In our pages we have already written about how the Home Army almost sent Hans Frank into the afterlife. However, this was not the first attempted assassination attempt on a German dignitary by the Krakow underground. On April 20, 1943 - Hitlers birthday - the punishing arm of the Underground State a
The III Mountain Brigade (3rd EOT) was formed after the self-dissolution of the other two Greek brigades of the Army of the Middle East, after the shameful movement of April 4, 1944. The III EOT, together with the Holy Company, were the only Greek military units that fought against the Germans,
Introduction The royal women of the Middle Ages are a fascinating object of study. Not only because of the unfair neglect to which they have sometimes been subjected, but also because their life events usually represent a much richer picture than that of men from the same period. A medieval king is
After the Battle of Manzikert (1071), in which the Seljuks defeated the Byzantine troops and even captured the basileus Roman IV Diogenes , the Turks began the invasion of the Anatolian peninsula. In just a few years the Byzantines were to lose their main breadbasket and the recruiting ground for th