For a soldier cook to become a hero is rather unusual. But this is exactly what the Ukrainian cook corporal of the Soviet army Ivan Pavlovich Sereda achieved. Sereda was born on July 1, 1919 in the village of Oleksandrifka near the city of Kramatorsk. Ivan studied cooking in Donetsk. In November
Η πρώτη γενετική ανάλυση των Σταυροφόρων στη Μέση Ανατολή επιβεβαιώνει ότι έκαναν συχνές επιμιξίες με τον ντόπιο πληθυσμό και ότι, αφού αποκτούσαν μεγάλες οικογένειες, στρατολογούσαν τα παιδιά τους στις ιερές μάχες και πέθαιναν μαζί τους, όπως συνέβαινε και με τους ντόπιους χριστιανούς που πολεμούσα
In 1974 the Shah of Persia bought from the USA 80 F-14 Tomcat fighters and 284 Phoenix air-to-air missiles. Of the aircraft, 79 were delivered. On January 16, 1979, the shah was ousted by the Islamic Revolution of the mullahs. 27 Iranian F-14 pilots and American technicians from Hughes, which bui
The Soviet Navy began building its first ballistic missile submarine capable of carrying nuclear warheads in 1958. The vessel was launched on October 17 and was to write one of the blackest pages in the history of the Russian-Soviet Navy. The vessel was the first of the 658 class (NATO code Hotel
In 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan to prop up the shaky communist puppet regime they installed after the 1978 coup and assassination of the countrys prime minister. The Soviet invasion provoked an immediate reaction from the Afghans. This is how the Mujahideen (defenders of the faith) rebel
Operation Sultan is one of the most daring air operations carried out by the Iranian Air Force in the Iran-Iraq War. The operation was carried out on October 29, 1980 and targeted the Iraqi al-Huria Air Base in Mosul. The Iranian air force was informed that 47 French technicians had arrived in Ir
The only 23-year-old German corporal of the 8th Company of the 28th Fighter Regiment of the 8th Panzer Division, Franz Weber had taken command of a battle group in the Carpathians in the fall of 1944. His unit was deployed in the Rodna Pass and was ordered to occupy Hill 1387 which dominated the
H σοβιετική επίθεση κατά της Φινλανδίας εξελίχθηκε εξαρχής καταστροφικά για τον Ερυθρό Στρατό. Με το νέο έτος (1940) ο Στάλιν διέταξε την συγκρότηση ενός νέου Μετώπου (ομάδας στρατιών) επικεφαλής του οποίου έταξε τον Τιμοσένκο. Ένας από τους σωματάρχες του πρώτου ήταν και ο Ζούκοφ. Επίσης ο Τιμο
Στην παγκόσμια ιστορία έχει μείνει ως το πρότυπο του αδέκαστου, μετρημένου και ακριβοδίκαιου δικαστή. Όταν ο Χανς Χοφμάγερ διάβασε την απόφαση του ειδικού δικαστηρίου που έκρινε στη δεκαετία του ’60 τους υπευθύνους του Άουσβιτς, μπήκε στο Πάνθεον των υποδειγματικών προσωπικοτήτων. Στους είκοσι μ
On March 29, 1941 the New Zealand 21st Infantry Battalion (29th NTP) landed in Athens. Its commander was Lt. Col. Mackie. Two of its captains were veterans of the First World War. On April 8, two days after the German attack against Greece, the battalion was sent to Platamonas. There they encount
The Roman cavalry initially faced foot soldiers who either did not fight in dense order, or did not have the proper training to withstand a cavalry charge, such as the Lygians, the Samnites or the Gauls. Against these foot soldiers the frontal advance of a mass of cavalry made sense. The Roman ca
On January 24, 1970, Egyptian President Nasser visited Moscow. The Soviet Union had previously supported Egypt fighting Israel in the so-called War of Attrition, with the Egyptians refusing to accept their crushing defeat in 1967. Based on Nassers contacts in Moscow an entire Soviet air division
The Salt War was the consequence of the revolt of the inhabitants of Perugia against Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese). Perugia was a free city until 1370 when it came under the control of the papal state. The townspeople continued to enjoy a relatively high standard of living, retaining many pr
Ο αεροπορικός πόλεμος πάνω από το Βόρειο Βιετνάμ ήταν αποτέλεσμα της πολιτικής «αντιποίνων» που αποφάσισε να εφαρμόσει η αμερικανική πολιτική ηγεσία. Δικαίως, οι Αμερικανοί, υπολόγιζαν ότι οι αεροπορικοί βομβαρδισμοί θα «γονάτιζαν» τον Βορρά, όπως έλεγαν τότε, και μάλιστα χωρίς μεγάλο σε αίμα κόστος
Το καλοκαίρι του 1675 Πολωνία και Οθωμανική αυτοκρατορία βρισκόταν και πάλι σε εμπόλεμη κατάσταση. Μια τουρκική στρατιά υπό τον Ιμπραήμ τον Παχύ, είχε εισβάλει στην Ποδολία (δυτική Ουκρανία) και προήλαυνε προς το Λβοφ. Μετά την ήττα τους στο Χοτίν οι Τούρκοι αποφάσισαν να επιχειρήσουν νέα εκστρατ
Η Επιχείρηση «Ψιλόβροχο» αποτελεί το τέλειο υπόδειγμα μιας καταδρομικής επιχείρησης εντός του εχθρικού εδάφους. Οι Ισραηλινοί εισέβαλαν, χτύπησαν και έφυγαν καταστρέφοντας όχι μόνο τους στόχους τους αλλά κυρίως το ηθικό των αντιπάλων τους. Το 1967 το Ισραήλ επιτέθηκε αιφνιδιαστικά κατά των Αράβων
Yugoslavia was not involved in the war until April 1941. Since the end of November 1940, Hitler had attempted to attach this country to the German chariot, in view of the planned attack against Greece. On November 28 Hitler met with Yugoslav foreign minister Markovic , to whom he proposed the acc
The battle of Podaitse (todays Piodaitsi, Ukraine) is one of the most interesting in history. In it, the Polish general - at the time - Ioannis Sobieski managed, with only 3,000 regular soldiers, to defeat 10 times as many opponents. In 1667 Poland and Russia divided Ukraine. However Cossack warl
The bodies of 21 Red Army soldiers were discovered in Chechnyas Naursky region by volunteers, according to the Russian Community of Military Historical Heritage. Even German aerial photographs of the Second World War were used to find the bodies. According to Soviet war records, perhaps tens of t
The battle of Gettysburg is one of the most famous, but also the bloodiest of the American Civil War. The battle was the turning point where the North began to gain the upper hand. The battle lasted three days in and around this small town in the state of Pennsylvania. The losses of both reached 46,
Discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534, Quebec (Province of present-day Canada) was the first French colony in North America, after the founding of the city of Quebec by Champlain in 1608. Its history is therefore intertwined in its beginnings with that of New France . To understand Quebec psychology
Civil War is the conflict between the members of a political community, be it an empire, tribe, caliphate or republic. It is also defined as the war of a state against a group of opponents (or vice versa) within the same territory. Unlike war between nations, civil war is a struggle between factio
Apollo is the Greek archer god of solar clarity, beauty, reason, the arts and more specifically music and poetry. He is also god of purifications and healing, but can bring plague with his bow; finally, he is one of the main gods capable of divination, consulted, among other places, at Delphi, where
Che Guevara is a revolutionary and guerrilla of Argentine origin, known for having participated in the Cuban Revolution alongside Fidel Castro. Having become the object of a real cult, the incarnation of a Marxist and idealist revolutionary who fought until his last breath, a condottiere of the 20th