The name “goths ” is frequently quoted in ancient literary sources, both in Greek and Latin, from the 1st century AD. C.:in Strabo (Geography VII.1.3); in Pliny (History Natural IV.11.99) in the form of guttones; in Tacitus (Germ ania 44.1) calling them gothones and gotones (Annals II.62.2); and in
On the eve of the Allied landings in Normandy, German agent Paul Fitrmutz – code name “Ostro” – knew what was about to happen. A few days before the landing, Ostro, who was in Lisbon, had in his hands the smallest detail of Operation Overlord, as the planned Normandy landing was codenamed. The A
When we talk about European battles of the Second World War we basically imagine Germans or Italians fighting against the British, Americans or Russians and we can extend it to the French, Dutch, Balkans or Scandinavians. But what never crosses our minds is the Wehrmacht fighting soldiers from Luxem
When, one year after the Battle of Jutland , Lloyd George referred to the stupid Admiralty chiefs who opposed the convoy, which he and others he had convinced would be the silver bullet of anti-submarine warfare, unjustifiably included John Jellicoe on the list of attacked, when in fact he had conc