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The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Армија на Република Северна Македонија, APCM, ARSM) is the military of North Macedonia. The army is organized, prepared and trained to conduct armed struggle and combat and other actions to achieve its constitutional function of defending the independence ...
The Macedonian army perfected the co-ordination of different troop types in an early example of combined arms tactics—the heavy infantry phalanx, skirmish infantry, archers, light cavalry and heavy cavalry, and siege engines were all deployed in battle; each troop type being used to its own particular advantage and creating a synergy of ...
The Macedonian army continued to evolve under the Antigonid dynasty.It is uncertain how many men were appointed as somatophylakes bodyguards, which numbered eight men at the end of Alexander the Great's reign, while the hypaspistai seem to have morphed into assistants of the somatophylakes rather than a separate unit in their own right. [2]
Macedonian army may refer to: Ancient Macedonian army; Army of the Republic of North Macedonia This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 07:46 (UTC). Text is ...
In 1943, the Partisan detachments in Macedonia became formally part of the People's Liberation Army of Macedonia, the first Macedonian military organization. The unit consisted of various battalions , brigades and regiments that adopted the names of former Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) revolutionaries , rebel leaders and ...
Alexander Mosaic, showing the Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii. The Companions (Greek: ἑταῖροι, Greek: [heˈtairoi̯], hetairoi) were the elite cavalry of the Macedonian army from the time of King Philip II of Macedon, achieving their greatest prestige under Alexander the Great, and regarded as the first or among the first shock cavalry used in Europe. [1]
The Macedonian Partisans, [a] officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia, [b] was a communist and anti-fascist resistance movement formed in occupied Yugoslavia which was active in the National Liberation War of Macedonia. Units of the army were formed by Macedonians within the framework of the Yugoslav ...
Pages in category "Ancient Macedonian army" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...