In 1715 the Turkish danger for the Habsburg Empire and consequently for all of Europe began to be felt again. Turkish ambitions had been revived since 1711, when Mehmet Pasha with 260,000 men defeated Tsar Peter the Greats 40,000 men at the Battle of Prutus. Always following the same expansionis
Features Length:total , 0.99 m. Weight:launcher , 14.510 kg; grenade , 1.360 kg.Range:practical , 101 m; maximum , 338 m.Initial speed :76 to 137 m/s. The PIAT, acronym meaning Projector Infantry Anti-Tank Mk 1 (infantry anti-tank launcher Mk 1), had the character of a British weapon that did not
The Tenth Crime of Whitechapel. Engraving by Fortuné Méaulle published in 1891 in the Illustrated Journal • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS London is at the end of the 19th century the largest city in the western world. Capital of an empire on which the sun never sets, it embodies the omnipotence of Great Bri
The German attack on Poland began in the early hours of September 1st, from the air, when three German Stukas bombed the control posts of the important Dirschau Bridge on the Vistula River, in order to prevent it from being blown up by Poles. Flying at a height of 10 meters, in the morning fog,