December went down in Polish history exceptionally. In most cases, these were tragic events that influenced the further fate of the nation. The first and most obvious anniversary for most Poles is, of course, December 13, 1981 - the introduction of martial law. The date ending the Carnival of Solida
Throughout the interwar period, Germany did not want to recognize the territorial changes made after the end of World War I, calling the decisions of the Versailles Treaty the Versailles dictate. They also made no secret of the fact that their goal was to change borders and return to the pre-war sit
President Gabriel Narutowicz was walking around the building of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts when three fatal shots were fired. How was the first Polish president murdered? Poland, reborn as a result of World War I, was generally regarded as a temporary creature, or, as the Germa
Neighbors from the south do not associate contemporary Poles with invasions and war. But our ancestors saw it differently 1,000 years ago. It was the Czechs who dealt the final blow, sealing the collapse of the young Polish state. The invasion of prince Brzetysław in 1038 was a real hecatomb. The Cz
It was supposed to be a humanitarian war, without unnecessary bloodshed, senseless victims and violence. It quickly turned into a testing ground, where solutions that were later used in both world conflicts were tested - including concentration camps that the British had created long before the Germ
It was Sunday in the year of our Lord 1136, when the outline of ships adorned with animal skulls appeared on the horizon, on the Göta älv River, which flows into the Kattegat Sea. The people of the Scandinavian port city of Konungahela knew the worst was imminent:windy! Slavic pirates once again cam
Leon Kozłowski was a professor of archeology at the University of Jan Kazimierz in Lviv. He was a supporter of Piłsudski and Sanacja. In mid-May 1934, he was appointed the president of the Council of Ministers. He was the youngest prime minister in the interwar period. How did he become a collaborat
Alcatraz. A maximum security prison located on a rocky island off the coast of San Francisco. Today it does not fulfill its main task, it is only a well-known and frequently visited tourist attraction. What is the history of this place and what was the famous escape from the island like? Gannet
The 1950s and 1960s were a time of post-war heyday of races, in which relatives and fearless drivers participated. The racers preferred to put their lives at stake, rather than slow down or let go of a dangerous maneuver. On the other hand, manufacturers have constantly modified their racing cars to
Torture-like therapies, international accusations and big taboos:this is the story of the acquaintance of a man with syphilis. Historians argue about the origin of the queen of venereal diseases on the European continent. Some believe that Treponema pallidum spirochetes came in our direction wit
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the attempted murder of King Sigismund III Vasa. It was the first attempt at regicide by the nobility in the history of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. What was the attack like and why did it happen? It was Sunday, November 15, 1620, around nine
The specter of a nuclear war has been hanging over mankind since 1945, when with the end of World War II we saw the destructive power of nuclear warheads. There have been times when the final doom literally lacked one decision! Fortunately, it turns out that human morality and awareness of the d
The causes of wars were varied. They fought for a bucket, cow and pork. There were struggles with ostriches and because of the dog. Blood was also spilled due to club affiliation and a lost match. Therefore, it is absolutely not surprising that equally bloody passions could arouse ... islands and no
“Within 10-20 minutes they slaughtered 68 women, children and the elderly. I have never seen anything like it in my life, ”wrote in the report from the village of Zawadka Morochowska in Podkarpacie. The crimes were committed by Polish soldiers. They were never judged. Cruelty worse than in the t
August 6, 1945 at 8.15 a.m., Hiroshima. Against the background of the sky, a single plane drops a bomb. 43 seconds later, the city and its inhabitants evaporate, disappearing from the face of the earth. This is how a new era begins in the history of the world. Time of the atom. Its just that there a
In October 1962, tensions between the US and the USSR reached their zenith. Cuba became the arena of their political games. When the crisis was overcome, the world breathed a sigh of relief. How close was the outbreak of the nuclear war? Was it really only one step from nuclear annihilation? In
Kaysing, furious after discovering the Pentagons Vietnamese lies, decided to write something scandalous On July 20, 1969, the lander separated from the Apollo and fell to the surface of the Silver Globe. It was the eleventh installment of a long series of missions that ultimately brought man to
Since the end of World War II, mankind has avoided a nuclear catastrophe at least a dozen times. Alerts have been raised multiple times due to malfunctioning security systems, computer errors, and ordinary human mistakes. How close was it that a nuclear war actually broke out? The human factor -
Vlad the Impaler, the prototype of the famous Count Dracula, is known primarily because of the unpleasant habit of impaling people for any reason. It turns out, however, that the truth about him is not so simple, because firstly the ruler had reasons, and secondly - he acted in accordance with the l
The postmortem diagnosis indicated stomach cancer, but later studies indicate that the reasons for the death of the involuntary resident of Saint Helena could have been different ... Did Napoleon die of disease or someone sped up nature? Napoleon achieved everything in life, but luck quickly tur
Guaranteed conception in an optimal position and ecstasy unattainable in other conditions - this is how a British doctor advertised his fertility support method, in which the key element was to be ... an electric bed! The 18th century must have been a magical time for inventors and scientists. H
We are in Navarino, Messinia, where a Siberian-style Russian Church stands, next to the monument to the Russian Fallen. The Russian Fallen Memorial is located on the small island of Sphakteria, off Pylos, in Messinia. It was placed there in 1872, on the 45th anniversary of the Battle of Navarino, a
After the war, thousands of Nazi criminals escaped justice by escaping to South America, the so-called on the trail of the rats. The Vatican helped them. Of the approximately 13 million former Nazis identified by the Allies after World War II in West Germany, by 1949 ... three hundred were impriso
Executions carried out on teenage girls. Hundreds of thousands of Poles deported to Siberia and millions of famine victims in Ukraine. These are just some of the murderous achievements of Joseph Stalin. As always, all positions in the TOP7 ranking are based on the articles we publish. This time