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Warfare 1917 , Con Artist Games, Chris “Con” Condon, Play for Free at Armor Games.Com Warfare 1917 is a free-to-play World War I game inspired by the brutal and seemingly wasteful loss of human life in the trenches and in no-man’s-land of Western Europe c.1917-1918. Behind this game’s gritty and simple exterior and basic controls is an addicting and challenging game play experience. This game is surprisingly historically accurate as well as fun and simple to play. For such a small game the creators and producers over at Con Artist Games did a wonderful job balancing each sides units. Warfare 1917 offers two standard campaign modes, the British or German Empire. A third mode allows the player to create a custom game keeping the replayability factor moderately high. In this mode the player can set their own parameters for the battle making themselves or their enemies as strong or as weak as they like. Tommies (British Infantry) in the trenches from Warfare 1917 In any mode the basic gam

Finland’s Civil War ( Suomen sisällissota ) was one of the first major conflicts connected with the Russian Revolution and subsequent Civil War that was fought throughout the former Empire of Russia which began in October of 1917. Before and immediately after declaring independence from the Russian Empire on 6 December 1917, Finland (Suomi) had first flirted with an independent monarchy when the German Prince Charles Frederick of Hesse was elected King of Finland before the collapse of the German Empire in October 1917. Red Guard during the Finnish Civil War A republican government was established instead of monarchy by the politician and lawyer Pehr Evind Svinhufvud. Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (b.1865-1952) became the first president of an independent Finnish Republic in the year 1919. There was mass opposition to the early post-independence government led by the “socialists” and the numerous Bolshevik-Communist supporters in Finland, mainly the Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue , the Finnish Co

The Devil's Wind: The Bengal Army and the Outbreak Of The Indian Mutiny [Kindle Edition]. 399 pgs. Bibliography. Chapter Notes. Endeavour Press Ltd. (December 23, 2013). The Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858 is one of the central events and conflicts of Britain’s Imperial Age from c.1750-1899. In the Devil’s Wind, author Saul David’s immense scholarly and detailed examination of the reasons behind the Mutiny delves into the composition and formation of the Indian Army before and after the conflict, addressing all of the major factors, socioeconomic, religious, and military, which led to the large scale Sepoy insurrection against British rule beginning in May of 1857. Rich with detail and well researched information regarding the recruitment of each major regiment of the Bengal Army during the Mutiny, the reader is engaged throughout the Devil’s Wind in arguably one of the most deeply researched, well written, balanced, and comprehensive English language books on the topic of the Indian Mu

Many of the campaigns and major battles which comprise the rich history of the War of the Roses were short in length, lasting only a few days as opposed to weeks or months. Warfare was undergoing a slow transformation throughout c.1440-1499 as the medieval age waned into the renaissance age. The lords, barons, dukes, and knights of this period brought rather small forces to bear in combat, around 200-2000 men. This were relatively diverse forces comprised mostly of archers and infantrymen, with diverse forces  cavalry artillery, and mercenaries from the continent. Towton, March 1461 Combat was almost always decisive in this era and battles were relatively short but hard fought and costly as a result. Even in small scale skirmishes the bloodshed was shocking by all accounts that survived the period from 1400 onwards. The Lords, Earls, Dukes, or Kings who served as generals and commander of their households were often in the thick of the battle near their vanguards; the colorful and rath