In 311 BC Carthage and Syracuse were at war once more. The Syracusans under Agathocles had suffered a heavy defeat losing 7,000 men. The defeated Agathocles retreated to Gela attracting the attention of numerous opponents to delay and allow the citizens of Syracuse to harvest before the arrival of t
The XVIII Infantry Division (MP) held the extreme left of the Metaxa Line in April 1941. The division with only five battalions held a line 40 km long with only one company in reserve. The forts of Istibey, Kelkagia, Arpalouki and Paliouriones also belonged to the divisions sector. The division had
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
In the last days of the Byzantine Empire, there were persons who played a role indulgently miserable and even treacherous. One of these persons who had an absolutely disastrous role was Georgios Amiroutzis. The closest, chronologically, testimony about him was that of the also pro-Turkish Critobu
The recent declassification of previously secret documents from the Russian state archives brings to light unknown details from aspects of the Civil War, which was disastrous for our country, in the period 1946-1949. According to these documents, the Soviet Union supplied the men of the Democratic A
Flavios Fokas was a special case of man in the negative sense. He was a low-ranking army officer who rebelled against Emperor Maurice, whom he destroyed along with his entire family to become emperor. From there on, he began his destructive work for the state, which fortunately did not last long.
One of the darkest periods of Turkish rule in Crete was the five years 1890-1897. The Greeks had begun to manifest, in practice, intense reactions against the Turks. On January 23, 1897, 500 Turks attacked the Greeks at Akrotiri and besieged Halepa. In the meantime, the Greek Consul of Chania, N. Ge
The Hellenic Expeditionary Force is glorified in Korea, is the title of the new podcast published by GEETHA and presents the rich action on land and in the air and the laudatory comments received by the participation of the Hellenic Armed Forces in the multinational mission that was established unde
From the middle of the 11th century AD. the Hungarians raided the Byzantine lands trying to reach the shores of the Adriatic. Later, the Hungarians allied themselves with various Serbian governors, causing serious concern to the Byzantines who saw their dominance in the Western Balkans threatened.
The Greek fever experienced by the USA in the 1820s and the contribution of American Philhellenism to the Greek Revolution have already been highlighted. What is less known is that the struggle of the Greeks was also supported by the African American community and that an African American fought bra
Carlos Mavroleon lived until the end a life as he chose it, to the extremes, full of adventure and danger. Born in 1958 in London, the scion of a wealthy shipping family, his roots can be traced to the island of Casso and extend to Mexico, his mothers country of origin. A restless spirit from a youn
The XIX Motorized Division (M/K M) was the first motorized formation of the Hellenic Army(ES). It was formed with what was available and therefore lacking power. In other armies it would be considered something of a comedy for the one completely devoid of comparable SS units, but it could prove usef
It is often said, completely wrongly, that the Italians were cowards, that they ran away from the Greeks, that they did not want to fight, and even that they lost on purpose to bring the Germans into the Balkans! Of course, all of the above has nothing to do with reality, unless we accept that the 1
On the morning of April 13, 1204, Constantinople was under Frankish rule. By April 15, the City was completely destroyed. Nothing was left of its former beauty and glory. Three days later, however, these scoundrels celebrated Palm Sunday, thanking God for the great victory he had given them! On
The Illyrians were an ancient people of the Balkans. Some consider them ancestors of modern Albanians, which is not proven. One of their strongest tribes was that of the Dardanians, who also founded a powerful state centered in the region of todays Kosovo and part of todays Serbia, but which particu
After the death of Michael Palaiologos and the restoration to the throne of his son, Andronikos II, the empire now entered the final course towards its end. Andronikos had nothing to do with military matters and did not give due importance to the army. However, until around 1300 the Byzantine Army,
The Battle of Doirani took place during World War I, on the two days of September 18 and 19, 1918. It was an offensive operation by Entente units against Bulgarian forces on the Macedonian Front, in the wider area of the homonymous lake. The operation was carried out by the British Hellenic Army,
What was the reaction of the Sublime Gate to the outbreak of the local rebellions of 1821? How did the Ottomans perceive the reality and how did they route their reaction towards the infidel Greeks? Have we exhausted the sources around the Greek Revolution? Do we know its real dimension? These and m
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
Ancient Satala, present-day Sadak in Turkey, was an important city in Mesopotamia. In 530 AD it was one of the border fortresses between the Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Persia. The two powerful empires were in near constant conflict as the Persians sought to expand into Asia Minor and Armenia.
In a program of the pro-government CNN Türk, Erdoğan Karakus, a retired air force officer, can be heard saying, among other things, the following:I want to say a word about a topic. On the subject of the Aegean and the word Aegean. It comes from the Akka Turks. The arrival of the Dorians in that
Death is a strange thing. On the one hand, it is pretty much the most universal thing that humanity can ever imagine. After all, death strikes everyone and makes no difference. Whether rich or poor, popular or hated – in the end he is the great equalizer. Thats actually a comforting thought and must
Georgios Tsolakoglou, from the moment he took over as occupying prime minister, made sure to pursue the Metaxikis. Among them was the commander-in-chief of 1940-41, Lieutenant General Alexandros Papagos. By order of Tsolakoglou, the infamous Katheniotis Report was drawn up. The main accusation at
Our archenemy today was a religious and patriotic man, a real nuisance to an increasingly Hellenistic Empire. His obstinacy and sedition provoked one of the bloodiest reprisals in history, also ordered by a character whom the passage of time has classified as more of a philosopher than a soldier. T