The tanker Lesvos was launched in 1942 as the USS Boone County. It was an LST 1 (Landing Ship Tanks) type tanker. The vessel had a displacement, with a full load, of about 4,000 tons. It was 100 m long and had a maximum speed of only 12 knots. It was armed with 40 and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns His
The Greek wings, the Greek fighters, were the fear and terror of the Turkish Army in 1922. History has recorded air battles, shooting down and aerial photography of the Turkish lines. One such happened on July 22, 1922, that is, 96 years ago today. It was preceded by the downing of an enemy Bregu
Lambros Katsonis developed into one of the greatest Greek naval fighters of all time. He was the man who, defying two empires of the time, fought alone against the Ottomans. Lambros Katsonis was born in 1752 in Livadia, Boeotia. None of his family even knew the sea. Nevertheless, Lambros was to g
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 Revolution of 1821 was made by humble fighters and by some leading personalities, who were able to inspire the people and guide them properly, so that they all reach the desired result. The liberation of Greece from the Ottoman dynasty, after 400 years. This great military undertaking was car
The Vandals were another Germanic nation, which under the pressure of the Huns, during the Great Migration of Peoples, had ended up inhabiting the area around the Sea of Azov. From there, seeking better fortune, they moved west and reached the Rhine. They later settled in Spain and from there
The Macedonian Phalanx, as a formation, had a catalytic effect on world military history, influencing the thinking of great generals up to the 18th century. Although it is often heard that the phalanx was a rigid, monolithic formation this is not the case, at least in the time of Alexander and his i
The regular army of the revolutionary Greece is to a large extent an unknown parameter of the struggle of our national palligenesia, since the disorderly units of the fustanelo wearers have monopolized the attention of the researchers. And yet, even then, little Greece had a regular army, and indeed
It is considered, wrongly, that the type of hoplite warrior, which dominated the battlefields of the classical times, was a consequence of the creation of the institution of the city-state. In fact, the Late Mycenaean heavy infantry also fought as hoplites. Until the Trojan War (mid 13th century
On the first day of December 1912, the weather had improved. The Greek destroyers were still patrolling the entrance to the Dardanelles straits, awaiting the exit of the Turkish fleet. The information said that the Turkish fleet was preparing to leave its shelter. On December 1st, the Greek destr
“Before the first draft was seen at 5 oclock in the morning of October 28, 1940, the enemys cannons began to thunder and scatter fire and iron. The 21st outpost of the Greek-Albanian border, on the Golio hill near Pyrsogianni, was the first target. Vasilios Tsiavaliaris from Pialia Trikalon falls de
Who finally was the captain of the Japanese cargo ship Tokei Maru, the ship that at the time of the destruction of Smyrna happened to be in the port of the city and become a lifeline for 825 people, Greeks and Armenians of any age. There are many who are looking to find evidence of the identity o
After the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the new Sultan Selim II, immediately after ascending to the throne, decided to campaign against the Venetian-occupied Cyprus. On July 1, 1570, the Turkish armada rushed to the bay of Paphos and the next day the Turkish troops landed in Limassol, without e
When in 431 BC the Peloponnesian War broke out, none of the belligerents could have imagined that they would be involved in the longest and most ferocious civil conflict. The ferocity of the new civil war would indeed exceed in ferocity any previous one. For the first time in their history until the
Alexios Philanthropinos came from a military family. In 1294 he was appointed by Andronikos, commander of the border forces on the Maeander River. General Livadarios was appointed commander of the other Asia Minor forces. Philanthropinos recruited many Cretan refugees into the army – after a rev
The terrible 22, the Asia Minor disaster, probably the biggest in the history of Hellenism, will always be a milestone that intersects its modern history. A catastrophe which, apart from the end of the centuries-old Greek presence in the East, also marked the end of the Great Idea. That is, the visi
From April 5, 1453, Constantinople, the queen of cities, began to be encircled by Turkish verses. With thousands of soldiers and dozens of cannons, Mohammed II began the so-called siege. Despite his efforts, the City held on. Nor did his proposals to Constantine IA Paleologos regarding the surrend
As reported by Thucydides in 429 BC during the siege of Plataea, the Spartans, unable to break the Plataean resistance with the use of battering rams and flaming arrows, decided to set fire to the wall and its wooden extension. The Spartans collected a large amount of timber from coniferous tree
During the Civil War there were numerous border skirmishes between the Hellenic Army (HE) and Albanian, Bulgarian and Yugoslav forces. One of the most important incidents took place in the area of Koutsoubey Pella, in border Greece – Yugoslavia. This particular episode developed into a rea
In 1254 the great emperor John III Vatatzis died, leaving the Empire of Nicaea powerful. John had succeeded not only in fending off the attacks of the Latins against him, but also in liberating many lands in Thrace and Macedonia. At the same time, he had faced the Turkish and Bulgarian danger. His
The Greek Army landed in Smyrna, in 1919, as the representative of the great powers, which, after the enormous human sacrifices of the flower of their human potential in the trenches of the First World War, did not wish for any reason, how much rather to serve the Greek interests, to repeat them fig
I am not going to list all the contraceptive methods that women have suffered in history. And I say suffered, because throughout history man has decided even the most intimate of a woman. The easiest and most frequent was the introduction of foreign bodies in the uterus to plug the seminal fluid. In
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets John II, known by the nickname of The Good, he came to the French throne in 1350. It was not a good time to assume the responsibilities of office in his country. The Black Death was in full swing after starting to rage just a few years earlier. France was i
The republican government would come to form integrated combat columns by the remains of the loyal military units, the Civil Guard, the Assault Guard and by volunteer militiamen, but in those of the rebels the Civil Guard had less weight, which was assigned more frequently to police work in the rear