After the Germans had broken the defensive location at Klidis, the only hope left for the Greek forces was to cover the Kleisoura Strait, denying the Germans direct access to Kastoria, in the hope that the Greek armies that were still fighting the Italians in Northern Epirus they would have time to
The Historical Snooper and Teutoburg Deserta Ferros collaboration with our friend El Fisgón Histórico begins, a casual way of introducing the themes that we develop in our publications, in this case the number 39 of Desperta Ferro Antigua and Medieval, dedicated to that battle that gave Augustus so
Intro With the Popes blessing, the mayors of the palace usurped the throne from the last Merovingians, the lazy kings. Pepin the Short, who became King of the Franks in 751, managed to restore the unity of the kingdom. With Queen Bertrade Berthe au Grand Pied, the daughter of the Comte de Laon, a p
At the beginning of the 11th c. A.D. Setina (todays Skopos village of Florini prefecture) had a special strategic importance. The Bulgarian Tsar Samuel had built an important fortress there. In 1014 Samuels army was crushed by Basil II Bulgarokdonos in the famous battle of Kleidi. Shortly after