Battleaxe (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Battleaxe, battle axe, or battle ax can refer to a number of things:
Military
- Battle axeBattle axeA battle axe is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes...
, a weapon - Operation BattleaxeOperation BattleaxeOperation Battleaxe was a British Army operation during the Second World War in June 1941 with the goal of clearing eastern Cyrenaica of German and Italian forces; one of the main benefits of this would have been the lifting of the Siege of Tobruk....
, a British World War II operation in North Africa, 1941 - The 78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), also known as the Battleaxe Division
Ships
- Several ships in the Royal Navy have been called HMS BattleaxeHMS BattleaxeThree ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Battleaxe:*HMS Battleaxe was a dock landing ship launched in 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. She was renamed shortly after being launched, and was returned to the US Navy in 1947. was a Weapon-class destroyer launched...
:- HMS Battleaxe (D118)HMS Battleaxe (D118)HMS Battleaxe was a Weapon class destroyer of the Royal Navy, completed just after the Second World War....
, a Weapon class destroyer - HMS Battleaxe (F89)HMS Battleaxe (F89)HMS Battleaxe was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker.HMS Battleaxe was featured in Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising....
, a Type 22 frigate - HMS Empire Battleaxe, a landing-ship
- HMS Battleaxe (D118)
- ST Battleaxe, a tugboat
Arts and culture
- Battleaxe (band)Battleaxe (band)Battleaxe is a heavy metal band from Sunderland, England. As one of the notable bands of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, they started out with the name Warrior and morphed into Battleaxe sometime in early 1980. The band consisted of Dave King , Brian Smith , Steve Hardy , and Ian Thompson...
, a heavy metal music band from the 1980s - An instrumental piece composed by Carlos CavazoCarlos CavazoCarlos Cavazo is a Mexican-born American guitarist best known as the guitarist for Quiet Riot during their commercial peak. Born July 8, 1957, Cavazo is originally from Mexico City where their first band with his brother Antonio Cavazo was called Speed of Light...
on Quiet Riot's breakthrough album Metal HealthMetal HealthMetal Health is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released on March 11, 1983, bolstered by the #5 hit "Cum on Feel the Noize" and the #31 hit "Metal Health". It knocked The Police's Synchronicity out of #1 in the US. The album went on to sell over six million... - Battle-axe, a song by alternative metalAlternative metalAlternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
band DeftonesDeftonesDeftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
from their 20032003 in music-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
self-titled albumDeftones (album)Deftones was well received by critics earning an aggregate rating of 74 on Metacritic. The music website Sputnikmusic gave it a perfect score and praised the band for have returned to their heavy sound without leaving behind their experimental side, lauding also Moreno's abstract lyrics and the... - Battleaxe (novel)Battleaxe (novel)Battleaxe by Australian fantasy author Sara Douglass, is the first novel in the Axis Trilogy. This first book revolves around Axis, Battleaxe of the Axe-Wielders, and Faraday, daughter of Earl Isend of Skarabost...
a 1995 novel by Sara Douglass - Battleaxe (comics)Battleaxe (comics)Battleaxe is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe-Publication history:Battleaxe first appeared in The Thing #33 , and was created by Michael Carlin and Ron Wilson....
, Marvel comics character
History
- Corded Ware cultureCorded Ware cultureThe Corded Ware culture , alternatively characterized as the Battle Axe culture or Single Grave culture, is an enormous European archaeological horizon that begins in the late Neolithic , flourishes through the Copper Age and culminates in the early Bronze Age.Corded Ware culture is associated with...
, sometimes known as "Battle Axe culture" - The VarangiansVarangiansThe Varangians or Varyags , sometimes referred to as Variagians, were people from the Baltic region, most often associated with Vikings, who from the 9th to 11th centuries ventured eastwards and southwards along the rivers of Eastern Europe, through what is now Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.According...
, sometimes known as "Battle-axe Guards"