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Definition of the term Military History
Description of the classification system used on this page
Timeline
Military Eras
Military philosophies
Military Units
Famous Military Writers
Famous Military Commanders
List of wars
List of battles

Definition

Military history is the recording in writing or otherwise of the events in the history of Man that fall within the category of "conflict". This may range from a dispute between two tribes that come to blow over a plot of land, to a world war.

Military Eras

Eras in human history traditionally mirror those of military history, since the use of warfare has such a profound impact on human civilization. However, military eras can also be quite separated, and overlap, as they relate to particular weapon types, tactics, and different ways of thinking about war.

Reporting of Military Events

War Journalists
Chroniclers
Bias in Military reporting
Keeping Secrets SECRET.
Propaganda and the role of Military Intelligence in news reporting.

Elements of the Military

The Philosophy of Chivalry
Equipment
Leadership
Organization
Logistics
Moral justification

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Summary

The history of human warfare.

Military Unit Types

Classified by Era

Antiquity

Medieval (See also: Medieval warfare)
- Knight
- Cataphract
- Condottieri
- Horse archer
- Pikeman
- Longbowman
- Artillery
- Fyrd
- Fortification

Modern
- Musketeer
- Rifleman
- Marine
- Armory
- Conscription
- Aviation

Famous wars and battles

For more complete list of wars you may want to see War

Ancient
- Greek Wars
  - Trojan War (c. 1200 BC)
  - Persian Wars (499-479 BC)
  - Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)
  - Wars of Alexander the Great (334-323 BC)
- Roman Wars
  - Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-202 BC, 149-146 BC)
  - Julius Caesar's campaigns?
  - Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC)
  - Battle of Actium (31 BC)
Medieval
- European
  - Battle of Poitiers
  - Battle of Lechfeld (955)
  - Crusades (1096-1291)
  - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)
  - Bannockburn (1314)
  - Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
    - Crécy (1346)
    - Battle of Agincourt (1415)
    - Siege of Orleans (1429)
  - Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
    - Battle of Tewkesbury
    - Battle of Bosworth Field

Pike & Shot
Age of Rifles
- War of 1812 (1812-1814)
- Greek Independence (1821-1829)
- Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
- Taiping Rebellion (1850-1865)
- Crimean War (1854-1856)
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Austro-Prussian War (aka Seven Weeks War) (1866)
- Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
- Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
- Chinese-Japanese War (1894-1895)
- Spanish-American War (1898)
- Boer War (1899-1902)
Early 20th Century
- Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
- Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Russian Revolution (1917-1918)
- Chinese Revolution (1926?-1949)
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- World War II (1939-1945)
Mid 20th Century
- First Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949)
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Vietnam War (1950-1975)
- Second Arab-Israeli War (1956)
Late 20th Century
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Afghan Civil War (1979-1989)
- Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
- Falklands War (1982)
- Operation Just Cause (aka The Invasion of Panama) (1989-1990)
- Second Gulf War (aka Desert Storm) (1991)
- The Kosovo War

You may also want to see List of battles

See also: Weapons, Imperialism, Colonialism, War, History

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