Mexico was the closest hemisphere nation to the United States and had just recently experienced the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848. During the war, Mexico lost nearly half of its land and was resentful of the United States. Germany saw an opportunity to exploit Mexico's desire to regain its lost territory and encouraged Mexico to fight against the United States.
This incident is known as the Zimmerman telegram.
The Landzidis Company, or Death Company is not a widely known page in the history of the Greek-Italian war of 1940, but it is the beginning of the surprise and weakening of the Italian army, from a handful of Corfu who decided to change the strategic plans of Benito Mussolini. As the Professor a
PA Spitfire MJ755 returns on Thursday 27th May to Greece after a full rebuild to airworthy condition in the UK, to once again take to the Attic skies where it last flew 68 years ago. As stated by Mr. Dimitris Kolias, vice-president of the IKAROS foundation, which financed the reconstruction of th
Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566), favorite of King Henry II of France, imposed herself on the royal court at the expense of Queen Catherine de Medici, and surrounded herself with a brilliant court. An independent woman, she knew how to preserve the youth of her body and her mind. She never forgot her p
An extremely interesting, hour-long video entitled Unknown Aspects of the Battle of Crete was posted by the Navy on YouTube commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Crete. This is a production of the Naval History Service (NAS), which records the speech of Vice Captain Ioannis Prekatsounakis o