warfare - Who said: "Armies prepare to fight their last war, rather ...
2020年7月24日 · @EricDuminil the comments on the current answer are illuminating. Essentially the idea is that it's easier to prepare yourself for a repeat of the last war you fought than it is to …
How did age affect the probability of being drafted during WWII?
2019年1月11日 · Long ago I read in a source I don't remember, that the USA drafted 18-year-olds first, allegedly because they didn't have wives or jobs yet and weren't old enough to vote. And …
How were tanks scrapped after World War Two?
2018年9月29日 · Both Axis & Allied nations produced thousands of tanks during the Second World War. However, not many of these vehicles survive to this day (there are exceptions of …
war - How did warriors age historically? - History Stack Exchange
2017年8月1日 · For the most part, a 50 year old can drive a spear into another person, walk in a phalanx, or pull a bow just as well as a 20 year old could. Of course, being in a phalanx as …
Help identifying an old bayonet - History Stack Exchange
2023年8月6日 · Some 8.4 million were produced, and it remained in front-line use from the Russo-Japanese War to the end of World War II. All Japanese infantrymen were issued with …
world war two - Did Germany have enforced conscription in 1944 ...
By 1944 Germany was on the defensive and needed every man that was available. General conscription had been introduced in 1935, at which time it was a fairly accomodating system …
united states - Percentage of the draft pool that were conscripted ...
2018年2月7日 · By the Vietnam war, the draft age had changed to 18-26 by the Selective Service Act. The draft pool was around 27 million (apparently lifted verbatim from a paragraph from …
What laws of war existed before the modern international treaties …
A somewhat comprehensive set of laws of war, stemming from tradition and religion, was present in Ancient Greece as well. Adriaan Lanni, in her paper The Laws of War in Ancient Greece …
united states - Which forts did the British keep in the Northwest ...
It's not the Northwest Territory, but I know that the British did not abandon Fort Mackinac, Michigan post-Revolution. In fact, I don't believe they abandoned it (or actually Fort …
war - Why the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) was "the last of the …
It was in the battle of the Tchernaya, fought in August 1855, that the first foundations of the present kingdom of Italy were laid; and while the arms of France, England, and Russia were …