The Seven Years’ War in Germany was characterised by an increasing use of ‘light’ troops in conjunction with regular infantry and cavalry as part of an ongoing evolution in military tactics

The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies

This history of the Catholic armies of the Habsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years’ War explores the role of cavalry during the last major religious war in mainland Europe

This history of the Catholic armies of the Hapsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years War explores the role of infantry and artillery during the last major religious war in mainland Europe

the infantry of the Ancien Regime up to 1789 · Organisation and uniforms - Line regiments and Light battalions - National Guard - Volunteers & irregulars - Demi-brigades · The 1791 regulations - drill and tactics, from individual soldier to battalion

This volume covers the classic ‘Beau Geste’ period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion

warlords acted essentially as local kings and much like Sengoku-period Japan, fewer, larger power-blocks emerged, fielding armies hundreds of thousands strong.

This book is a detailed analysis of the Soviet Army at the outbreak of World War II, including the Red Army’s campaigns against Japan on the Manchurian plains as well as in Finland.

This book looks at the uniforms and organisation of the infantry of King George,s Army.

This companion volume to MAA 285 takes a further look at the infantry uniforms of the mid-18th century British Army,covering the various auxiliary infantry formations,