In 1921 the Greek Army had already been fighting in Asia Minor for some time. The Cavalry, although small in number, had played an important role in operations. But soon he would write new pages of glory in the Greek homelands there. In June 1921 the Cavalry Brigade (TI), after its participation
In April 1948 the guerilla war was in full swing in the Greek mountains. In Agrafa, the rebels of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) attacked the village of Kallifoni and after neutralizing the guard they went down to the plain reaching the gates of Karditsa. The 3rd Assault Squadron was ordere
Some people are destined to shine as shooting stars for a while and then fade into the mists of history. This also happened with Onomarchus, the great general of the Phocaeans, who managed, twice, to defeat Philip II of Macedonia and his invincible Macedonian phalanxes. Third Holy War In 356 BC
Το ελληνικό ιππικό διαδραμάτισε καταλυτικό ρόλο στον πόλεμο του 1941 κατά των Ιταλών και των Γερμανών. Αν και λίγοι οι Έλληνες ιππείς ήταν καλά εκπαιδευμένοι και θα τολμούσε κανείς τους αποκαλέσει επίλεκτους. Βασικός σχηματισμός ήταν η Μεραρχία Ιππικού (ΜΙ) στην οποία υπαγόταν και η Ταξιαρχία Ιππ
Οι ναυμαχίες στους αρχαίους και μεσαιωνικούς χρόνους δεν ήταν κάτι εύκολο. Μετά την εξαπόλυση «πυρών» τα αντίπαλα πλοία πλησίαζαν και είτε επιχειρούσαν εμβολισμό, είτε τα πληρώματα εφορμούσαν στα αντίπαλα σκάφη ή και τα δύο. Όλο αυτό ήταν εξαιρετικά δύσκολο την ημέρα και απαιτούσε ναυτοσύνη και δεξι
Σε κάθε περίπτωση, μέσα σε 20 μόλις χρόνια από τον θάνατο του Μιχαήλ Η’ οι μικρασιατικές κτήσεις, στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος τους, είχαν χαθεί για την Αυτοκρατορία, με εξαίρεση της οχυρωμένες πόλεις, οι οποίες όμως είχαν αποκλειστεί από τους Τούρκους και υφίσταντο ένα είδος χαλαρής πολιορκίας. Το 1301,
In 207 BC Greece was once again torn apart by civil strife. In the Peloponnese the conflict between the Achaean League and Sparta was at its height. Sparta, under the tyrant Mahanidas, had assembled a powerful army and claimed Peloponnesian hegemony through a network of alliances. On the other si
In war zones soldiers develop a special relationship with the flag of their country, they give it a dimension above and beyond their own caliber, in most cases they do not hesitate to die holding it in their arms so that it does not fall into hands that will not respect her. In the premises of t
Operation Harling was the code name for the strategic bridge operation in Greece aimed at cutting off the supply of Rommels army at El Alamein. So the SOE (Special Operations Executive), which coordinated the resistance organizations in the occupied countries, decided to blow up the bridge. The g
On August 27, 1923, on the border between Greece and Albania, a group of three Italian officers, their guide and their interpreter were found dead near Kakavia, inside Greek territory. The officers were General Tellini, Major Corti and Captain Bonacini. Two days later the Mussolini government imp
Το σχέδιο «Λίμνες» υπήρξε προϊόν της ονειροφαντασίας του ηγέτη του ΚΚΕ Νίκου Ζαχαριάδη. Τέθηκε από αυτόν στην 3η Ολομέλεια και φυσικά, «δημοκρατικά», εγκρίθηκε. Η 3η Ολομέλεια πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 11 Σεπτεμβρίου 1947 στη Γιουγκοσλαβία και το σχέδιο ονομάστηκε «Λίμνες» λόγω των κοντινών Πρεσπών…
Το 1251 ο Μιχαήλ του Δεσποτάτου της Ηπείρου, επηρεασμένος από τους Λατίνους επιχείρησε να καταλάβει τη Θεσσαλονίκη, σπάζοντας τη συνθήκη που είχε συνομολογήσει με το κράτος την Αυτοκρατορία Νίκαιας. Ωστόσο, ο στρατός του στασίασε και ενώθηκε με τα στρατεύματα των αντιπάλων του. Ο Βατάτζης, μη επιθυμ
On the morning of April 13, 1204, Constantinople was under Frankish rule. A committee of officials officially welcomed the Latin conquerors, in an attempt to prevent the sacking of the City. The Latins accepted the delegation, but at the same time allowed their men to freely plunder the City for thr
The Germans systematically looted and materially destroyed Greece during the occupation from April 1941 to October 1944. They confiscated the tobacco harvests and put the industry, to the extent that it was important to the German defense industry under their control. Three quarters of the Greek mer
Γεωγραφικά η Ελλάδα είναι ένας ευλογημένος και ταυτόχρονα καταραμένος τόπος. Η θέση της αποτελούσε, στο πέρασμα των χρόνων, ένα «τρόπαιο» για κάθε λογής κατακτητή που επιθυμούσε να ελέγχει το πέρασμα για την Ασία ή τη Μέση Ανατολή, αλλά και να αποκτήσει διέξοδο στη θάλασσα. Του Γιώργου Ντυμένου
Λίγα πράγματα είναι γνωστά για τον Λικάριο ή Ικάριο, κατά τα βυζαντινά χρονικά, τον Ιταλό ιππότη που έφτασε να γίνει αρχιναύαρχος του Βυζαντινού αυτοκράτορα Μιχαήλ Η Παλαιολόγου, σκορπώντας τον τρόμο στους Λατίνους γενικότερα. Ο Λικάριο είχε και ελληνικό αίμα στις φλέβες του. Γεννήθηκε στην Κάρυσ
When he was born, on February 26, 1938, his parents gave him the name of the ancient, great king of Salamis, Evagoras. And indeed young Evagoras fully justified his name. He wrote:My blessed godfather would have known something about my future to give me the name of the king of Salamis. So I too had
A skull found in Greece and dating back to at least 210,000 years ago, represents the oldest specimen of an anatomically modern human in Eurasia, i.e. outside of Africa, as announced by a group of Greek and foreign scientists. This means that - if the scientists are right - the skull is at least 150
In 550 AD the Byzantium-Ostrogoth war continued bloody in Italy. After the first successes, the Germans regained ground under the leadership of their worthy king Totila, who limited the Byzantines to certain coastal positions, even invading Sicily. The German king even proceeded to form a fleet o
The battle of Cyprus in 1974 was lost despite the heroism of the few, thanks to the indifference of the above and the cowardice of the few. In 1974 the Cypriot navy had five operational torpedo boats. In view of the information received about an imminent Turkish invasion, the Cyprus Naval Commander
The name of the Aragonese king Jaime I is associated with the peak period of the conquest of peninsular territories from Muslim domination by the Christian kingdoms. His long reign (1213-1276) coincided with that of another great monarch, Fernando III el Santo (who dynastically unified the kingdoms
At the time of Celtic Gaul, the Arverni were a prosperous and influential people occupying the current region of Auvergne. They are mainly known by the general public through the figure of Vercingetorix and the famous Asterix comic strip in which the eponymous hero goes in search of the shield of th
When we talk about epidemics in medieval Europe or at the beginning of the Modern Age, it is inevitable that one word comes to mind:the black plague. And although it was the cause of one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, it was not the only one. English sweat, anthrax or leprosy were othe
After graduating from West Point and serving in the Mexican War, Ulysses S. Grant he retired from the army and spent several years as a civilian with little success in business ventures. With the beginning of the Civil War he joined the Union Army. Step by step and victory after victory, like those