The Katyn massacre is one of the most tragic events in the Polish history of the 20th century. Many aspects of this unlawful retaliation against the captured Polish soldiers have not been fully explained to date. Do we know at least all the victims of the Soviet massacre? The decision to murder
Hunger, fear, humiliation, torture, disease and death. In Japanese POW camps, every sunrise announced hard labor. And each day ended - it seemed like a miracle. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, Japanese forces began a rapid conquest of Asia and the Pacific islands. In the fac
In August 1897, Adrien de Gerlache and Roald Amundsen, aboard the Belgica ship, set off for the end of the Earth - the ice-covered continent of Antarctica. Belgica left the port of Ostend on August 23, 1897, after sunset. This time we are on our way, wrote the commander to Léonie Osterrieth. - I p
Giulia Beccaria with little Alessandro Alessandro Manzoni was born in Milan on 7 March 1785 from the wedding of Giulia Beccaria, daughter of the famous Cesare, and Peter, belonging to one of the noblest families of the city, but not a few sources seriously question the aforementioned autho