The method, which soon came to be given the evocative name of the drum hammer, involved a ruthless ramming of enemy positions on the hills. It began with long-range artillery fire, from a distance of more than 15 km. Then the barrage came closer and closer, using shorter-range light artillery, tank
Civil War is the conflict between the members of a political community, be it an empire, tribe, caliphate or republic. It is also defined as the war of a state against a group of opponents (or vice versa) within the same territory. Unlike war between nations, civil war is a struggle between factio
Inconceivable for a clergy who saw themselves alienated from a political process which they largely disapproved of, condemned by the pope and unacceptable for a king firmly attached to the dogmas of the monarchy by divine right, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy revealed the misunderstanding esta
The Revenge class, also known as the Royal Sovereign class or the R class, was about 8 super-dreadnought battleships to complement the five ships of the Queen Elizabeth class. Of the 8 planned, only 5 were finally built due to the end of the First World War. Construction began in 1913 and the last w