The battle at Suomousalmi was one of the most important of the so-called Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union in 1939-40. Its result did not prove that quality can neutralize quantity. On 30 November 1939 the Soviet 163rd Rifle Division (MT) crossed the border and invaded Finnish terri
1945 marks the end of the Second World War. Following the trauma suffered, the Jews who survived decided, in order to no longer relive the horrors of the Holocaust, to create a state. In 1947, the founding of the State of Israel was more than in talks; so when the Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered, th
No one seriously considered the invasion of Malaysia to be postponed and some officers criticized the insertion of an “if” at this stage of the preparations as it might, they thought, have a bad effect on the morale of the troops. The next morning, when Yamashita summoned the junior officers and gav
The youngest will probably never have heard of it, but their parents or grandparents will surely remember how in their childhood the teacher constantly wielded a wooden stick, whose mere presence served as a deterrent when talking in the classroom or doing some mischief . It was not something new o