Politics makes strange bedfellows . This well-known phrase that is usually attributed by system to Winston Churchill could also be applied to war; after all, Clausewitz said that war is the continuation of politics by other means and, indeed, there are historical cases that are quite strange. One of
The First World War began solemnly, in almost all the capitals of the wars. Paris was no exception as there was hope of recovering Alsace and Lorraine from Germany. But soon for the men who faced the reality of war the celebrations came to an abrupt end. What my colleagues knew of war came from patr
At this price, the motley army becomes a shock troop. The men take the following oath:“I am a volunteer of the international brigades because I deeply admire the valor and heroism of the Spanish people in their struggle with international fascism. Because my enemies are always the same as those of t
The previous days were marked by the walk of the Turkish research vessel Oruc Reis in the Aegean - and in particular in the Greek continental shelf. What is not particularly well known, however, is the story of the person who gave his name to the Turkish vessel. After all, his Greek roots are one of