Athens had lost the Peloponnesian War against Sparta, surrendering in 404 BC. For a brief period of time the city was ruled by the Thirty Tyrants imposed by the Spartans, although only a year later, in 403 BC. Thrasíbulo managed to expel them and restore democracy. Difficult years followed when Ath
The 1st British Airborne Division is a parachute unit created during the Second World War during which it suffered many losses and in particular during Operation Market Garden, which made it famous in its defense of the Arnhem Bridge. It was also the first division to wear the Maroon beret (en) bet
In January 1945 as the fighting in the Ardennes and Alsace-Lorraine region had not yet ceased, the Soviets launched what turned out to be their penultimate attack against the Germans, which brought them within 60km. from Berlin, the capital of the thousand-year-old Reich. The German forces, as p
The First World War does not receive that name for its own sake, nor is it a hyperbole. No less than 38 countries from all continents officially participated in that contest, that is, they proclaimed themselves belligerent:twenty of them allied (plus another 9 that supported them without participati