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Images of War and History

Egyptian Recruits

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Egyptian recruits are driven through the desert like slaves.

November 11, 2009 Posted by herotod | 19th century, Slavery | | No Comments Yet

Camp Followers

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Camp followers in the 16th century in Central Europe. They formed a big part of the landsquenet armies.

November 4, 2009 Posted by herotod | Renaissance | , | No Comments Yet

Prison Hulk

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Old battle ships served as floating prisons during the Napoleonic wars. Many of them on the river Thames.

October 30, 2009 Posted by herotod | 19th century | , | No Comments Yet

Valley Forge

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American War of independence: George Gashington and Lafayette at Valley Forge.

October 23, 2009 Posted by herotod | Absolutism | | No Comments Yet

Turkish Archer

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Turkish horse archer. One of the most feared warriors of the middle ages.

October 17, 2009 Posted by herotod | Middle Ages | , | No Comments Yet

Celtic Warrior

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Celtic warrior from the Bronze Age. A chieftain with helmet and sword.

October 11, 2009 Posted by herotod | Ancient, Barbarian | | No Comments Yet

Krak des Chevaliers

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Krak des Chevaliers one of the most important Crusader fortresses in Syria.

October 5, 2009 Posted by herotod | Middle Ages | , | No Comments Yet

Franks

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Frankish nobles and clerics from the time of Charlemagne.

October 2, 2009 Posted by herotod | Barbarian, Middle Ages | | No Comments Yet

Soldiers camp

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Soldiers camp from the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648).

September 30, 2009 Posted by herotod | Baroque | | No Comments Yet

Bertrand du Guesclin

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Bertrand du Guesclin (ca. 1320–1380) was a Breton knight and French military commander during the Hundred Years’ War.

September 27, 2009 Posted by herotod | Middle Ages | , | No Comments Yet