Sunday, December 19, 2010

Warriors in History

Roman Imperial Legionary
Roman Empire / 1 AD to 393 AD
With the end of the civil wars which left Augustus as the undisputed ruler of the Roman world, a professional army was created in the form of the Imperial legionary

Roman Imperial Centurion
Roman Empire / 27 BC to 393 AD
The officer commanding a century in the ancient Roman army. A century was made up of 100 men, and 60 centuries form a legion. Within each Roman legion, centurions held degrees of rank

Roman Imperial Vexillarius
Roman Empire / 1 AD to 393 AD
The vexillarius takes his name from the type of standard he carries, the vexillum. The vexillum was used as the typical standard or cavalry or infantry for detachments of varying sizes

English Crusade Knight
Third Crusade / 1189 to 1192
In the Medieval Era all the nobles and peasants of the Kingdom of Europe gathered together, in the name of the Holy Cause, to stop the expansion of the Islam

German Landsnecht Pikeman
Mercenary War / c. 1555
This German Landsnecht (foot soldier) was successful Mercenary, evident because he was still alive and because He could afford the best in half armor

French Imperial Army Sergeant Major
Napoleonic War / 1799 to 1813
The elite soldiers of the Napoleon’s Army form the Imperial Guard of Grenadier, which distinguishing themselves for the first time at the battle of Marengo in 1800

British Army Royal Scots Line Infantry
Napoleonic War / 1798 to 1813
The British soldier was defeated by the brave and upstanding troops of Napoleon. However, at the end of the conflict the British troops highly improve especially in the battle of Waterloo

General Simón Bolívar “El Libertador”
Spanish American Independence / 1810 to 1824
South American revolutionary, military leader, and politician known as the Liberator for his leading role in the wars of Spanish American Independence. Bolívar was responsible for the independence of five countries

US Union Army Corporal
Civil War / 1861 to 1864
The fight between the Union and Confederate soldier “Brothers again brothers” was a sad part of the American history. At the end Abraham Lincoln’s dream won

British Army 24th Foot Roke’s Drift Infantry
Zulu War / 1879 to 1881
The British initially supported the Zulu king, Cetshwayo but later demanded that he disband his army. He refused, and war between the British and the Zulu began in January 1879

African Zulu Warrior
Zulu War / 1879 to 1881
The British troops were fearful by the imposing and powerful Zulu tribe. The Zulu was the tribe, which opposed strongly to the British colonial expansion in Africa in the Victorian time

US Army Doughboy Sergeant
World War I / 1917 to 1918
The 82nd Division “All American” symbolized the effort that every US soldier made in order to provide vigor and hope necessary for Allied Victory

Imperial German Army Infantry
World War I / 1914 to 1918
The German infantry hoped that a quick conquest of France would secure the western front and release forces to fight in the east, but the Germans encountered greater resistance in Belgium than expected

German Wehrmacht Infantry 
World War II / 1939 to 1945
The Wehrmacht were the “Enforcing Machine” of unquenchable thirst for the conquest of Europe and beyond created by Hitler

Imperial Japanese Marine Infantry
World War II / 1942 to 1945
The Japanese Marine held numerous strategic Pacific Island. Such island as Tarawa was a bloody one. Of 4,836 Japanese troops on Tarawa only 17 survived the battle

Red Army Infantry
World War II / 1940 to 1945
The Red Army demonstrated its endurance in the battle of Stalingrad where the Soviets defeat the German Army and stop the German invasion to the East

British 8th Army Infantry
World War II / 1939 to 1945
The British were fighting the Germans in North Africa suffering a lot of defeats. However, when General Montgomery took charged of the 8th Army, he achieved a victory in the Battle of Alamein

US Marine Infantry
World War II / 1942 to 1945
The first US Marines offensive operation was in Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. It was led by Rear Admiral R. Kelly Turner landing 19,000 men of the 1st Marine Division

US Navy Commander
World War II / 1942 to 1945
The Battle of Coral Sea on 7 May 1942 was a draw between the USA and Japan. But, strategically and morally it was a major US Navy victory that came when one was needed most

US Navy “F4U Corsair” Pilot
World War II / 1942 to 1945
The Corsair first entered service in 1942 and was designed as a aircraft carrier fighter. It was able to outperform the primary Japanese fighter, the Mitsubishi A6M "Zero

US Army Infantry
End of the Century Wars / 1985 to 1999
The modern troops participated in conflicts like Granada, Panama and Kosovo. Also, in peace keeping mission likes Bosnia and Somalia

Urban Infentry
Terrorist War / 1999 to Today
Today’s warfare will be take place in the most the important cities of the world. Terrorisms is the enemy of the future

Special Force
Terrorist War / 1999 to Today
The highly trained branch of the any country’s Army, specializing in unconventional or warfare. It reflects the importance tactics in modern revolutionary and political developments around the world

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