Was there ever a more formidable force?

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>this image infuriates and bewilders the average british man

Hetairoi

>>79038927
>lose every major battle
>annoy the British into leaving
>revise history so it looks like they were brave rebels

Is there anything lower and more treacherous than the common Y*nk?

>>79038927
he lost almost every engagement and spent most of the war on the run. Most of the other generals and officers bought their commissions and only von Steuben, Kosciuszko, etc. were real officers

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>>79038979
>be aussie
>gain independence in 1901
>still part of the commonwealth
>eternal british cuckstamp on flag

>>79038979

>he thinks the goal of a rebel group/insurgency is to win battles and not bleed the enemy into giving up

The absolute STATE of Australian education

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>>79038858
Yes, Akinji class of Ottoman cavalry.

Akinji literally means “raider” and constituted a certain class which was organized in a unique way. There were prominent Akinji families who served as the core officers of the divisions, and ranks were mostly filled by ethnic Turks who were already accustomed to horseback lifestyle.

Akinji cavalry were equipped by the fast Turcoman horses, light lances, maces, sabres and composite bows&arrows. Already a deadly unit, most of the Akinjis utilized means of psychological warfare: They wore animal pelts -bear, montain lion etc-, shaved their heads, attached eagle wings to their horses (which inspired Polish hussars) and some sources even claim they placed skulls over their heads and shoulders to intimidate the enemy.

Their primary duty was to employ chevauchée tactics on enemy soil, reconnaissance, harrassing the enemy’s rear and supply caravans, pursuing the routers and luring the enemy into traps. Nicknames of certain Akinji units give a clue how what it was like to be an Akinji: “The madmen”, “Those who forsook their heads”. They usually were not paid, their income was almost exclusively out of plunder and ransom. Some sources claim they went as far as Denmark in pursuit of loot and ransom.

Imagine a group of these badasses charging onto you, screaming wild battlecries and the sound of the hooves resembling a thunder.

>>79038999
>Most of the other generals and officers bought their commissions
That was the norm in European armies at the time

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>>79039124
>>79039902
>traitor logic