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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.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]]  **[[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.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. **[[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 ==== ==== Prehistory ====
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 +**[[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." **[[http://www.paleoarts.net/|Paleoarts.net]]** - "Imaginative recreations of Stone Age tools, weapons and artifacts."
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 **[[http://myarmoury.com/feature_shield.html|The Shield: An Abridged History of its Use and Development]]** **[[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 === === Armour, clothing and equipment ===
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 === Fortifications === === Fortifications ===
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 +**[[http://www.oldcastleshop.com/glossary.htm|Glossary of castle terminology (in two pages)]]**
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 +**[[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]]** **[[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. **[[http://r-l-p.co.uk/eurocast.html|Castles of Europe (+ Turkey, Jordan, Morocco and the USA)]]** - Only brief overviews, but useful.
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 +**[[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 === === 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)]]** **[[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)]]**
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 +**[[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]]. **[[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://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.
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 +**[[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.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. **[[http://www.thearma.org/SwordForms.html#.V1a2zyEwBAw|Terminology of Medieval and Renaissance Sword Forms]]** - A highly recommended article.
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 **[[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://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.
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- - A collection of articles at MarquisOfWinchester.co.uk. 
  
 **[[http://myarmoury.com/feature_hussars.html|Article on the history of the Winged Hussars of Poland]]** **[[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://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.
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-**[[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]]** **[[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.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1855/armies-europe/index.htm|The Armies of Europe (in 1855)]]** by Frederick Engels
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 +**[[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://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. 
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 +**[[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. **[[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 ==== ==== 20th century : World War One ====
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 +**[[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]]** **[[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 ====   ==== 20th century : The Cold War ====  
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-**[[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. **[[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/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]] **[[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. **[[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.
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 +**[[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). **[[http://www.sailingnavies.com/index.php|Sailing Navies]]** - Comprehensive ship and officer listings (1650-1850 AD).
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