The Italian Spring Offensive began, on the 2nd Army Corps front, in the area of Trebesina, on March 9, 1941. The main objective of the Italians was the capture of the uncontested hill 731. Within 10 days, the Italians launched 17 successive attacks against the hill, which were repulsed with heavy c
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
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Determining whether the dead were actually dead was a puzzling and inexact science before the advent of modern medicine. But the fear was not totally irrational. Throughout history there have been numerous cases of people buried alive accidentally and curious legends spoke of open coffins where a co