ABDA (American-British-Dutch-Australian) command Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2 ed.)
covering Burma, Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines (with the north-western part of Australia included from 24 January
Acre, Siege of Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
The epic siege of Acre began on 27/8 August 1189 and lasted until 12 July 1191; it was the
Afghanistan, Australian Deployment to Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2 ed.)
Within days of the al‐Qaeda attack of 11 September 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York and the
Agincourt, Battle of Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
The most famous battle of the Hundred Years’ War saw an English expeditionary force under Henry V defeat a much
air gap, mid-Atlantic Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
area south of Greenland in which Allied convoys could not be given air cover against U-boat attacks during much of
air power Reference library
Denis Richards
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Before the Second World War, there was no general agreement about the importance or capabilities of air power. In the
Alamein, Battle of El Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2 ed.)
In 1942 the pivotal battles of the Desert War were fought around the El Alamein area in Egypt. The German
Aleutian Islands campaigns Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Kiska and Attu, two of the most westerly of these US-owned islands, which stretch across the north Pacific between Alaska
Alghero, Siege and Naval Battle of Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
The town of Alghero is situated on the northwest coast of the island of Sardinia. From the eleventh century it
American civil war (1861–5) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
the most important event in the history of the USA. It resulted from a fundamental disagreement between two sections, North
American independence war (1775–83) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, British fortunes in North America had reached their zenith. All threat of
American Indian wars (1587–1890) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
North American Indian population densities never approached those of Mexico and Peru, but their greatest concentrations were around the Chesapeake
ammunition, artillery Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
The NATO tactical symbol for artillery is a box with a black dot in it: a cannon ball. Yet the
Anthon, Battle of Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
In 1430 France was bogged down in the Hundred Years’ War. From 1407 to 1435 hostilities between the Armagnacs and
anti-submarine weapons Reference library
Richard Compton-Hall
The Oxford Companion to World War II
The object of an anti-submarine (A/S) weapon was (and is) to pierce or rupture a submarine's pressure hull and let
Arab–Israeli wars Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
The first Arab–Israeli war formally began on 15 May 1948 when the League of Arab States announced its ‘intervention’ against
Arctic convoys Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
transported matériel from UK and Icelandic ports for the Soviet war effort via the Norwegian and Barents seas. A total
Ardennes campaign Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Hitler's final counter-offensive in north-west Europe launched on 16 December 1944 and also known as the battle of the Bulge
Armies Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
[This entry contains three subentries, on the organization, the rates of movement, and the size of armies.]
Armor, Body Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
The most common form of armor available after the fall of Rome was mail. It had been in use for
