Meanwhile, Gaza health authorities said Saturday that the Palestinian death toll from the Hamas-Israel conflict has reached ...

Fortifications have historically posed immense challenges to attacking armies. Over the centuries, they often necessitated prolonged and costly sieges - draining resources, inflicting heavy casualties ...

Israeli occupation forces carried out airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, injuring ...

Warlord Games is supporting the release of the new Crimean War supplement for Black Powder with even more 28mm scale miniatures for various nations. They are available for you to ...

Israeli forces carried out multiple attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing three Palestinians in the Shuja’iyya ...

Eighty years ago today, German artillery opened fire on an inexperienced American division that had been at the front for ...

They call them the roses of Sarajevo: scars ripping through the concrete and painted red, marking where an artillery round claimed a life during the longest siege of modern history – a full ...

Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was on an even playing field, the history of warfare is one defined by technological ...

The first artillery cannon can be found to the northwest, on a ledge near the left-most Siege Tower (you’ll also find a Yellow Key door withholding a Gold Chest on this ledge). Shield Charge the base ...

On September 16, a full-scale attack on the fort was carried out from the north and the south. After fierce fighting, the Sinhalese forces had to withdraw with heavy casualties Food prices within the ...

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Portuguese fortresses, equipped with stone walls and cannon, were the key to their survival against repeated Sinhalese attempts to oust them from coastal regions The 1630 siege of Colombo failed ...