Military History (218)
jbomf,,,,,,,,,,,,, Carlow Ireland11 Threads 1 Polls 805 Postsbiggles90000: I just after reading a book about Hannibal military campaigns against the Romans very good read and there a bit about Greek warfare the book is called Rome and Greece at War by Peter Connolly very well laid out.
i will look up that one cheers
ShiningKnight64: Not too far from me and have yet to go....
If its good as you say may pop in this weekend.
Great place for military stuff is the Imperial in London. You can do days in the place
If its good as you say may pop in this weekend.
Great place for military stuff is the Imperial in London. You can do days in the place
used to love visiting that with my uncle The National Army Newseum in london is great aswell and the Tower Of London.
biggles90000: yea i must act take a trip there and have alook around,i was up in collins barracks there he other day great place.
Yeah Collins Barracks is excellent!! I cant help but be drawn into it when coming from or going to the train when visiting Dublin. I know they have a great array of items on display but damn would I love to get into there storerooms for a look!!!
Green_Sleeves: Yeah Collins Barracks is excellent!! I cant help but be drawn into it when coming from or going to the train when visiting Dublin. I know they have a great array of items on display but damn would I love to get into there storerooms for a look!!!
yea they have some great stuff on the the Irish Mercenary Units The Wild Geese excellent i could walk around there all day.
biggles90000: I just after reading a book about Hannibal military campaigns against the Romans very good read and there a bit about Greek warfare the book is called Rome and Greece at War by Peter Connolly very well laid out.
the war with hannibal by livy is a good book
the campaigns of alexander by arrian is brillant
and the secret history by procopius is good
WadeWilson: the war with hannibal by livy is a good book
the campaigns of alexander by arrian is brillant
and the secret history by procopius is good
the campaigns of alexander by arrian is brillant
and the secret history by procopius is good
Alexander The Great there one commander i must brush up on my research on thanks Wade
biggles90000: Im reading a great book there about Julius Caesar what a leader one of the all time greats i think.
Caesar was more of a political leader than a military one. Scipio Africanus is still regarded by many as the greatest miltary leader although some say Napoleon or Hannibal. One thing is for sure, the modern Ruperts are little more than civil servants. Lol
howlingwolf: Caesar was more of a political leader than a military one. Scipio Africanus is still regarded by many as the greatest miltary leader although some say Napoleon or Hannibal. One thing is for sure, the modern Ruperts are little more than civil servants. Lol
One of the greatest military leaders i think was Alexander the great Caesar was a great battlefield leader,One that hardly very rarely mentioned is General Robert E Lee commander of the Confederate forces during the American Civil war a brilliant General but Erin Rommel is another great tank leader and tactician.biggles90000: One of the greatest military leaders i think was Alexander the great Caesar was a great battlefield leader,One that hardly very rarely mentioned is General Robert E Lee commander of the Confederate forces during the American Civil war a brilliant General but Erin Rommel is another great tank leader and tactician.
Ha ha Lee; they'd love you down in Dixie. You probably don't hear much about him because the yankees went on to write US military history. Rommel also came out on the wrong side and we hear about how great Churchill was even though he marched tens of thousands into futile deaths through his stupidity and ignorance or perhaps something more sinister.
James Mason played him well in this
.. and today we are still fighting over the same sands!!!!
subeuti ( a mongol my spelling not the best)
is another over looked military genuis
is another over looked military genuis
ceaser was a self publisest
see civil wars & conquest of gaul
he suffered 1 military defeat at gernovium ( i think) & 2nd invasion of britian can be regaurded as a failure.
trajan now there was a leader
see civil wars & conquest of gaul
he suffered 1 military defeat at gernovium ( i think) & 2nd invasion of britian can be regaurded as a failure.
trajan now there was a leader
do you ever read up on the first world war utterly mad stuff like when the war finished the eleventh hour the eleventh day the eleventh month is not true it was signed the evening before but they wanted it to have great meaning never to be forgoten to they said thats why it will end when it ended beliveing it was going be the last large war the world will see in the hours since it was signed and when peace was declared thousands of men killed fight for nothing mad aint it
howlingwolf: Ha ha Lee; they'd love you down in Dixie. You probably don't hear much about him because the yankees went on to write US military history. Rommel also came out on the wrong side and we hear about how great Churchill was even though he marched tens of thousands into futile deaths through his stupidity and ignorance or perhaps something more sinister.
James Mason played him well in this
.. and today we are still fighting over the same sands!!!!
James Mason played him well in this
.. and today we are still fighting over the same sands!!!!
i have that film on dvd a great film played him well.
yea Churchill made loads of mistakes and nearly paid the price when he was in the British Admiralty during the first world war he totally under estimated the Turks at the Dardanelles which lead to a major defeat.strictly speaking the seven years wae could be counted as a world war (the 1st)
WadeWilson: ceaser was a self publisest
see civil wars & conquest of gaul
he suffered 1 military defeat at gernovium ( i think) & 2nd invasion of britian can be regaurded as a failure.
trajan now there was a leader
trajan was a great leader his conquest of dacia was one of romes greatest victoriessee civil wars & conquest of gaul
he suffered 1 military defeat at gernovium ( i think) & 2nd invasion of britian can be regaurded as a failure.
trajan now there was a leader
ShiningKnight64: Did latin in school for the then inter cert and Roman History was part of the course. Always remember the teacher saying it was only a skirmish if over 100,000 hadnt been killed.
ah memories! Hannibal n his elephants!
What about bin laden? He brought the entire world to a standstill from a cave in Afghanistan with only a few hundred soldiers?
churchills biggest mistake was when he sank the french ships at the begining of the war killing hundreds just cause he belived they would go back on there word which when put to the test months later they skuttled their ships before the germans could take them like they promised
Cla35: do you ever read up on the first world war utterly mad stuff like when the war finished the eleventh hour the eleventh day the eleventh month is not true it was signed the evening before but they wanted it to have great meaning never to be forgoten to they said thats why it will end when it ended beliveing it was going be the last large war the world will see in the hours since it was signed and when peace was declared thousands of men killed fight for nothing mad aint it
The 'War to End all Wars', boys did they get that one wrong, but I suppose in the context of the time they had never seen anything like it before. Machine guns, gas, tanks, long term stale mate and the horrors of trench warfare. On the reverse of the British and Commonwealth 'Victory' medal it has the inscription 'The Great War for Civalisation 1914-1919', must have really been something!
jbomf: trajan was a great leader his conquest of dacia was one of romes greatest victories
One of the greatest Roman General ever was Marius who totally reformed the Roman Army in training and conditioning which made them one of the best fighting forces in the ancient world.
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