The uniform coat worn by British Admiral Horatio Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar on October 21st, 1805. The small white hole below the left epaulette is from the French snipers bullet which killed him.5mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Napoleon
The remains of the Hippodrome at Caesarea in the former Roman province of Judea, with an estimated capacity of 15,000 spectators.1yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientrome
Napoleon's sword, used during his campaigns in Egypt and during the battle of Marengo. It was sold at auction in 2007 for $6.5 million2mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Napoleon
The temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon, 150 AD. This stunning Roman temple, still very well preserved, is actually larger than the Parthenon of Athens.1yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientrome
Last stand hill, Little bighorn battlefield, Montana. It was at this site that the last 40 men under General Custer's 210 strong command made a desperate last stand before being totally annihilated by 2,000 Lakota, Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and Dakota warriors.1mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/USHistory
A watch found in the Hiroshima rubble stopped at 8:16 AM, the exact time of the 1945 atomic bomb detonation.10mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Military
Napoleon's sword, used during his campaigns in Egypt and during the battle of Marengo. It was sold at auction in 2007 for $6.5 million7mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Napoleon
After the Macedonian victory over the combined forces of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC.1yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Military
After the Macedonian victory over the combined forces of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC.6mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientgreece
Local sculpture dedicated to Roman Emperor Constantine the great. Nis, Serbia.1yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientrome
January 1945. Nineteen year old Alfred Michel overlooks his Messershmitt BF-109G with members of the American 455th anti aircraft battery who had shot him down.9mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ww2
In Roman warfare, the Testudo was a shield wall formation commonly used during battles, particularly sieges and was used to protect the Legionary's from all types of missile attacks. The primary drawback to the formation was that it greatly sacrificed speed and mobility on the battlefield.3yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientrome
Napoleon’s sword, carried during his campaigns in Egypt and during the battle of Marengo. It was sold at auction in 2007 for $6.5 million.1mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Napoleon
A German sailor building a model of the battleship Tirpitz while stationed aboard the Tirpitz.3wk ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Warships
Marshal Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz, buried at the Pantheon in Paris.3mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Napoleon
Hiro Onoda Was an Imperial Japanese army intelligence officer who did not surrender in August 1945. Onoda spent the next twenty nine years holding out in the Philippines. Only when his former commander traveled from Japan to personally relieve him of duty in 1974 did he surrender1mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
The most iconic armor worn by a Roman Legionary was the lorica segmentata. A banded iron cuirass constructed of articulated iron plates and leather that was used between circa 150 BC and the late 3rd century AD.2yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientrome
Golden wreath discovered in 1976 within the tomb of Spartan general Brasidas, who was killed at the battle of Amphipolis in 422 BC. On display at the Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis, Greece.1yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientgreece
January 1945. German fighter pilot Alfred Michel overlooks his damaged BF-109G with members of the American 455th anti aircraft battery who had shot him down while on his very first mission.5mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
The iron and gold cuirass of King Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, 4th century BC, on display in Vergina, Greece.2mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancientgreece
Greek Corinthian Helmet 490 BC, the warriors scull was found inside. (638x800)3yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancienthistory
The Mv Wilhelm Gustloff The largest maritime disaster in history occurred on January 30th 1945, when the former cruise turned hospital ship transporting civilian evacuees from East Prussia, was torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet submarine S-13. Of the 11,000 on board the ship, 9,500 were killed.8mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield Montana. It was at this site that the last 40 men under General George Armstrong Custer's 210 strong command made a desperate last stand before being totally annihilated by nearly 2,000 Lakota, Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and Dakota warriors.9mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
Italian Alpini mountain troops during the invasion of Greece, October 1940.4mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
The end of the Dakota War 1862. After mock court trials and pre - determined sentencing, thirty eight Dakota Sioux were hanged on December 26th 1862, in what today still remains the largest one day mass execution in American history.2yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/MilitaryHistory
After the Macedonian victory over the combined forces of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC.1yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancienthistory
The uniform coat worn by British Admiral Horatio Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar on October 21st, 1805. The small white hole below the left epaulette is from the French snipers bullet which killed him.1wk ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Napoleon
Uniform coat, gauntlets and the pen with General Robert E. Lee signed the terms of surrender to union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox court house on April 9th, 1865. Housed in civil war museum in Richmond Virginia.3mo ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/USHistory
A German Messerschmitt Bf 109 after a forced landing near Windsor Park, Berkshire, England 1940.6yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/wwiipics
Sixteen inch aft gun turret from the Japanese battleship Mutsu, raised during salvage operations in 1970.2yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Military
After the Macedonian victory over the combined forces of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea 338 BC.2yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/ancienthistory
June 25th 1876. Two hundred and sixty eight soldiers of the United States 7th cavalry regiment are wiped out by the combined forces of the Arapaho, Lakota and northern Cheyenne at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.2yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/USHistory
Battle of Jena - Auerstadt 1806. Auerstadt being Marshal Davout's finest hour.1wk ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/Napoleon
Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield. Montana. It was at this site that the last 40 men under General Custer's 210 strong command made a desperate last stand before being totally annihilated by hundreds of Lakota, Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne and Dakota warriors.2yr ⋅ GreatMilitaryBattles ⋅ r/USHistory
