TheMadsen is not a simple weapon but now a legend that has served for over 100 years. It is the worlds first real light machine gun/machine gun created in 1902 by the Danes Willem Hermann Oluf Madsen, Julius Rasmussen and Theodor Suboe. His enlistment was approved by the Danish Minister of War, Colo
In April 1809 the French and Austrian empires were once again at war. Austria had lost Dalmatia in 1805 which Napoleon gave to the Kingdom of Italy. The Dalmatian Army under General Auguste Marmont was stationed in Dalmatia. Marmons army had two divisions of infantry and heavily reinforced artill
On August 1, 1944, the uprising broke out in Warsaw against the German occupiers. Initially the uprising, organized by the largest Polish resistance organization AK, prevailed in most of the west of the Vistula part of the city. On 3 August Himmler assigned SS General von dem Bach Chelewski to su
Η Βαστίλη ήταν ένα ισχυρό φρούριο με οκτώ πύργους που κτίστηκε τον 14ο αιώνα για να προστατεύσει το Παρίσι από τις επιθέσεις των Άγγλων κατά τη διάρκεια του Εκατονταετούς πολέμου. Σταδιακά μετατράπηκε σε φυλακή στην οποία κρατήθηκε και ο διαβόητος μαρκήσιος ντε Σαντ. Στις 14 Ιουλίου 1789 οι πολίτ
Πόλη της νεολιθικής περιόδου ανακαλύφθηκε κοντά στην Ιερουσαλήμ. Πρόκειται για κανονική πόλη με δρόμους, οικίες, νεκροταφείο, εργαστήρια. Η πόλη ανακαλύφθηκε κατά τη διάρκεια έργων οδοποιίας. Πρόκειται για μια από τους μεγαλύτερους οικισμούς της εποχής που έχουν ανακαλυφθεί. «Είναι η πρώτη φορά π
Η εξέγερση στο Τύρνοβο της Βουλγαρίας που ξέσπασε το 1598 ήταν μια διαβαλκανική προσπάθεια. Βασικός οργανωτής της ήταν ο επίσκοπος της πόλης Διονύσιος Ράλλης, ο Βούλγαρος βογιάρος Τεοντόρ Μπαλίνα από τη Νικόπολη, ο Κροάτης Πάβελ Ντόρτιτς από τη Ραγούζα (σημερινό Ντουμπρόβνικ), οι επίσκοποι Θεοφάνης,
The Battle of Hamburg fought between 18 April and 3 May 1945 was one of the last of World War II, when the outcome was already decided. Nevertheless, it was given stubbornly by both sides. After crossing the Rhine the Allies began to advance rapidly into German territory with the overstretched Ge
The last battle of World War II in Europe began before the official end of the war but continued for several days afterwards. It was a particularly fierce battle with a strong flavor of righteous revenge. However, it is also an almost unknown battle, and this is because the regime that prevailed aft
The battle of Satsk was one of the last battles fought by the brave Poles against the invaders in their homeland in 1939. However, the opponents in this case were not the Germans but the Soviets. Pre-war Poland had a strong military border guard (BGB). However, after the German invasion, the best un
Gelnia is a small town 82 km southeast of Smolensk. Its neighboring heights were considered of strategic importance and for this reason the German invaders of the USSR struggled to capture them. On July 19, 1941 the forces of the 2nd Panster Group (equivalent army formation) of General Heinz Guderia
Ο Ρουμανικός στρατός απέκτησε τα πρώτα του άρματα μάχης το 1917-18. Επρόκειτο για 76 Renault FT, τα 48 με πυροβόλο των 37 χλστ. και τα λοιπά με πολυβόλο των 8 χλστ. Το 1936 αποφασίστηκε ο σχηματισμός της πρώτης ρουμανικής τεθωρακισμένης μεραρχίας. Για τον σκοπό αυτό παραγγέλθηκαν 36 τσεχοσλοβακι
Το γαλλικό υποβρύχιο La Minerve, το οποίο είχε εξαφανισθεί το 1968 με 52μελές πλήρωμα, εντοπίσθηκε έπειτα από 50 χρόνια ανοικτά της Τουλόν, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα η υπουργός Άμυνας Φλοράνς Παρλί. «Βρήκαμε το La Minerve. Αποτελεί επιτυχία, ανακούφιση και τεχνικό επίτευγμα. Ο νους μου είναι στις οικογένειε
Ο πόλεμος των Φόκλαντ ξέσπασε στις 2 Απριλίου 1982 όταν η Αργεντινή κατέλαβε τα ομώνυμα νησιά καθώς και τη νήσο της Νότιας Γεωργίας. Οι Βρετανοί αντέδρασαν και μερικές ημέρες μετά τα πλοία τους πλησίασαν στα νησιά. Το νησί Πεμπλ είναι ένα από τα πολλά του συμπλέγματος των Φόκλαντ. Βρίσκεται βόρε
Under the pressure of impending collapse, the Ustasi regime in Croatia was beginning to prepare forces that would continue the war after the inevitable victory of Tito and his partisans. After the end of the war, many Croats fled to Austria and Italy from where they continued their preparations.
The battle of Komarov is one of the most important and least known of the 20th century. If the outcome had been different the history of Europe would also have been completely different. This was avoided thanks to the incompetence of the commander of an army that outnumbered its opponent 10:1 in str
The battle of Ekeren is one of the most unknown, but also the most interesting of, in fact, the second world war of humanity, the War of the Spanish Succession. It was a battle that logic said would be won by the many by annihilating the few. But it didnt happen like that. The War of the Spanish
An affidavit given by a former member of the Assault Battalion, more than 60 years old, bolsters the position that Adolf Hitlers National Socialist Party was responsible for the 1933 Reichstag fire, according to German media. This document, revealed by media group RND, dates from 1955 and comes from
There are times when some people do not care about their lives, putting honor first, even if their doom is certain. One such case was that of the 21 brave men of Saragari who found themselves, each one, fighting with 500 opponents. Saragari was a small village in British India. Today it belongs t
Joaquin Garcia Morato was born in 1904. He was the son of an infantry officer. He entered the military academy at the age of 16 and with the rank of second lieutenant fought in Spanish Morocco against the rebel locals. In 1925, however, he decided to become a pilot. Participated in operations flying
North Korea attacked the South on June 25, 1950 starting the conflict that became known as the Korean War. The North Koreans, reinforced with Soviet T-34/85 tanks, swept through the resistance of the South, who only had a few M8 armored vehicles, and occupied Seoul three days later. The US mobili
Attilas army could also be described as the Hunnic imperial army. Contrary to the army he inherited from his forefathers, Attila included in his war machine a large number of vassal warriors, mainly Germans. They fought under the command of their own leaders, following their customary way of fightin
The Magna Carta orMagna Carta it was a document that guaranteed certain limitations of the kings power in relation to English nobles. It is considered the first constitutional document of the western world and precursor of Human Rights. Historical Context During the Late Middle Ages, kings were co
Christianity was mired in conflicts since its birth. This was a natural thing because the sophistication of a best institution, best idea, best creation or system can happen only after conflicts. The thought arising in the heart of man in relation to any subject, is not necessarily so superior that
By Rainer SousaIn the process of formation of the Catholic Church, we observed that the strengthening of this institution faced situations that threatened its unity. One of them occurred in the year 476, when the fall of the last Roman emperor in the West established the triumph of the barbarian inv