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The 18th dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III smiting his Asian foes, detail of a limestone...
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Spartan hoplite infantry at the Battle of Plataea, July 479 bce.
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“Battle of Alexander and Darius at Issus,” detail of the Roman mosaic done in the...
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Alexander the Great's conquests spread Greek civilization and culture into Asia and...
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Hannibal Crossing the Alps, hand-coloured etching by Heinrich Leutemann.
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A relief from Trajan's Column, a monument from the early 2nd century ce,...
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Battle of Zama, oil on canvas by an unknown artist after Giulio Romano, 16th century;...
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Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus, depicting a battle between Romans and Goths in the mid-3rd...
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Engraving depicting Frankish leader Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours.
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The crew of a Byzantine dromon, a type of light galley, spraying an enemy ship with...
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Charlemagne, oil on limewood by Albrecht Dürer, 1512; in the collection of the German...
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Krak des Chevaliers, fortress built by Crusaders at Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn, Syria.
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Gothic-style armour for man and horse made at Landshut, Bavaria, about 1480; in the...
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Depiction of a knight in plate armour from A History of the Development and Customs...
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Halberd and pike in battle near Ins, Berne canton, in 1375. Encumbered by heavy armour,...
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The Capture of Francis I, one of the panels of The Battle of Pavia,...
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The Spanish Armada depicted in an oil painting by Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen,...
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Osman II in a procession of Janissaries and guards, manuscript illustration, Turkey,...
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Military strategist Carl von Clausewitz, lithograph by Franz Michelis after an oil...
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Landing of U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott at Veracruz, Mexico, on March 9,...
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Four Zouaves with their bayonetted rifles during the Crimean War, 1855.
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Military parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris to celebrate Bastille Day, 2012.
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British troops in a frontline trench in France, 1917.
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William (“Billy”) Mitchell, 1925.
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Adolf Hitler (left) examining campaign maps with Gen. Alfred Jodl, June 25, 1940.
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Leon Trotsky reviewing troops of the Red Guard, c. 1918.
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The M65 atomic cannon's debut with a test round during Operation Upshot-Knothole...
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U.S. marines assisting displaced Iraqi civilians north of Al-Nāṣiriyyah, Iraq, during...
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Republic of Korea Military Police officer in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),...
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People's Liberation Army of China marching in dress uniform, Beijing.
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Indian Army troops participating in the Beating Retreat ceremony during Republic...
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