“Valerio, who was engaging in close combat for the first time, decided that the best option he had at that time was to stay behind his shield and not show his head, in case when he did so to attack he received a thrust in the face. Therefore, he limited himself to enduring the attacks and the blows
The battle on the shores of Lake Peipus, in 1242, was a small-scale conflict that would have had little significance if its political outcome had not been so catalytic. There the elite few of the West fought a much larger army of the East and were defeated by the enemys numbers, environment and tact
Sometimes war compensates for its savagery and brutality by offering a kinder face that can even be funny. That is why the title of this article is not a joke but reflects a real event that happened in the Pacific during World War II and had as its protagonist the most successful destroyer of the US
In 1095 Pope Urvanos proclaimed the crusade to expel the Muslims from the Holy Land. For the following years the crusades continued. In 1212 a 12-year-old, Stephen of Cloyes-sur-le-Loir, was received by the French king in Paris. Stephanos was followed by 30,000 children who started with the visio