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Cavalry

Cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, screening, and skirmishing, or as heavy cavalry for decisive economy of…

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Asia

European Middle Ages

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Renaissance Europe

18th-century Europe and Napoleonic Wars

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First World War

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World War II

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Units

Notable cavalrymen

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Cavalry

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related to Units · 66
Cavalry → Adal Sultanate, Afrique, Armored Cavalry Regiment, Australian Light HorseBayreuth DragoonsThe, Blues, British Army, British Army Reserve Armoured, British Army Reserve Light, British Columbia Dragoons, Byzantine, Canada, Canadian Army, Carabiniers, Cavalry Corps, Cavalry Division, Cavalry Regiment, Chasseurs, Chinacos, Finnish, French Army
related to Ceremonial horse cavalry and armored cavalry retaining traditional titles · 55
Cavalry → Algerian, Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, British, British Army, Bulgarian, Canadian, Chilean, Colombian, Danish, Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Dutch, Finnish, French, Household Cavalry, Household Cavalry Mounted Band, Hungarian, Hussars
related to Europe 1914 · 33
Cavalry → Antwerp, August, Austrian Galicia, Austro-Hungarian, Battle, Belgian, Cavalry Division, Dragoons, East, East Prussia, Eastern, Eastern Front, Edmund Ritter, French, Fyodor Arturovich Keller, German, Imperial German, Imperial German Army, In August, Jaroslawice
related to United States · 31
Cavalry → According, African-American, American Civil War, American Indian Wars, Buffalo Soldiers, Cavalry Regiment, Confederate, Custer's, Federal, George Armstrong Custer, However, In, John Singleton Mosby, Little Bighorn, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Noted, Over, Philip Sheridan, Post Civil War, Robert
related to Arabs · 30
Cavalry → AD, AH, Arab, Battle, Byzantine, Dhu Qarad, Early, Early Muslim, Expedition, Haritha, Iraq, Is, Islamic, Its, Khalid, Levant, Mobile, Muslim, Rashidun, September
related to Europe 1915–1918 · 25
Cavalry → As, Australian Light Horse, Austro-Hungarian, British Expeditionary Force, By, For, France, French, Gallipoli, In September, Isonzo River, Italian, Italy, January, July, Life Guards, May, October, The British, The French
related to Operational horse cavalry · 25
Cavalry → As, Both, Chinese People's Liberation Army, Gwalior, Horse, In, Indian, Indian Army's, Inner Mongolia, It, Jodhpur, Lancers, Mysore, New Delhi, Pakistani, PLA, President's Body Guard, Qinghai, Sichuan, Subsequent Chinese
related to Polish · 25
Cavalry → Another, Anti-tank, Battle, Bofors, Eastern Front, Europe, First, German, Germans, However, Individual, Krasnobród, Krojanty, Lancers, Later, Moreover, Poland, Poles, Polish, Red Army
related to Roman Republic and early Empire · 24
Cavalry → As, At, Batavian, Batavian Rebellion, Battle, Cannae, Cohortes Equitatae, Early, Galba, Gauls, Germanic, Hannibal Barca, Horses, Iberians, Italian, Julius Caesar, Numidian, Numidians, Republic, Roman
related to Ottoman · 23
Cavalry → Akinci, An Ottoman Mamluk, Anatolia, At, Balkans, Battle, During, Europe, Kapikulu, Middle East, New Army, Nicopolis, Nizam-I Credit, North Africa, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Ghazi, Ottoman Sipahi, Registers, Sipahi

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mounted infantry army units war horse forces battle role armies heavy regiments century light military early horses also british french

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Cavalryis abattle for the settlement Golynki in 19430.90text
mountains or heavily forested areasinstance ofor as mounted infantry in difficult terrain0.80text
the Iranic Parthiansinstance ofwere an innovation of equestrian nomads of the Eurasian Steppe and pastoralist tribes0.80text
Sarmatiansinstance ofwere an innovation of equestrian nomads of the Eurasian Steppe and pastoralist tribes0.80text
carrying the victorious general in a Roman triumphinstance ofchariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes0.80text
or for racing.Outside of mainland Europeinstance ofchariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes0.80text
the southern Britons met Julius Caesar with chariots in 55instance ofchariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes0.80text
54 BCinstance ofchariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes0.80text
but by the time of the Roman conquest of Britain a century later chariots were obsoleteinstance ofchariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes0.80text
even in Britanniainstance ofchariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes0.80text
the Battle of Carrhaeinstance ofsuch as the final charge at the Battle of Aquilonia.After defeats0.80text
the Romans learned the importance of large cavalry formations from the Parthiansinstance ofsuch as the final charge at the Battle of Aquilonia.After defeats0.80text

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