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 **[[http://www.uniforminsignia.net/index.php?p=main|International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia]]** - exactly what it says-images of insignia and uniforms of nearly every country, some going back to the 18th and 19th century.
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=4803887&postcount=211|Doc What's massive list of links about maritime history (mostly military stuff)]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4803887|Doc What's massive list of links about maritime history (mostly military stuff)]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=215631|Uniform prototypes, transitional and ephemeral uniforms thread]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Marc Pasquin]]
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 **[[http://www.wtj.com/archives/|Archives of the War Times Journal]]**
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=146291&d=1309798298|Military Casualties Spreadsheet]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/146291/|Military Casualties Spreadsheet]]**
 **[[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/|The Army Children Archive (TACA)]]** - Collects, records, preserves and shares details of the unique aspects of growing up as the child of a soldier serving in the British Army, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.
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 ==== Prehistory ====
+**[[http://www.donsmaps.com/indextools.html|Tools from the Stone Age]]** - A very detailed website about stone age tools and hunting weapons. While a very simple design, the site has highly informative text and plenty of images in each article. As an example, [[http://www.donsmaps.com/atlatl.html|here]]'s an article on spear-throwers (atlatls).
 **[[http://www.paleoarts.net/|Paleoarts.net]]** - "Imaginative recreations of Stone Age tools, weapons and artifacts."
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 **[[http://www.ancientmilitary.com/index.htm|Ancient Military.com]]** - Probably the best site on the internet concerning warfare from the dawn of written history to the early Middle Ages. Very concise, full of info, recommended.
-**[[http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_1_1892/Volume_1,_No._1,_1892/The_Polynesian_bow,_by_E._Tregear,_p_56-59/p1|The Polynesian Bow]]** - An article by E. Tregear at the Journal of the Polynesian Society, examining the possible reasons behind the rarity of the bow among Polynesian ethnicities.
+**[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140605015026/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_1_1892/Volume_1,_No._1,_1892/The_Polynesian_bow,_by_E._Tregear,_p_56-59/p1|The Polynesian Bow]]** - An article by E. Tregear at the Journal of the Polynesian Society, examining the possible reasons behind the rarity of the bow among Polynesian ethnicities. Also have a look at [[http://alwestmeditates.blogspot.sk/2014/02/the-polynesian-bow-edward-tregear-1892.html|this]] and [[http://alwestmeditates.blogspot.sk/2013/09/austronesian-archery.html|this]] article.
 **[[http://www.livescience.com/13113-ancient-chemical-warfare-romans-persians.html|Buried Soldiers May Be Victims of Ancient Chemical Weapon]]** - An article about the potential use of simple chemical weapons in wars between Romans and Persians.
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 **[[http://myarmoury.com/feature_shield.html|The Shield: An Abridged History of its Use and Development]]**
+Loades, M.; Dennis, P.: //The Crossbow//, Osprey Publishing, 1st edition 2018, ISBN 978-1472824608
 === Armour, clothing and equipment ===
 **[[http://myarmoury.com/feature_books_team.html|Miscellaneous useful bibliography on armour]]**
+**[[https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aams/hd_aams.htm|Arms and Armor—Common Misconceptions and Frequently Asked Questions]]** - Excellent FAQ/overview of some common (and annoying) misconceptions about armour, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum website.
 **[[http://thecostumersmanifesto.com/costumeoldsite//history/100pages/militaryuniforms.htm|Arms and Armor historical info at the Costumer's Manifesto website]]**
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 === Fortifications ===
+**[[http://www.oldcastleshop.com/glossary.htm|Glossary of castle terminology (in two pages)]]**
+**[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Fortifications Fortifications terminology]]** - Overview of various fortification-related terms and concepts, by form, era and local context.
 **[[http://www.castlewales.com/motte.html|Motte and Bailey Castles and Ringworks]]**
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 **[[http://r-l-p.co.uk/eurocast.html|Castles of Europe (+ Turkey, Jordan, Morocco and the USA)]]** - Only brief overviews, but useful.
+**[[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jon_Erlandson/publication/235324716_Forts_Refuge_Rocks_and_Defensive_Sites_The_Antiquity_of_Warfare_along_the_North_Pacific_Coast_of_North_America/links/02bfe512eb43f7be32000000/Forts-Refuge-Rocks-and-Defensive-Sites-The-Antiquity-of-Warfare-along-the-North-Pacific-Coast-of-North-America.pdf?origin=publication_detail|Forts, Refuge Rocks and Defensive Sites: The_Antiquity of Warfare along the North Pacific Coast of North America]]** - Archaeological research article by Jon Erlandson and Madonna L. Moss, in downloadable .pdf format, on the native fortifications used in the Pacific Northwest.
 === Siege Engines, Siege Equipment, Early Firearms and Early Artillery ===
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 **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20101229205916/http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/francis.htm|Oliver of Paderborn and his siege engine at Damietta (Egypt, 1219, The Fifth Crusade)]]**
+**[[https://www.google.sk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwiQjL_kgITcAhUE1ywKHSe7AkwQFggtMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgladius.revistas.csic.es%2Findex.php%2Fgladius%2Farticle%2Fdownload%2F186%2F188&usg=AOvVaw0bJCLScwm2zHuf_Dvb5wNo|Gunpowder and Arab Firearms in the Middle Ages]]** - An older research article, available for download in .pdf format.
 **[[http://www.musketeer.ch/blackpowder/history.html|Ulrich Bretscher's Black Powder Page]]** - Featuring lots of interesting articles on medieval firearms, e.g. [[http://www.musketeer.ch/blackpowder/freienstein.html|The two oldest handguns of Switzerland]].
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 **[[https://www.academia.edu/8170378/Characteristics_of_Medieval_Artillery_in_the_Light_of_Written_Sources_from_Bohemia_and_Poland?auto=download|Characteristics of Medieval Artillery in the Light of Written Sources from Bohemia and Poland]]** - A downloadable .pdf article at Academia.edu.
+**[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_cannon|Wooden cannons]]** - Though quite rare and not built of wood alone, they saw some use in history.
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246737|A discussion about central and eastern European artillery of the 16th century]]**
-**[[http://www.warfare.altervista.org/Renaissance/RenaissanceWarfare-AirfixMagazineArticles.htm|Renaissance Warfare]]** - Series of articles by George Gush.
+**[[http://home.mysoul.com.au/graemecook/Renaissance/RenaissanceWarfare-AirfixMagazineArticles.htm|Renaissance Warfare]]** - Series of articles by George Gush.
 **[[http://www.thearma.org/SwordForms.html#.V1a2zyEwBAw|Terminology of Medieval and Renaissance Sword Forms]]** - A highly recommended article.
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 **[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgx5PMpgonqViOSo4u8TnEcj9ik1AwlOs|Medieval and early modern archery and firearms]]** - A playlist collecting useful videos on medieval (476-1500 AD) and early modern (1500-1700 AD) ranged fighting with bows, crossbows and the earliest firearms. Also includes videos on military archer and early modern gunner equipment, clothing and armour, and even some bowyery tutorials. Arranged by topic and in rough chronological / historical order.
+**[[http://www.marquisofwinchesters.co.uk/category/ecw-military-research/|English Civil War Military Research]]** & **[[http://www.marquisofwinchesters.co.uk/2017/02/04/our-english-civil-war-resources/|English Civil War Resources]]** - Collections of articles at MarquisOfWinchester.co.uk.
 **[[http://myarmoury.com/feature_hussars.html|Article on the history of the Winged Hussars of Poland]]**
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 **[[http://www.1812privateers.org/|War of 1812 : Privateers]]** - This site includes both American and British privateers – where possible accompanied by images of original documents.Includes some crew lists of American privateers captured by the Royal Navy. Work in progress but looks good so far.
-**[[http://jamesewilliams.tripod.com/texasconfederate.html|Texas Confederate Military Page]]** - Contains a list of abbreviations commonly used in Confederate records; a list of Confederate military camps in Texas and their general location if known; a list of Confederate companies furnished by each county in Texas.
 **[[http://www.history.navy.mil/books/callahan/reg-usn-i.htm|Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900]]**
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 **[[http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1855/armies-europe/index.htm|The Armies of Europe (in 1855)]]** by Frederick Engels
+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264861|Discussion on the nature of 18th century to mid-19th century warfare in North America]]**
 **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20091022132935/http://geocities.com/littlegreenmen.geo/1862mob.htm|Analysis of the strength of the British armed forces in 1862]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:67th Tigers]].
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264861|Discussion on the nature of 18th century to mid-19th century warfare in North America]]**
+**[[http://howardlanham.tripod.com/newindex.html|Union Army Uniforms and Insignia of the American Civil War 1861-1865]]** - Military history website, presented by Dr. Howard G. Lanham.
+**[[http://jamesewilliams.tripod.com/texasconfederate.html|Texas Confederate Military Page]]** - Contains a list of abbreviations commonly used in Confederate records; a list of Confederate military camps in Texas and their general location if known; a list of Confederate companies furnished by each county in Texas.
 **[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5q93mLa8sk|How lever action firearms work]]** - A quick video (20 seconds) that explains the lever action mechanism popular in some 19th century repeater rifles.
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 ==== 20th century : World War One ====
+**[[http://www.1914-1918-online.net/|1914-1918 Online.net]]** - The International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Don't forget to visit the [[http://www.1914-1918-online.net/06_WWI_websites/index.html|WWI Websites]] recommendation list, in addition to the encyclopedia's contents themselves.
 **[[https://books.google.sk/books?id=rpBbX3kdnhgC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|The Economics of World War I]]**
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 ==== 20th century : The Cold War ====
-**[[http://www.korean-war.com|Korean War.com]]**
 **[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/37695/NATO-Order-of-Battle-1989#|NATO Order of Battle]]** - Detailed Order of Battle for NATO and Neutral European States in 1989. Useful for timelines about WWIII.
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270622|Soviet Civil Defense booklet from 1986]]**
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7186573&postcount=500|List of countries that had ongoing conflicts in 1984]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Tsochar]]
+**[[[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7186573|stuff]]]]|List of countries that had ongoing conflicts in 1984]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Tsochar]]
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265857|Discussion on Warsaw Pact invasion routes]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Top Hats Daily]]
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 **[[http://koti.mbnet.fi/felipe/index.html|Sailing warships of all Nations]]** - A must see site, offering complete listings of sailing warships for European countries and the USA.
+**[[https://web.archive.org/web/20120129164815/http://www.melfisher.org:80/cannonsurvey/gunfounding101.htm|Sailship Cannon History and Technology]]** - The forged and cast cannons found on historical sailing ships.
 **[[http://www.sailingnavies.com/index.php|Sailing Navies]]** - Comprehensive ship and officer listings (1650-1850 AD).