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Mods and rockers. Mods and rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Media coverage of the two groups fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth, and they became widely perceived as violent, unruly troublemakers. The rocker subculture was centred on motorcycling.
Napoleonic tactics describe certain battlefield principles used by national armies from the late 18th century until the invention and adoption of the rifled musket in the mid 19th century. Napoleonic tactics are characterised by intense drilling of soldiers; speedy battlefield movement; combined arms assaults between infantry, cavalry, and ...
The Battle of Turner's Falls or Battle of Grand Falls; also known as the Peskeompscut-Wissantinnewag Massacre, was a battle and massacre occurring on May 19, 1676, in the context of King Philip's War in what is present-day Gill and Greenfield, across from Turners Falls on the Connecticut River. The incident marked a turning point in the war ...
Tournament (medieval) An early 14th century depiction of mounted combat in a tournament from the German Codex Manesse. A tournament, or tourney (from Old French torneiement, tornei ), was a chivalrous competition or mock fight that was common in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (12th to 16th centuries), and is a type of hastilude.
Sins of a Solar Empire is an award-winning RTS space battle game, and Mass Effect is an epic action RPG universe with enough lore to fill a library. What happens when you smash the two together in ...
Failure of Khan Presian I to take over Serbia. Bulgarian-Serbian War (853) Principality of Serbia. Bulgarian Empire. Victory. Failure of the Bulgarians to replace the Byzantine overlordship on the Serbs. Vladimir-Rasate and 12 Boyars taken prisoner. Bulgarian–Serbian wars of 917–924. Principality of Serbia.
In 1934, the Italian firm of Ansaldo produced a new mountain howitzer design, the Obice da 75/18 modello 34, designed by Lt. Colonel Sergio Berlese who served in the Italian artillery. The modello 34 could be broken down into eight loads for transport. In the interest of standardization and logistics a version of the 75/18, the modello 35, was ...
Communist Party of the USA. Years active. 1930s-1940s. Notable works. New Masses and People's World contributions, The Big Strike (1949) " Mike Quin " (1906–1947) was the CPUSA pen name of an American writer, born Paul William Ryan, who also used the second pen name "Robert Finnegan," best known for his posthumous book The Big Strike (1949 ...