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Alexandra Redoubt is a fortification of the New Zealand Wars, located at Tuakau, New Zealand. Overlooking the Waikato River, it was built to protect the British supply routes during the Invasion of the Waikato. Erected in July 1863, it was garrisoned until October the following year at which time it was abandoned.
In March 2017, a nude photo scandal in the United States Armed Forces was uncovered after it was reported by the Center for Investigative Reporting and The War Horse. [1] In early reporting, it was believed that the scandal was contained to only the Marine Corps, but was subsequently revealed to involve the rest of the military.
A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast or shoulder height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position. [1] [2] A more permanent structure, normally in stone, would be described as a parapet or the battlement of a castle wall.
Pillboxes (military) (12 P) R. Redoubts (2 C, 38 P) S. ... Pages in category "Fortifications by type" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.
1910s Turkish Fortifications at Salah El Din Castle, South Sinai. [ 7 ] 1960s and 1970s Egyptian Defensive fortifications built by Egyptian Armed forces during the Attrition war on the Western bank of Suez Canal and Bar Lev Line of fortifications on Eastern side of Suez Canal (by Israel occupation forces).
Declassified photos taken by Cold War-era spy satellites have revealed hundreds of previously unknown Roman-era forts, in what is now Iraq and Syria, a new study found.
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make"). [1] Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico.
This is a list of fortifications past and present, a fortification being a major physical defensive structure often composed of a more or less wall-connected series of forts. Individual fortifications