Operation Pigeons lasted from December 22, 1948 to January 30, 1949. Its objective was to clear the Peloponnese, in view of the major offensive effort that the Hellenic Army (HS) intended to undertake in Vitsi, so that to restore order in the Peloponnese and to save forces for the main operations.
Inspired by the martial art of the Empires two main rivals at the time, the Germans and the nomads of the East, the eminent general Belisarius conceived the idea of finding the antidote, which was none other than the dual-role cavalry . Belisarius had studied the military lessons of battles aga
The naval battle of the Corinthian was one of the many conflicts between Byzantium and the Arabs in the 9th century AD. It was given in 873 AD. and is one of the most memorable victories of the great, although largely unknown, Byzantine admiral Nikitas Oorifas. According to the chroniclers Theop
It was January 400 BC. The Myrians had already completed nine months of marches and battles. They had started in March 401 BC. from Sardis and was now many thousands of kilometers away from the welcoming Ionian shores. But they had to continue through the countries of the Chalivians and the Taochian
In 1919, the First Army Corps (SS) was sent, at the request of the Allies, to Southern Russia, todays Ukraine, to fight, despite the side of French and Russian white forces, against the Bolsheviks. In this context, the main forces of the First SS landed, gradually, from Odessa to Kherson, the 2nd
The outbreak of World War I found Greece divided. Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos sought the immediate inclusion of Greece in the war, on the side of the Entente. For him, tying Greece to the chariot of British politics was a one-way street. King Constantine, however, desired neutrality, which
The peltasts, in contrast to the psilouis, are conventionally characterized as light infantry, simply because they were lighter than the hoplites. In reality the peltasts were multi-role infantry, an intermediate type between heavy infantry and acrobats. Peltastes were the main type of infantry in t
Guerrilla warfare is not an invention of our time. Terrible examples of it exist from ancient times... to the present day. In Greece, in recent times, during the approximately 400 years of Turkish rule, a continuous guerilla war was fought in the mountains. In 1808 the Spanish began a fierce guer
Kurt Franz was born in 1914 in Dusseldorf. In 1928 he left school and worked, eventually becoming a cook. In 1932 he joined the Nazi party, having previously joined various extremist organizations. After his military service he joined the SS and served as a cook. But then he took up guard duties
From 1915 Greece was deeply divided. On one side King Constantine and on the other Eleftherios Venizelos. Both patriots but with a different perspective of things, clashed and led Greece to destruction. The reason was the attitude that the country had to take in the First World War. For Constanti
After the assassination of Kapodistrias and the civil war that followed, the great powers intervened again, choosing the monarch of Greece, the politically harmless Prince of Bavaria, Otto. From 1832 when he assumed power in Greece, Othonas tried to balance the policies of the three, mainly, protect
The naval battle of the Echinades was the last naval victory of the Byzantine Empire. Opponents were the fleet of the Empire under Dimitrios Laskaris Leontarios and the fleet of the Latin dynasty of Lefkada-Zakynthos-Kefalonia and western Greece Carlo I Toco. In the 15th century, the Frankish co
The III Mountain Brigade (3rd EOT) was formed after the self-dissolution of the other two Greek brigades of the Army of the Middle East, after the shameful movement of April 4, 1944. The III EOT, together with the Holy Company, were the only Greek military units that fought against the Germans,
Pytheas the Massaliotis is one of the most unknown, but at the same time important personalities of the ancient world. He justifiably does not hold the title of explorer, since he was the first to sail in the unknown northern seas, reaching the island of Thuli, which researchers identify with todays
Samuel was the tsar of Bulgaria, founder of the first, so-called, Bulgarian empire and opponent of Vasilios II Bulgaroktonos. Samuel was a general of the Bulgarian Army, at the time of Tsar Romanos-Simeon I of Bulgaria. Samuel and his three brothers were descendants of Count Nikolaos, a Bulgaria
The arrival of Otto and the powerful Bavarian military force that accompanied him did much to curb the riots, at least initially. From the outset, the minor king entrusted the governance of the country to a committee of Bavarian technocrats. This commission of the regency, apart from the mistakes it
It would be a mistake to historically isolate the Balkan wars from those that preceded them historically, which were not always glorious or victorious. Fifteen years before the First Balkan, we had a crushing military defeat in the so-called unfortunate war of 1897. Before declaring war, the Ottoman
In 1826 the Greek Revolution faltered. In the Peloponnese, Ibrahim was literally threshing, with Kolokotronis desperately trying to stop him. In Roumeli the situation was also tragic. The heroic Messolonghi had fallen and Kioutachis was now also besieging Athens. The campaign against Kioutachi w
Georgios Tagalakis joined the Air Force (then Royal Hellenic Air Force – EBA) as a non-commissioned officer in 1940. In 1942 he received his pilots license in Rhodesia. He returned to Greece after the liberation and as a second lieutenant, participated in operations against his rebels, later the
The Greek governments, before Papagos, did not dare to claim Cyprus. Only in 1941 the then King George had asked the British for the concession of Cyprus, but to no avail. The Plastira government also did not move the Cyprus issue, succumbing to the pressures brought to bear on it. In Greece, th
Adolf Hitler had many secrets. Could one of them be ... the illegitimate son? And if so, what would he tell today about his fathers private life, his tastes, fears and dark past? In the book The Confession of Hitlers Son, Christopher Macht reveals the secret ... So let me ask you this for the f
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Nottingham Castle is well known for tales involving Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. These stories are still an interesting fictional story. However, in Nottingham Castle, two centuries after the legend of Robin Hood, a true story took place that i
Last Monday, Josep Almudéver, an international brigade member, visited our center. French of Valencian parents, he joined the International Brigades at the age of seventeen - falsifying his documentation - and fought in the civil war and later in the maquis. At the age of 97, he still retains a luci
The visitor will wear special glasses, gloves, climb the treadmill and feel that he is in the port of Thessaloniki, on the ship of Nikolaos Votsis, in October 1912. From 2023 all this, as at that time it is estimated that the construction and placement of a special VR (virtual reality) installation