Decimate

Our final article of the year is on decimation, a brutal Roman military function that has worked its way into the English language.

Military History Encyclopedia on the Web

We have now added a series of short lives: brief biographies of significant figures. These short lives will eventually be followed by longer biographies, but probably not for some time! The first batch of brief lives includes Sir Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Rommel, General Montgomery, Marshal Zhukov, Alexander the Great and Hannibal.

M-16 Rifle

New article on the M-16 Rifle, the key US infantry weapon of the last 40 years.

Alexander Vasilevsky, 1895-1977

Biography of Marshal Alexandr Vasilevsky, a senior Russian commander during the Second World War