The Second World War gradually ended in Europe in the spring of 1945 (in the Pacific it lasted until the end of the summer). After Hitlers death on April 30, Admiral Dönitz replaced him as head of the German government and on May 2 he surrendered Berlin to the Soviets, the same day that most of the
Polish winged hussars trace their origin to Serbian and Hungarian hussars of the late Middle Ages. But in contrast to them, the Polish hussars were heavy shock cavalry. The oldest reference to the winged hussars is from 1500. However, it is believed that their units had been formed earlier. Offic
The Puckle gun could be the first functional machine gun in history. It was designed in 1717 by the British inventor, jurist and author James Packle. Pakls machine gun, as it was officially called, was a weapon between a revolver and a light gun. It had a single barrel, but also a rotating breech wi
In the early summer of 55 B.C. Three years had passed since Julius Caesar had begun his conquest of Gaul. At that time the eastern border of the new provinces was located on the Rhine. The Germanic tribes on the east side of the river launched raids to the west under the protection of this natural b