For a soldier cook to become a hero is rather unusual. But this is exactly what the Ukrainian cook corporal of the Soviet army Ivan Pavlovich Sereda achieved. Sereda was born on July 1, 1919 in the village of Oleksandrifka near the city of Kramatorsk. Ivan studied cooking in Donetsk. In November
The first genetic analysis of the Crusaders in the Middle East confirms that they intermingled frequently with the local population and that, after having large families, they recruited their children into holy battles and died with them, just as they did with the natives Christians who fought on th
In 1974 the Shah of Persia bought from the USA 80 F-14 Tomcat fighters and 284 Phoenix air-to-air missiles. Of the aircraft, 79 were delivered. On January 16, 1979, the shah was ousted by the Islamic Revolution of the mullahs. 27 Iranian F-14 pilots and American technicians from Hughes, which bui
The Soviet Navy began building its first ballistic missile submarine capable of carrying nuclear warheads in 1958. The vessel was launched on October 17 and was to write one of the blackest pages in the history of the Russian-Soviet Navy. The vessel was the first of the 658 class (NATO code Hotel
In 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan to prop up the shaky communist puppet regime they installed after the 1978 coup and assassination of the countrys prime minister. The Soviet invasion provoked an immediate reaction from the Afghans. This is how the Mujahideen (defenders of the faith) rebel
Operation Sultan is one of the most daring air operations carried out by the Iranian Air Force in the Iran-Iraq War. The operation was carried out on October 29, 1980 and targeted the Iraqi al-Huria Air Base in Mosul. The Iranian air force was informed that 47 French technicians had arrived in Ir
The only 23-year-old German corporal of the 8th Company of the 28th Fighter Regiment of the 8th Panzer Division, Franz Weber had taken command of a battle group in the Carpathians in the fall of 1944. His unit was deployed in the Rodna Pass and was ordered to occupy Hill 1387 which dominated the
The Soviet attack against Finland was disastrous for the Red Army from the start. With the new year (1940) Stalin ordered the formation of a new Front (army group) headed by Tymoshenko. Zhukov was one of the bodyguards of the first. Tymoshenko was also endowed with new powers. Thus in January 19
In world history he has remained as the model of the unyielding, measured and exacting judge. When Hans Hofmeier read the decision of the special court that judged in the 60s those responsible for Auschwitz, he entered the Pantheon of exemplary personalities. During the twenty months that the Aus
On March 29, 1941 the New Zealand 21st Infantry Battalion (29th NTP) landed in Athens. Its commander was Lt. Col. Mackie. Two of its captains were veterans of the First World War. On April 8, two days after the German attack against Greece, the battalion was sent to Platamonas. There they encount
The Roman cavalry initially faced foot soldiers who either did not fight in dense order, or did not have the proper training to withstand a cavalry charge, such as the Lygians, the Samnites or the Gauls. Against these foot soldiers the frontal advance of a mass of cavalry made sense. The Roman ca
On January 24, 1970, Egyptian President Nasser visited Moscow. The Soviet Union had previously supported Egypt fighting Israel in the so-called War of Attrition, with the Egyptians refusing to accept their crushing defeat in 1967. Based on Nassers contacts in Moscow an entire Soviet air division
The Salt War was the consequence of the revolt of the inhabitants of Perugia against Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese). Perugia was a free city until 1370 when it came under the control of the papal state. The townspeople continued to enjoy a relatively high standard of living, retaining many pr
The air war over North Vietnam was a result of the policy of retaliation that the American political leadership decided to implement. Rightly so, the Americans calculated that aerial bombardment would bring the North to its knees, as they said at the time, and indeed without a great cost in blood, s
In the summer of 1675, Poland and the Ottoman Empire were again at war. A Turkish army under Ibrahim the Fat had invaded Podolia (western Ukraine) and was advancing towards Lvov. After their defeat in Hotin the Turks decided to attempt a new campaign. The Turks had about 20,000 men. this force wa
Operation Drizzle is the perfect example of a commando operation inside enemy territory. The Israelis invaded, hit and left destroying not only their targets but mostly the morale of their opponents. In 1967, Israel launched a surprise attack against its Arab rivals, inflicting terrible blows on
Yugoslavia was not involved in the war until April 1941. Since the end of November 1940, Hitler had attempted to attach this country to the German chariot, in view of the planned attack against Greece. On November 28 Hitler met with Yugoslav foreign minister Markovic , to whom he proposed the acc
The battle of Podaitse (todays Piodaitsi, Ukraine) is one of the most interesting in history. In it, the Polish general - at the time - Ioannis Sobieski managed, with only 3,000 regular soldiers, to defeat 10 times as many opponents. In 1667 Poland and Russia divided Ukraine. However Cossack warl
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
The battle of Gettysburg is one of the most famous, but also the bloodiest of the American Civil War. The battle was the turning point where the North began to gain the upper hand. The battle lasted three days in and around this small town in the state of Pennsylvania. The losses of both reached 46,
Édgard Tupët-Thomé , born April 19, 1920 in Bourg-la-Reine, is a French soldier, companion of the Liberation. After obtaining his baccalaureate, he entered the Higher School of Catholic Theology in Reims. But having little vocation, he decided to enlist in the army. In October 1938, he preceded the
In 1390, during a truce in the Hundred Years War, three French knights (Marshal Boucicaut, Renault de Roye and Chamberlain de Saimpy) challenged anyone who wished to confront them to come to Saint-Inglevert, near Calais. . The candidates for the game, which took place from March 20 to April 20, nota
The Algerian Tirailleurs (later:Algerian Tirailleurs Regiments) (RTA), are infantry units formed in Algeria at the time of French Algeria and created in 1842. History * 1842:creation of the Battalion of Native Tirailleurs of Algiers. * 1856:Creation of the 1st Regiment of Algerian Tirailleurs. Ou
SU- 1 00 Country USSR Type:medium self-propelled gun. Crew:4 men. Armament:one 100mm Model 1944 cannon (D-IOS);2 7.62mm PPS machine guns. Shielding:minimum 20 mm; maximum 54 mm. Dimensions: length (barrel included):9.45m; width:3m; height 2.25 m. Weight in combat order:31.6t. Ground press