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Turkish Warriors Tamerlane Tamerlane, the English name for Timur Leng (“Timur the Lame”) (1336-1405), is often regarded as a reincarnation of Genghis (Jenghiz, Chinggis) Khan (1167?-1227), but he was a Turk of the Barlas clan, not a Mongol; a conservative Muslim, he was, not like Genghis, tolerant of other religions, and, though intellectually vigorous and […]

A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter takes off from FOB Bostick in eastern Afghanistan’s Naray district . A local gives this 45 Commando WMIK Land Rover Defender a cautious wave. Although unarmoured, these vehicles were able to lay down a heavy rate of fire and were actually liked by their crews as they offered 360-degree […]

With the outbreak of the CIVIL WAR (1861-65), many of the frontier regulars were transferred east to fight the Confederates. In the absence of the regulars, states and territories turned to volunteer and militia units to deal with the Indians. Thus, many of the major engagements against the Indians during the Civil War years-including the […]

Soldiers of the Crimean War The wave of revolutions that swept Europe in 1848 further convinced Nicholas of the danger of instability, leading him to crack down domestically. This succeeded: Russia and Britain were the only two powers to escape upheaval in 1848. He had limited opportunities to use Russian military power against the 1848 […]

King Andrew II died on 21 September 1235. Two years earlier he had lost his second wife, Yolande de Courtenay, sister of Robert and Baldwin II, Latin emperors of Constantinople. Although nearing sixty, he contracted a third marriage with Beatrice, the young daughter of the marquis of Este. Upon Andrew’s death, the widow, who was […]