On 30 Fructidor Year XI (September 17, 1803) a battalion of sailors was created to be part of the Consuls Guard; it consisted of five crews and a staff. The men were mostly On 30 Fructidor Year XI(September 17, 1803) a battalion of sailors was created to be part of the Consuls guard; it consisted of
On June 22, 1944, the Soviets launched Operation Bagration, their largest offensive on the Eastern Front to date, with the aim of crushing the German forces in Belorussia. By July 15, the Soviets had reached Grodno, in what is now western Belarus, on the border with Poland. The next day they occu
The formation of the Modern National State represented a new phase in the commercial relations of some European countries and contributed to the centralization of real political power. By Fabrício SantosThe Modern National State or Ancient Regime it consisted of a set of practices involving economi
The Brusilov Offensive was the greatest Russian military success in World War I. However, it too managed to be tarnished by the incompetence of some Russian generals. The offensive of General Brusilov, admittedly the best Russian commander-in-chief during World War I, began brilliantly on June 4, 19