[[1865]]) |
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** [[Crimean War]] ([[1854]]-[[1856]]) |
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** [[American Civil War]] ([[1861]]-[[1865]]) |
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** [[Austro-Prussian War]] (aka Seven Weeks War) ([[1866]]) |
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** [[Franco-Prussian War]] ([[1870]]-[[1871]]) |
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** [[Russo-Turkish War]] ([[1877]]-[[1878]]) |
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** [[Chinese-Japanese War]] ([[1894]]-[[1895]]) |
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** [[Spanish-American War]] ([[1898]]) |
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** [[Boer War]] ([[1899]]-[[1902]]) |
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* Early 20th Century |
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** [[Russo-Japanese War]] ([[1904]]-[[1905]]) |
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** [[Balkan Wars]] ([[1912]]-[[1913]]) |
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** [[World War I]] ([[1914]]-[[1918]]) |
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** [[Russian Revolution]] ([[1917]]-[[1918]]) |
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** [[Chinese Revolution]] ([[1926]]?-[[1949]]) |
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** [[Spanish Civil War]] ([[1936]]-[[1939]]) |
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** [[World War II]] ([[1939]]-[[1945]]) |
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* Mid 20th Century |
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** [[First Arab-Israeli War]] ([[1948]]-[[1949]]) |
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** [[Korean War]] ([[1950]]-[[1953]]) |
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** [[Vietnam War]] ([[1950]]-[[1975]]) |
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** [[Second Arab-Israeli War]] ([[1956]]) |
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* Late [[20th Century]] |
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** [[Six-Day War]] ([[1967]]) |
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** [[Yom Kippur War]] ([[1973]]) |
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** [[Afghan Civil War]] ([[1979]]-[[1989]]) |
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** [[Iran-Iraq War]] ([[1980]]-[[1988]]) |
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** [[Falklands War]] ([[1982]]) |
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** [[Operation Just Cause]] (aka The Invasion of [[Panama]]) ([[1989]]-[[1990]]) |
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** [[Second Gulf War]] (aka Desert Storm) ([[1991]]) |
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** [[The Kosovo War]] |
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You may also want to see [[List of battles]] |
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==== Military Writers ==== |
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* [[Carl von Clausewitz|Clausewitz]] |
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* [[Sun Tzu]] |
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* [[Julius Caesar]] |
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* Jomini |
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* [[Mao Zedong]] |
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''This list is inevitably going to be pretty complete, at least with the ancient and medieval stuff...'' |
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See also: [[Weapon|Weapons]], [[Imperialism]], [[Colonialism]], [[War]], [[History]] |
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Revision as of 19:21, 4 April 2002
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