BGuthrie Photos: NY -- West Point Military Academy -- Museum -- Exhibit: History of Warfare

NY -- West Point Military Academy -- Museum -- Exhibit: History of Warfare:

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Description of Pictures: History of Warfare:
The history of military warfare is part of each Cadet's required curriculum. This gallery is closely coordinated with the academic courses on military history and traces warfare from the ancient world to the present.
The exhibit highlights the technological changes in warfare and the strategic and tactical changes brought on by those new technologies.
Displays include dioramas of significant battles in history as well as Napoleon's sword and pistols, the safety plug removed from the Nagasaki atomic bomb and trophies of war surrendered by a defeated Nazi Germany.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. WPMWAR_160918_001.JPG: History of Warfare Gallery
2. WPMWAR_160918_004.JPG: History of Warfare
3. WPMWAR_160918_009.JPG: Ancient Warfare
4. WPMWAR_160918_011.JPG: Alexander the Great
5. WPMWAR_160918_021.JPG: Roman Army
6. WPMWAR_160918_024.JPG: Phalanx Legion
7. WPMWAR_160918_027.JPG: Manipular Legion
8. WPMWAR_160918_029.JPG: Cohortal Legion
9. WPMWAR_160918_034.JPG: The Battle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC The Triumph of the Roman Manipular Legion
10. WPMWAR_160918_038.JPG: The Battle of Cynoscephalae
11. WPMWAR_160918_049.JPG: Legionary Eagle Bearer
12. WPMWAR_160918_055.JPG: Roman Engineering
13. WPMWAR_160918_058.JPG: Roman Field Fortifications
14. WPMWAR_160918_060.JPG: Roman Empire at the Time of Hadrian c 116 AD
15. WPMWAR_160918_066.JPG: Model of a Catapult
16. WPMWAR_160918_068.JPG: Model of a Ballista
17. WPMWAR_160918_074.JPG: Siege of Avaricus, 59 BC
18. WPMWAR_160918_076.JPG: Siege of Avaricus, 59 BC
19. WPMWAR_160918_091.JPG: The Battle of Adrianople
20. WPMWAR_160918_093.JPG: The Battle of Adrianople, 378 AD The End of the Dominance of Infantry
21. WPMWAR_160918_100.JPG: The Battle of Crecy
22. WPMWAR_160918_104.JPG: The Battle of Crecy, 1346 The Resurgence of Infantry
23. WPMWAR_160918_116.JPG: Spurs, c 1400 (reproduction)
24. WPMWAR_160918_121.JPG: Age of Cavalry
25. WPMWAR_160918_124.JPG: Model of a Trebuchet
26. WPMWAR_160918_129.JPG: Gustavus Adolphus by Aurelio Micheli, 1894
27. WPMWAR_160918_134.JPG: The Dawn of Modern Warfare
28. WPMWAR_160918_140.JPG: French Foot Soldier, c 1630 by F.P. DeCordova, 19th century
29. WPMWAR_160918_149.JPG: The Battle of Breitenfeld
30. WPMWAR_160918_154.JPG: The Battle of Breitenfeld, 17 September 1631 The First Great Battle of Modern Tactics
31. WPMWAR_160918_161.JPG: Frederick II, King of Prussia by Joseph Uphues, 1907
32. WPMWAR_160918_163.JPG: Frederick the Great
33. WPMWAR_160918_170.JPG: German Cavalry Sabertache, c 1782
34. WPMWAR_160918_175.JPG: Dutch Grenade Launcher, mid-18th century
35. WPMWAR_160918_177.JPG: Vauban
36. WPMWAR_160918_179.JPG: Frederick the Great by George Henry Hall
37. WPMWAR_160918_184.JPG: Napoleon
38. WPMWAR_160918_185.JPG: Napoleon Bonaparte by Georges Scott, 1935
39. WPMWAR_160918_190.JPG: Napoleon's Pistols, c 1800
40. WPMWAR_160918_195.JPG: The Sword of the Emperor Napoleon I
41. WPMWAR_160918_201.JPG: The Battle of Leuthen
42. WPMWAR_160918_208.JPG: The Battle of Leuthen
43. WPMWAR_160918_215.JPG: Napoleonic Warfare
44. WPMWAR_160918_218.JPG: A Veteran of the Napoleonic Wars Returning Home by Hippolyte Bellange, 1840
45. WPMWAR_160918_224.JPG: Napoleon and the Battle of Austerlitz
46. WPMWAR_160918_236.JPG: Napoleon and the Battle of Austerlitz
47. WPMWAR_160918_243.JPG: Jomini and Clausewitz
48. WPMWAR_160918_247.JPG: Peace and the Industrial Revolution
49. WPMWAR_160918_250.JPG: The General
50. WPMWAR_160918_259.JPG: Forging the Shaft Photoreproduction of an original painting by John Ferguson Weir, 1874-77
51. WPMWAR_160918_261.JPG: Iron Plate from the USS Monitor
52. WPMWAR_160918_269.JPG: American Civil War Observation Balloon
53. WPMWAR_160918_271.JPG: Toward Total War
54. WPMWAR_160918_279.JPG: Introduction to World War I
55. WPMWAR_160918_281.JPG: Trench Warfare
56. WPMWAR_160918_289.JPG: Wire Cutters and Wire from World War I
57. WPMWAR_160918_293.JPG: German Trench Rattle: Making a distinctive distinguishable sound, rattles such as this had been used for hundreds of years to sound alarms. Used by the US and other navies in the age of sail to call battle stations, the persistent din of this rattle was equally effective for warning of poison gas attacks.
58. WPMWAR_160918_303.JPG: French Adrian Helmet, Model 1915
59. WPMWAR_160918_306.JPG: French "Blue Egg" Hand Grenade, World War I German "Egg" Hand Grenade, World War I British "Egg" Hand Grenade, World War I
60. WPMWAR_160918_320.JPG: Trench Warfare
61. WPMWAR_160918_323.JPG: German Grenade-Thrower, Model 1916
62. WPMWAR_160918_333.JPG: World War I Trench System
63. WPMWAR_160918_335.JPG: Aviation
64. WPMWAR_160918_339.JPG: French Dart, World War I: Before aerial bombs and synchronized machine guns were perfected, aviators had few weapons which could harass the enemy on the ground. One weapon occasionally used was darts. They were most effective if dropped in small quantities from about 1,000 feet by the observer in observation airplanes. Dropped over a column on the road or trenches, the darts were noiseless and did not warn those on the ground to take cover. The idea was revived during the Korean War with slightly heavier darts for use against enemy motorized convoys and troops concentrations. They were dropped in very large quantities from bombers at great height, and had enough energy to crack an engine block.
65. WPMWAR_160918_343.JPG: Gas Bag Material and Waterproof Coating from German Zeppelin L-49
66. WPMWAR_160918_352.JPG: Communications
67. WPMWAR_160918_355.JPG: German Army Telephone
68. WPMWAR_160918_360.JPG: Set of US Army Signal Flags, World War I
69. WPMWAR_160918_367.JPG: German Army Message Shell, 77mm
70. WPMWAR_160918_372.JPG: German Dog Collar with Message Container
71. WPMWAR_160918_377.JPG: US Army Model 1914 Service Buzzer
72. WPMWAR_160918_381.JPG: Body Armor
73. WPMWAR_160918_383.JPG: US Army Tank Driver's Face Mask, c 1918
74. WPMWAR_160918_390.JPG: Chemical Warfare
75. WPMWAR_160918_392.JPG: British WWI Gas Mask
76. WPMWAR_160918_398.JPG: German WWI Horse Gas Mask
77. WPMWAR_160918_404.JPG: Belgium WWI Gas Mask
78. WPMWAR_160918_408.JPG: British Mark IV Tank, 1918
79. WPMWAR_160918_411.JPG: Tactical Attempts to Break the Stalemate
80. WPMWAR_160918_420.JPG: Blitzkrieg
81. WPMWAR_160918_431.JPG: Introduction to World War II and Blitzkrieg
82. WPMWAR_160918_434.JPG: Invasion of Russia -- 1941
83. WPMWAR_160918_440.JPG: Invasion of Russia, 1941
84. WPMWAR_160918_448.JPG: A World At War
85. WPMWAR_160918_451.JPG: Airborne and Glider Warfare
86. WPMWAR_160918_453.JPG: US Army Trench Knife, Mark I
87. WPMWAR_160918_459.JPG: Gliders
88. WPMWAR_160918_463.JPG: Amphibious Warfare
89. WPMWAR_160918_469.JPG: Strategic Bombing and the Atom Bomb
90. WPMWAR_160918_472.JPG: Safety Plug from Atom Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki, August 9, 1945: This is a dummy circuit plug with a green painted wooden handle. It was replaced in flight with an active plug that was painted red.
91. WPMWAR_160918_482.JPG: Norden Bombsight (US Army Reflex Sight Type M9B)
92. WPMWAR_160918_486.JPG: Hiroshima 1945
93. WPMWAR_160918_488.JPG: Armor in World War II
94. WPMWAR_160918_491.JPG: Philadelphia Surrender Document
95. WPMWAR_160918_499.JPG: Herman Goering's Revolver: Herman Goering purchased this American Smith & Wesson Military and Police Model K revolver from a German firearms dealer in Hamburg before World War II. The revolver and holster were being worn by Goering at the time he was taken into custody by the Seventh Army, Wednesday, 9 May, 1945.
96. WPMWAR_160918_503.JPG: Herman Goering's Baton: This baton, made of ivory, is mounted with twenty golden eagles, and twenty platinum crosses. The end knobs are gold, encrusted with 640 diamonds. The devices on the end are of platinum. The raised platinum inscriptions read: "The Fuehrer to the Reichsmarshal of Greater Germany" and "Herman Goering 19.7.1940." The baton weighs nearly five lbs. and was valued intrinsically in 1945 at $40,000. Hitler created the rank of Reichsmarshal for Goering on 19 July 1940, and personally presented him with this baton as the insignia of that rank the next month. Goering surrendered the baton to the US Seventh Army on 9 May 1945. It was brought to the United States by Lieutenant General Alexander N. Patch, the Seventh Army Commander, and was presented to the West Point Museum at the request of Mrs. Patch.
97. WPMWAR_160918_506.JPG: Goering's Karinhall Guest Book
98. WPMWAR_160918_510.JPG: Herman Goering's Dagger
99. WPMWAR_160918_515.JPG: Presentation Pistol of Adolf Hitler
100. WPMWAR_160918_522.JPG: Surrender
101. WPMWAR_160918_525.JPG: Nuclear Deterrent
102. WPMWAR_160918_528.JPG: Limited War: Korea
103. WPMWAR_160918_531.JPG: Limited War: Vietnam
104. WPMWAR_160918_533.JPG: Limited War: Arab-Israeli Conflicts
105. WPMWAR_160918_535.JPG: German Walther Pistol of "Micky" Marcus Apparently given to him by George Patton
106. WPMWAR_160918_540.JPG: British Mark III Helmet of "Micky" Marcus
107. WPMWAR_160918_546.JPG: Tombstone of Roman Legionary (reproduction)
108. WPMWAR_160918_556.JPG: Reflections
109. WPMWAR_160918_567.JPG: Persian Dagger, Spear Point, and Axe Head, c 900 BC
110. WPMWAR_160918_574.JPG: Model of a Trebuchet
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