The two great Hellenistic kingdoms of the Seleucids and the Ptolemies clashed for years over the conquest of the so-called Hollow Syria which included the territories of todays Syria and Lebanon. These six conflicts, known as the Syrian Wars, began in 274 BC. and lasted until 168 BC. with breaks abs
The early Mycenaean army was one of the strongest of its time in the wider Eastern Mediterranean region. His main source of strength was his infantry trained to fight in dense formation with long spears and his light shock tanks. The chariots were two-wheeled, of light but sturdy construction and
On December 23, 1947, the creation of a Provisional Democratic Government under Markos Vafiadis was announced. Zachariadis and the KKE took this step hoping for recognition of their government by Stalins Soviet Union and the satellite states. However, this move caused an immediate reaction from t
The Imperial and Royal Army (Kaizerliche und Konigliche Armee or abbreviated K.u.K.), as it had been called after a Vienna agreement with the Hungarians, had always been the mainstay of the Habsburg dynasty. However, every change was now subject to the judgment of the Hungarian parliament and things
From the middle of the 16th c. A.D. groups of European adventurers began to arrive on the American continent in search of the famous land of Eldorado, the land where gold was everywhere and you only had to reach out to get it. According to legend, there was an Indian city near present-day Bogota, Bo
The battle of Delion took place in 424 BC. during the Peloponnesian War between the Athenians and the Spartan allies the Boeotians. The battle was followed by the siege of Delion and the use of the famous flamethrower of the Boeotians. The Athenians had planned to campaign in Boeotia in support
Pontokerasia is a small mountain village in the prefecture of Kilkis on the border with the prefecture of Serres. In 1946, the 4th Company of the 567th Infantry Battalion of the 37th Brigade of the X Infantry Division was stationed there. The company, under captain Michael Stefanou, had 120 men and
In the period 1946-47 one of the goals or utopias of the leadership of the KKE and the later Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) concerned the internal collapse of the monarcho-fascist regime through erosion and the army, approx. but it happened in the Middle East with the failed movements there. ...
Krokondeilos (or Krokodeilos, or Akrokodylos) Kladas was the son of Theodoros Kladas, an officer in the service of the Despots of Mystras. He was born in 1425 and as soon as he became a man he followed in his fathers footsteps and became a soldier. The origin of the family was from Epirus. Howeve
The battle at Lechaio, in 390 BC. it is a major Athenian victory, one of the few against the elite Spartans. At the same time, it is the greatest victory of the ancient peltasts against hoplites. Corinth, the focus of a new war, was shaken by the bloody conflict between democratic and oligarchic
The Greek infantry was called to participate in the fratricidal conflict, which came to be known as the Civil War. He also fought in this, the first hot conflict of the Cold War, with his well-known bravery, unfortunately against brothers. The civil conflict that bloodied Greece in the period 194
With the Treaty of London in 1913, the great powers recognized the state of Albania. With the Florence Protocol, the Greek Northern Continent was granted to the newly established state. The forces pressured Greece to cede Northern Epirus, threatening that otherwise they would not recognize sovereign
Constantinos Greitzas Palaiologos was one of the most heroic, but relatively unknown figures of the early late Byzantine period. He came from the imperial family of the Paleologues and had repeatedly shown his courage and bravery. In 1458 he was stationed as a guard on the Acropolis of Athens and fo
The Byzantine Empire survived over 1000 years with its powerful army as its support. An important power multiplier of the Imperial armies was the well-trained heavy infantry, the famous Scutati (shield-bearing, from the Latin word scutum =shield) infantry. The Skutatoi, in that period, were orga
The era of the Descendants of Alexander the Great is, in general, a period of decline in every manifestation of Hellenism, without military tactics being an exception. After the peak of the period of the great Greek Macedonian king and his immediate Successors, who followed in his footsteps, there f
The armored phalanx was of course the supreme weapon of the Greeks. But no weapon alone is sufficient for success. The Greeks knew this from prehistoric times, when they defeated their opponents thanks to the close connection between the various weapons of their armies. This was also true in clas
The public education system in the Greek state of the 19th century. was founded during the time of the Othonian monarchy with a series of regency decrees (1833-1837). It was applied without serious structural changes for about a century. Essentially, it was a complete transplant of the Bavarian mode
The French pilot Roland Garros was one of the pioneering pilots in the history of aviation. He was born in 1888. From an early age he was involved in airplanes. He made his first flight in 1909 and in the period until the start of the First World War, he participated in various air shows and competi
The Lilantian War is one of the most unknown military conflicts in the Greek area. According to the existing sources, it was carried out between 710-650 BC. and many Greek cities took part in it on one side or the other, so many that this war can rightly be characterized as Pan-Hellenic. The cau
Although the term Lightning War is a product of the 20th century, its beginnings as a military doctrine, as well as its applications in practice, on the various battlefields, are ancient. The doctrine of the Lightning War is essentially as old as man on Earth. Each time, however, the means and condi
Under the Ancien Régime, Christmas celebrations were above all religious celebrations intended for contemplation. Dangeaus description in his Journal of December 24 and 25, 1697 illustrates well the pious habits of the royal family at this time: Tuesday 24, Christmas Eve:the king made his devotions
Historys role in politics is not only in ancient times when Euripides said the well-known OLBIUS IS THE KNOWER OF HISTORY, but always. To be a good politician, one must know History, because most problems have a historicity. Few are those that are solved. Most are repeated and have the same or almos
How his relations with the Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito were disrupted, Mikis Theodorakis reveals in his reply letter to the well-known Skopje tenor Blagoza Nakoski, who protested - in an open letter to the media - about the Greek composers clear position on the issue of the naming of Skopje, whi
Hans Frank, the infamous general governor of the occupied Polish lands, hanged on the gallows in the Nuremberg prison on October 16, 1946. However, the king of Poland almost ended his miserable life almost three years earlier, dying in an attack organized by soldiers of the Home Army ! It is th