{"product_id":"royalist-parliamentarian-oliver-cromwell","title":"Pike \u0026 Shotte: The English Civil Wars \u0026 Thirty Years War - Oliver Cromwell","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOliver Cromwell\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt\"\u003eCromwell. Our chief of Men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt\"\u003eOliver Cromwell had little inclination to become a great general, and indeed had no military experience at all before he felt compelled to resist the machinations of Charles, raising a troop of horse in East Anglia and join the forces of rebellion. Many minor gentry raised local forces to fight for either faction, and Cromwell’s troops were no different in those early days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt\"\u003eAfter years of campaigning however and under Cromwell's studious and pious leadership his regiment of horse, a huge, double sized unit, became a well-oiled, disciplined machine - so much so, that the Royalists themselves named them \u003cem\u003eironsides\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt\"\u003eCromwell went on to command armies all over Britain, culminating in devastating and bloody conquests in Scotland and Ireland, crushing Royalist resistance wherever it was met. As Lord Protector, he became in many ways a pastiche of the 'tyrant' Charles as he himself crushed Parliament and ruled with his generals in a military \u003cem\u003eJunta\u003c\/em\u003e. After a number of years his rule became unpopular and when he died, possibly of malaria, his son Richard was foolishly offered his post, a post no one else could hope to fill, so that shortly a grateful public recalled Charles' son to the throne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt\"\u003eBe that as it may, Oliver Cromwell showed himself to be an able general, a superb strategist and a focus for reform in turbulent times. His military legacy was the emergence of the red-coated British army and a navy that would challenge all other nations to supremacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt\"\u003eWarlord Games have modelled the Lord Protector in full battle mode, flourishing his hat to show he is well and in command, wearing an iron cap, or 'secret' on the crown of his head,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt\"\u003eOne king but Jesus!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warlord Games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGame System:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pike \u0026amp; Shotte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The English Civil Wars \u0026amp; Thirty Years War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStock Information\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf this item is not currently in stock at time of order, we will order it for you as a \u003cstrong\u003eDirect Order\u003c\/strong\u003e from Warlord Games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirect Order items are sourced directly from the manufacturer on your behalf. 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