At the onset of war with the United States, illness had decimated the Spanish fighting force, with 55,000 troops out of an army of 230,000 healthy enough to fight. U.S. officials were aware of the ...

Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816) was the revolutionary who paved the way for the eventual independence, not only of his native Venezuela, but of all of South America under Spanish control.

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...

Three ties in a row induces deluded Francophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power. 9 - War of the Spanish Succession - Lost ... the opponent was also French.

The Royal Navy is preparing to welcome HMS Agamemnon, its sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, into service ...

and especially those who lost loved ones in that war. The U.S. Army will never stop honoring the service and sacrifice of Korean War veterans. This site should serve as a tool to educate Americans ...

The UK is still cutting: A 2023 Defence Command Paper states that the British army will be reduced to 73,000 soldiers by 2025 — the lowest level since the Napoleonic wars of 1803–1815.

Americans went to war to win their independence from Great Britain. Just weeks after the outbreak of fighting at Lexington ...

$62.95. ISBN: 1848329539 The ’God of War’ in the Napoleonic Era Although concentrating on the period 1792-1815, in this excellent reference Kiley, author of several works on the Napoleonic era, ...

Back then, the British Army had around 40,000 soldiers but was rapidly increased to fight the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Answering a question from Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck ...

Historians have increasingly stressed the impact of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Britain and ... and the music profession more generally. But the military’s impact on the post-war ...

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