Dum-dum ball The dum-dum bullet is a highly injurious projectile used as firearm ammunition since the end of the 19th century. It takes its name from Dum Dum, a suburb of Calcutta where there was an arms factory. History The dum-dum bullet is created due to insufficient effect of small caliber am
Surely the reader remembers that article that we dedicated to the Challenge of Bordeaux, framed in the context of the wars that the French Carlos de Anjou and the Aragonese Pedro III maintained for the throne of the Kingdom of Sicily, which finally remained in Aragonese hands. But the rivalry contin
On the afternoon of December 5, 1945, five US Navy TBM Avenger torpedo planes, with a total crew of 14, took off from the Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale) naval base in the State of Florida. The weather conditions were perfect for the routine training flight, lasting about two hours. The squadr
On June 24, 1812, the largest army the world had ever seen invaded the vast Russian Empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon managed to reach Moscow, but was eventually forced to abandon it badly. On October 20, 1812, the retreat began. But the Russians attacked and defeated the French outposts i