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e. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States was a drill manual written by Inspector General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben during the American Revolutionary War. Commissioned to train troops at Valley Forge, Steuben first formed a model drill company of 100 men who were in turn to train further companies until ...
Gunstock war club. The gunstock club or gun stock war club is an indigenous weapon used by many Native American groupings, named for its similar appearance to the wooden stocks of muskets and rifles of the time. [1] Gunstock clubs were most predominantly used by Eastern Woodland, Central and Northern Plains tribes in the 18th and 19th centuries.
James Holland FRHistS (born 27 June 1970) is an English popular historian, author and broadcaster, who specialises in the history of the Second World War. Holland has written novels and non-fiction history books focusing on the Second World War, and presented documentaries for television and radio. He is the co-founder and co-chair of the ...
Each is but a day away from joining the nuclear club. That day is when their leaders stop believing the president of the United States will come to their aid. This is why I fear a second Trump term.
The Axis of Time trilogy is an alternative history series of novels written by Australian journalist and author John Birmingham, from Macmillan Publishing. [1] [2] [3]The novels deal with the radical alteration of the history of World War II and the socio-historical changes that result when a technologically advanced naval task force from the year 2021 is accidentally transported back through ...
Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience (UP of Mississippi, 2007) online; Glasson, William Henry. History of military pension legislation in the United States (Columbia UP, 1900) online. Glasson, William H. "The State Military Pension System of Tennessee." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 18.3 (1901 ...
The Second World War is a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill. Churchill labelled the "moral of the work" as follows: "In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill". [2] These had been the words which he had suggested for the First World War ...
Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben (German: [fɔn ˈʃtɔʏbm̩]), was a Prussian military officer who played a leading role in the American Revolutionary War by reforming the Continental Army into a disciplined and ...