William Adolph Soderman was born in 1912 in Connecticut, USA. In 1943 he enlisted in the army and was transferred to Europe. On December 17, 1944, he found himself as a bazooka operator fighting against German tanks in the snowy Ardennes. Soderman was a lance corporal and head of the bazooka elem
As soon as the eighteenth century began, a new kingdom emerged strong in Europe. On the territories of the old electorate of Brandenburg and united to those of the Duchy of Prussia, with capital in Berlin. Its first king will be Frederick I and his name will be Prussia, which by the way will become
The bodies of 21 Red Army soldiers were discovered in Chechnyas Naursky region by volunteers, according to the Russian Community of Military Historical Heritage. Even German aerial photographs of the Second World War were used to find the bodies. According to Soviet war records, perhaps tens of t
Spatha is the Greek name (spathê) for the longsword, used to refer to the late Roman longsword, the sword of the great invasions and the Merovingian sword. It is characterized by a wide blade as well as a narrow and flat guard. The Spatha appeared earlier in the Roman army as a cavalry weapon . In