On June 22, 1941, German forces invaded the Soviet Union. Within no time they had advanced deep into the Soviet hinterland. And in the late summer and early fall of 1941, after the disastrous battles for Soviet weapons in Uman and Kyiv, the Germans occupied most of Ukraine. The populations livin
The threat of tanks forced the infantry called to face it, to develop special tactics. The German infantry, initially, due to the lightning successes, in Poland, the West and the Balkans, did not face a serious problem from the action of the opposing tanks. However, he later found himself fighting a
Sergeant Rudy Brasche and the team of tank hunters of the 2nd Platoon, 1st Company, 901st Panzergrenadier Regiment Lehr, which he commanded, equipped with a Panzerschreck – the equivalent of the German Bazooka – with mines and grenades, approached the edge of the narrow road, where it formed an angl
The siege of Sevastopol is the most important and longest siege operation during World War II. In the six months or so of the siege of Sevastopol, which escalated into Operation Störfang (loosely translated as the fishing of Oxyrhynchus), the Germans had to call upon their great general, Erich von M
Blue Air is a Romanian low-cost airline. It is based in Bucharest. As of May 2016, it flies to 48 destinations in 12 European countries. In 2016 it carried 3.6 million passengers. Blue Air is the largest Romanian airline. Unfortunately for historical truth, the Romanian company also flies to Napl
In July 1944 the Soviets launched their largest offensive on the Eastern Front to date, crushing an entire German Army Group. The Soviet armies advanced to the old German border in the northern part of the front. They then attacked the Germans in the area of Memel, gaining ground. This success
The siege and battle of Belgrade in 1456 is one of the most decisive conflicts in the Balkans during the period of Ottoman expansion. After the Fall of the City, the Turks, under Mohammed II the Conqueror, intended to extend their rule over the whole of the Aimos peninsula. Their opponents were Ioan
A typical example of German stubbornness in defense is the case of Gunner Lance Corporal Eduard Hoog. Hug enlisted in 1941 in the 5th Infantry Division as a private and fought during the invasion of the Soviet Union. In February 1942 his division was converted to a Hunter division and he was pro
Kroszandy is a village in Polish Pomerania. There, on the first day of World War II, an event took place that gave birth to a legend that lives on to this day. On September 1, 1939, the Hitlerian hordes invaded Poland, causing the explosion of the second global genocide. In the area, the Polish forc
The battle of Yad Mordechai is one of the most incredible in history. It pitted regular troops supported by tanks and artillery against rogue fighters, citizens in reality fighting for their lives and their fledgling state. On May 14, 1948, Israel declared its independence. This decision was also
The grenadiers, as a distinct type of infantry, appeared in the 17th century although incendiary, biological or explosive grenades existed centuries before. In the Austrian Army, the grenadiers wrote their own history especially during the difficult period of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic
In 1833 Spain found itself in the flames of a civil war. The king of Ferdinand VII had died leaving his wife Isabella on the throne. The latter attempted to reform the archaic structures of the Spanish state. But he was faced with the reaction of many ethnic groups, but also of traditional forces in
The battle of Miava fought between September 1-3, 1939, could have changed the course of World War II. In this battle, Maudlins Polish Army clashed with forces of the German 3rd Army. The term army, however, is rather inadequate to describe the Polish forces that took part as the actual strength
The Battle of Borowa Gora was a series of skirmishes that took place on the hill range of the same name in the greater area of Locs (Wuts in Polish) in central Poland, west of Piotruków Trybunaski. This battle is one of the standouts in history as the attackers were so overwhelmingly superior i
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked King Felipe V in a letter to express his apology for the sufferings the Spanish Conquistadors subjected the people of Mexico 500 years ago, provoking a reaction from Madrid , which expresses its deep sadness and vehemently rejects its content. A
The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was one of the oldest European institutions when the Seven Years War broke out in 1756. The forces of the Empire comprised of the military units of the small German states and states in this case sided with of Austria and against Frederick the Greats Prussi
There have been many debates about the superiority of the F-5 over the MiG-21Fishbed and vice versa. Thousands of these cheap, light fighters were built and served in more than 60 air forces around the world. The first clash of the two types occurred in 1977 in the Ethiopia–Somalia War when Ethio
Flemish Sergeant Remy Sritzen served in the Flemish SS Legion. He was a team leader in the 5th Anti-Tank Company. On New Years Eve 1944 his unit, under the SS Panzer Grenadier Division Das Reich, was deployed in the Zhytomyr area, facing the forces of Field Marshal Vatunins 1st Ukrainian Front. The
On September 1, 1939, Hitlers armies invaded Poland, triggering the outbreak of the great carnage of World War II. Based on the plans of the Polish High Command, the Army of Poznań, the Army of Loch and the Army of Kraków were deployed on the western border of Poland. Lotzs Army had as its main role
The British learned at great cost in blood the value of rifled rifles during the American Revolutionary War. In 1800 Ezekiel Bakers design was chosen to equip the Experimental Rifle Corps. During the tests 12 shots were fired of which 11 hit the target, a 1.8 m diameter round wood at a distance o
Today in Walking through History we are going to approach to the life of the elderly in Ancient Rome, a history in deep decline. As today, there were different ways of coping with this stage of life, which was undoubtedly given by a main aspect, their social status. Despite this, as we will see, the
The very first domestication by Homo sapiens seems to have taken place around 18,000 BC, with that of the dog, but it remains isolated. Homo sapiens is still nomadic at this time. However, the end of the last ice age (10,000 years BC), associated with the very old discovery of fire (-450,000 years a
The rise of Jinnah in Indian politics was one of the main factors that led the country towards Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born in AD 1876 in the house of a big Muslim merchant in Karachi. It is prevalent in India that Jinnahs ancestors were Gujarati-Hindu, while Pakistanis believe that his an
This confrontation is part of a war that begins in the year 376, when the rebellion of a group of Goth refugees took place against the mistreatment suffered at the hands of the imperial officials, and that ends in the year 382, after the death of Valens in Adrianople and the signing of the peace b