After the decision of the Tsar Paul of Russia to annex Georgia, in 1800, his successor Alexander I followed this expansionist policy in the Caucasus. His goal was to overthrow the various Muslim states in the region that were supported by Persia. One of these states was the Khanate of Ganja. The
The Battle of Ferbelin is not particularly well known. It was a small-scale conflict between the armies of a superpower of the time, Sweden, and a superpower-to-be, the Duchy of Brandenburg, the future Prussia. However, the battle had enormous political significance and not without reason June 18, 1
The mythical lost continent Atlantis has the famous name, but Adria is a real lost continent that is largely buried under Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, thus under Greece. For the first time, geologists believe they are now able to reconstruct the almost 250-million-year-old history of the l
The free corps di Verger was one of the volunteer corps formed during the Seven Years War (1756-63) to cover the shortage of light infantry in the Prussian Army. The corps was formed in March 1758. It originally had a single battalion of five companies, mostly of French deserters, each with four
When I saw the Germans coming from the west and the Russians from the east, I thought that the end of us had come, said Eugene Tchaikovsky, born in 1913, in a report on German public television, when asked to recall what he experienced on September 17, 1939. At 6 a.m. that day, over 4,000 Soviet
September 22nd, 1943 - and the following days - is a date that is forever destined to unite two peoples, who just three years ago stood in opposite trenches and found themselves fighting together from enemies, one the old and the other another his new dynast. Milestone of this collaboration of old e
The regiment of the Royal Scots Grays was one of the oldest in the British Army. It was founded in 1678. It fought in the War of the Grand Alliance, the Spanish Succession, the Austrian Succession, the Septuagint and of course the wars of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. The regime
In 1867 the situation in Italy was once again tense. In 1866 the Italian kingdom of Piedmont was defeated by the Austrians but thanks to the Prussian victory at Sandova (Königgratz) they won Mantua and Venice. At the same time, the Italian kingdom placed under its patronage the papal state that unti
After their victory at Waterloo, on June 18, 1815, the armies of Wellington and Blycher marched on Paris. Old Blycher maneuvered superbly, and after crossing the Seine at Saint Germain, he brought the army to the south side of the city where the French did not expect him and were not prepared to mee
Count Ernst Riediger von Stareberg proved to be the right man in the right place. He was a fearless and tireless soldier who managed to hold Vienna against the Turkish hordes who outnumbered his forces 10:1. von Stareberg was a descendant of a military family. His cousin Guido was one of the best
Reinhard Georg was the best spy who worked for the Soviets before and during World War II. He was of German descent, but embraced communism and considered the Soviet Union his homeland. He was sent by his superiors to Moscow, Tokyo, after first managing to penetrate the state apparatus of National S
War involves people. They operate even the most complex, inanimate, war machines. Yet even inanimate objects, even a metal monster, such as a tank, a ship, an aircraft, acquires a soul of its own in the eyes of those who live and fight in it, who remember their comrades dying in it. Years later, non
On October 11, 1939, the economist Alexander Sachs delivered to then US President Franklin D. Roosevelt a letter that would change the course of 20th century history. The author of the letter was the Nobel Laureate in Physics Albert Einstein and its content referred to the urgent need for the USA to
Fianden is a small town on the border between Luxembourg and Germany. Today it has about 2,000 inhabitants, while the old castle built on a hill 310 m high dominates the city. The small duchy suffered the German invasion on May 10, 1940. Having minimal forces, he succumbed to the invaders. Howev
Robert “Bobby” Evan Brown was a special case of an officer. Born in 1903, he enlisted in the army in 1918 aged just 15, falsely claiming to be 18. He did not get to fight in World War I, but managed to become a hero in World War II. When the US got involved in WWII Brown was on duty in the 2nd A
In 1796 Napoleon was fighting in the Italian North at the head of the Army of Italy, with a strength of 40,000 men. After their victory at Montenotte the French moved to occupy Dego. The business was expected to be easy. But it turned out to be exactly the opposite... Napoleon sent General André
The first major American ship to be completely destroyed by Japanese kamikaze planes in World War II has been located in underwater searches in the Pacific Ocean. This is the escort aircraft carrier USS St. Lo. The main part of the wreckage is located at a depth of 4,736 meters, at the edge of the M
On June 10, 1940 the Italian dictator Mussolin had declared war on dying France and isolated Britain. Mussolini had feared at the time that the war would end without his country benefiting from it. Immediately after the declaration of war, Italian troops attacked France, on the front of the Maritime
On May 2, 1892, a pleasant disturbance prevailed in the house of Baron Albert von Richthofen. The cries of his son and successor of the family tradition were first heard that morning. Chieftain Richthofen could not hide his joy. He held his son in his arms, the one he hoped would continue their fami
The death of the Tsar of Russia Feodor III in 1682 caused a political crisis in the country. The Streltsi revolted and the young Prince Peter, the later Great, saw his relatives slaughtered before his eyes. His sister Sophia took over the reins of the state with her supporters. Peter was sent to Pre
Formatted in the 320s-380s, the Acts of Pilate chronicles the death and resurrection of Christ and functions as documentary evidence of historicity, contemporaneous with the events. They are also known as the Gospel of Nicodemus (the one who got Pilate to bury Jesus). The account of the trial aims t
The Falklands War began after the surprise occupation of the island complex - British territory - by Argentina which was then ruled by the junta of General Galtieri. Contrary to the predictions of the Argentines, the British reacted and sent forces to retake the islands. Fierce dogfights took pla
Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin is a peculiar case of anthropomorphic mammal. Although bipedal and bearing a human form, he was much worse than the lions of Nero that I killed with hunger. Born in 1895 or according to other sources in 1887 in the small town of Szysztál, it is unknown how he grew up and
In 1959 London hosted the premiere of one of those films about World War II that were so abundant in the decades after it. Of British production, it was titled Operation Amsterdam (here in Spain it was changed to The Robbery of the Century) and was directed by Michael McCarthy, a minor filmmaker w