There has always been a belief that women are more peaceful than men, and therefore less prone to start wars, in the event that they hold power. 400 years of European History, however, confirm the opposite. Specifically, according to recent research from the University of Chicago, which covered t
As soon as they set foot on African soil, the first units of the Afrika Korps, led by the stormy Rommel, went on the offensive, easily and quickly regaining ground that had just as easily and quickly been lost by their Italian allies. Their success was due, however, to the surprise and the bad arran
The battleship Yamato was, along with its brother Musashi, the most powerful battleship ever to sail the seas of Earth. In 1945 the strategic situation for Japan was grim. Defeats followed defeats and the Allies advanced. The once mighty Imperial Japanese Navy was a shadow of its former self. The
Dutch Republic , formal Republic of the United Netherlands , Dutch Republic of the United Netherlands , (1588-1795), state , whose area includes roughly that of the present kingdom the Netherlands and attained a position of world power in the 17th century. The Republic consi