Ο Άλμπερτ Γκέρινγκ γεννήθηκε το 1895 στο Βερολίνο. Ήταν το πέμπτο παιδί της οικογένειας, ο μικρότερος των τριών αγοριών. Ο μεγαλύτερος ήταν ο γνωστός Χέρμαν, ο στενός συνεργάτης του Χίτλερ και αρχηγός της Luftwaffe. Σύμφωνα με ορισμένες πηγές ο Άλμπερτ γεννήθηκε από την σχέση της μητέρας του με τον
Η μάχη του περάσματος Κουνλούν ήταν από τις σημαντικότερες του πολέμου Κίνας – Ιαπωνίας τις παραμονές του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Έχει δε ειδική σημασία καθώς σε αυτή οι Κινέζοι έριξαν στη μάχη περί τα 400 άρματα μάχης. Το στρατηγικής σημασίας πέρασμα είναι το κλειδί της επαρχίας Γκουανσί στα σημε
Η εξέγερση της 1ης Αυγούστου του 1944 κατέχει μοναδική θέση στη συλλογική μνήμη και στην ιστορική συνείδηση των Πολωνών. Και αυτό γιατί οι Nαζί είχαν καταπνίξει την εξέγερση με μία κτηνωδία σπάνια, ακόμη και για τους ίδιους. 200.000 άνθρωποι, οι περισσότεροι άμαχοι, έχασαν τη ζωή τους, πολλοί από αυ
In January 1945, British forces launched a major offensive against the Japanese in Arakan, then Burma. The British plan called for the 3rd Commando Brigade to be deployed south of the Japanese positions at Kangau to cut off the forces of the Japanese 54th Infantry Division there. The British occ
The Tiger I battle tank (Panzerkampfwagen VI, Tiger I (H1), Sd.Kfz. 181) was built in Kassel. The tank was ready in February 1943 and was transported to Tunisia between March and April 1943. It was the 1st tank of the 3rd ulama of the 1st division of the 504th Heavy Tank Division. For this he also r
On January 6 the weather over Ooty, Finland favored Soviet bomber action. Clouds covered the sky from about 300 m. Little Finland had been fighting for more than a month now the Soviet giant who unnecessarily attacked her and for the time being she was holding on. Jorma Sarvanto was born in 1912
During the Seven Years War Frederick the Great of Prussia allowed the formation of free corps (Freikorps) which could fight as light infantry and line infantry. These divisions were made up of volunteers, deserters and every available man. Consequently their quality varied dramatically. But the Somm
Operation Pripiatsümpfe (March to Pripiat) was the first large-scale German clearance operation on Soviet territory, in the Pripiat Marshes. It took place between July and August 1941 and thousands of civilians were its victims. It was the first planned operation to exterminate Jews and not only in
In June 1942, the US submarine USS Grunion was sent to Alaska to patrol for Japanese vessels. On July 30, after being ordered to return, the submarine disappeared with 70 men aboard. After 77 years, researchers have discovered the hull of the lost American ship, along a volcanic dike off the coast o
Μετά τον Πόλεμο των Έξι Ημερών οι συγκρούσεις του Ισραήλ με τις αραβικές χώρες συνεχίστηκαν «άτυπα». Ειδικά με την Αίγυπτο οι επιθέσεις εκατέρωθεν, τα εγχειρήματα και τα επεισόδια διήρκεσαν έως το 1970 σε αυτό που έμεινε γνωστό ως ο «Πόλεμος της Φθοράς». Το 1968 το αιγυπτιακό πυροβολικό εξαπέλυσε
Στα μέσα Οκτωβρίου 2001 η Α και η G Μοίρα του 22ου Συντάγματος της περίφημης SAS (Special Air Service), των επίλεκτων δηλαδή των βρετανικών ενόπλων δυνάμεων, βρέθηκαν στο Αφγανιστάν, στον απόηχο των επιθέσεων της 11ης Σεπτεμβρίου στις ΗΠΑ. Τον Νοέμβριο του 2001 αποφασίστηκε η εκτέλεση της Επιχεί
Εβδομήντα επτά χρόνια συμπληρώνονται σήμερα από το «ματς του θανάτου» της ποδοσφαιρικής αναμέτρησης που διεξήχθη στο Κίεβο μεταξύ Γερμανών στρατιωτών και μιας ομάδας Ουκρανών, που αποτελούσαν οκτώ παίκτες της Ντιναμό Κιέβου και τρεις της Λοκομοτίβ Κιέβου, οι οποίοι κατά τη διάρκεια της γερμανικής κα
Many accuse the Danes of surrendering without a fight to the Germans when they invaded their country on April 9, 1940. This is not true. The countrys tiny army fought as long as its government and circumstances allowed. The countrys left-wing government, not wanting to provoke the Germans, refuse
In 1945 the Allies were pressing the Japanese in Burma. The British administration decided to occupy the Arakan region trying to cut off the retreat of the Japanese towards Rangoon. For this purpose, it was decided to land the 3rd Commando Brigade in the rear of the enemy. In late December 1944
The invasion of Poland is often presented as a simple German military walk. But this is not the case. The Poles were defeated for a number of reasons but in any case they fought and often heroically. One such case is the battle at Yordanov which took place between September 1 and 3, 1939 between
The battle of Kars is one of the most important although less well-known in history as there the Ottoman Empire suffered heavy blood and was severely humiliated. The battle was the last major conflict of the Persian-Ottoman War (1743-46) and one of the greatest victories of the great Persian shah an
Η μάχη στο Καγκούλ (σημερινό Καχούλ της Μολδαβίας) υπήρξε από τις σημαντικότερες του Ρωσοτουρκικού Πολέμου του 1768-74 αλλά και της ευρωπαϊκής ιστορίας γενικότερα. Παρόλα αυτά παραμένει σχετικά άγνωστη. Κι όμως εκεί το οθωμανικό γιαταγάνι τσακίστηκε συντριπτικά. Ακόμα πιο άγνωστη παραμένει η καίρ
Το 1804 οι Σέρβοι εξεγέρθηκαν κατά των Οθωμανών. Οι Τούρκοι έριξαν στον αγώνα ισχυρές δυνάμεις και πίεσαν τους επαναστάτες. Το 1806 9.000 Σέρβοι μαχητές είχαν καταφύγει στην περιοχή του Μισάρ, στη βορειοδυτική Σερβία. Εκεί οχυρώθηκαν στον ομώνυμο λόφο υπό την ηγεσία του Τζόρτζε Πέτροβιτς, γνωστού ως
The Battle of Montcornet was a small-scale conflict by the standards of the gigantic carnage of World War II. What made it unique was the fact that it was the first successful counter-attack by French forces against the German invaders in that fateful May 1940, as well as the fact that the attack wa
Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov is a special case in military history. Although he was Russian, he had Swedish and Armenian blood in his veins. Although noble, he began his career in the army as a common soldier to reach with his merit, a rare thing at that time, the highest military positions in Russ
This confrontation is part of a war that begins in the year 376, when the rebellion of a group of Goth refugees took place against the mistreatment suffered at the hands of the imperial officials, and that ends in the year 382, after the death of Valens in Adrianople and the signing of the peace b
Pierre Corneille (Rouen, June 6, 1606 - Paris, October 1, 1684) was a French playwright of the 17th century. His most famous plays are Le Cid, Cinna, Polyeucte and Horace. The richness and diversity of his work reflect the values and major questions of his time. The eldest of the six children o
The Battle of Mount Badon (Mons Badonicus in Latin, Mynydd Baddon in Welsh) is a battle won by the Bretons over the Anglo-Saxons around the year 500, during the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Brittany. The King Arthur myth surrounding the battle, as well as the scant and conflicting information that has c
The religion of Ancient Egypt was a complex and diverse system that brought together different beliefs and practices, from diverse origins. Each region had its own creation myth, in which different gods were involved, although in all of them the world (or more specifically Egypt) had arisen in simil