There is a well-known Latin phrase that says In vino veritas (the truth is in the wine), suggesting that under the influence of alcohol one is more predisposed to reveal things that one otherwise would not. It is not something exclusive to the Romans, many other peoples have similar sayings, starti
The British learned at great cost in blood the value of rifled rifles during the American Revolutionary War. In 1800 Ezekiel Bakers design was chosen to equip the Experimental Rifle Corps. During the tests 12 shots were fired of which 11 hit the target, a 1.8 m diameter round wood at a distance o
Immediately after the formation of the front in Normandy, after the successful landing of the Allied forces there, the objective of the Allied leadership was to anchor the German armored forces in the sector of the British 2nd Army (2nd Army) so as to give the ability for the US 1st Army (1st Army)
Traditional Roman legend says that Romulus and Remus, the founders of the city of Rome, were raised by a she-wolf. After their birth, established by Marcus Terentius Varro on March 24, 771 BC, they were abandoned in the Tiber River, where the current carried them to the Velabrum swamp located betwee