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Great Britain. --- Cavalry --- History.
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A thorough examination of the evolution of horsemanship and cavalry over the centuries.
Cavalry --- Horsemanship --- History.
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Lange Zeit war das Phänomen der römischen Kavallerie nur eine Fußnote in der römischen Militärgeschichte. Kein Wunder, denn die Erklärung für die relativ kurze Periode der rein römischen Kavallerieverbände scheint auf einen flüchtigen Blick einleuchtend: Die Römer waren keine besonders guten Kavalleristen und wurden im Zuge der marianischen Reformen zum Wohle des gesamtrömischen Militärapparates durch bessere Kavalleristen ersetzt. Diese gängige These hatte lange Bestand und wurde, vielleicht mangels Interesse oder gerade ob ihrer bequemen Einfachheit, kaum hinterfragt, obwohl doch deutliche A
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Carabiniers were the elite of the heavy horse, and fought in most of Napoleon's greatest battles from Austerlitz to Waterloo. This book incorporates new research and striking illustrations to tell the story of these brave men and detail their uniforms and equipment.
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Nominated for the Royal Historical Society Whitfield Book Prize 2013Nominated for the NYMAS Arthur Goodzeit Book Award 2013Nominated for the SAHR Templer Medal 2013This book provides the first comprehensive study of the British Army's horse services between 1875-1925, including the use of horses in the 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer and the 1914-18 wars. There is a particular focus on the military procurement of horses in relation to the domestic horse breeding industry, foreign supply in times of war, the debate about mechanization versus the horse and an integrated military transport system. During th
Great Britain. --- Cavalry --- History. --- Great Britain --- History, Military
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This is the story of the last mounted American troops to see action in battle, when, in 1941, six-hundred men and their horses held off the Japanese invasion of Luzon in the Philippines just long enough to allow General Douglas MacArthur's forces to withdraw to Bataan. This stirring account of the Philippine campaign is military history at its best.
World War, 1939-1945 --- Campaigns --- Cavalry operations. --- United States.
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Law enforcement --- Cavalry --- Cavalry operations. --- History --- United States --- Texas --- History, Military
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"During the Chickamauga Campaign, General David Stanley's two Union cavalry divisions battled Nathan Bedford Forrest's and Joseph Wheeler's cavalry corps in some of the most difficult terrain for mounted operations. The Federal troopers, commanded by George Crook and Edward McCook, guarded flanks of the advance on Chattanooga, secured the crossing of Tennessee River, then pushed into enemy territory"--
Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863. --- United States. --- United States --- Georgia --- History --- Cavalry operations.
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Revered by some, notorious to others, Nathan Bedford Forrest has long been considered one of the greatest soldiers of the American Civil War. Historian Robert Browning introduces readers to the facts and myths thatsurround this controversial man. Responsible for his family at a young age, Forrest scratched out a living on the frontier wilderness of Tennessee and Mississippi. He quickly developed traitsùself-reliance, decisiveness, and assertivenessùthat would later make him famous. Whether he was stalking a panther or challenging a gun-wielding assailant, Forrest realized that boldness was hal
Generals --- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, --- Confederate States of America. --- United States --- History --- Cavalry operations.
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"George Armstrong Custer rose to prominence during the American Civil War when he was promoted from Captain to Brigadier General in June, 1863. He distinguished himself the Battles of Gettysburg, Buckland Mills, Yellow Tavern, Tom's Brook and Appomattox. After the war, Custer led the 7th U.S. Cavalry on the Plains and met his fate in at the Little Bighorn against Sioux and Cheyenne Warriors."--Provided by publisher.
Custer, George A. --- United States. --- Officers --- United States --- History --- Cavalry operations. --- Campaigns.
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