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Battle of Algiers, 1956 and 1957

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The Battle of Algiers was an urban guerrilla campaign fought by the FLN (Front for the National Liberation of Algeria) against French colonial authorities in Algeria from late 1956 to late 1957, in...

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NATO versus USSR

A simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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A simulation, through a war game, of what would have been a military confrontation between the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and those of the Union of Soviet Socialist Rep...

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Battle of Nagashino, 1575, in the Civil War in Japan from 1573 to 1615

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The Battle of Nagashino took place on June 28, 1575 near Nagashino Castle on Shitarabara Plain in Mikawa Prefecture, Japan. Many historians cite it as the first modern Japanese battle. I will simul...

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Battle of Wittstock, 1636, in the Thirty Years’ War

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648 is considered one of the most destructive wars in European history. It is estimated that between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a direct re...

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MInutes By Luz de Miel

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Message one. I'm retiring from the professional stage of my life. I have always earned my living by dancing and teaching to dance. On the dance side, I dedicated myself to writing my thoughts and ...

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THE FACEBOOK INSTANT ARTICLES BUSINESS MODEL

By Lilian Cristina Monteiro França

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When Facebook launched Instant Articles (IA), some experts said they would be the alternative to all the anxieties of traditional journalism, since the crisis generated by the loss of space for soc...

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Battle of Dunkirk, 1658, in a Franco-Spanish War

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Seventeenth-century Europe was dominated by the struggle between the Bourbon kings of France and their Habsburg rivals in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. The Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659) was fou...

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The Study of Wars and the Chess Games

By André Geraque Kiffer

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I started the development of this work in 1995, when, inspired by Arnold Toynbee’s masterpiece, "A Study of History," and the book "Future Wars", from Trevor N. Dupuy, I wrote the monograph "A fore...

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Battle of Créçy, August 26, 1346

A French historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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We consider that Créçy was a great French skirmish that turned into a great victorious English battle during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years War. Along with the later battles of Poitiers a...

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Battle of Aljubarrota, August 14, 1385

A Castilian historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Aljubarrota was one of the great pitched battles of the Middle Ages between two royal armies and one of the most decisive events in the history of Portugal. In the diplomatic field, it allowed the ...

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France Campaign, 1914

A German historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Both the French and the Germans followed offensive plans. The French offensive in the Ardennes was to be the largest Plan XVII, consisting initially of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth armies. But on 1...

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Naval Battle of Tsushima, 1905

A Russian historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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It has been noted that the Russian Navy has shyly sought to comply with the maritime military strategic principles for a naval victory by attempting to bring together two of its largest squadrons (...

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Jutland, 1916

A historical simulation of the last great clash between battleships. By André Geraque Kiffer

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Jutland was the largest naval battle in World War I and the third historic action between battleships (steel-armored battleships) following the battles of the Yellow Sea (1904) and Tsushima in 1905...

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Battle of Pharsalus, August 9th, 48 BC

A Roman republican historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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When Caesar marched into Greece, Pompey had the strategic option of avoiding battle and transporting himself by sea to Italy, securing the peninsula in the absence of Caesar and his forces. Another...

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Crusades in the Levant, 1096 to 1291

A Catholic historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Crusade is called any of the Christian-inspired military movements from Western Europe to the Holy Land (the name Christians called Palestine) and the city of Jerusalem to conquer, occupy, and keep...

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Battle of Issus, November 333 BC

A Persian historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The Battle of Issus took place in southern Anatolia, 10 km south of the city of Issus, present-day Iskenderum (which in Turkish means Alexandria), and on both banks of the river Pinarus (present-da...

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Battle of the Hidaspes river, 326 BC

A Hindu historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander, in 326 BC, against King Porus (Pururava in Sanskrit), on the banks of the river of the same name as the battle (present-day Jhelum River), ...

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The Wargames, the Roman Art and Science of War

By André Geraque Kiffer

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Board wargames are one of the most common forms of conflict simulation in mathematical models throughout history. They are based on a map, topographic or from a satellite photo, where a hexagonal g...

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Punic Wars, 264 BC

A Carthaginian historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The three wars fought between Rome and Carthage (from the Phoenician Kart hadasht, new city) from the 3rd century BC are called the Punic Wars (from the Latin poeni, Phoenicians). Domination of the...

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Battle of Kadesh, 1300 BC

A Hittite historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The Battle of Kadesh is one of the best known in history because it was the first that could be faithfully reconstructed in detail, based on records on both sides of the confrontation. Involving th...

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