The Soviet offensive in the sector of the German 4th Army began on June 23, 1944, as part of the larger offensive in Belorussia (Operation Bagration). Forces of the 3rd Belorussian Front acted on its northern flank, which broke through the German XXVII Army Corps (SS) of the German 4th Army. The
The witch hunt had important consequences in Switzerland:one by one, the Swiss cantons cleared their last witches executed almost three hundred years ago.The modern era follows disasters such as as the plague, and seeks those responsible for its misfortunes. The repression against witchcraft began i
The battle on the shores of Lake Peipus, in 1242, was a small-scale conflict that would have had little significance if its political outcome had not been so catalytic. There the elite few of the West fought a much larger army of the East and were defeated by the enemys numbers, environment and tact
At the end of the Second World War, the concern grew with world peace. On October 24, 1945, representatives of fifty nations gathered at the San Francisco Conference created the United Nations, known as the UN.The UN, whose headquarters are in New York , is still today the main international organiz