This allows him to focus on policy, technical, and organizational, trends in each period, and, more importantly, to the institutional culture of the army. Perhaps the most valuable contribution made ...

The initial uniform colour was dark blue, following the contemporary French style and resembling that of the Union Army of the American Civil War. Infantry uniforms had red facings on tunic collars, ...

Once upon a time the Armored fist of the Emperor was even more feared than the Astra Militarum of today. Meet the Imperial Army. The fighting elite of the Imperial Army was the Solar Auxilia, which ...

Bernhard Arp Sindberg rescued thousands of Chinese during the Japanese imperial army's orgy of violence in Nanjing in 1937. He is only now getting national hero status in Denmark. Queen Margrethe ...

Meanwhile, the Emperor signs a decree to the Chancellor that the Rourans have invaded China, planning to send every man of a family member to contribute to the Imperial Army to fight against the ...

Japan's Unit 731 remains central to the fiercely contested China-Japan controversy over war crimes and war memory, and to the international debate on science and ethics. With a staff of more than ...

Among the world's foremost intelligence services, those of Imperial Japan remain the least known. Few stories are as compelling as those surrounding the Japanese Army's Nakano School. From 1938 to ...

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Wherever he was stationed within the vast periphery of the Imperial frontiers, a Roman soldier owed his direct allegiance to the State, to the Emperor, and to the national gods of Rome. The religion ...

Imperial German Army Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard. The nickel plated hilt has a B shape stirrup guard and plain back strap. The fishskin grip is bound with silver wire. The slightly curved ...

From Peter the Great to Nicholas II, Russian rulers always understood the need to maintain an army and navy capable of preserving the empire's great power status. This volume examines how Imperial ...