Cavalry | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

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00:03:08 1 Role of cavalry
00:04:15 2 History
00:04:24 2.1 Origins
00:07:54 2.2 Ancient Greece: city-states, Thebes, Thessaly and Macedonia
00:10:59 2.3 Roman Republic and Early Empire
00:14:34 2.4 Late Roman Empire and the Migration Period
00:17:31 2.5 Asia
00:17:40 2.5.1 Central Asia
00:19:15 2.5.1.1 Khanates of Central Asia
00:19:24 2.5.2 East Asia
00:26:51 2.5.3 South Asia
00:33:50 2.6 European Middle Ages
00:38:22 2.7 Greater Middle East
00:38:32 2.7.1 Arabs
00:41:08 2.7.2 Mamluk Egypt
00:41:17 2.7.3 Maratha Empire
00:41:26 2.7.4 Maghreb
00:42:14 2.7.5 Al-Andalus
00:42:23 2.7.6 Iran
00:42:43 2.7.7 Ottoman Empire
00:42:52 2.7.8 Mughal Empire
00:43:54 2.8 Renaissance Europe
00:46:44 2.9 18th-century Europe and Napoleonic Wars
00:48:56 2.10 19th century
00:49:06 2.10.1 Europe
00:50:45 2.10.2 United States
00:53:41 2.10.3 Franco-Prussian War
00:54:23 2.10.4 Imperial expansion
00:58:02 2.11 First World War
00:58:12 2.11.1 Pre-war developments
01:00:51 2.11.2 Opening stages
01:03:47 2.11.3 Europe 1915–18
01:07:57 2.11.4 Middle East
01:11:24 2.12 Post–World War I
01:15:47 2.13 World War II
01:16:13 2.13.1 Polish
01:19:54 2.13.2 Greek
01:20:26 2.13.3 Soviet
01:21:45 2.13.4 Italian
01:22:42 2.13.5 Other Axis
01:23:11 2.13.6 Finnish
01:23:37 2.13.7 United States
01:24:33 2.13.8 British Empire
01:25:36 2.13.9 Mongolia
01:27:08 2.14 Post–World War II to present day
01:30:29 2.14.1 Operational horse cavalry
01:32:37 2.14.2 Ceremonial horse cavalry and armored cavalry retaining traditional titles
01:36:07 2.14.3 Non-combat support roles
01:38:08 3 Gallery
01:38:17 4 Light and heavy cavalry
01:40:07 5 Social status
01:42:51 6 On film
01:45:05 7 Some cavalry forces
01:45:16 8 Some distinguished historic or contemporary horse cavalrymen
01:45:30 8.1 Historic
01:45:47 8.2 Contemporary
01:46:19 9 See also



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SUMMARY
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Cavalry (from the French cavalerie, cf. cheval 'horse') or horsemen are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the most mobile of the combat arms. An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations such as cavalryman, horseman, dragoon, or trooper. The designation of cavalry was not usually given to any military forces that used other animals, such as camels, mules or elephants. Infantry who moved on horseback, but dismounted to fight on foot, were known in the 17th and early 18th centuries as dragoons, a class of mounted infantry which later evolved into cavalry proper while retaining their historic title.
Cavalry had the advantage of improved mobility, and a man fighting from horseback also had the advantages of greater height, speed, and inertial mass over an opponent on foot. Another element of horse mounted warfare is the psychological impact a mounted soldier can inflict on an opponent.
The speed, mobility and shock value of the cavalry was greatly appreciated and exploited in armed forces in the Ancient and Middle Ages; some forces were mostly cavalry, particularly in nomadic societies of Asia, notably the Mongol armies. In Europe cavalry became increasingly armoured (heavy), and eventually became known for the mounted knights. During the 17th century cavalry in Europe lost most of its armor, ineffective against the muskets and cannon which were coming into use, and by the mid-19th century armor had mainly fallen into disuse, although some regiments retained a small thickened cuirass that offered protection against lances and sabres and some protection against shot.
In the period between the World Wars, many cavalry units were converted into motorized infantry and mechanized infantry units, or reformed as tank troops. However, some cavalry still served during World War II, notably in the Red Army, the Mongolian People ...