International Encyclopedia of Military History

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A
Aachen (1944)
Abbas I (1571-1629)
ABC-1 Staff Agreement
Abd el-Kader (1807-83)
Abd el-Krim, Mahommed (1882-1963)
ABDACOM (American-British-Dutch-Australian Command)
Aboukir Bay, Battle of (1798)
Abrams, Gen. Creighton W. (1914-74)
Abwehr
Abyssinia, British Expedition to and Civil War (1867-72)
Abyssinia-Italian Wars (1887, 1895-96, 1935-36; 1941)
Actium (31 B.C.)
Adowa, Battle of (1896)
Adrianople, Battle of (378)
AEGIS Combat System
Afghan Wars (1842, 1878-80, 1919)
Afghanistan War with the Soviet Union (1979-89);
War with Taliban/Al Queda (2001-2002)
African Americans in the U. S. Military
Afrika Korps
Agincourt (1415)
Agricola, Gnaeus Julius (40-94)
Agriculture and War
Aguinaldo, Emilio (1869-1964)
Air and Space Defense
Air Service, U.S.
Air Transport
Air Warfare
Airborne and Airmobility Warfare
Aircraft Carrier
Airships, see also Blimps
Aisne (1914, 1917, 1918)
Akbar (1542-1605)
Alamein (1942)
Alamo, The (1836)
Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo Y Pimental (1507-82)
Albigensian Crusade (1209-13)
Alekseev, Mikhail (1857-1928)
Alesia, Siege of (52 B.C.)
Aleutian Islands (1942/43)
Alexander, Gen. Sir Harold (1891-1969)
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)
Algeria, War of Conquest (1834-49)
Algerian War (1954-1962)
Algiers, Battle of (1957) Q
All-Volunteer Force
Allen, Ethan (1738-89)
Allenby, Field-Marshal Sir Edmund (1861-1936)
Amal
Ambush
American Civil War (1861-65)
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
American Indian Wars (1675-77, 1715, 1702-13, 1754-63,1790-1846, 1855-58, 1866-99)
American Revolutionary War (1775-83)
Amherst, Jeffrey (1717-97)
Amiens (1870, 1918)
Ammunition
Amphibious Warfare
Amritsar (1919)
Anders, Wladyslaw (1892-1970)
Anderson, Richard Heron (1821-79)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-54; 1665-67; 1672-74)
Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil Wars (1916-23)
Anglo-Spanish War (1587-1604)
Angola Civil War (1961-74, 1976-90)
Anson, Adm. Lord George (1697-1762)
Antiaircraft Weapons
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
Antiballistic Missile Defense (ABM)
Antietam (1862)
Antimissile Systems
Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW)
Antitank Warfare
Antony, Mark (83-30 B.C.)
Antwerp, Sieges of (1814; 1832; 1914)
Anual (1921)
Anvil-Dragoon, Operation (1944)
Anzio (1944)
Appomattox (1865)
Aqaba (1917)
Arab Legion Q
Arab-Israeli Wars (1945-95)
Arafat, Yasser (1929- )
Archers and Archery
Arcot (1751)
Arctic and Mountain Warfare
Ardant du Picq, Charles-J. J. J. (1821-70)
Ardennes Offensive (1944-4 5)
Argentine-Brazilian War (1825-28)
Armada,Spanish (1588)
Armed Neutrality
Armenian Massacres (1915)
Armistice
Armor, Body
Armored Car
Armored Personnel Carrier
Arms Control
Arms Race
Arms Trade and Transfer
Army
Arnim, Gen. Hans Jurgen von (1889-1971)
Arnim, Hans Georg von (1581-1641)
Arnold, Air Gen. Henry Harley (1886-1950)
Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801)
Aroostock War (1839)
Arquebus
Arras (1940)
Artillery
Artists, War Art and
Ashanti Wars (1824-31, 1873-74)
Askaris
Assault Artillery
Assyrian Military System
Astray y Terror, Jose Milan
Ataturk, Gen. Mustafa Kemel (1881-1938)
Atlanta, Battle of (1864)
Atlantic, Battle of the (1939-45)
Atlantic Wall, The
Atrocities
Attachés
Attrition (War of)
Auchinleck, Field Marshall Sir Claude (1884-1981)
Augereau, Marshal Pierre (1757-1816)
Augustus, Caesar Octavian (63 B.C.-14 A.D.)
Aumale, Henri d'Orleans (1822-97)
Auranqzeb, Emperor (reigned 1658-1707)
Austerlitz (1805)
Australian Armed Forces
Australian Frontier Wars (1798-1928)
Austria War with France and Piedmont, War of (1859)
Austrian Succession, War of (1740-48)
Austro-Prussian War (1866)
Austro-Russian-Turkish War (1736-39)
AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System)

Babur (1483-1530)
Badajoz (1812)
Badoglio, Field Marshal Pietro (1871-1956)
Bagration, General Petr (1765-1812)
Bailen (1808)
Bailey Bridge
Balaclava (1854)
Balck, Gen. Hermann (1893-1950)
Balkan War (1912-13)
Bandolier
Banks, Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-94)
Bannockburn (1314)
Bar-Lev, Gen. Chaim (1924-94)
Baratieri, Gen. Oreste (1841-1901)
Barbarossa, Khair ed-Din (1483-1546)
Barbarossa, Operation
Barbary Corsairs
Barbary Wars (1801-15)
Barclay de Tolly, Field Marshal Mikhail (1761-1818)
Barfleur and La Hogue (1692)
Barnet (1471)
Bases
Bastogne (1944)
Bataan (1942)
Battalion
Battering Ram
Battle
Battleship
Bay of Pigs (1961)
Bayonet
Bazaine, Marshal Achille (1811-88)
Bazooka
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (1879-1968)
Beatty, Adm. David (1871-1936)
Beaufre, Gen. André (1902-75)
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-93)
Belgian War of Independence (1830-32)
Belisarius (c 500-560)
Belleau Wood, Battle of (1918)
Bengal, Bay of (1942)
Bennett, Lt. Gen. Henry Gordon (1887-1962)
Berlin (1945)
Berlin Airlift (1948-49)
Bernadotte, Marshal Jean Baptiste (1763-1844)
Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1604-39)
Bersaglieri
Berthier, Marshal Alexandre (1753-1815)
Biafra (Nigeria) Civil War (1967-70)
Bigeard, General Marcel (1916- )
Bilbao (1937)
Biological and Chemical Warfare and Weapons
Birdwood, Field Marshal William (1865-1951)
Bismarck, Prince Otto von (1815-98)
Bismarck, Pursuit of (1941)
Bivouac
Black and Tans
Blake, Adm. Robert (1599-1657)
Blamey, Gen. Sir Thomas (1884-1951)
Blenheim (1704)
Blimps and Dirigibles
Blitzkreig
Blockade
Blockhouse
Blomberg, Field Marshall Werner von (1878-1946)
Blood River (1838)
Blücher, Field Marshal Gebhard Wiberecht von (1742-1819)
Blunderbuss
Bock, Gen. Fedor von (1880-1945)
Boeotian War (378-362 B.C.)
Boer Wars (1881, 1899-1902)
Bolivar, Simon (1783-1830)
Bomb
Bombardment
Bomber Command
Bombers
Bor-Komorowski, Gen. Tadeusz (1895-1966)
Borodino (1812)
Bose, Subhas Chandra (1897-1945)
Bosnia War (1991-99)
Bosworth (1485)
Botha, Gen. Louis (1862-1919)
Bougainville
Bourbaki, Gen. Charles (1816-97)
Boxer Rebellion (1900-01)
Boyaca (1819)
Boyne, Battle of the (1690)
Braddock, Edward (1695-1755)
Bradley, Gen. Omar N. (1893-1981)
Bragg, Gen. Braxton (1817-76)
Brainwashing
Brandy Station (1863)
Brandywine (1777)
Braun, Wernher von (1912-77)
Breckinridge, Gen. John (1821-75)
Breda (1590)
Breech-Loading Firearms
Breitenfeld (1631)
Brigade
Britain, Armed Forces, British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Royal Marines
Britain, Battle of (1940)
British Civil Wars (1638-52)
British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
Broadside
Brooke, Field Marshal Alan (Lord Alanbrooke) (1883-1963)
Browne, Gen.Sir Samuel (1824-1901)
Browning Automatic Rifle
Brusilov, Gen. Alexei A. (1853-1926)
Brusilov Offensive (1916)
Buckner, Gen. Simon (1823-1914)
Buena Vista (1847)
Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Marshal Thomas (1784-1849)
Bull Run, First and Second (1861-62)
Buller, Gen. Sir Redvers Henry (1839-1908)
Bullet
Bunker Hill, Battle of (1776)
Burgos (1812)
Burgoyne, Gen. John (1722-92)
Burke, Adm. Arleigh (1901-96) Q
Burma Campaign (1942-45)
Burma Wars (1824; 1852; 1885-1892; 1893; 1895)
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose Everett (1824-81)
Bushido
Byelorussia (1944)
Byng, Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George (1862-1935)
Byzantine Military System

Cadorna, Gen. Luigi (1850-1928)
Caesar, Julius Gaius (c. 102-44 B.C.)
Calais (1346, 1558)
Caliphate Civil Wars (743-762)
Caliphates, Wars of the Early (622-742)
Caliphates, Wars of the Later (778-977)
Cambrai (1917)
Cambronne, Gen. Pierre (1770-1842)
Camden (1780)
Camouflage
Camp Followers
Campbell, Field Marshal Colin (1792-1863)
Camperdown, Battle of (11 Oct 1797)
Canada, Armed Forces
Canaris, Adm. Wilhelm (1887-1945)
Cannae (216 B.C.)
Cannon
Cape St. Vincent (1797)
Capitulation and Surrender
Caporetto (1917)
Carabobo (1821)
Cardigan, James Brudenall, Earl of (1797-1868)
Cardwell, Edward (1813-66)
Carlist Wars (1834-39, 1873-76)
Carnot, Gen. Lazare (1753-1823)
Carolingian Military System
Carrier Warfare
Carthaginian-Syracusan Wars (480, 408-405, 398-396, 393-392,
383-378, 343-339, 311-307, 278-274 B.C.
Casablanca-Oran-Algiers (1942)
Castelnau, Gen. Noel de Curieres de (1851-1944)
Castle
Castries, Gen.Christian de la Croix de (1902-91)
Casualties
Casus Belli
Catapult
Caudine Forks, Battle of (321 B.C.)
Cavalry
Cease Fire
Cemeteries, Military and War Graves
Centurions
Cerro Gordo
Ceylon-China War (1411-40)
Chacabuco (1817)
Chaco War (1932-35)
Chaeronea (338 BC; 86 BC)
Champagne (1814)
Chancellorsville (1863)
Chandragupta (reigned 323-297 B.C.)
Changjin/Chosin Reservoir (1950)
Chanzy, Gen. Antoine (1823-83)
Chapultepec (1847)
Charlemagne (742-814)
Charles, Archduke of Austria (1771-1847)
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500-58)
Charles XII of Sweden (1682-1718)
Charleston (1780)
Chasseurs
Chattanooga (1863)
Chechen War (1994-96; 1999-2000)
Chemical Warfare, see Biological and Chemical Warfare and Weapons
Cheng Ho
Chennault, Air Gen. Claire (1893 -1958)
Chesapeake Campaign (1814)
Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard (1917-1992)
Chetniks
Chevauchée
Chiang Kai-Shek, Gen. (1887-1975)
Chickamauga (1863)
China, Armed Forces
China-Burma Wars 1438-65, 1658-61, 1765-69
Chindits
Chinese (Ch'in Dynasty, Han Dynasty) Military System
Chinese Civil Wars (1916-22; 1926-37; 1945-49)
Chinese Invasion of India (1962) or Sino-Indian War
Chinese Invasion of Tibet (1705-20, 1950-54)
Chu Teh, FM Marshal (1886-1976)
Chuikov, Marshal Vasily (1900-82)
Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
Churubusco and Contreras (1847)
Cipher
Citizen-Soldier
Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)
Civil Defense
Civil Liberties and War
Civil-Military Relations
Clark, Gen. Mark Wayne (1896-1984)
Clark, George Rogers (1752-1818)
Clausewitz, Karl Maria von (1780-1831)
Claverhouse, John Graham of, Viscount Dundee (1649-89)
Clay, General Lucius D. (1897-1978)
Claymore
Clemenceau, Georges (1841-1929)
Clinton, Gen. Henry (1738-95)
Clive, Robert (1725-74)
Close Air Support and Ground Attack
Code of Conduct
Codes and Decoding
Coehoorn, Baron Menno van (1641-1704)
Cohort
Cold Harbor (1864)
Cold War (1946-91)
Collective Security
Collingwood, Admiral Cuthbert (1758-1810)
Collins, Michael (1890-1922) Irish Revolutionary Guerilla Leader
Colmar Pocket (1944-45)
Colonial Wars in Africa (1899-1914)
Colors, Banners, Standards, Military
Colt, Samuel (1814-62)
Column
Combat and Combat Effectiveness
Combat Support
Command Structure
Commando
Commissariat
Commissioned Officer
Communications, Military
Company
Concentration
Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de (1621-86)
Condottiere
Congo, Rwanda and Burundi (1968-98)
Congo Wars (1960-1968)
Coningham, Air Marshal Arthur (1895-1948) Q
Conquistadores
Conscientious Objectors
Conscription
Constantine I (c. 274-337)
Constantinople (1453)
Continental Army
Continental Navy
Convoy
Copenhagen, Battle of (1801)
Coral Sea (1942)
Cordoba, Gonzalo Fernandez, Conde de (1453-1515)
Corinthian War (395-387 B.C.)
Cornwallis, Lord Charles (1738-1805)
Coronel, Battle of (1914)
Corps
Corregidor (1942)
Cortes, Hernan (1485-1547)
Corvette
Cossacks
Council of War
Counterinsurgency
Coup d'Etat
Courbet, Adm. Amédée (1827-1885)
Courts Martial
Cover
Cowardice
Cowpens (1781)
Cradock, Christopher (1862-1914)
Crazy Horse (c. 1849-77)
Crecy (1346)
Crerar, Gen. Henry (1888-1965)
Crete (1941)
Crimean War (1853-56)
Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658)
Cronje, Gen. Piet (1835-1911)
Crook, Gen. George (1829-90)
Cruiser
Crusades (1096-1270)
Cuba, Ten Years War (1868-1878)
Cuba, War of Independence (1895-98)
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Cuirassiers
Culloden (1746)
Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of (1721-65)
Cunningham, Adm. Sir Andrew (1883-1963)
Custer, Gen. George A. (1839-76)
Custozza (1848, 1866)
Cynoscephalae (197 B.C.)
Cypriot Wars (1963-77)
Cyprus (1191, 1974)
Cyrenaica Campaign (1941)
Czech Legion

d'Estaing, Adm. Count (1729-94)
D-Day Campaign (1944)
Dahomey Expedition (1892-94)
Dakar (1940)
Danang (1973)
Dardanelles Campaign (1915)
Darlan, Adm. Jean Francois (1881-1942)
Daun, Field-Marshal Leopold (1705-66)
Davis, Gen. Benjamin O. Sr. (1880-1970)
Davis, Jefferson (1808-89)
Davout, Marshal Louis (1770-1823)
Dayan, Gen. Moshe (1915-81)
De Gaulle, Gen. Charles (1890-1970)
de la Rey, Gen. Jacobus Hercules (1847-1914)
de Loria, Roger (c.1250-1305)
Dearborn, Henry (1751-1829)
Decatur, Capt. Stephen (1779-1820)
Defeat
Defense Tactics
Delbrück, Hans (1848-1929)
Delian League (478 B.C.)
Demobilization
Demography and War
Dempsey, Gen. Sir Miles (1896-1969)
Denfert-Rochereau, Colonel Pierre (1823-78)
Denikin, Gen. Anton I. (1872-1947)
Desert Warfare
Desertion
Destroyer
Detail
Deterrence
Detroit (1812)
Dettingen (1743)
Dewey, Adm. George (1837-1917)
Diadochoi, Wars of (320-301 B.C.)
Dien Bien Phu (1953-54)
Dieppe (1942)
Dill, Field Marshal John (1881-1944)
Discipline, Military
Dive Bomber
Division
Doctrine, Military
Doenitz, Adm. Karl (1891-1980)
Doniphan, Alexander (1808-87)
Doolittle, Air General James H. (1896-1993)
Doria, Adm. Andrea, (1466-1560)
Douhet, Air Gen. Giulio (1869-1930)
Dowding, Air Marshal Hugh (1882-1970)
Draft Resistance and Evasion
Dragoons
Drake, Sir Francis (c.1543-1596)
Dreadnought
Dresden (1813)
Dresden Raid (1945)
Dreyfus, Alfred (1859-1935)
Drill
Dumont, Gabriel
Dumouriez, Gen. Charles (1739-1823)
Dundee, O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Dunes, Battle of the (1658)
Dunkirk (1940)
Dupleix, Joseph Francois
Duquesne, Adm. Abraham (1610-88)

Early, Gen. Jubal (1816-94)
Easter Rising (1916)
Eastern Fronts (1914-18 and 1941-45)
Economic Warfare
Edged Weapons
Edgehill (1642)
Education, Military
Edward III, King of England (1312-77)
Edward IV, the Black Prince (1330-76)
Egmont, Lamoraal (1522-68)
Egypt, Military System of Ancient
Egyptian and Sudanese Campaigns (1882-98)
Eichelberger, Gen. Robert (1886-1961)
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight David (1890-1969)
Ellis, Earl Hancock (1880-1923)
Enemy, View of
Engineering, Military
Enigma
Ensign
Envelopment
Enver Pasha (1881-1922)
EOKA
Espionage
Ethnic Cleansing
Ethnicity in the Military
Eugène, Prince of Savoy (1663-1736)
Evesham (1265)
Ewell, Gen. Richard (1817-72)
Eylau (1807)

Fabius Maximus Cunctator (c 280-203 BC)
Fairfax, Thomas (1612-71)
Falaise (1944)
Falkenhayn, Gen. Erich von (1861-1922)
Rebellions
Falklands (1914)
Falklands War (1982)
Farragut, Adm. David Glasgow (1801-70)
Fashoda (1898)
Fedayeen
Ferdinand of Brunswick (1721-92)
Feudalism (and Warfare)
Field Craft
Field Manual
Fighter Aircraft
Fighter Command
Film and War
Finance, War
Fire Fights
Fire Ships
Fisher, Adm. John Arbuthnot (1841-1920)
Flamethrower
Flanks
Fleet
Flexible Response
Flintlock
FLN (Front de Liberation Nationale)
Flodden (1513)
Flotilla
Foch, Marshal Ferdinand (1857-1929)
Fontenoy (1745)
Forest, Gen. Nathan Bedford (1821-77)
Fort Donelson and Fort Henry (6-16 February 1862)
Fort Douaumont (1916)
Fort Duquesne
Fort Sumter (1861)
Fort
Fortescue, Sir John William (1859-1933)
Fortifications
Fragging
France, Armed Forces (French Army, French Foreign Legion)
France, Fall of (1940)
Franchet d'Esperey, Marshal Louis (1856-1942)
Franco Bahamonde, Gen. Francisco (1892-1975)
Franco-Austrian War (1859)
Franco-Dutch Wars (1667-1668, 1772-1778)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-71)
Franco-Spanish Wars (1628-59)
Frederick I Barbarossa (c 1123-90)
Frederick II, the Great (1713-86)
Frederick William, the Great Elector (1620-88)
Fredericksburg (1863)
Freiburg (1644)
Freikorps
French, Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone (1852-1925)
French Revolution, Wars of the (1792-1800)
French Wars of Religion (1562-89)
French-Mexican War (1862-67)
Freyburg, Gen. Bernard (1889-1963)
Friedland (1807)
Friendly Fire
Frigate
Fritsch, Gen. Werner von (1880-1939)
Fronde (1648-53)
Frunze, Gen. Mikhail (1885-1925)
Fuller, Gen. John (1878-1966)
Fusiliers

G.I., American
Galland, General (Air) Adolf (1912-96)
Galleon
Gallic Wars (58-51 BC)
Gallieni, Gen. Joseph (1849-1916)
Game Theory
Gamelin, Gen. Maurice (1872-1958)
Garibaldi, Guiseppe (1807-82)
Garnier, Adm. Marie Joseph Francis (1839-73)
Gas Warfare
Gates, Gen. Horatio (1727-93)
Gaugamela
Gaza (1916, 1917)
Gazala (1942)
Gempi (Gempei) Wars (1180-85)
Gender and War
General Staff
Geneva Convention
Genghis Khan or Chinquz (c 1162-1227)
Genocide
German East Africa, campaign (1914-18)
Germantown (1777)
Germany, Armed Forces
Geronimo (1829?-1909)
Gettysburg (1863)
Giap, Gen. Vo Nguyen (1910- )
Gibraltar, Siege of (1779-83)
Gibson, Wing Commander Guy (1918-44)
Gilbert Islands Campaign (November 1943)
Giraud, Gen. Henri (1879-1949)
Glencoe (1689)
Glorious First of June (1794)
Glubb (Pasha), Lt. Gen. Sir John Bagot (1897-1986)
Gneiseneau, Field-Marshal Augustus (1760-1831)
Godunov, Boris (1551-1605)
Golan Heights (1967, 1973)
Gordon, Gen. Charles George (1833-85)
Goring, Hermann (1893-1946)
Gorshkov, Adm. Sergei (1910-88)
Gort, Field-Marshal John (1886-1946)
Gothic Line (1944-45)
Gough, Gen. Sir Hubert de la Poeur (1870-1963)
Goums
Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg),
War of the (1688-97)
Grand Fleet
Grande Armée
Grant, Gen. Ulysses Simpson (1822-85)
Gravelines (1558)
Graziani, Field Marshal Rodolfo (1882-1955)
Great Northern War (1700-21)
Greek Civil War (1946-49)
Greek Military, Ancient, see Macedonian Military System
Greek War of Independence (1821-32)
Greek-Turkish War (1920-22)
Greene, Nathanael (1742-86)
Grenada (1983)
Grenades and Grenade Throwers
Grenadiers
Gribeauval, Jean Baptiste (1715-89)
Groener, General Wilhelm (1867-1939)
Guadalajara (1937)
Guadalcanal (1942-43)
Guards (Imperial, Praetorian, Swiss Guards)
Guderian, Gen. Heinz (1888-1954)
Guernica (1937)
Guerre d'Esqadre
Guerre de Course
Guerre Mortel
Guerrilla Warfare
Guevara, Ernesto
Guibert, Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de
Guilford Courthouse
Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964)
Gulf War I (1991)
Gulf War II (2003)
Gunboat Diplomacy
Gunboat
Gunpowder
Gurkhas
Gustav Line (1943-44)
Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632)

Haganah
Hague Conventions (1899; 1907)
Haig, Alexander Meigs, Jr.
Haig, Field Marshal Douglas (1861-1928)
Haiti, War of Independence (1794-1804)
Haldane, Richard Burton (1856-1928)
Halder, Gen. Franz (1884-1971)
Halidon Hill (1333)
Halleck, Gen. Henry W. (1815-72)
Halsey, Adm. William F. (1882-1959)
Hamburger Hill (1969)
Hamilton, Gen. Ian (1853-1947)
Hampton Roads (1862)
Hannibal (247-183 B.C.)
Hapsburg-Ottoman Wars (1614-99)
Hapsburg-Valois Wars (1521-59)
Hardy, Gen. Sir Campbell
Harfleur (1415)
Harper's Ferry (1862)
Harris, Air Marshal Arthur Bomber (1892-1984)
Hastings (1066)
Hattin, Battle of (1187)
Havelock, Gen. Henry (1795-1857)
Hawke, Edward (1705-81)
Heat-Seeking Technology
Helicopters and Helicopter Gunships
Heligoland Bight, Battle of (1914)
Henry IV (1553-1610)
Henry V (1387-1422)
Heraclea (280 B.C.)
Heraclius, Emperor (?-641)
Heraldry
Hewitt, Adm. H. Kent (1887-1972)
Hezbollah
High Seas Fleet
Highlanders
Hill, General A. P. (1825-65)
Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul Ludwig (1847-1934)
Hindu Military System, see Indian Military Systems
Hipper, Adm. Franz Ritter von (1863-1932)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945)
Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) Q
Hobby, Oveta Culp (1905- )
Hoche, Gen. Louis (1768-97)
Hodges, Gen. Courtney (1887-1966)
Hoetzendorf, Field Marshal Franz Conrad von(1852-1925)
Hoffman, Gen. Max (1869-1927)
Holland, John (1841-1914)
Homildon Hill
Homma, Gen. Masahuru
Hong Kong (1941)
Hood, Adm. Samuel (1724-1816)
Hood, Gen. John Bell (1831-79)
Hooker, Gen. Joseph (1814-79)
Hoplite
Horrocks, Gen. Sir Brian (1895-1980)
Horse Artillery
Horton, Adm. Max (1883-1951)
Howe, Adm. Richard (1726-99)
Howe, Gen. Sir William (1729-1814)
Howitzer
Hughes, Edward (1720-94)
Hundred Years War (1339-1453)
Hungarian Revolt (1956)
Hurtgen Forest, Battle of
Hussars
Hussein, Saddam (1937- )
Hussite Wars (1419-34)
Hutier, Gen. Oskar von (1857-1934)

Ia Drang Valley (1965)
IFF (Identification of Friend or Foe)
Illustration, War
Imphal (1944)
Inchon (1950)
India-Pakistan Wars (1965, 1971)
Indian Army
Indian (Hindu, Mauryas) Military Systems
Indian Mutiny (1857-58)
Indian National Army
Indochina Wars
Indonesian War of Independence (1945-49)
Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation (1963-66)
INF Treaty
Infantry
Insignia and Badges
Intelligence, Military
Interdiction
International Brigade
Iraq-Iran War (1980-88)
Irgun
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Ironside, Field-Marshal Edmund (1880-1959)
Irregulars
Islam, Wars of
Israel, Armed Forces (IDF, Israeli Defense Forces)
Italian Fronts
Italian Wars (1494-1559)
Italian Wars of Independence (1859-70)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-12)
Italy, Armed Forces
Ivan IV (1530-84)
Iwo Jima (1945)

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Jackson, Gen. Thomas
Jacobite Rebellions (1715, 1745)
Janissaries
Japan, Armed Forces
Japanese Civil Wars (1331-92)
Java Sea (1942)
Jellicoe, Adm. John (1859-1935)
Jena (1806)
Jenkin's Ear, War of (1739-43)
Jericho (c 1350 B.C.)
Jervis, John
Jihad
Joan of Arc (c 1412-31)
Jodl, General Alfred (1890-1946)
Joffre, Marshal Joseph (1852-1931)
John III (Jan Sobieski) (1629-96)
Johnson, Air Vice Marshal John (1915-2001)
Johnson, Gen. Joseph Eggleston (1807-91)
Johnston, Gen. Albert (1803-62)
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jomini, Antoine (1779-1869)
Jones, Capt. John Paul (1747-92)
Joseph, Chief (Hinmahtgon-Yahladtit) (c.1840-1904)
Jourdan, Jean Baptiste
Juan of Austria, (1547-78)
Juarez, Benito (1806-72)
Juel, Adm. Niels (1629-1697)
Juin, Marshal Alphonse Pierre (1888-1967)
Junger, Ernst (1895-1998)
Jungle Warfare
Junot, Gen. Andoche (1771-1813)
Junta
Just War Theory
Justice and Law, Military
Jutland (1916)

Kaiserlautern (1793)
Kalashnikov, Mikhail (1919- )
Kalb, Johann (1721-80)
Kamikazes
Kasserine Pass (1943)
Katyn Massacre (1940)
Kearny, Gen. Stephen Watts (1794-1848)
Keitel, Field-Marshal Wilhelm (1892-1946)
Kellerman, Francois, (1735-1820)
Kenilworth (1265)
Kenney, Air Gen. George C. (1889-1977)
Kesselring, Gen. Albert (1885-1960)
Khalkin-Gol (Nomohan) (1939)
Kharkov (1943)
Khartoum (1884-85)
Khe Sanh (1968)
Khmer Rouge
Khublai Khan (1260-94)
Kiev (1941)
Kiffir Wars (South Africa) (1780-81; 1793; 1799; 1811-12)
Kimberley
King, Adm. Ernest J. (1878-1956)
King George's War (1740-48)
King Philip's War (1675-77)
Kinkaid, Thomas (1888-1972)
Kirby Smith, Gen. Edmund (1824-93)
Kitchener, Field Marshal Horatio (1850-1916)
Kleber, Gen. Jean (1753-1800)
Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von (1882-1944)
Kluck, Gen. Alexander Heinrich Rudolph (1846-1934)
Kluge, Field Marshal Gunther von
Knights and Chivalry
Knoxville (1863)
Koenig, Gen. Marie Pierre (1898-1970)
Kohima (1944)
Kolchak, Adm. Alexander (1875-1920)
Koniev, Marshal Ivan Stepanovich (1897-1973)
Koniggratz (Sadowa) (1855)
Koprulu, Faziz Ahmed (1635-76) and Fazil Mustafa (1637-91)
Koprulu, Mehmed Pasha (1583-1661)
Korea vs. Japan (1592-98)
Korean War (1950-53)
Kornilov, Gen. Laurenti (1870-1918)
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus (1746-1817)
Kosovo (1389, 1448)
Kosovo-Serbian War (1999)
Kunersdorf, Battle of (1759)
Kuribayashi, Gen. Tadmichi (1885-1945)
Kuroki, Gen. Tamemoto (1844-1923)
Kursk (1943)
Kutuzov, Field-Marshal Mikhail (1745-1813)

L'Ouverture, Pierre Dominique-Toussaint (1743-1803)
La Marmora, Gen. Alfonso Ferrero di (1804-78)
La Rochelle (1627-28)
Ladysmith (1899-1900)
Lafayette, Marie Joseph, Marquis de (1757-1834)
Lake Erie (1813)
Lake, Gen. Gerard (1744-1808)
Lake Trasimene (217 B.C.)
Lancers
Land Warfare
Landing Craft
Langport (1645)
Lannes, Marshal Jean (1769-1809)
Lansdale, Gen. Edward G. (1908-87)
Lasers (range-finding/guidance for weapons)
Latin American Wars of Independence (1800-25)
Lattre de Tassigny, Marshal Jean de (1889-1952)
Laudon, Gideon von (1717-90)
Lawrence, Gen. Henry (1806-57)
Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935)
Laws of War
Leahy, Adm. William D. (1875-1959)
Lebanon (1958;1975-84; 1982)
Leclerc, Marshal Philippe (1902-47)
Lee, Gen. Robert E. (1807-70)
Legion
Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshall Trafford (1892-1944)
Leipzig (1813)
Lejeune, Gen. John A. (1867-1942)
LeMay, Air Gen. Curtis (1906-90)
Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman (1899-1988)
Leningrad, Siege of (1941-44)
Lepanto (1571)
Leslie, Alexander, Earl of Leven (1580-1661)
Lettow-Vorbeck, Gen. Paul von (1870-1964)
Leuctra (371 B.C.)
Leuthen (1757)
Lewes, Battle of (1264)
Lexington and Concord (1775)
Leyte Gulf (1944)
Liberty Ship
Liddell Hart, Basil Henry (1895-1970)
Ligny and Quatre Bras (1815)
Lima (1831, 1880)
Liman von Sanders, Otto (1855-1929)
Lin Pao, Marshal (1908-71)
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-65)
Little Big Horn, Battle of (1876)
Livonian Wars (1557-1606)
Lloyd George, David (1863-1945)
Lockwood, Adm. Charles (1890-1967)
Lodi (1796)
Logistics
Long March (1934-35)
Longstreet, James (1821-1904)
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Louvois, Francois, Marquis de (1641-91)
Low Intensity Conflict
Lucan, Field Marshal, Earl of (1800-85)
Luce, Stephen B. (1827-1917)
Ludendorff, Gen. Erich von (1865-1937)
Lutzen (1632)
Luxembourg, Francois Henri de Montmorency-Boutteville, Duke of (1628-95)
Lyautey, Marshal Louis (1854-1934)

M (Model Designation, U.S. Weapons)
Maastricht (1676, 1748)
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas (1880-1964)
Macedonian Military System
Macedonian Wars (336-323 B.C.; 323-200 B.C.; 320-301 B.C.;
215-204 B.C.; 200-196 B.C.; 176-167 B.C.)
Macedonian-Roman Wars (215-204, 200-196, 172-167, 149-148 B.C.)
Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469-1527)
Machine Gun
Mackensen, Field Marshal August (1849-1944)
Mackensen, Gen. Eberhard von (1889-1969)
Mackenzie Rebellion (1837)
MacMahon, Marshal Marie Edmé (1808-93)
Madrid (1936-39)
Mafeking, Siege of (1899-1900)
Magdeburg
Magenta (1859)
MAGIC
Maginot, André (1877-1932)
Maginot Line
Magruder, Gen. John B. (1810-71)
Magyar Invasions (850-955)
Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1840-1914)
Mahan, Dennis Hart (1802-71)
Majuba Hill (1881)
Makin Raid
Malaya-Singapore Campaign (1941-42)
Malayan Emergency (1948-60)
Maldon (991)
Malinovsky, Marshal Rodion Yakovlevich (1898-1967)
Malplaquet (1709)
Malta, Sieges of (1565 and 1941-43)
Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of (1602-71)
Manchu Wars (1644-1911)
Manchuria (1939; 1945)
Mandalay (1945)
Maneuver Warfare
Mangin, Gen.Charles Marie (1866-1925)
Manhattan Project
Manila Bay (1898)
Mannerheim, Field Marshal Carl Gustav (1867-1951)
Manock, Edward (1887-1918)
Mansfeld, Ernst von (1580-1626)
Manstein, Field Marshal Erich von Lewinski (1887-1973)
Manteuffel, Field Marshal Edwin von (1809-85)
Manteuffel, Gen. Hasso Eccord von (1897-1978)
Mantinea (362 B.C.)
Manzikert (1071)
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976)
Maori Wars (New Zealand) (1845-72)
Maratha Wars (1766-75; 1800-18)
Marathon (490 B.C.)
Marengo (1800)
Mariana Islands Campaign (July-August 1944)
Marinesl
Marion, Francis (1732-95)
Marius, Gaius (c. 157-87 B.C.)
Market Garden, Operation (1944)
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of (1650-1722)
Marne, Battle of the (1914, 1918)
Marshall, Gen. George Catlett (1880-1959)
Marshall Islands Campaign (January-February) 1944
Marshall, Samuel L.A. (1900-77)
Marston Moor (1644)
Martial Law and Military Government
Massena, Marshal André (1758-1817)
Mau-Mau Revolt (1952-56)
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)
Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840-1916)
McAuliffe, Gen. Anthony (1898-1975)
McClellan, Gen. George B. (1826-85)
McCreery, General Richard (1898-1967)
McNamara, Robert Strange (1916- )
Meade, Gen. George Gordon (1815-72)
Medals and Decorations
Media and War
Medicine, Military
Medieval Warfare and Military Systems
Medina (1925)
Meiji Restoration, War of (1853-93)
Memoirs, War
Memorials, War
Memory, and War
Mercenaries
Mercenary War (241-237)
Mers-el-Kebir (1940)
Mersa Matruh (1942)
Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-18)
Messenian Wars (c. 700-680 B.C., c. 640-620 B.C.)
Metaurus (207 B.C.)
Met's Rebellions (1869-70; 1884-85)
Metz (1870, 1944)
Meuse-Argonne (1918)
Mexican Expedition, French, (1861-67)
Mexican Revolution (1911-14)
Mexican-American War (1846-48)
Mexico City (1847, 1910)
Miaoulis, Andreas (1769-1835)
Midway, Battle of (1942)
Militarism
Military Industrial Complex
Military Police
Military Revolution
Militia
Minden (1759)
Mines and Mine Warfare
Minsk (1944)
MIRV (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle)
Mission Orders Command
Mitchell, Air Gen. William (1879-1936)
Mobilization
Model, Field-Marshal Walther (1891-1945)
Moguls vs Chin Dynasty 1211-34
Mola, Gen. Emilio (1887-1937)
Moltke, Field Marshal Helmuth von (1800-91)
Moltke, Gen. Helmuth von (1848-1926)
Monash, Gen. Sir John (1865-1931)
Monastic Orders, Military
Monck, Gen. George (1608-70)
Mongol Military System
Monmouth (1778)
Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of (1649-85)
Mons (1914)
Montalambert, Mare René, Marquis de (1714-1800)
Montcalm, Louis Joseph, Marquis de (1712-59)
Monte Cassino (1944)
Montecuccoli, Raimondo (1609-80)
Monterrey, Battle of (1846)
Montfort, Simon de (c 1208-65)
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law (1887-1976)
Montmorency, Duc de (1493-1567)
Montrose, James Graham, Marquis of (1612-50)
Moore, Lieut. Gen. Sir John (1761-1809)
Morale
Morocco, French Conquest of (1907-34)
Morse Code
Mortars
Moscow (1812, 1941-42)
Moultrie, Gen. William (1730-1805)
Mountbatten, Earl Louis (1900-79)
Muhammad Ahmad (The "Madhi" )(1844-85)
Mukden (1949)
Mulberries
Murat, Marshal Joachim (1767-1815)
Murray, Lord George (1694-1760)
Museums, Military
Music, Military
Musket
Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (1883-1945)
Muster Strength
Mutiny

NAAFI
Nadir Shah (1688-1747)
Nagano, Admiral Osami (1880-1947)
Nagumo, Admiral Churichi (1886-1944)
Namur (1692, 1695)
Nanking (1862-64, 1937, 1949)
Napalm
Napier, Field-Marshal Robert (1810-90)
Napier, Gen. Charles (1782-1853)
Napier, Sir William (1785-1860)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon) (1808-73)
Napoleonic Wars (1800-15)
Naseby (1645)
Nashville (1864)
Nasution, Gen. Abdul Haris (1918- )
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Naval Gunfire Support (NGS)
Naval Gunnery
Naval Warfare
Navarino (1827)
Navies
Nelson, Adm. Horatio (1758-1805)
Neutrality Laws
Neutrality
Neuve Chappelle (1915)
Neva, The (1240)
Neville's Cross (1346)
New Britain Campaign
New Guinea Campaign (1942-45)
New Model Army
New Orleans (1815, 1862)
New York (1776)
Newbury (1643, 1644)
Ney, Marshal Michel (1769-1815)
Niagara Campaign (1814)
Nile, Battle of the (1798)
Nimitz, Adm. Chester W. (1885-1966)
Nivelle, Gen. Robert Georges (1856-1924)
No Man's Land
Nobunaga, Oda (1577-1656)
Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)
Non-Proliferation Treaty
Normandy (1944)
Norstad, Gen. Lauris (1907-88)
North African Campaign
Northern Crusades
Northern War (1655-60)
Norway (1940)
Nuclear Warships
Nuclear Weapons and Warfare
Nurses, Military

O'Connor, Gen. Richard (1889-1981)
O'Higgins, Bernardo (1778-1842)
OAS (Organisation Armée Secrète)
Ocana (1809)
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Okinawa (1945)
Oman, Charles William Chadwick (1860-1946)
Omdurman (1898)
Open City
Operational Art
Opium Wars (1839-42, 1856-60)
Order of Battle
Order, Tactical (Close and Open Order)
Ordnance
Orleans (1428-29)
Orlov, Aleksy (1737-1808)
Oudenarde (1708)
Oudinot, Marshal Charles (1767-1847)
Outram, Gen. James (1803-63)
Oyama, Field Marshal Iwao (1843-1916)
Ozawa, Jisaburo (1886-1966)

Pacific War (1941-45)
Pacific, War of the (1879-83)
Pacification
Pacifism
Palermo (1860)
Palestine, Campaigns and Insurgency (1916-1918; 1936-39; 1946-48)
Palo Alto (1846)
Pan Chao, Gen. (32-102)
Panama (1989)
Panama Revolution (1903)
Panzers
Pappenheim Gottfried zu (1594-1632)
Paramilitary Groups
Paris (1870-71)
Parley
Parma, Alessandro, Duke of (1545-92)
Partisans
Patch, Gen. Alexander (1889-1945)
Pathet Lao
Patton, Gen. George S., Jr. (1885-1945)
Paulus, Field Marshal Friedrich (1890-1957)
Peacekeeping
Pearl Harbor (1941)
Peking (1900, 1949)
Pellew, Adm. Edward (1757-1833)
Peloponnesian Wars (460-404 B.C.)
Peninsula Campaign (1862)
Peninsular War (1808-14)
Pentagon
Percussion Weapons
Peronne (1918)
Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858)
Perry, Oliver Hazard (1785-1819)
Pershing, Gen. John J. (1860-1948)
Persia-Byzantium Wars (502-506, 610-628)
Persia-Roman Wars (230-422)
Persia-Russia Wars (1804-28)
Persian Military System
Persian-Afghanistan Wars (1737-38, 1836-38)
Persian-Greek Wars (499-448 B.C.)
Persian-Ottoman Wars (1514-55, 1602-38, 1747-1800)
Persian-Roman Wars
Persian-Spartan War (400-387 B.C.)
Pétain, Marshal Henri Philippe (1856-1951)
Peter the Great (1672-1725)
Petersburg (1864)
Pharsalus (48 B.C.)
Philadelphia Campaign (1777)
Philip II, Augustus (reigned 1180-1223)
Philip II, King of Macedonia (c. 386-336 B.C.)
Philip II of Spain (1527-98)
Philippine Sea, Battle of (1944)
Phnom Penh (1975)
Photography, War and the Military
Pichegru, Gen. Jean Charles (1761-1804)
Pickett, Gen. George (1825-75)
Picton, Gen.Thomas (1785-1815)
Piedmont (1864)
Pilsudski, Marshal Joseph (1867-1935)
Pizarro, Francisco (1474-1541)
Plassey (1757)
Plate, River (1939), Battle of
Platoon
Plattsburgh (1814)
Plevna (1877)
Ploesti Raid (1943)
Plumer, Field-Marshal Herbert (1857-1932)
Poitiers (1356)
Polish Campaign (1939)
Polish Succession, War of (1733-38)
Polish-Swedish Wars (1600-11; 1617-29)
Polk, Gen. Leonidas (1806-64)
Poltava
Pompey the Great (reigned 106-98 BC)
Poniatowski, Marshal Prince Josef (1763-1813)
Pontiac (c. 1720-69)
Pope, Gen. John (1822-92)
Port Arthur (1904-05)
Porter, Adm. David Dixon (1813-91)
Porter, Com. David (1740-1843)
Potemkin, Grigori, Prince (1739-91)
Pound, Adm. Dudley (1877-1943)
Powell, Gen. Colin L. (1937- )
Prague (1757)
Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)
Preston Pans (1745)
Principles of War
Prisoners of War (POWs)
Privateers and Privateering
Prize Law
Propaganda
Prussian Military System
Psychiatry, Military
Psychological Warfare
Puller, Lewis (1898-1971)
Punic Wars (264-241 B.C., 219-202 B.C., 149-146 B.C.)
Punishment, Military, see Justice and Law, Military
PX (post exchange)
Pyramids, Battle of the (1798)

Quartermaster/Quartermaster General
Quasi War (1798-1800)
Quebec (1759, 1776)
Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)
Quemoy (1954-1955; 1958; 1962)
Quiberon (1795)
Quiberon Bay (1759)

Radar
Radetzsky von Radetz, Field Marshal Joseph (1766-1858)
Raeder, Adm. Erich (1876-1960)
Raglan, Field Marshal Fitzroy James Somerset, Lord (1788-1855)
Raids and Raiding
Railways/Railroads, Effect on Warfare
Ramillies (1706)
Ramsay, Adm. Bertram (1883-1945)
Rank, Military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines)
Rapido River (1944)
Rawlinson, Gen. Henry (1864-1925)
Reconnaissance Aircraft
Reconnaissance
Recruitment
Regensburg and Schweinfurt Raids (1943)
Regiment
Reichenau, Field Marshal Walter von (1884-1942)
Remagen Bridge (1945)
Rennenkampf, Gen. Paul Kavlovich (1853-1918)
Reparations
Reserves
Resistance Forces (World War II)
Retreat
Rhine Crossing (1945)
Rhodes, Siege of (1522)
Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe) War (1965-79)
Richard I (the Lionheart) (1157-99)
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Duc de (1585-1643)
Richmond (1865)
Richthofen, Manfred von (1892-1918)
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon (1890-1973)
Rickover, Adm.Hyman G. (1900-86)
Ridgway, Gen. Matthew Bunker (1895-1993)
Rif War (1921-6)
Rifle
Rifleman
Riga (1917)
Rivoli, Battle of (1797)
Roberts, Field Marshal Frederick (1832-1913)
Robertson, Field Marshal Sir William (1860-1933)
Rockets and Rocketry
Rodney, Adm. George (1718-92)
Rogers, Robert (1731-95)
Rokossovski, Marshal Konstantu (1896-1968)
Rolling Thunder, Operation (1965)
Roman Military System
Rome (1849, 1870)
Rommel, Gen. Erwin (1891-1944)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945)
Root Elihu (1845-1937)
Rorke's Drift (1879)
Rosecrans, Gen. William S. (1818-98)
Roses, Wars of the (1455-85)
Ross, Gen. Robert (1766-1814)
Rossbach (1757)
Rozhdestvenski, Admiral Zinovi Petrovich (1848-1909)
Rules of Engagement
Runstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von (1875-1953)
Rupert , Prince of the Rhine (1619-82)
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869-1955)
Russia, Armed Forces
Russian Civil War (1917-22)
Russian Revolution (1917)
Russian-Japanese War (1904-05)
Russian-Polish Wars (1609 and 1666)
Russian-Swedish Wars (1656-58)
Russo-Finnish War (1939-40)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)
Russo-Polish War (1919-20)
Russo-Turkish War (1877)
Ruyter, Michael Adreasmszoom de (1607-76)

Sacred Wars (Third 355-346 B.C., Fourth 339-338 B.C.)
Saguntum (219 B.C.)
Sahara Desert, War of the, 1902-17, 1922-32
Saigon (1975)
Sajo River (1241)
Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1138-1193)
Salamanca (1812)
Salamis (480 B.C.)
Salerno
Salient
Salonika Campaign (1915-18)
Sampson, Rear Adm. William Thomas (1840-1902)
Samsonov, Gen. Alexander Vasilievich (1859-1914)
Samurai
San Jacinto (1838)
San Martin, José de (1778-1850)
San Sebastian (1813)
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de (1794-1876)
Santa Cruz, Admiral Alvaro (1526-88)
Santander (1937)
Santiago (1898)
Saragossa (1808, 1809)
Saratoga Campaign (1777)
SAS (Special Air Service)
Satellites, Reconnaissance
Saxe, Marshal Maurice Hermann (1696-1750)
Scharnhorst, General Gerhard (1755-1813)
Scheer, Adm. Reinhard (1863-1929)
Scheldt (1944)
Schlieffen, Field Marshal Alfred von (1853-1913)
Schlieffen Plan
Schorner, Field-Marshal Ferdinand (1892-1973)
Schutz Staffel (SS), Waffen,
Schwarzkopf, Gen. H. Norman (1934- )
Scipio, Publius (Africanus) (237-183 B.C.)
Scorched Earth Policy
Scott, Gen. Winfield (1786-1866)
Scottish-English Wars (934-937, 1295-98, 1306-14, 1332-33, 1346-57,
1406-24, 1436-60, 1482-88, 1513, 1542-50)
Sea Lion, Operation (1940)
SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)
Sedan (1870)
Sedgemoor (1685)
Seeckt, Gen. Hans von (1866-1936)
Selim I, Ottoman Sultan (c. 1470-1520)
Selous Scouts, see Rhodesia War (1965-1979)
Semaphore
Sempach (1386)
Sertorian War (80-72 B.C.)
Servile Wars (135-132 B.C., 104-99 B.C., 73-71 B.C.)
Sevastapol, Sieges of (1854-55; 1941-42) see also Crimean War
Seven Years War (1756-63)
Sex and the Military
Shaka Zulu (1787-1828)
Shamyl (1796-1871)
SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe)
Sharon, General Ariel (1928- )
Shell Shock
Sheridan, Gen. Philip Henry (1831-88)
Sherman, Adm. Forrest (1896-1951)
Sherman, Gen. William Tecumseh (1820-91)
Shih Huang Ti, Emperor (reigned 222-210 B.C.)
Shiloh (1862)
Ship-of-the-Line
Shivaji (1627-1680)
Shrewsbury (1403)
Siam Wars (vs. Cambodia 1593-1594, 1770-73, 1831-34; vs. Vietnam 1769-73, 1841-45)
Sicilian Vespers, War of the (1282-1302)
Sicily Campaign (1943)
Siege Warfare
Siegfried Line
Sikh Wars (1810-20, 1848-49)
Simpson, Lt. Gen. William H. (1888-1980)
Sinai (1967, 1973)
Sino-Japanese Wars (1894-95, 1937-41)
Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yokanka) (1834-90)
Six-Days War (1967)
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Skobelev, General Mikhail (1843-82)
Skorzeny, Otto (1908-75)
Slim, Field Marshal William (1891-1970)
Sloop
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Tai Ping Rebellion (China) (1850-64)
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Women in the Military
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Xiangyang, Seige of (1263-73)

Yamagata, Gen. Aritomo (1838-1922)
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Yamashita, Gen. Tomoyuki (1888-1946)
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Zama (202 B.C.)
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