Defeated Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, a treaty which, by all accounts, was a prelude to a new war. The victorious Allies imposed very heavy conditions on the defeated Germans, but they later neglected to comply with them. However, the situation at the military level began
The King of Prussia, Frederick William I, was a special historical figure. To his energy and his interest you owe the creation of the best army that Europe had seen since the Roman period. Measured and disciplined himself as a man, he imposed the same order and discipline on his kingdom from the
The 13th Musketeer Regiment was one of the best in the Prussian army and Europe, in its time. His men fought superbly in every conflict they were called to participate in, writing an indelible page of glory and earning for their regiment the nickname:Lightning and Lightning Regiment. The constitu
The Panther tank was designed as a response to Soviet tank superiority, both in quality and numbers. Its construction specifications were set in January 1942, while the Battle of Moscow was still in progress. The prototypes appeared in August of the same year and the first production Panther left
75 years ago, as Allied staffs were preparing the largest-ever landing operation in Normandy, British intelligence had a panic attack, literally, when they discovered that Britains Daily Telegraph had published, in the crossword puzzle of the day, all the code names relating to the impending landing
Ήδη από το 1943 η κατάσταση της υγείας του Χίτλερ ήταν τραγική. Σύμφωνα με ορισμένους μελετητές είχαν ήδη αρχίσει να εκδηλώνονται τα συμπτώματα της νόσου του Πάρκινσον, η οποία με τον καιρό τον ταλαιπωρούσε όλο και περισσότερο. Η συγκεκριμένη νόσος επηρεάζει δραματικά και τις εγκεφαλικές λειτουργίες
Ο Ιαπωνικός στρατός έδειξε με σχετική καθυστέρηση ενδιαφέρον για τα άρματα μάχης. Από τα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1920 ξεκίνησε την προσπάθεια ανάπτυξης εγχώριων αρμάτων. Τα άρματα θεωρούντο ως όπλα υποστήριξης του πεζικού, κατά το γαλλικό δόγμα. Το Συγκρότημα Γιασουόκα διέθετε το 3ο Σύνταγμα Αρμάτ
Oswald Belke, was one of the first aces of the ethers and trainer of the famous Red Baron. On January 5, 1916, Belke in the famous Fokker Eindecker I monoplane over the area of the city of Lille in northern France. Belke then spotted a British two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, carrying Lieuten
Panzer Division (Panzer Division) Kurmark was one of the units of the last days of the Hitlerite Third Reich. It was named after the homonymous region of Brandenburg. The division began to be formed in January 1945 from the remnants of the Langeit Brigade and the Replacement Brigade of the famous Gr
The Jagdtiger tank hunter (Tiger hunter) was a development of the Tiger II battle tank (Pz VI Königstiger – royal Tiger). It was the heaviest and most powerful armored vehicle to enter service during World War II. It had a weight of 71 tons, a maximum armor thickness of 250 mm. maximum road speed
In 1860 the Austrian Army was not at the height of its power. The defeat of 1859 by the French and Italians of Piedmont had cost materially and morally. Despite this, the Habsburg emperor Francis Joseph did not dare to proceed with the necessary reforms. The consequence of the defeat of 1859 was
Dutch director Jan Fernhout directed, in 1964, a short film entitled Fortified Switzerland. The 20-minute film presents the Swiss army of the time in full force, with the scenario envisaging a counter-invasion on Swiss soil. The entire Swiss arsenal of the time is presented in the video. Of cour
Το διαβόητο «Τρίγωνο των Βερμούδων» όπου σύμφωνα με ορισμένους έχουν χαθεί πολλά πλοία και αεροσκάφη είναι μια έκταση 270.000 τετραγωνικών μιλίων ωκεανού μεταξύ του Πουέρτο Ρίκο, των Βερμούδων και της Φλόριντα. Οι θρύλοι για την περιοχή είναι πολλοί. Οι περισσότεροι γεννήθηκαν όμως μετά την εξαφά
Ο Έρβιν Ρόμελ θεωρείται ως ένας από τους καλύτερους Γερμανούς στρατηγούς του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου, αλλά και ο μόνος που το όνομά του δεν αμαυρώθηκε από εγκλήματα πολέμου των υπ’ αυτόν δυνάμεων. Για έναν όμως Βρετανό αξιωματικό ο Ρόμελ υπήρξε και σωτήρας. Ο λοχαγός Ρόι Γούλντριτζ υπηρετούσε στο Μ
Otto Skorzeny was one of the most famous German fighters of World War II. Member of the Brandenburg elite planned, executed, participated in or directed the most daring German cruiser operations during the war. Although he is best known for the dramatic liberation of Mussolini and the action of h
The British Lee Metford rifle, an ancestor of the Lee Enfield entered service in 1888. It was the first repeating rifle of the British Army and remained in use for many decades. It chambered a .303in (7.7mm) cartridge. The first Lee Enfield entered service in 1895. When the repeating rifle was pr
The Turks are guilty of the genocides of Greeks, Assyrians, Armenians and others. The Turks, of course, did not exterminate entire populations only in the first decades of the 20th century. As for the Armenians one of their biggest massacres is the one that happened in 1895-96 and became known as
Semion Rosenfeld, the last known survivor of the Sobibor extermination camp and the uprising that occurred there, died today at the age of 96 in Israel. Born in Ukraine, he was a soldier in the Soviet army and one of about 50 camp inmates who survived the uprising against the Germans. From May 1
The Prussian cavalry at the beginning of the 18th century. and until about 1742, it followed obsolete tactics. The Prussian horsemen moved slowly against the enemy, so as to maintain their cohesion as much as possible, halting their movement several times to charge against him. When they were attack
Στις 22 Ιουνίου 1941 τα γερμανικά στρατεύματα εισέβαλαν στη Σοβιετική Ένωση, σηματοδοτώντας την έναρξη της μεγαλύτερης χερσαίας στρατιωτικής επιχείρησης όλων των εποχών και την αρχή του τέλους του Γ’ Ράιχ. Απέναντι στον σοβιετικό κολοσσό ο Γερμανικός Στρατός δεν άλλαξε την ως τότε άκρως επιτυχημένη
The concept of Total Mobilization, according to Ernst Jünger, is of paramount importance for understanding the type of society that was formed at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe German writer Ernst Jünger (1895-1998) was also a combatant during World W
October 25, 1772 (Pont-à-Mousson) - May 23, 1813 (Niedermackersdorf, near Gôrlitz) Portrait of Duroc Of noble stock, Duroc left the school of ChâIons as a lieutenant in 1793. Sent to the army in Italy, he became Bonapartes aide-de-camp there and, promoted to battalion commander, followed him to
Confrontation between 1446 and 1450 Juan II of Castile and the lieutenant of Aragon Juan II of Navarra, the IV count of Medinaceli , Gastón de la Cerda y Sarmiento[1], would be named Captain General of the border with Aragon by the Castilian King. Quartered in the fortress of Gómara, his mission wou
An adage ensures that any revolutionary always finds more revolutionary than him to remove him from power. In the case of the French Revolution, the example of the Girondins perfectly illustrates the definition. In the Legislative Assembly, which sat for the first time on October 1, 1791, the right