MILITARY HISTORY RESEARCH SITES

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(This Section Last update 17-07-03)

Useful resource Sites

Museums

General: Military History of Specific Countries - General Military History

Ancient: Indices - Prehistoric - Greek - Roman - Eastern and Byzantine

Dark Age & Medieval: Medieval General - Dark Ages - The Norman Conquest - The Crusades & Eastern Wars – Stephen & Matilda - The French Wars – The Italian Wars - The Scottish Wars - The Hundred Years War - Wars of the Roses - Asian & Far Eastern Wars - Medieval Iberia        

Renaissance: Renaissance General – Tudor Wars - The Eighty Years War

17^th Century: 17^th Century General -       The Thirty Years War - English Civil and Scottish Wars - Anglo-Dutch Wars – The Glorious Revolt - Eastern Europe - Northern Europe

18^th & 19^th Century:  General - War of Spanish Succession – War of Polish Succession – The Jacobite Rebellions - French and Indian & Seven Years Wars – East India Company - American War of Independence - Indian Wars 1790-1795 - Russo-Turkish Wars 1772-1812 - Napoleonic - War of 1812 -  African and Asian Wars of the 18^th & 19^th Centuries - British Colonial Wars – Other European Colonial Wars - South American Revolutionary Wars - The Dutch-Belgian War - The Carlist Wars - The US-Mexican War - The Indian Wars - The ‘Wild’ West - The Year of Revolutions 1848 - The Three Years War - The Crimea - Wars of Italian Unification - The American Civil War – Danish-Prussian War - Austro-Prussian War - Franco-Prussian War – Serbo-Turkish War - Russo-Turkish War – Serbo-Bulgarian War – Sino-Japanese War - Spanish-American War - Boer War

20^th Century: General - Boxer Rebellion - Russo-Japanese War – The Balkan Wars - World War 1 - Russian Revolution & Civil War -The ‘Back of Beyond’ Central Asia before 1939 -  Chinese Civil War - Spanish Civil War - World War 2 - Korean War - French Indochina - Vietnam War - Late 20^th Century Conflicts

Useful Resource Sites:

• Breeds of Livestock - Horses
• Documents in Military History
• DocumentsRelating to the History of International Relations
• E-Hawk : Internet Resources for Military History
• Eyewitness – Contemporary personal accounts of the great events of history.
• Flags of the World
• Forgotten Heroes – An excellent site remembering the unsung heroes of history
• Gardiner’s Atlas of English History – All these excellent maps available at one site.
• Heratlas - Very nice site covering French heraldry. (In French with English Introduction)
• Historical Text Archive
• The History Net
• The History Place
• History of Costume
• History of Tents – Seriously!! A very useful site if you want to get an authentic feel to your camp.
• Insects, Disease and History – An interesting site looking at how disease has affected the course of military campaigns and wars
• International History Project
• La Miroir du Monde – A full online reproduction of a 16th Century Atlas. Very useful for planning those period campaigns.
• Milieux Costume Links 
• Research Press – specialists in reprints of hard to find articles on firearms, and military history. Lots of good resources.
• Simonides Military History Links
• Uniformology
• Xenophon Group Military History Website
• Yahoo Index Military History Page

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Museums:

• Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps Museum – St Petersburgh
• Bletchley Park
• Bovington Tank Museum
• Canadian War Museum
• First Division Museum
• Hungarian Institute & Museum of Military History
• Imperial War Museum - London
• In Flanders Fields - Belgium
• La Musee de l'Armee - Paris
• Military Museum of Sussex
• Museum of Military History - Vienna
• National Army Museum
• National Maritime Museum
• RAF Museum Hendon – Hendon North London
• Royal Armouries - Leeds
• Royal Museum of the Army & Military History - Brussels

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General:

Military histories of specific countries and regions:

• African History Sourcebook - Part of the History Sourcebook library of original source material
• Ancient Forts of the Punjab
• Australians at War
• Balkan Military History
• Battles of Portugal – An excellent little site with summaries of  the medieval battles of Portugal
• Blasonario Piemontese – Coats of arms of Piedmont. In Italian but very useful
• Canadian Military Heritage
• History and Rifles of Bulgaria 1878-1948
• History of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Hungarian Art of War
• The Irish in Uniform
• Islamic History Sourcebook - Part of the History Sourcebook library of original source material
• Jewish History Sourcebook - Part of the History Sourcebook library of original source material
• Military History of Denmark
• Portuguese Military Orders
• Romanian Royal Army
• Russian Military History
• Samurai Archives
• Swedish Wars
• US Army Centre of Military History
• US Army Insignia
• US Army Military History Institute
• Virginia Military Institute Archives

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General military history

• Annotated Chronology of Military events
• The American War Library
• 15 Decisive Battles of the World
• Heraldica - Heraldry through the ages and across the world
• History Data
• Maritime History & Naval Heritage Homepage
• The Naval History Homepage
• Navies in Transition
• Notes on Sailing Warships
• Ships of the Old Navy – A history of the sailing ships of the Royal Navy
• Victoria Cross Reference Library
• West Point Military Academy History Department

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Ancient:

Indices:

• Ancient Europe – An excellent source of primary and secondary material from Boise State University
• Ancient History Sourcebook - Part of the History Sourcebook library of original source material
• Argos Ancient & Medieval Search Engine
• Byzantine and Medieval Links Index
• Historical Atlas of Late Antiquity - In French but a very useful resource
• Maps of Ancient Warfare – From the West Point Military Academy website
• The Perseus Project - Online Ancient Resource Library
• War Elephants

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Prehistoric:

• Akkade – Reference Images for Near Eastern and Bronze Age Warfare
• The Battle of Kadesh 1294BC - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Kadesh
• The Battle of Meggido 1469BC - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Neolithic Warfare - An interesting article on the possible forms of Neolithic Warfare

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Greek: 

General:

• Classical Atlas Project
• Overview of Archaic and Classical Greek History Part of The Perseus Project of online Ancient Resource Material.
• Phoenician Ships
• Warfare in the Ancient World - A Bibliography of Ancient Warfare

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Archeaic:

• Thrace & the Thracians 700BC-46AD - Including information on Skythians, Illyrians & Dacians
• Troy VII and the Historicity of the Trojan Wars

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Classical Greece:

• The Battle of Syme 411BC
• The Battle of Thermopylae 480BC
• Greek Hoplite Page
• History of the Peloponnesian Wars - Thucydides - A translation of the original text.
• The Peloponnesian War
• The Peloponnesian War – From the Ancient Europe website
• The 1^st Persian War
• The 2^nd Persian War
• The Persian Wars – From the Ancient Europe website
• The Syracusan Expedition

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Alexander and Macedon:

• Alexander the Great – From the Ancient Europe website
• Alexander the Great History Project
• Alexander the Great Homepage
• The Battle of Chaeronea 339BC - From the Wargame.com website
• The Battle of Gaugamela 331BC - From the Wargame.com website
• The Battle of the Granicus 334BC
• The Battle of Issus 333BC
• The Battle of Jhelum - From the Wargame.com website
• The Hellenistic Kingdoms

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Roman:

General:

• Armamentarium : The Book of Roman Arms and Armour
• Bill Thayer's Roman Sites - An Excellent Search Engine and listing of Roman material
• De Imperatoribus Romanis
• Deployment of Roman Legions Throughout Europe
• Description of the Roman Army 70AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Description of the Roman Army 163AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• History of the Roman Legions
• The Legions of Imperial Rome
• Major Battles in Roman History
• The Roman Army - An award winning site covering tactics and organisation
• The Roman Army
• The Roman Army - A Bibliography
• The Roman Army in Britain
• Rome : Military Resources - Including extensive bibliographies
• Rome & Romania 27BC - 1453AD - An excellent site for Byzantine History

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Early Republican Wars:

• The Battle of the Allia 390 BC
• The Battle of Asculum 279BC
• Battle of Beneventum 275BC
• The Battle of Heraclea 280BC
• The Expansion of Rome to the Gallic Sack – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• The Gauls Invade Rome
• The Pyrrhic War 280-270BC
• Pyrrhus of Epirus
• The Roman Conquest of Italy – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• Wars From the Gallic Sack to the Revolt of the Latin League – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta

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Punic and Civil Wars:

• The Battle of the Aegates Islands 241BC
• The Battle of Agrigentum  262-261BC
• The Battle of Baecula 208BC
• The Battle of the Bagradas River 239BC
• The Battle of Cannae 216BC
• The Battle of Cannae – Description of the battle with graphics
• The Battle of Cannae – An account by Polybius from the Ancient History Sourcebook
• The Battle of Canusium 209BC
• The Battle of Castulo 211BC
• The Battle of Dertosa 215BC
• The Battle of Drepanum 249BC
• The Battle of the Great Plains of Bagradas 203BC
• The Battle of Ilipa 206BC
• The Battle of Ilipa – Description of the battle with graphics
• The Battle of Ilorca 211BC
• The Battle of Metaurus 207BC
• The Battle of the River Ebro 217BC
• The Battle of the River Ticinus 218BC
• The Battle of Trasimeno 217BC
• The Battle of Trebbia 218BC
• The Battle of Trebbia : Map – From the Maps of Ancient Warfare website.
• The Battle of Zama 202BC
• The Battle of Zama – Description of the battle with graphics
• Battles of the 2^nd Punic War - Part of Ed's Hobby Hovel
• The Fall of Carthago Nova 209BC
• Hannibal
• Hannibal Barca
• Hannibal Barca and the Punic Wars
• The 1^st Punic War – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• The 2^nd Punic War – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• The 2^nd Punic War - From the Wargame.com website
• The 2^nd Punic War - Map
• The 3^rd Punic War – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• The Punic Wars - From the Ancient Europe website
• The Roman Navy of the 1^st Punic War
• The Siege and Capture of Saguntum 219BC – Livy’s Account
• The Siege and Fall of Syracuse
• The Siege of Syracuse 213-212BC
• The Siege of Syracuse  - A short piece by Livy on the part played by Archimedes in the defence
• The Syrian War
• The Syrian War – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• The ‘Truceless’ War

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Other Republican Campaigns:

• The Battle of Cynocephalae 197BC
• The Battle of Cynocephalae – Description of the battle with graphics
• The Battle of Magnesia 190BC
• The Battle of Pydna 168BC
• The Battle of Thermopylae 191BC
• The Illyrian Wars
• The Lusitanian War
• The 1^st Macedonian War
• The 2^nd Macedonian War – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• The 3^rd Macedonian War – From Early Roman History at University of Alberta
• The Mithridatic War – From Late Roman Republic at University of Alberta
• The Numantine War
• The Wars in Spain
• The War of Spartacus – From the Red Rampant Homepage

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Caeser’s Campaigns:

• The Battle of Carrhae 53BC
• The Battle of Munda 45BC
• The Battle of Pharsalus 48BC
• The Battle of Thapsus 46BC
• The Battle of Zela 47BC
• Julius Caesar's War Commentaries
• The Siege of Alesia 52BC
• The Siege of Alesia – A good overview from the Red Rampant Homepage

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Eastern Wars:

• Antony's Campaign against the Medes 36BC - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Battle of Actium 31BC - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site
• Map of the Siege of Jerusalem
• Roman Invasion of Galilee 70AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Siege of Jerusalem 70AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Siege of Masada 72AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.

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Germanica and Gaul:

• The Battle of Teutoburg Forest 9AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Caesar’s Battles with Vercingetorix 52BC - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Celts in Battle
• Cohors Quingenaria Equitata
• Limes Germanicus at Kohorten-Kastell Zugmantel – Excellent photos of these reconstructed Roman Fortifications
• Limes Germanicus at Saalburg – Excellent photos of these reconstructed Roman Fortifications
• Limes Germanicus Roman Watchtower
• Kohorten-Kastell Saalburg
• Kohorten-Kastell Zugmantel
• Roman Military Sites in Britain

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Civil Wars:

• 2^nd Battle of Cremona 69AD
• 2^nd Battle of Cremona : Map
• The Battle of Rigodulum 70AD : Map
• The Battle of Trier 70AD : Map

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Fall of the Empire:

• The Battle of Adrianople 378AD – An extensive overview of the battle
• The Battle of Adrianople  - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Adrianople
• The Battle of Adrianople – Description of the battle with graphics
• The Battle of Adrianople - Plans
• Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Eastern and Byzantine:

• Byzantine Studies
• The Sassanid Army  - From the Wargame.com website

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Dark Age & Medieval:

Medieval General:

• Ancient Archery Articles
• Castles of Britain
• Castles of Castile
• Castles of Ireland
• Castles of Spain
• Castles of Wales
• Castles on the Web
• Early Medieval Cannon Reconstruction
• Flags of the Teutonic Order in Germany
• Knights Templar
• Medieval Siege Society
• Medieval Sourcebook - Part of the History Sourcebook library of original source material
• The Medieval Sword
• Online Reference Book (ORB) for Medieval studies
• Standards, Pinsils & Pennons
• The Swiss Confederation 1291 – 1513AD

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Dark Age: 

• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - A full translation. Part of the Online Medieval and Classical Library
• Arthurian Resources
• The Battle of Brunanburh 937AD
• The Battle of Lechfeld 955AD
• The Battle of Maldon 991AD
• The Battle of Mount Badon – a short piece on possible locations for this battle
• The Battle of Mount Badon – a longer piece also concerned with possible locations for the battle
• The Battle of Poitiers 732AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Roncesvalles
• The Battle of Simancas 939AD
• Danish Vikings in England
• Early British Kingdoms
• The Franks
• The Germanic Kingdoms and East Roman Empire 526 – 600AD – Map from the University of Texas
• The Magyars – A basic timeline
• Medieval Scandinavia
• Odin's Castle - Lots of Arthurian information & links
• Peoples of the Dark Ages
• Swedish Vikings
• Two Descriptions of the Battle of Roncesvalles
• Viking Age Page
• The Vikings and Feudal Europe 900-1095
• The Vikings Homepage
• The Virtual Trebuchet - Including plans for building your own model.
• The World of the Vikings

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The Norman Conquest:

• The Battle of Hastings 1066AD
• The Battle of Senlac Hill (Hastings) : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• Conquest and Resistance of the English 1066-1088AD
• Invasion of England, 1066AD

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The Crusades and the Wars in the East:

• The Battle of Dorylaeum 1097AD
• The Battle of Grunwald 1410AD
• The Battle of Hattin 1187AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: The Crusades
• Chronology of the Crusades
• Chronology of the Teutonic Knights
• Crusades & European Expansion - With links into the ORB Resource library
• Crusade Society: SSCLE
• Cyprus Under Richard I and the Templars
• The Fall of Constantinople 1453AD
• The Fall of Jerusalem: Two Accounts - Translation of original texts from the Documents in Military History site.
• The First Crusade – An extensive online account
• The First Crusade
• Medieval Warfare in the Balkans
• The Mongol Invasion of Europe 1241AD
• The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem 1099AD - Original texts from the Medieval Sourcebook
• The Siege of Antioch 1097-1098AD
• The Siege of Belgrade 1456AD
• The Siege of Nicaea 1097AD
• The Third Crusade

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Stephen & Matilda:

• The Council, Siege and Rout of Winchester

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The French Wars

• The Albigensian Crusades 1209-1255AD
• The Saintonge War 1242AD
• The War of Bouvines 1202-1214AD

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The Italian Wars:

• The Battle of Montaperti 1260AD

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The Scottish Wars:

• The Battle of Bannockburn : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297AD
• A Few Scots Capture Berwick

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Hundred Years War:

• Alfonso XI in the Hundred Years War
• The Battle of Agincourt : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Attack on Chalons – A Translation of an original text from the Tales of Froissart by Nipissing University
• The Battle of Auray 1364AD
• The Battle of Coutantin – A Translation of an original text from the Tales of Froissart by Nipissing University
• The Battle of Crecy 1346AD
• The Battle of Crecy : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Dunkirk – A Translation of an original text from the Tales of Froissart by Nipissing University
• The Battle of La Rochelle 1372AD
• The Battle of Navarette-Najera 1367AD
• The Battle of Poitiers 1356AD – A Translation of an original text from the Medieval Sourcebook
• The Battle of Poitiers : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Poitiers
• A Battle Near Cherbourg 1379 – A Translation of an original text from the Tales of Froissart by Nipissing University
• Chronology of the 100 Years War
• The Hundred Years War : The Final Phase 1422-1453
• Maps of the Hundred Years War
• Orders for the English Fleet 1326AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.

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Wars of the Roses:

• The Battle of Barnet 1471AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Bosworth 1485AD
• The Battle of Stoke Fields 1487AD
• The Battle of Tewkesbury 1471AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Towton 1461AD
• The Invasion of Northern England 1463AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• Richard III Foundation
• Second Battle of St Albans 1461AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Siege of Bamborough 1464AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• Tewkesbury Battlefield Society

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Asian & Far Eastern :

• Mongols
• The Mongol Dominions 1300-1405 – Map from the University of Texas
• Vietnamese Victories over the Mongels

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Medieval Iberia :

• The Almohad Invasion
• Battles Against the Almoravids
• The Battle of Alarcos 1195AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Alfarrobeira 1449AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Aljubarrota 1385AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Aljubarrota – Told from the Castilian point of view
• The Battle of Atoleiros 1384AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Cernaja 1139AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Navas de Tolosa 1212AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Ourique 1139AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Salado 1340AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Sao Mamede 1128AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Sao Vicente 1327AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Saltes 1381AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Toro 1476AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Trancoso 1385AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Battle of Valverde 1385AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• Battles of Castile and Leon
• The Battles of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar ‘El Cid’
• A Chronology of the Reconquest
• The Campaigns of Sancho II 1217AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Alcacer 1158AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Alcacer 1217AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Alcacer Ceguer 1459AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Algarve 1249AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Arzila and Tanger 1471AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Cueta 1415AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Lisboa 1147AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Santarem 1147AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Conquest of Silves 1189AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia
• The Defeat of Tanger 1437AD – From the Battles of Portugal website
• The Moorish Invasion of Spain and the Christian Reconquest

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Renaissance:

General:

• The Battle of Villalar 1521AD
• De Minoribus Rebus Principes Consultant. - Background information for Renaissance Warfare
• The Fall of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary 1526-1541 – An extensive text on the whole campaign
• Gunpowder Weapons of the Late 15^th Century
• Landsknecht Homepage
• Le Poulet Gauche - A site dedicated to all aspects of life in 16th Century France
• The Real Landsknecht
• Renaissance Costume Page
• The Siege of Klis 1536-7

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Tudor Wars:

• English Assault on Zutphen 1586AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Siege of Edinburgh Castle 1573AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Spanish Armada

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The Eighty Years War:

• The Dutch Revolt 1572 – 1609AD
• The Eighty Years War
• The Netherlands in 1603 : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Netherlands War of Independence

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17th Century:

General:

• The Marshal Vauban Website
• The Military Prints of Jacques Callot
• Polish Horse Artillery of the 17th Century

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Thirty Years War:

• The Battles of Breitenfeld 1631 & 1642
• The Battle of Lutzen 1632AD
• Gustaf II Adolf : The Polish War
• Gustavus Adolphus and Sweden
• The History of the Thirty Years War – A complete online book.
• The Sack of Magdeburg and the Battle of Breitenfeld
• The Thirty Years War (1)
• The Thirty Years War (2)
• The Thirty Years War Compendium
• The Thirty Years War Homepage

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English Civil and Scottish Wars:

• The Battle of Dunbar : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Drumclog 1679AD
• The Battle of Edgehill 1642AD - A Royalist Account - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Edgehill : Map  – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Marston Moor : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Naseby : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Sole Bay 1672AD
• British Civil Wars and Commonwealth
• Earl Rivers Regiment of Foote
• English Civil War Battles
• English Civil War Society
• The English Civil Wars
• Scottish Civil Wars 1638 - 1746
• The Siege of Basing House

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Anglo-Dutch Wars:

• The Battle of Sole Bay 1672AD

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The Glorious Revolt:

• The Battle of the Boyne 1690AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• War In Ireland - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.

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Eastern Europe:

• Prince Eugene in Eastern Europe 1683-1697
• The Raising of the Siege of Vienna 1683 - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Siege of Vienna 1683AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.

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Northern Europe:

• The Army of King Charles XII of Sweden
• The Battle of Erestfer 1701AD – From the Battles of the Great Northern War website
• The Battle of Fraustadt 1706AD – From the Battles of the Great Northern War website
• The Battle of Narva 1700AD
• The Battle of Poltava 1709AD
• The Battle of Pultusk 1703AD – From the Battles of the Great Northern War website
• Battles of the Great Northern War
• Charles XII and the Northern Wars
• A Guide to the Armies of the Great Northern War
• Northern Wars 1648-1730
• Sweden, Russia and the Great Northern War

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18th & 19th Century:

General:

• The Battle of Dettingen 1743AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of The Saintes 1782AD
• Battles and Campaigns of the Ironclad Era
• Land Forces of Britain, The Empire & Commonwealth
• The Palmerston Forts Society
• The Size of the British Military Establishment 1715 - 1755 - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Wars and Conflicts of the 19^th Century

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The War of Spanish Succession:

• The Battle of Blenheim 1704AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Blenheim : Map  – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Cremona 1702AD
• The Battle of Neerwinden : Map  – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Ramillies : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Schellenberg 1704AD  - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Steinkirk : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Vigo Bay 1702AD
• The Battle of Vigo  - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Defence of Gibraltar 1704AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Marlborough's Report on the Battle of Blenheim - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Storming of Gibraltar 1704AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.

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The War of Polish Succession:

• The Russian Army in the reign of  Empress Anna 1730-1740
• The War of Polish Succession 1733-1735

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The Jacobite Rebellions:

• The Attack on the Pretender’s Fleet 1745AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Culloden 1746AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Jacobites

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French & Indian Wars & Seven Years War:

• 1755
• The Army of the Electorate of Bavaria
• The Battle of Hastenbeck 1757AD – Including photos of the battlefield
• The Battle of Minden 1759AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle for the Oder Islands 1759AD – From Mad Dan O'Hara's Weird Wars website
• The Bavarian Army at the Battle of Leuthen 1757AD
• The Bavarian Army in the 7 Years War
• Braddock's Defeat 1755AD - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Campaigns, Battles and Events of the French and Indian Wars
• Campaigns, Battles and Events of the Seven Years War
• The Capture of Quebec 1759AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Fall of Quebec
• French & Indian Wars
• French and Indian Wars Online Magazine
• The French Defeat in Canada - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• French Soldiers of the French & Indian Wars
• The Louisburg Expedition 1745AD - An series of texts from the Documents in Military History site.
• Maps of the Colonial Wars – From the West Point Military Academy website
• Montcalm & Wolfe
• Nec Pluribus Impar - A Seven Years War site (In French)
• The Raid on Rochefort 1757AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Seven Years War Website
• The Siege of Quebec : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• Spain in the Seven Years War – From Mad Dan O'Hara's Weird Wars website
• Standing Orders for Roger’s Rangers - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• Sweden in the Seven Years War – From Mad Dan O'Hara's Weird Wars website

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East India Company

• The Battle of Calcutta 1757AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Plassey 1757AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Mysore Wars 1767-1799
• The Taking of Seringpatam 1799AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site

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American War of Independence:

• The American Revolution – From a Loyalist Perspective
• The American Revolution Homepage
• Arnold Invades Quebec
• The Battle of Bemis Heights (2^nd Saratoga) : British Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Bemis Heights (2^nd Saratoga) : American Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Bennington 1777AD
• The Battle of Brandywine 1777AD
• The Battle of Brooklyn 1776AD
• The Battle of Bunker Hill 1775AD
• The Battle of Bunker Hill  - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Camden 1780AD
• The Battle of Cowpens 1781AD – The Official Battlefield Website
• The Battle of Cowpens 1781AD
• The Battle of Freeman’s farm (1^st Saratoga) : British Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Freeman’s farm (1^st Saratoga) : American Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Hubbardton 1777AD
• The Battle of Hubbardton : Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Lexington 1775AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battles of Lexington and Concord
• The Battle of Long Island 1776AD
• The Battle of Long Island : Maps
• The Battle of Monmouth 1778AD
• The Battle of Monmouth Courthouse 1778AD – The British view in an original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Petersburg 1781AD
• The Battle of Princeton 1777AD
• The Battle of the Saintes 1782AD
• The Battles at Saratoga 1777AD
• The Battle of Stoney Point 1779AD
• The Battles of Ticonderoga 1775 &1777AD
• The Battle of Trenton 1776AD
• The Battle of Valcour Island 1776AD
• The Battle of Valcour Island : Maps
• The Battle of Yorktown 1781AD
• Battles of the American Revolution
• The Battles of Eutaw Springs 1771AD
• The Brigade of Guards in the American War of Independence
• Col. Andreas Emmerich’s “Partisan in War” 1789. – With details of Colonel Emmerich and his Chasseurs.
• Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution – A lot of good detailed history here
• Culpeper Minute Battalion
• Drums Along the Mohawk
• Fighting Cornwallis with the Rockbridge Militia
• Fort Griswold
• Fort Ticonderoga/Mount Independence Orders of Battle
• General Jedediah Huntington
• Guide to the American Revolution
• The Hessians – A complete online book dealing with their history
• The King’s Men: Loyalist Units of the American Revolution – From the Drums Along the Mohawk website
• Maps of the American Revolution  – From the West Point Military Academy website
• Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution
• 2nd Massachusetts Regimental History - Regimental history of a unit serving in the AWI
• The Moonlight Battle
• Online Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
• Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study – Requires free registration
• Royal Welch Fusiliers in America
• The Siege of Charlestown 1776AD : Map
• The Siege of Fort Henry 1777AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution
• Uniforms of the American Revolution
• US Army Rank Insignia : The Early Revolutionary War Era
• US Army Rank Insignia : The Later Revolutionary War Era
• The War for American Independence

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Indian Wars 1790-1795:

• Battle of Fallen Timbers
• Early America's Bloodiest Battle
• 'Mad Anthony' Wayne at Fallen Timbers
• Midwest Woodland Indians
• Wayne's March Through Van Wert County in August 1794

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Russo-Turkish Wars 1772-1812: 

• Attack Along the Danube : The Russo-Turkish War of 1810
• The Battle of Lemnos 1807AD

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Napoleonic:

General:

• 1789-1815 – In French
• Campaigns, Battles and Events of the Napoleonic Wars
• The Campaigns of Napoleon 1805-1814
• Denmark and Great Britain 1801-1814
• Denmark’s War with England 1801-1814
• The Evolution of Napoleonic Uniforms
• Flags of the Napoleonic Wars
• France During the French Revolution & Under Napoleon Bonaparte
• Histoire des Uniformes des Troupes Alliées de l'Empire 1804-1814
• Histoire et Figurines Napoleonic Uniforms
• Historex Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars
• King's German Legion Online
• The Last Gentleman’s War : Napoleonic Battlefields and Tactics
• The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Imperial Guard
• International Napoleonic Society
• Maps of the Napoleonic Wars – From the West Point Military Academy website
• Napitalia – Italy in the Napoleonic Wars
• Napoleon 1^st
• Napoleon Bonaparte’s Army
• Napoleon in Battle
• Napoleonic Notes and Sources
• Napoleon Online
• The Napoleon Series – A brilliant source of information on the campaigns, armies and battles of Napoleon.
• Napoleon Series – No you’re not seeing double. Two websites with very similar ideas and names. Both worth a look.
• Napoleonic Campaigns
• Napoleonic Gallery
• The Napoleonic Guide
• Napoleonic Literature
• The Napoleonic Museum
• Napoleonic Titles & Heraldry
• The Napoleonic War Series - Part of the War Times Journal Site
• The Napoleonic Wargames Pages
• Napwars II
• Prussian Artillery 1792-1848
• Prussian Hussars
• Russian Army 1805-1815
• Les Uniformes de l’Armee Francaise
• Uniforms of the French Army 1800-1815
• Wellington’s Men : 1802 British Army Dress Regulations

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Personalities:

General :

• Leaders of the Napoleonic Wars

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British :

• The Memoirs of Sir Harry Smith
• The Nelson Society
• Sir Arthur Wellesley The Duke of Wellington
• Vice Admiral Lord Nelson

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French :

• Admiral Pierre Villeneuve – The French Commander at Trafalgar
• Chronology of Napoleon's Life
• Commanders of the 1^st Corps Armee du Nord
• Davout, Louis Nicolas
• Loison, General
• Napoleon
• Napoleon's Marshals
• Suchet, Louis-Gabriel,duc d'Albufera

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Russian :

• Bagration, Pyotr Ivanovich
• Barclay de Tolly, Mikhail Bogdanovich
• Bennigsen,Count Leontii Leontievich
• Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich
• Russian Generals and Naval Commanders of the Napoleonic Epoch

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Naval:

• Actions at Sea in the Napoleonic Era
• The Battle of Camperdown 1797AD
• The Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805AD
• The Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797AD
• The Battle of Copenhagen 1801AD
• The Battle of Copenhagen – Nelson’s Report
• The Battle of Copenhagen : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of the Nile 1798AD
• The Battle of the Nile
• The Battle of the Nile – A  Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of the Nile : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Trafalgar 1805AD
• The Battle of Trafalgar - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Trafalgar : Graphic – A very nice animated map of the events.
• The Battle of Trafalgar : Royal Navy Order of Battle
• The Battle of Trafalgar : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• British Warship Losses in Danish-Norwegian Waters 1807-1814
• The Glorious 1^st of June
• The Napoleonic Naval Page
• Nelson’s Dispatch on the Battle of the Nile - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Royal Navy During the Napoleonic Era

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The War of the 1^st Coalition 1792-1797:

• The Battle of Valmy 1792AD
• The Battle of Wurzburg 1796AD – Includes maps and orders of battle.
• Battles of the Revolutionary Era
• Campaigns, Battles and Events of the French Revolutionary Wars
• French Farce at Fishguard
• The War of the 1^st Coalition
• War of 1^st Coalition : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website

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Egypt and Syria 1798-1801:

• Expedition to Egypt and Syria : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website

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The War of the 2^nd Coalition 1799-1802:

• The Battle of Marengo 1800AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• War of the 2^nd Coalition : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website

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The War of the 3^rd Coalition 1805:

• Austerlitz 2005 – Preparing for the bicentenary of the battle this site is full of useful information.
• The Austrian War of 1805 – from the Campaigns of Napoleon Website
• The Battle of Austerlitz 1805AD – a small site but with some very nice maps.
• The Battle of Austerlitz – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Elchingen 1805AD
• The Engagement at Haslach-Jungingen 1805 – A very useful little site with a map and photos of some of the buildings from the battle.
• War of the 3^rd Coalition : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website

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The War of the 4^th Coalition 1806-1807:

• The Battle of Auerstadt 1806AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Eylau 1807AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Jena 1806AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Conquest of Prussia and the Polish Campaign – from the Campaigns of Napoleon Website
• The Eylau Campaign 1806-1807 – From the Napoleonic Wargames Pages
• The Jena Campaign of 1806 – Including interactive guides and maps – From the Napoleonic Wargames Pages
• Orders of Battle for Jena & Auerstadt
• War of the 4^th Coalition : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website

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Peninsular Wars 1807-1814:

• The Action at Tamames 1809AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Baden Army at the Battle of Talavera – From the Napoleon Series website
• The Battle of Albuera 1811AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Albuera
• The Battle of Almarez 1812AD
• The Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos 1811AD
• The Battle of Bailen 1808AD
• The Battle of Barrosa 1811AD
• The Battle of Barrosa
• The Battle of Baylen 1809AD : Spanish Order of Battle
• The Battle of Busaco 1810AD
• The Battle of Busaco : Loison’s Attack
• The Battle of Busaco : Ney’s Attack
• The Battle of Corunna 1807AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Ciudad Rodrigo - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Fuentes de Onero 1811AD
• The Battle of Medellin 1809AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of the Nive River 1813AD
• The Battle of the Nivelle River 1813AD
• The Battle of Oporto 1809 AD – A very brief description of the battle
• The Battle of Orthes 1814AD
• The Battle of Pamplona - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of the Pyrenees 1813AD
• The Battle of Rolica 1808 AD
• The Battle of Rolica – Map and brief description of battle.
• The Battle of Saguntum 1811AD
• The Battle of Sahagun 1808AD
• The Battle of Salamanca 1812AD
• The Battle of Salamanca
• The Battle of Salamanca (1) - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Salamanca (2) - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Talavera 1809 AD
• The Battle of Toulouse 1814AD
• The Battle of Vimeiro 1808 AD
• The Battle of Vimiero – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle at Vimeiro - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Vimeiro
• The Battle of Vittoria 1813AD
• The Battle of Vittoria
• The Crossing of the Duoro 1809AD
• The Defence of Tarifa 1811AD
• The Fall of Badajoz 1812AD
• The First battle at Badajoz 1811 - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Lines at Torres Vedres 1810AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Peninsular War 1808-1814
• Peninsular War : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website
• Peninsular War Primer
• The Polish Vistula Legion
• The Retreat to Corunna
• The Second Battle of Badajoz 1812AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• Short Barrels and Long Bumpers – The History of the 95^th Rifles
• The Siege of Cuidad Rodrigo 1812AD
• The Siege of San Sebastian 1813AD
• Skirmishing at Almeida 1810AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• Talavera
• The War of Independence in Aragon

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The Austrian Campaign of 1809:

• The Army of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw 1809
• The Austrian Campaign : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website
• The Austrian War of 1809 – from the Campaigns of Napoleon Website
• The Attack and Capture of Ratisbon 1809AD
• The Battle of Aspern-Essling 1809AD
• The Battle of Aspern-Essling : Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Wagram 1809AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Eckmühl Campaign 1809 – From the Napoleonic Wargames Pages
• Napoleonic Austrian Interactive Uniform Guide – From the Napoleon Museum website
• Polish Troops of the 1809 Campaign
• The Polish Vistula Legion
• Uniforms of Duchy of Warsaw

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The Northern Wars 1808-1809:

• Napoleonic Swedish Army
• The Russian – Swedish War 1808-1809
• The Russian-Swedish War 1808-1809 The Scandinavian Campaign
• The Russo-Swedish War of 1808 -09

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The War Against Russia 1812-1813:

• The Battle of Borodino 1812AD
• The Battle of Borodino – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Polotsk 1812AD
• The Battle of Pudubno 1812AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Smolensk 1812AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Utitsa 1812AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Lithuanian Military Under Napoleon
• Napoleon Bonaparte Battles Russia
• Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia in 1812 – with some very interesting graphics illustrating the losses in the Napoleonic Army
• Napoleon’s Lithuanian Forces
• 1812 : Napoleon's March to Russia
• Organization of the Russian Army 1812
• The Russian Campaign : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website
• Russian Infantry 1812
• The Russian War of 1812 – from the Campaigns of Napoleon Website
• The Virtual Battle of Borodino

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Italy:

• The Battle of Maida 1806AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Piave 1809AD – An excellent article from the Napoleon Series website
• Italian Line Infantry 1807-1814
• Napoleonic Italian Unit Histories – From the Napoleon Museum website

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The Wars of Liberation 1813-1814:

• The Battle of Craonne 1814AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Dresden 1813AD
• The Battle of Grossbeeren 1813AD
• The Battle of Hanau 1813AD – A very useful little site with photos of some of the buildings from the battle.
• The Battle of Leipzig 1813AD – A very useful little site with a map and photos of some of the buildings from the battle.
• The Battle of Leipzeig – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Liebertwolwitz 1813AD
• The 1814 Campaign in France
• The Campaign in France 1814 – from the Campaigns of Napoleon Website
• The German Struggle for Liberty 1806-1813
• The German War of Liberation  – from the Campaigns of Napoleon Website
• Leipzig : The Battle of Nations
• The Wars of Liberation (French Campaign) : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website
• The Wars of Liberation (German Campaign) : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website

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Napoleon’s Return 1815:

• The Battle of Ligny 1815AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Quatre Bras 1815AD – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Waterloo 1815AD – Including Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Waterloo – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Battle of Waterloo : Morning Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Waterloo : Afternoon Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Battle of Wavre : 1815AD
• British Foreign & Colonial Troops 1815
• The 100 Days : Battle and Treaty Lists – from the Napoleon Series website
• 3^rd Corps Armee du Nord
• Hougoumont
• Hougoumont : A Battle Within a Battle -
• Hougoumont : Orders of Battle
• 13th Hussars at Waterloo
• Marshal Ney’s Account of the Waterloo Campaign - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Netherlands Forces at Quatre Bras – From the Napoleonic Wargames Pages
• The Prince of Orange at Waterloo - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• Prussian General Gneisenau’s Account of the Waterloo Campaign - Translation of an original text from the Documents in Military History site
• Waterloo 1815
• The Waterloo Campaign – From The Life and Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
• The Waterloo Campaign : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History

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The War of 1812:

• The Battle of Craney Island 1812AD
• The Battle of Fort Stephenson 1813AD
• The Battle of Lake Erie 1812AD
• Fort Erie War of 1812
• History and Uniform of the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot
• Maps of the War of 1812 – From the West Point Military Academy website
• The Road to Washington British Army Style
• War of 1812-1814

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African and Asian Wars of the 18^th & 19^th Centuries:

• Invasions of Ahmad Shah Abdali
• The Ethiopian- Egyptian War 1874-1876

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British Nineteenth Century Colonial Wars:

India:

• The Battle of Cawnpoor 1857 AD : Plan – From the Research Press website
• The Battle of Kelat 1839AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Sitabuldi 1817AD
• The Central Indian Campaign 1857-1859 – A very comprehensive article from the Pakistan Defence Journal
• 19^th Century British & Indian Armies
• The Epic of the Race : India 1857
• India 1857: Map
• The Indian Revolt
• The Lucknow Campaign 1857-1858 – From the Pakistan Defence Journal
• 2^nd Maharatta War 1803-1805
• 3^rd Maharatta War 1817-1818
• Maharatta Wars
• Mutiny at Vellore 1806AD
• Operations in Lucknow 1857-1958 : Plan – From the Research Press website
• Plan of Delhi 1857 – From the Research Press website
• Regimental Histories of Units Serving in India
• The Sepoy War of 1857

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The Opium Wars:

• A Short History of the Opium Wars
• A Battle with Chinese Pirates 1855 – An original text from the Documents in Military History site

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Afghan Wars

• The Action at Ahmed Khel 1880AD – Map from the University of Texas
• Actions at Kabul 1878AD – Map from the University of Texas
• 3^rd Afghan War: An Introduction
• 1^st Anglo-Afghan War
• The Battle at Charasia 1879AD – An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Kandahar 1878AD – Map from the University of Texas
• The Battle of Maiwand 1880AD
• The Battle of Maiwand
• The Battle of Maiwand – Map from the University of Texas
• Caithness Archives: 2^nd Afghan War
• The Kabul Cantonment 1842 - Map from the University of Texas
• The Storming of Takht-I-Shah Peak 1879AD – An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The War in Afghanistan

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Zulu Wars:

• The Anglo-Zulu War
• Anglo Zulu War Historical Society
• Italian Colonial Wars

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Other European Colonial Wars:

• The 1^st Italo-Abyssinian War 1895-1896
• Italian Colonial Wars
• Emperor Menelik II and The Battle of Adua 1896AD

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South American Revolutionary Wars:

• The Battle of Arica 1880AD
• The Battle of Ayacucho : Order of Battle
• The Battle of Huamachuco 1883AD
• The Battle of Lima 1880AD
• The Battle of Pacocha 1877AD
• The Battle of Pichincha 1822AD
• The Battle of Tarapaca 1879AD
• Bolivar’s British Legion
• The Brena Campaign 1881-1883
• Camerone The French Foreign Legion in Mexico
• Columbia-Ecuador War 1863
• Cuban Liberation Army 1895-1898
• The Huascar - 19th Century Peruvian Ironclad
• Liberation!
• The Mexican Revolution
• Peruvian Military Campaigns of the 19th Century
• The Quito Campaign 1821-1822
• Recitation of the Battle of Camerone
• South American Liberators
• South American Military History – An excellent site covering the main revolutionary and independence wars of the 19^th Century
• South American Uniforms – In Spanish
• The Wars in Venezuela

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The Dutch-Belgian War: 1830-1831

• The Belgian War of Independence
• The 10 Days Campaign

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The Carlist Wars:

• The Carlist Wars
• The First Carlist War    
• The First Carlist War –Texas site concerned with Augustus Carl Büchel’s part in the war

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The US-Mexican War: 1846-1848

• The Battle of Buena Vista 1847AD – Commentary with sketches
• The Battle of Buena Vista – An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Buena Vista – The official report from the commanding officer to the US Secretary of War
• The Battle of Buena Vista – A very good overview of the battle.
• The Battle of Buena Vista: Map – From The Military Society of the Mexican War site
• The Battle of Cerro Gordo 1847AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the US Secretary of War
• The Battle of El Molino del Rey 1847AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the US Secretary of War
• The Battle of Monterrey 1846AD – Commentary with sketches
• The Battle of Monterrey  – The official report from the commanding officer to the Adjutant General
• The Battle of Monterrey – An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Palo Alto 1846AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the Adjutant General
• The Battle of Palo Alto – An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Palo Alto: Map – From The Military Society of the Mexican War site
• The Battle of Resaca de la Palma 1846AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the Adjutant General
• The Battle of Sacremento 1847AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the Adjutant General
• The Battle of the San Gabriel River 1847AD – A short piece on the last battle in the US invasion of California
• The Battles for Mexico City 1847AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the US Secretary of War
• The Battles of Contreras and Churubusco 1847AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the US Secretary of War
• The Battles of Monterrey and Cerro Gordo – A comparison of the tactics used in the two battles
• The Battles of Palo Alto and La Resaca – A translation of an original Mexican text from the Documents in Military History site
• The 14^th Infantry in the Mexican War
• Invasion Yanqui – The war from the Mexican perspective. A comprehensive and well developed site.
• Key events in the Mexican-American War
• Mexican-American War Memorial Homepage
• The Mexican War
• The Military Society of the Mexican War
• The Siege of Fort Texas 1846AD – The official report from the commanding officer to the Assistant Adjutant General
• The US-Mexican War – A very good site which includes the official battle reports (see above) and various maps.
• The US-Mexican War 1846-1848

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The Indian Wars

• The Battle of the Washita 1868AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Dakota Uprising 1862
• Little Big Horn
• Report of the Battle of Little Big Horn - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Seminole Wars
• The Seminole Wars - An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Seminole Wars : Map of operations

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The 'Wild' West:

• The Old West Index Page
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame

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The Year of Revolutions 1848:

• The Hungarian War for Freedom
• Springtime of Nations

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The Three Years War:

• The Battle of Bov 1848AD
• The Battle of Frederica 1849AD
• The Battle of Isted 1850AD
• The Battle of Schleswig 1848AD
• The Fight at Lottorf 1850AD
• The Fight at Oeversee 1848AD
• The Revolution of 1848: Conflict of Nationalities
• The 1^st Schleswig-Holstein War
• The Schleswig Wars 1848-50 & 1864
• The Skirmish at Mysund 1848AD
• The Three Years War 1848-1851

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The Crimea

• Balaklava – with nice graphics illustrating the Charge of the Light Brigade
• The Battle of Alma 1854AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of the Alma
• The Battle of Alma – including many photos of the battlefield as it is today
• The Battle of Alma : Orders of Battle
• The Battle of Balaklava 1854AD
• The Battle of Balaklava
• The Battle of Inkerman 1854AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Inkerman
• Chronology of Events in the Crimean War
• The Crimean War
• Crimean Texts Website
• Crimean War Articles – An extensive collection of articles and essays on the war by John Barham
• Crimean War Research Society
• Earl of Luccan on Balaklava - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• General Order after the Fall of Sebastopol – A Translation of a Russian text from the Documents in Military History site.
• 13^th Hussars at Balaclava
• Lord Raglan’s Balaclava Dispatch
• The Siege of Balaclava 1854AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Siege of Sebastopol : Map – From Gardiner’s Atlas of English History
• The Siege of Sebastopol : Map – Another plan, this time from the Research Press website
• Sveaborg and the Crimean War

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Wars of Italian Unification:

• Austrian Army of the South in 1866
• The Battle of Custoza 1866AD – A wargaming page with a good history of the battle
• The Battle of Magenta 1859AD
• The Battle of Solferino 1859AD – a series of original accounts from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Solferino
• Curtatone and Montanara
• The Defeat of the Piedmontese 1849 – As seen by Engels (So not exactly an unbiased account)
• The Engagements at Vigevano and Mortara – Again as reported by Engels.
• Expedition of the Thousand 1860
• The Franco-Austrian War of 1859
• Garibaldi’s Unification of Italy
• The Italian Campaign of 1859
• Italian Unification 1815-1871 – A good overview of the whole period.
• 1^st Italian War of Independence
• The Risorgimento
• The Siege of Rome 1849AD
• 2^nd War of Italian Unification

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American Civil War:

General:

• American Battlefield Protection Program
• The American Civil War
• The American Civil War
• American Civil War Homepage
• American Civil War Index
• American Civil War Timeline
• The Army of Virginia & The Army of the Potomac
• Battles of the American Civil War
• Civil War Indiana
• Civil War Letters
• The Civil War in the Lower Mississippi River Valley
• The Civil War in Tennessee
• Civil War Maps Collection
• Civil War News
• Civil War Photographs
• Geology and the Civil War – As a geologist I couldn’t resist this one
• Illinois Civil War Project
• Major Battles of the American Civil War
• Maps of the American Civil War – From the West Point Military Academy website
• Manassas National Battlefield Park
• Michigan in the Civil War
• Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
• US Civil War Centre
• US Civil War Network
• The War for States Rights
• West Virginia in the Civil War
• Zouves in Kepi Uniform Guide
• Zouaves in Fez Uniform Guide

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1861:

• The Battle of Bull Run (1^st Manassas)
• The Battle of Carthage 1861AD
• The Battle of Lexington 1861AD
• The Battle of 1^st Manassas 1861AD – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Rich Mountain 1861AD
• The Battle of Wilson’s Creek 1861AD – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Wilson’s Creek
• The Battle of Wilson’s Creek : Map
• Manassas National Battlefield : 1^st Battle of Manassas – Includes maps and photos

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1862:

• Accounts of the Battle of Fair Oaks
• Animated Antietam Battle Map
• Antietam – America’s Bloodiest Day
• Antietem Archives
• The Battle of Antietam 1862AD - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Antietam – A very comprehensive site
• The Battle of Antietam – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Antietam – Another excellent site covering this battle
• The Battle of Cedar Mountain 1862AD – Nice Graphics
• The Battle of Cedar Mountain - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Cedar Mountain – A detailed account of the part played by the 27^th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
• The Battle of Corinth Information Database
• The Battle of Cross Keys 1862AD – An account by a Union artilleryman 
• The Battle of Elk Horn Tavern 1862AD
• The Battle of Fair Oaks 1862AD
• The Battle of Fair Oaks – A very detailed account with photos and maps
• The Battle of Fredericksburg 1862AD
• The Battle of Fredericksburg - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Fredericksburg : Map
• The Battle of Fredericksburg
• The Battle of Fredericksburg – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Kernstown 1862AD - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of 2^nd Manassas 1862AD – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Mill Springs 1862AD
• The Battle of New Madrid 1862AD
• The Battle of Perryville 1862AD
• The Battle of Perryville – From a geologist’s point of view!!!
• The Battle of Perryville – Huge amounts of useful information
• The Battle of Port Republic 1862AD
• The Battle of Richmond 1862AD
• The Battle of Secessionville 1862AD
• The Battle of South Mountain 1862AD
• The Battle of South Mountain – An account from the Confederate side
• The 1^st Battle of Winchester 1862AD – A series of contemporary accounts
• The 1^st Battle of Winchester – A detailed account of the part played by the 27^th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
• Carnage at Antietam : Eyewitness Accounts – From the Eyewitness website
• Crampton’s Gap
• Manassas National Battlefield : 2^nd Battle of Manassas – Includes maps and photos
• Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association
• The Siege and Battle of Corinth 1862AD

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1863:

• The Battle of Buffington Island 1863AD
• The Battle of Champion Hill 1863AD
• The Battle of Chancellorsville 1863AD - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Chancellorsville – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Chancellorsville
• The Battle of Chattanooga 1863AD – A Photo Documentary
• The Battle at Chattanooga – Plenty of interesting links to different aspects of the battle
• The Battle of Chattanooga – From the Blue and Grey page. Includes a very good map.
• The Battle for Chattanooga
• The Battle for Chattanooga – Including a very detailed timeline of the battle
• The Battle of the Chickamauga 1863AD
• The Battle of Chickamauga – An excellent and comprehensive site
• The Battle of Chickamauga – Another excellent site
• The Battle of Chickamauga – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Chickamauga – A contemporary report on the battle
• The Battle of Chickamauga and Chattanooga
• The Battle of Gettysburg : Eyewitness Accounts – From the Eyewitness website
• The Battle of Gettysburg Resource Centre
• The Battle of Gettysburg – Photographs and commentary
• The Battle of Gettysburg – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Port Hudson 1863AD – A short account of part of the battle
• The Battle of Vicksburg 1863AD - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Vicksburg : The Key to Victory
• The 2^nd Battle of Winchester 1863AD
• The Chattanooga Campaign 1863AD – Official records and Battle description
• Ewell Seizes the Day at Winchester
• Gettysburg Photographic Tour
• Gettysburg Resources
• Military History Online : The Battle of Gettysburg
• Port Hudson
• The Siege of Port Hudson 1863AD – A good site for resources and pictures
• The Siege of Port Hudson
• The Siege of Port Hudson : Map
• The Siege of Vicksburg 1863AD – Official records and Battle description
• Three Days at Gettysburg

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1864:

• The Battle of Bloody Bridge1864AD
• The Battle of Cedar Creek 1864AD
• The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain 1864AD - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Mansfield 1864 AD
• The Battle of Mansfield – Battle Map
• The Battle of Mansfield – A first hand account
• The Battle of Nashville 1864AD – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
• The Battle of Nashville – An account by the Officer Commanding 21^st Missouri Infantry
• The Battle of New Market 1864AD – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of New Market
• The Battle of Olustee 1864AD
• The Battle of Olustee – Battle Map
• The Battle of Petersburg 1864 - 1865 AD - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Petersburg
• The Battle of Piedmont 1864AD
• The Battle of Pickett's Mill 1864AD
• The Battle of Pilot Knob 1864AD
• The Battle of the Wilderness 1864AD – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of the Wilderness – Contemporary Diary Account
• The Battle of the Wilderness Virtual Tour
• The Battle of the Wilderness – Contemporary Battle report
• The 3^rd Battle of Winchester 1864AD – A contemporary Confederate account
• The 3^rd Battle of Winchester – An overview
• The Last Campaign of the Army of Tennessee 1864
• Siege Map of Petersburg

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1865:

• The Battle of Bentonville 1865AD - The Official Battlefield website
• The Battle of Five Forks 1865AD
• The Battle of Munroe's Crossroads 1865AD - The Official Battlefield website

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Naval:

• The Battle of Hampton Roads 1862AD – Official records and Battle description
• The Battle of Hampton Roads and the History of the Ironclads
• The Battle of Hampton Roads – A contemporary account from the Baltimore ‘American’
• Confederate Ship List
• Index of Civil War Naval forces
• Ironclads and Blockade Runners of the American Civil War
• US Naval Vessels of the Civil War

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Units:

Union by State:

• 18th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

• 2^nd Florida Cavalry : Florida Rangers

• 13^th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
• 14^th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
• 27^th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry

• 10^th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
• 53^rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

• 16^th Regiment Michigan Infantry
• 2^nd Michigan Cavalry

• 5^th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry : Duryee’s Zouaves
• 44^th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry : The Normal School Company
• 64^th Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry
• 76^th Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry
• 79^th Highlander Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
• 88^th Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry – 2^nd Regiment Irish Brigade
• 111^th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
• 13^th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery

• 5^th Regiment Ohio Infantry
• 66^th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
• 110^th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
• 126^th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
• 6^th Ohio Cavalry
• 1^st Ohio Light Artillery
• 12th Ohio Independent Battery

• 71^st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
• 72^nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
• 91^st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
• 103^rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
• 205^th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

• 1^st Regiment Rhode Island Infantry
• 3^rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
• 5^th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery

• 2^nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
• 3^rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
• 7^th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
• 11^th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry
• 15^th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
• 20^th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
• 21^st Regiment Wisconsin Infantry
• 28^th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
• 42^nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

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Confederate by State:

• 19^th Alabama Infantry Regiment

• 2^nd Florida Cavalry

• The Georgia Brigade
• 12^th Georgia Artillery Battalion
• 32^nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

• 1^st Kentucky Brigade
• 1^st Kentucky Cavalry

• 16^th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

• 7^th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
• 18^th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
• 20^th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

• 13^th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• 18^th South Carolina Infantry Regiment

• 2^nd Texas Infantry Regiment
• 10^th Texas Infantry Regiment
• 11^th Texas Infantry Regiment

• Civil War Virginians of the Allegheny Highlands
• 42^nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
• 54^th Virginia Infantry Regiment

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Danish-Prussian War:

• The Battle of Dybboel 1864AD
• The Battle of Helgoland 1864AD
• The War of 1864

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Austro-Prussian War:

• The Battle of Burkersdorf 1866AD – The Wyre Forest Wargaming club provide a good history of the battle
• The Battle of Gitschin 1866AD – The Wyre Forest Wargaming club provide a good history of the battle
• The Battle of Langensalza 1866AD – The Wyre Forest Wargaming club provide a good history of the battle
• The Battle of Lissa 1866AD
• The Battle of Skalitz 1866AD
• The Battle of Trautenau 1866AD – The Wyre Forest Wargaming club provide a good history of the battle
• The Battle of Vis 1866AD
• The Austrian Army of the North 1866
• The Austrian Army of the South 1866
• The Royal Saxon Army Corps 1866
• The Seven Weeks War

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Franco-Prussian War:
 

• Administration of the Prussian Army  - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The Battle of Borny-Colonbey 1870AD
• The Battle of Worth 1870AD - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.
• The France-Prussian War
• Franco-Prussian War Timeline
• Issy Fort During the Siege of Paris
• The Siege and Commune of Paris – Photographic Collection

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Serbo-Turkish War:

• Serbo-Turkish War 1876AD

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Russo-Turkish War:

• Battle of Plevna 1877AD
• The Plevna Delay – An excellent article dealing with the influence of repeating rifles on this battle
• The Romanian Army of the Russo-Turkish War
• The Russian Advance on the Turks - An original text from the Documents in Military History site.

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Serbo-Bulgarian War:

• Battle of Slivnitza 1885AD

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The Sino-Japanese War:

• The Battle of Yalu 1894AD
• The Battle of Yalu
• A Very Short History of the Sino-Japanese War

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Spanish-American War:

• The Battle of Cavite 1898AD
• The Battle of El Caney 1898AD
• The Battle of Manila Bay 1898AD
• The Battle of Manila Bay – Selected Images
• The Battle of San Juan 1898AD
• The Battle of San Juan Hill – A personal account
• The Battle of Santiago de Cuba 1898AD
• The Battle of Santiago de Cuba
• The Battle of Santiago de Cuba – A personal account
• The Battle of Santiago – An original text from the Documents in Military History site
• The Battle of Santiago – A second account from the Documents in Military History site
• Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill
• Chronology of the Spanish-American War
• Commodore Dewey and the Spanish-American War
• Maps of the Spanish-American War – From the West Point Military Academy website
• Order of Battle of the US Army in the Spanish American War
• The Phillipines Campaign
• Remember the Maine
• Santiago de Cuba Campaign Order of Battle
• Spanish-American War (1)
• Spanish-American War (2)
• Spanish American War Ships – Selected Images
• Spanish Orders of Battle 1898
• US Annexation of Philippines 1898
• The World of 1898

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Boer War:

• The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
• Australia in the Boer War
• The Battle of Ladysmith 1899-1900
• The Battle of Paardeberg 1900AD
• British Order of Battle at Colenso
• General Botha at the Battle of Colenso
• The Siege of Mafeking 1899-1900
• South African War Virtual Library
• A Summary of the Anglo-Boer War
• The Tegula Campaign

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20th Century:

General:

• The Command Post
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission – A site everyone should visit to give some perspective to these pages.
• Defending Victoria
• The Regimental Rogue

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The Boxer Rebellion:

• The Boxer Rebellion
• The Boxer Rebellion of 1900

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Russo-Japanese War:

• The Battle of Tsushima 1905AD
• The Battle of Tsushima : Orders of Battle
• Battleship Makisa
• History of the Russian Navy : The Russo-Japanese War
• Picturecard Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima – Excellent site with pictures of many of the ships and a record of the battle
• Russian Propoganda Posters
• The Russo-Japanese Conflict : Its Causes and Issues
• Russo-Japanese War 1904-05
• Russo-Japanese War – From the Xenophon Website
• Russo-Japanese War Factbook
• Russo-Japanese War Ramblings
• Russo-Japanese War Research Society
• Treaty of Portsmouth 1905
• Vladivostok Fortress During the Russo-Japanese War

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The Balkan Wars:

• The Battle of Kumanovo 1912AD

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World War I :

General:

• Australian War Memorial
• The Austro-Hungarian Army 1848-1918
• The British Army in the Great War
• Campaigns of the AIF
• The Canadian Great War Homepage
• Chronology of the First World War
• Commanders of Austro-Hungary in WW1
• The Doughboy Centre - The History of the AEF
• The Great European & World War
• The Great War (1)
• The Great War (2)
• The Great War Association
• The Great War Society (UK)
• The Great War Society (US)
• Major Battles of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in WW1
• Major Battles of WW1
• Photos of the Great War
• Maps of WW1 – From the West Point Military Academy website
• New Zealand & The Great War
• Trenches on the Web
• Western Front Association
• WWI Documents Archive

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Western Front

• An Unfortunate Region - Battlefields of WWI
• The Attack on Houthulst Forest 1917AD
• 1^st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment in the Great War
• The Battle of Arras 1917AD – From the perspective of the 50^th Division
• The Battle of Belleau Wood 1918AD
• The Battle of Chateau Thierry 1918AD
• The Battle of Liege 1914AD
• The 2^nd Battle of the Marne 1918AD
• The Battle of the Marne and Lys – From the perspective of the 50^th Division
• The Battle of Messines 1917AD
• The Battle of Messines and Mine Warfare
• The Battle of the Somme – From the perspective of the 50^th Division
• The 1^st Battle of Ypres 1914AD – A commentary by John Buchan
• The 3^rd Battle of Ypres 1917AD
• Battles on the Western Front 1914-1918
• Belgian Armoured Cars – Original photos and drawings
• The Belgian Fortress of Antwerp 1914
• British and US Troops at the 2^nd Battle of the Marne
• The Canadians at Vimy Ridge
• The Fortification of Antwerp
• Hellfire Corner
• In the Trenches – Large number of primary sources
• The 16^th Irish Division in the Great War
• Marshall Joffre’s Report on the Battle of the Marne
• Night Trench Raid on Bucquoy
• 7^th Northumberland Fusiliers in the Great War
• The Old Contemptibles
• Royal Dublin Fusiliers in WW1
• The Siege of Antwerp 1914AD
• The Siege and Fall of Antwerp – News articles and photo galleries
• The Ypres Homepage

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Eastern Front:

• Actions at Kosturino 1915AD
• The Battle of Cer 1914AD
• The Battle of Gumbinnen 1914AD
• The Battle of Kajmakcalan 1916AD
• The Battle of Kolubara 1914AD
• The Battle of Lodz 1914AD
• The Battle of Tannenberg 1914AD
• The Brusilov Offensive 1916AD – Some interesting English here but worth a look for some background to this neglected period.
• The Bulgarian Entry into the War 1915AD
• The Eastern Front 1914-1917 – An excellent overview from the War Times Journal
• The Gorlice Offensive 1915AD
• Orders of Battle of the Romanian Royal Army
• Orders of Battle : Galicia 1914AD
• Orders of Battle : Serbia 1914AD
• Salonika Campaign Society

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Middle East & Caucasus:

• The Battle of Ctesiphon 1915AD
• The Battle of Erzincan 1916AD – From the Western Front Association website
• The Battle of Sarikamish 1914-1915AD
• Gallipoli

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Italy: