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Feb 26, 2012 · Modern-day mercenaries are stationed throughout the world fighting conflicts for governments that are reluctant to use their own troops. ... At one stage there were more than 1,000 Latin Americans ...
- Henry Blodget
Dec 4, 2019 · There was King Shulgi of Ur’s army (reigned 2029–1982 BCE); Xenophon had a huge army of Greek mercenaries, known as the Ten Thousand (401–399 BCE); and Carthage relied on mercenary armies in the Punic Wars against Rome (264–146 BCE), including Hannibal’s 60,000-strong army, which marched elephants over the Alps to attack Rome from the north.
Many sources name Utkin as a founder and the first commander of Wagner. [ 89 ] [ 105 ] Reportedly, Utkin was an admirer of Nazi Germany and the group was named from his alias "Wagner". [ 106 ] The European Union sanctions against the Wagner Group name Utkin as its founder and leader. [ 89 ]
Mercenary. Leonardo da Vinci 's Profilo di capitano antico, also known as il Condottiero, 1480. Condottiero meant "contractor" in its more literal sense but came to be applied to leaders of mercenary groups in Italy during the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private ...
Sep 6, 2023 · Most Wagner mercenaries initially came from Russia's special forces and other elite units, and in its early days the group was thought to number about 5,000. ... There are an estimated 1,000 ...
Jun 24, 2023 · How many soldiers does Putin have? ... with the Institute for the Study of War putting the number of troops there at around 300,000. ... It's unclear exactly how much his mercenaries receive ...
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Mar 25, 2015 · So there’s something called the Varangian Guard, these were Viking mercenaries that protected the [Byzantine] emperor in the Middle Ages. [In 1171-1174, King Henry II faced] a huge revolt by the ...
