Albert Göring was born in 1895 in Berlin. He was the fifth child in the family, the youngest of three boys. The oldest was the well-known Hermann, Hitlers close associate and head of the Luftwaffe. According to some sources, Albert was born from his mothers relationship with the Jewish Hermann von E
The battle of the Kunlun Pass was one of the most important of the Sino-Japanese war on the eve of World War II. It has a special significance as the Chinese threw about 400 tanks into the battle. The strategically important pass is the key to Guanxi province on the current China-Vietnam border.
The uprising of August 1, 1944 holds a unique place in the collective memory and historical consciousness of Poles. And this is because the Nazis had suppressed the uprising with a brutality rare, even for themselves. 200,000 people, most of them civilians, died, many of them in mass executions. Hun
In January 1945, British forces launched a major offensive against the Japanese in Arakan, then Burma. The British plan called for the 3rd Commando Brigade to be deployed south of the Japanese positions at Kangau to cut off the forces of the Japanese 54th Infantry Division there. The British occ
The Tiger I battle tank (Panzerkampfwagen VI, Tiger I (H1), Sd.Kfz. 181) was built in Kassel. The tank was ready in February 1943 and was transported to Tunisia between March and April 1943. It was the 1st tank of the 3rd ulama of the 1st division of the 504th Heavy Tank Division. For this he also r
On January 6 the weather over Ooty, Finland favored Soviet bomber action. Clouds covered the sky from about 300 m. Little Finland had been fighting for more than a month now the Soviet giant who unnecessarily attacked her and for the time being she was holding on. Jorma Sarvanto was born in 1912
During the Seven Years War Frederick the Great of Prussia allowed the formation of free corps (Freikorps) which could fight as light infantry and line infantry. These divisions were made up of volunteers, deserters and every available man. Consequently their quality varied dramatically. But the Somm
Operation Pripiatsümpfe (March to Pripiat) was the first large-scale German clearance operation on Soviet territory, in the Pripiat Marshes. It took place between July and August 1941 and thousands of civilians were its victims. It was the first planned operation to exterminate Jews and not only in
In June 1942, the US submarine USS Grunion was sent to Alaska to patrol for Japanese vessels. On July 30, after being ordered to return, the submarine disappeared with 70 men aboard. After 77 years, researchers have discovered the hull of the lost American ship, along a volcanic dike off the coast o
After the Six Day War, Israels conflicts with the Arab countries continued informally. Especially with Egypt the attacks on both sides, ventures and incidents lasted until 1970 in what became known as the War of Attrition. In 1968 Egyptian artillery launched a heavy bombardment against Israeli po
In mid-October 2001, A and G Squadron of the 22nd Regiment of the famous SAS (Special Air Service), the elite of the British armed forces, found themselves in Afghanistan, in the wake of the September 11 attacks in the USA. In November 2001 it was decided to carry out Operation Trent, i.e. the d
Seventy-seven years have passed today since the death match of the football match that took place in Kyiv between German soldiers and a team of Ukrainians, consisting of eight players from Dynamo Kyiv and three from Lokomotiv Kyiv, who during during the German occupation they are forced to work in a
Many accuse the Danes of surrendering without a fight to the Germans when they invaded their country on April 9, 1940. This is not true. The countrys tiny army fought as long as its government and circumstances allowed. The countrys left-wing government, not wanting to provoke the Germans, refuse
In 1945 the Allies were pressing the Japanese in Burma. The British administration decided to occupy the Arakan region trying to cut off the retreat of the Japanese towards Rangoon. For this purpose, it was decided to land the 3rd Commando Brigade in the rear of the enemy. In late December 1944
The invasion of Poland is often presented as a simple German military walk. But this is not the case. The Poles were defeated for a number of reasons but in any case they fought and often heroically. One such case is the battle at Yordanov which took place between September 1 and 3, 1939 between
The battle of Kars is one of the most important although less well-known in history as there the Ottoman Empire suffered heavy blood and was severely humiliated. The battle was the last major conflict of the Persian-Ottoman War (1743-46) and one of the greatest victories of the great Persian shah an
The battle in Cagul (todays Cahul, Moldavia) was one of the most important of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74 and of European history in general. Nevertheless, it remains relatively unknown. And yet there the Ottoman yatagani was crushed overwhelmingly. Even more unknown remains the key contribu
In 1804 the Serbs rebelled against the Ottomans. The Turks threw strong forces into the fight and pressed the rebels. In 1806 9,000 Serbian fighters had taken refuge in the area of Misar in northwestern Serbia. There they fortified themselves on the homonymous hill under the leadership of Djordje
The Battle of Montcornet was a small-scale conflict by the standards of the gigantic carnage of World War II. What made it unique was the fact that it was the first successful counter-attack by French forces against the German invaders in that fateful May 1940, as well as the fact that the attack wa
Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov is a special case in military history. Although he was Russian, he had Swedish and Armenian blood in his veins. Although noble, he began his career in the army as a common soldier to reach with his merit, a rare thing at that time, the highest military positions in Russ
Between the 1840s and 1880s, the use of photography as newspaper illustration is indirect and slow due to poor print quality. Technical developments and half-tone will allow the transition from drawing to the integration of photography in the printing process. This press illustration is appreciated
Measuring time is a very old obsession, so much so that it originated in Prehistory - in the Mesolithic, to be exact - probably driven by the need to keep track of agricultural cycles. Since then, all cultures and civilizations have developed their calendar, some in an original way and others copyin
The Carnival has its origin in antiquity with feasts to the gods where a change in the social order was allowed. In this way, the slaves and serfs took the places of the masters and the population took the opportunity to have fun. Although it is known as the country of Carnival, Brazil is not the
The Travels of John de Mandeville It is a medieval book that circulated profusely and with great success throughout Europe between the years 1357 and 1371. Of its author, the supposed Sir John Mandeville, hardly what is related in the book itself is known, and he is considered a character completely