Military History Digest

The Military History Digest is a selected assortment of military history pieces from around the web. Suggestions for entries or sites to follow are always welcome at <hwar@silbey.net>

The Military History Digest is a selected assortment of military history pieces from around the web. Suggestions for entries or sites to follow are always welcome at <hwar@silbey.net>

Ancient:

  • Barbarians at the Gate  The Last Battles of the Roman Army  MilitaryHistoryNow.com https://militaryhistorynow.com/2018/10/28/going-out-with-a-bang-the-last-battles-of-the-ro...

The Military History Digest is a selected assortment of military history pieces from around the web. Suggestions for entries or sites to follow are always welcome at <hwar@silbey.net>

Ancient:

The Military History Digest is a selected assortment of military history pieces from around the web. Suggestions for entries or sites to follow are always welcome at <hwar@silbey.net>

Early Modern:

•  The Vasa: Gustav II Adolfs Glorious and Doomed Warship http://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/the-vasa-gustav-ii-adolfs-warship/

19th Century:

18th Century:

  • Naval History Blog  Blog Archive  John Paul Jones and the North Channel Naval Duel https://www.navalhistory.org/2018/04/24/john-paul-jones-and-the-north-channel-naval-duel

19th Century:

 Medieval:

  • Noble warriors: the military elite and Henry VIII's expeditions of 1513 and 1544 - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/noble-warriors-the-military-elite-and-henry-viiis-expe...

 Medieval:

  •  The Viking Great Army in England: new dates from the Repton charnel - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2018/02/viking-great-army-england-new-dates-repton-charnel/

Ancient:

-  Not forts and not always on a hill | MetaFilter https://www.metafilter.com/171490/Not-forts-and-not-always-on-a-hill

Medieval:

Early Modern:
 1. Motivation in War: The Experience of Common Soldiers in Old-Regime Europe | Reviews in History http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/2183
 2. Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry  Washington, D.C. - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ruins-of-the-columbian-cannon-foundry

Ancient:

  1. Caesars Genius at the Battle of Pharsalus http://www.scottmanning.com/content/caesars-genius-at-the-battle-of-pharsalus/?utm_source=...

This is the 300th edition of the Military History Digest.  I started it in December 2007, so it's almost the 10th anniversary as well.

Enjoy!

David Silbey,
H-War List Editor

Ancient:
 1. Blog - Hannibals Humour - Osprey Publishing https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/HannibalsHumour/

 
 Medieval:
 1. Before the Kaiser: The Memory of Saladin and the Crusades in the Near East from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/kaiser-memory-saladin-crusades-near-east-fifteenth-nin...

Medieval:
 1. Blog - 950 Years since the Battle of Hastings - Osprey Publishing https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Hastings950/
 2. newswise.com/articles/did-your-ancestor-fight-in-the-hundred-years-war http://newswise.com/articles/did-your-ancestor-fight-in-the-hundred-years-war

Ancient:
 1. These Weapons Killed Leonidas http://www.scottmanning.com/content/these-weapons-killed-leonidas/?utm_source=feedburner&u...
 
 18th Century:

 Ancient
 1. Archaeologists Uncover Massive Naval Bases of the Ancient Athenians | smithsonianmag.com | Smithsonian http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/archaeologists-uncover-massive-naval-bases-an...

(Triple size edition!) 

 Ancient:
 1. Slaughter at the bridge: Uncovering a colossal Bronze Age battle | MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/158138/Slaughter-at-the-bridge-Uncovering-a-colossal-Bronze-Age-...
 
 18th Century:

Ancient
 1. The Ancient Battle Generals Still Love to Copy | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/2016/02/28/the_ancient_battle_generals_still_love_to_copy_...

  Medieval:
  1. Genghis Khan: Barbarian Conqueror or Harbinger of Democracy - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2016/01/15/genghis-khan-barbarian-conqueror-or-harbinger-of-de...
  2. Provences Bloody Past: Six Lessons from a Forgotten Crusade http://warontherocks.com/2016/01/provences-bloody-past-six-lessons-from-a-forgotten-crusade/

 Medieval
 1. Ten Castles that Made Medieval Britain, by James Turner http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/ten-castles-that-made-medieval-britain-by-james-tur...
 2. The Empire that was always Decaying: The Carolingians (800-888) - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/11/the-empire-that-was-always-decaying-the-carolingian...
 

 
 Medieval:
 1. Masculinity and Crusade: the influence of martial activity in the Latin East on Norman and Frankish warrior identity, the material culture, c. 1095-1300 - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/masculinity-and-crusade-the-influence-of-martial-ac...
 
 Early Modern

Ancient:
 1. Book Review: Rome’s Revolution by Richard Alston | Battles and Book Reviews http://www.military-history.us/2015/10/book-review-romes-revolution-by-richard-alston-2/

Medieval
 1. Hellburners Were the Renaissance’s Tactical Nukes | War Is Boring http://warisboring.com/articles/hellburners-were-the-renaissance-equivalent-of-a-tactical-...
 2. The last rex crucesignatus, Edward I and the Mongol alliance - Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/12/the-last-rex-crucesignatus-edward-i-and-the-mongol-...

 
 Ancient:
 1. The Battle of Drepana, 249 BC (part 1) - Ancient Warfare - Karwansaray Publishers http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/pw/ancient-warfare/blog/the-battle-of-drepana-249-bc-...
 
 Medieval: