Kiev, 71, 75, 122, 124, 272
Killing House, 298, 299, 304
King, Brig.-Gen. Rufus, 209
Kipchak Turks, 126
Kipling, Rudyard, 190
Kislingbury, 177
Knights Templar, 81–97, 136
knives, 23, 103, 119, 224, 298, 333
Kōga, 165
Kolbani, 83–4
Kommandos (Boer War), 245
Konigsberg, 265
Korea, 123
Koudele, Franz, 269–70
Krak des Chevaliers, 133
Kremlin, 340
Krupp guns, 219
Krypteia, 23, 27–8
Kuban Cossacks, 266, 267
Kuban, River, 267
Kuji Kiri, 160
Kunduz, 324, 325
Kura, River, 117
Kurdish people, 87
Kyrgyzstan, 11, 266
L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade (Britain), 294 (see also SAS)
Lacedaemon, 24
Laconia, 20
Lady Irene, 283
Lahousen, Erwin Heinrich Rene von, 258, 260
Lancaster bombers, 285
lances, 88
Land Operations Manual (MOD), 294–5
land walls, 134, 140, 142
Landon, Captain Tim, 66–7, 68
Landowski, Sergeant, 268, 269
Landsknechts, 145–56
Lannoy, Charles de, 154
laser-guided bombs, 316, 320–1
Latvia, 265
Lawrence, T. E. (Lawrence of Arabia), 245, 259
Lazenby, George, 262–3
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 208, 214
Lefèbvre-Desnoëttes, Gen. Charles comte, 201–2
legionaries, 56, 59, 66
Leigh-Mallory, ACM Sir Trafford, 242
Leo X, Pope, 151
Leonidas I, 19, 23–4, 26–9
Leontiades of Thebes, 31, 32
Lepidus, 64
‘Letter of Articles’, 148
Lettow-Vorbeck, Col. Paul Emil von, 259–60
Leuctra, Battle of, 40–1
Lewis, Bernard, 105
Leyva, Don Antonio de, 153, 154
Libya, 332
Life of Alexander (Plutarch), 46
Life of Pelopidas (Plutarch), 31
Light Dragoons, 206
Light Infantry, 6–7, 192, 193–208, 277
Limassol, 97
Lincoln, Abraham, 208
LinkedIn, 340, 341
Lion of Egypt, see Baibars
Lives of the Twelve Caesars, The (Suetonius), 63
Lock, PC Trevor, 292, 302, 305
Lodi, 153
Lofoten Islands, 248
Loire, River, 249, 252, 256
Lokris, Ancient Greece, 19
London, 68, 91, 168, 170, 181, 182, 262–3, 291, 292, 300, 314
German bombing of, 227, 229–31, 237–42
Great Fire of, 184–5, 189, 228
London Bridge, 302
‘London Bridge’ code word, 302
long axes, 70
‘Long Drag’ SAS test, 296
Lord Chamberlain of the Household, 180–1
Lord Protector, 180 (see also Cromwell, Oliver; Cromwell, Richard)
Louis IX, 129
Louis XI, 146
Lourdes, 276
Low Countries, 273
Loyal London, HMS, 189
Lufthansa, 228, 297
Luftwaffe, 228–9, 234, 236–41, 338
Lugers, 221
Lydia Kingdom, 10
Maas, River, 273
McClellan, Gen. George B., 208, 214
McCreery, Gen., 6
Macedonia, 40, 42, 43–7, 50, 55–6
maces, 13
Mach, 188
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 151
machine guns, 2, 217, 218, 219–22, 224, 233, 272, 281, 287, 288, 292, 298–300, 330
Mackenzie, Col. Kenneth, 194
McRaven, ADM William, 331–2, 335, 336
Madrid, 196
Magnus the Good (Magnús Óláfsson), 80
Maikop oilfields, 263–4, 268–70
Malan, Sailor, 235
Mali, 48
Malikshah, Sultan, 99
Mamluk Empire, 143–4
Mamluks, 88, 95, 96, 126–33, 135, 143–4
Man from Snowy River, The, 316
man-to-man combat, 221, 338
Manchester, 275
Manchester, Earl of, see Montagu, Edward
Mantinea, Battle of, 41
Maragha, 117
Marathon, Battle of, 18
Marco Polo, 104
Marignano, Battle of, 147
Mark IV tanks, 218
Marlborough, Duke of, 207
Maryland, 208
Marston Moor, Battle of, 170–1, 172
Marxists, 25, 35, 67, 68, 102, 314
Massagetae tribe, 14
Masters of Chaos (Robinson), 327
Masyaf fortress, 105
Matthias, HMS, 187, 188
Maurier, Daphne du, 277
Maxentius, Emperor, 66
Maximilian I, 146–52
Mazar-i-Sharif, 319, 321–6
Mecca, 132
Median Empire, 9–10
Mediterranean, 77, 110, 144
Medway, River, 185–7, 190
Mehmed II, Sultan, 135, 138, 139, 140–3
Mendes, 63
Mercury, 63
Meredith, Gen. Solomon, 214, 215
Merkit tribe, 114
Merlin engines, 232
Merville, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285, 288, 290
Meskenah, 88
Mesopotamia, 11, 87
Metropolitan Police (‘Met’), 300, 301
Michael IV, 76, 77, 79
Michael V, 79
Michigan, 216
Middle Ages, 68, 145, 221
Middle East, 47, 57, 80, 97, 108, 109, 132, 248, 291, 293, 312, 338
Middle Guard, 206
Mieza, 45
Mikawa, 165
Milan, Duchy of, 146, 152–3
Milch, Erhard, 228
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) training, 311
military service, compulsory, 11
Militia Ordinance, 169
militias, 157, 169, 327
Mills bombs, 289
Milvian Bridge, Battle of, 66
Milwaukee Sentinel, 216
Mindelheim, 146
Ministry of Defence (MOD), 294, 341
Mirabello, 153, 154
Mistra Conquest, 143
Mitchell, Maj. Mark, 325–6
Mitchell, Reginald J., 232, 233
Mithradates (shepherd), 9–10
Mitsuhide, Akechi, 165
mock-up planes, 275
MOD, 294, 341
Mogadishu, 297
Mohammed of the Beard, 67
Mohi, Battle of, 137
monasteries/monks/monastic life, 86, 98, 108, 129, 137, 159, 164, 195
Monck, George (1st Duke of Albemarle), 184, 186–7, 189
Mongol Empire, 110, 123, 125, 132
Mongol Kheshig, see Kheshig
Mongols, 109, 110–25, 126–7, 129, 131–3, 137, 338
Monmouth, HMS, 187
Mons Officer Cadet School, 7
Montagu, Edward (2nd Earl of Manchester), 171, 172, 173, 174, 176
Monte Mero, 205
Moore, Lt Gen. Sir John, 193–6, 201–4, 209
Moralia (Plutarch), 22
Morgan, Lt Gen. Frederick, 279
Morrison, Maj. Alastair, 297
mortars, 26, 220, 222, 224, 283, 287, 324, 326
Mortimer, Roger, 164
MOS training, 311
Mosul, 87
mountain folk, 158
mountain men, 51, 53–4, 56, 101
mountaineering, 52
Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas (1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma) (‘Dickie’), 248–9
mounted archery, 128
Mstislav the Daring (Prince of Galicia), 121
Muhammad, Prophet, 99, 129, 131
Muhammadan nation, 129
Mulholland, Lt Gen. John F., 309, 312
Munich, 265
Munich Olympics, 297
Murder Wall, see Eiger, Mount
muskets, 178–9, 188, 194, 200–1, 204
Nablus, 90, 91, 94
Nabonidus, King, 9, 12
Nagamochi, Udono, 157, 159
Nancy, Battle of, 145
Napier, Charles, 196
Napier, Sir William, 196
Naples, 6, 146
Napoleonic Wars, 2, 196
NASA, 116
Naseby, 177
National Road (US), 211
National Security Agency (NSA), 339
National Socialist, 260
National Socialists, 261
Naval Special Warfare Preparatory School (US), 330
Navy Board, 184
Navy SEALs (US), 160, 328–36
Nazis, 115, 227, 237, 242, 259, 260, 272, 314
Neftegorsk, 268
Neo-Babylonian Empire, 11
Nero, Emperor, 128
Netherlands, 169, 176, 182–92, 227, 263, 273
Nevada, 332, 338
New Model Army, 167, 174–81, 183
New Yorker, 6, 329
New Zealand, 234
Newall, Cyril, 231
Newbury, 171, 172, 178
Newman, Lt Col. Charles, 246, 250, 255–6
Nichol, John, 233
night-vision goggles, 333, 334
Nile, River, 15, 129
Ninja, 157–66
Nisour Square, 338
Nizari Ismaili, 98, 109
NKVD, 266–9
no-man’s-land, 5, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223, 224
Nobunaga, Oda, 161–5
nomads, 111, 183
non-Arab Islamism, 99
Noor, Atta Mohammad, 309, 310, 312, 322–4
Normandie Dock, 250, 257
Normandy landings, 272–91
Norse sagas, 74–9
north Africa, 2, 5, 57, 263
North Carolina, 209, 310, 331–2
North Pole, 198
Northern Alliance, 309, 314, 317, 319, 321, 323, 325–6
Northern Association, 175
Northwest Passage, 48, 70
Norway, 69, 75, 80, 183, 257, 263, 273
Nosorog, Dean, 312, 322–5
Noumera prison, 72
NSA, 339
Nūr al-Dīn, 87
Nuremberg, 258
Nutsch, Mark, 312–16, 318–23, 325
Oan Ali Mohammed, 292, 301–3, 305
Obama, Barack, 329, 331, 332, 335, 336
Obrist, 146
Occidental Petroleum, 314
ODAs, 312, 324, 326
ODA 534, 312
ODA 595, 312
Oder, River, 124
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (‘Devil’s Brigade’), 310
oilfields, 263–5, 268–70
OKW, 259, 260, 261, 264
Olaf Haraldsson (Olaf II) (Saint Olaf), 75, 80
Óláfsson, Magnús (Magnus the Good), 80
Old Man of the Mountains (Rashīd ad-Dīn as-Sinān), 105–9
Old Swiss Confederacy, 145
Old Testament, 193
Olson, Dave, 315, 325–6
Olympic Games, 45, 297
Omaha Beach, 279
Oman, 7, 24, 34–5, 66–8, 83, 101, 210–11
Oman, Sulton of, 7, 67, 68
Onan, 112
O’Neill, Robert, 331, 332, 333, 335
online videos, 341
Operational Detachments-A (ODAs), 312
Operations:
Barbarossa, 263
Chariot, 250, 252, 257
Deadstick, 280, 281, 282–3
Edelweiss, 264
Neptune Spear, 332
Nimrod, 302
Sealion, 227, 236
Tonga, 280, 281, 282
Operator, The (O’Neill), 331
Opis, 9, 12, 13
Oracle, 24
Orchomenus (Boeotia), Greece, 37
Orne, River, 279, 285
Osaka, 258
OSS, 310
Ottoman Empire, 133, 134–44, 245, 259
Otway, Lt Col. Terence, 287
Ousland, Borge, 149
Oxford, 172, 176, 278
Oxfordshire, Lord Lieutenant of, 169
Oxyartes of Bactria, 49–50, 54–5
Pacific Ocean, 330
Paeonia, 44, 45
Paget, Gen. Sir Edward, 199, 201
Pakistan, 327, 328–9, 331–3, 336
palace pillaging, 73
Palace Schools, 135
Palestine, 2, 89, 133, 297
Papal States, 153
Papists, 168
Parachute Regiment (Britain), 274, 278, 280
parachute schools, 276, 310
parachute ‘twists’, described, 276–7
Paradise, 84, 96, 101–2, 103
Paratroopers, 272–91
Park, Keith, 234, 240
Parliament, 167–81
Parliamentarian Eastern Association, 173
Parr, Irene, 283
Parr, PVT Wally, 283
Paschal II, Pope, 86
Pasha, Halil, 141
Pasha, Zagan, 141
Pau, 276
Pavia, 153–4
PBS, 316
Peace Offensive, 224, 225
Pearl Harbor, 308
Pecheneg nomads, 76
Pelopidas, 31–3, 36–8, 40–1, 43, 46
Pelusium, Egypt, 15, 16
Peninsular War, 206
Pennsylvania, 215
Pentagon, 308, 341, 342
People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Soviet Union), see NKVD
Pepys, Samuel, 184, 188–9
perilous things, women described as, 86
Perioeci, 39–40
Perscholl, Gen., 268
Persia, 263
Persian Empire, 9–17, 18–29, 30, 36, 47–8, 99, 135
Persian Gulf, 312
Persian Immortals, see Immortals
Persian tiara, 12
Persian Wars, 29
Pertinax, Emperor, 66
Pett, Peter, 184, 186, 187
Phaethon, 61
pharaohs, 14, 17
Philip II of France, 91, 92
Philip II of Macedonia, 43–4, 46–7
Philip IV of France, 96–7
Phoenicia, 11
Phokas, Vardhas, 72
phosphorus grenades, 289
PIAT guns, 290
pigeons, 282, 289
pikemen, see Landsknechts
pikes, 44, 148, 151
pilgrims/pilgrimage, 83–6, 96
pillaging, 71, 73, 109, 143, 155–6
Pineland, 311
Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, 76
Plato, 33–4
Pliable Solidarity, 207
Ploiesti oilfields, 264
Plunkett, RFM Thomas, 204
Plutarch of Chaeronea, 22–3, 28, 31, 38, 44, 46
poets/poems, 108–9
poets/poetry, 28–9, 76, 265
poison gas, 223
Poland, 76, 121, 124, 220, 227, 234, 259
polar expedition disaster, 119
polo, 128
polutasvarf, 73
Polyaenus of Macedonia, 15, 40
pomegranate counterweights, 12
Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ, 84
Portugal, 196
Potomac, 208
POWs, 241, 255
Praetorian Guard, 57–69, 340
Praetorian Prefecture, 59
pre-stress energy drink, 198–9
Predators, 327
Premier League, 75
Presbyterianism, 171, 173
Prince of Wales, HMS, 243
Prince Royal, 183
Prinz Eugen, SMS, 243
PRISM, 339
Pro Patria, DS, 187
p
rofessional security companies (PSCs), 337–8
Prophet Muhammad, 99, 129, 131
propaganda, 100, 102, 318, 340
prostitution, 32, 62, 63, 90, 149
Protectorate, 180, 183
Protestants and Catholics, disputes between, 168–9
Prussian Empire, 196
Prussian High Command, 259
Psametik III, Pharaoh, 14, 15, 16
PSCs, 337–8
Ptolemy, 45
Punjab, 55
Purdon, Corran, 253–4, 255, 256
Puritanism, 171, 175
Puteoli, 63
Pym, John, 169
Q Course (SFAS course) (US), 310–12
Qaboos, Prince, 67, 68
Qala-i-Jangi, 325, 326
Quenzsee, Lake, 262
Quṭuz, al-Muẓaffar Sayf al-Dīn, 131, 132–3
RAF, see Royal Air Force
RAF Staff College, Andover, 230
RAF Uxbridge, 238
Ramadan, 103
Randall, Alexander Williams, 209
Ranville, 280
rape and pillage, 71, 109, 317
Rashid, Shah of Shirvan, 118
Ravenna, 151
Ray, Iran, 99
Rayment, Sean, 253, 255
Raymond, Count, 89
Raymond du Puy, 86
Raymond of Aguilers, 82–3
Raytheon, 339
Recce Family, 35
Red Army, 267, 268, 272
Red Hill, 178
Red Squadron (US Navy SEALs), 331
Red Teams (SAS), 300, 301, 302, 303–4, 305
Regensburg, 150
Regent’s Park, 302
Reich Ministry of Aviation, 228
Reisläufer, 146
religious sects, 98–109
reservists, 33, 37
Resistance Training Laboratory, 311
RFC, 229, 230
Rhegium, 61
Rhodes, 97
Richard the Lionheart (Richard I), 91–6, 98
Riga, 265
Rigaschen Rundschau, 265
Rinaldo, 83
Ringway airport, 275, 276, 277
‘Riot’, 339
Ritchie, Maj. Gen. Neil, 294
Robert de Sable, 91
Robertson, Ben, 228
Robin Hood, 162
Robin Sage (SFAS exercise), 311
Robinson, Linda, 327
robots, 341–2
Rohr, Captain, 219–21
Rolls-Royce engines, 232
Roman Empire, 57–69, 71, 124, 146
Roman Forum, 61
Roman Republic, 56, 57
Romania, 264
Rome, pillage of, see Sack of Rome
Rommel, Gen. Erwin, 2, 3, 4, 221, 279
Rose, Lt Col. Michael (‘Mike’), 300
Rotterdam, 273
Roundheads, 167, 169
rowing, 76
Roxana of Bactria, 49, 56
Royal Air Force, 244
Royal Air Force (RAF), 68, 227–42, 244, 248, 252, 257, 274–5, 278, 285
Royal Charles, HMS, 187, 188, 189, 190
Royal Exchange, 185
Royal Flying Corps (RFC), 229, 230
Royal Garrison Artillery, 230
Royal James, HMS, 189
Royal Marines, 185
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 230
Royal Navy (RN), 182, 183, 188, 192, 244, 251
Royal Oak, HMS, 189
Royal Observer Corps, 230
Royal Scots Greys, 1–7, 191–2, 206, 295, 314, 321