In his speech on June 5th, 1947, George Marshall, then-Secretary of State, proposed the European Recovery Program, which became known as the Marshall Plan. This program provided economic assistance to Western Europe to rebuild their economies after the devastation of World War II and prevent the spread of communism.
Karpenisi was the target of an attack by the KGANE (General Headquarters of Southern Greece) of the DES (Democratic Army of Greece). The attack was done for reasons of prestige, forced recruitment and looting. However, the attack against Karpenisi should not come as a bolt from the blue. The Greek A
As a general rule, we tend to assume that International Working Womens Day , or International Womens Day It is an invention of the 20th century. However, looking at ancient history we can find the surprise that the last century was not the one of the invention of womens rights but, on occasions, of
From October 5, 1912, Greece was at war with the Ottoman Empire. In the morning of the same day, the Greek forces crossed the border. A climate of restrained excitement prevailed as the soldiers released meter by meter of Greek soil. However, the memories of black 97 did not allow, at least for now,
The chariot races of ancient Rome would be equivalent to todays Formula 1. As we anticipated in the previous post, in which you can consult certain technical aspects (, we have the story of one of them extracted from VALENTIA, Las Memorias de Cayo Antonio Naso : A sonorous fanfare to the sound of