During the Civil War (1936-1939) the main cities and ports of the entire Mediterranean façade were severely punished by aerial bombardments carried out preferably by Italian aviation from their bases in Mallorca. The effect, the victory of the Francoist uprising in them, allowed the rebels to mainta
After their victory against the Venetians in the Peloponnese in 1715-16 (7th Venetian-Turkish War), the Turks decided to attack Corfu. The Turks appeared opposite the island with 116 ships which carried 7,000 janissaries, an equal number of Albanians, 1,500 spachids, about 500 gunners, 1,000 more au
The Crimean War (1853-1856) pitted the tsarist Russia of Nicholas I against the Ottoman Empire of Sultan Abdul-Mejid I supported by France and the British Empire. The expansionist pretensions of Russia towards the East, camouflaged in questions of a religious nature, triggered a bloody war that many
BETWEEN 490 AND 479 BC. AD Greece is invaded by the Persians: This is the beginning of the Persian Wars. The Greeks defend themselves and crush the Persians during a terrible battle at Marathon. A runner carries the good news in Athens, for more than 32 km, and dies of exhaustion. The modern marath