In Ukraine it has not been forgotten. It is also one of the reasons why the inhabitants of the country treated the Germans more friendly and still have anti-Russian feelings. Golotomor... Only one word that hides all the horror. In Ukrainian it is a corruption of the phrase murder by hunger. It was
On May 22, 1942 the Japanese dominated from Indias borders almost to the Pacific Ocean and they had every right to be optimistic. But war and confidence rarely go together. This lesson was learned, in the worst way for them, by Japanese ace pilots from a lone enemy aircraft that, in theory, was an e
Turkey was linked to Britain and France by an alliance treaty when World War II broke out, but on June 26, 1940, it preferred to declare its neutrality. Hitler, before the invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, declared in Ankara that he would respect Turkish neutrality. This declaration resulted in
A team of Russian researchers performed genetic analysis on a mummy buried 2,600 years ago and found in 1988 at an archaeological site in the Republic of Tuva, Russia.According to the researchers, the remains belong to a 13-year-old warrior from Scythia, as stated in the research published in the sc
The 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 24, with thousands of soldiers marching in Red Square despite the COVID-19 outbreak. The Soviet victory is celebrated on May 9, a national holiday in Russia, and is an opportunity to ex
A unique prehistoric structure of deep wells forming a huge circle two kilometers in diameter around an ancient settlement near Stonehenge opens new avenues of research into the origins and meaning of the mysterious prehistoric monument, the university of st andrews. Recent research and analysis by
The Battle of Clausen in 1735 (War of the Polish Succession) is a typical example of a conflict where the superior side displays tragic audacity and refuses, in effect, to seriously engage the enemy. On the contrary, it seems to be shaken by a bold counterattack. In 1735 a powerful French army ha
The First Lebanon War began on June 6, 1982 when Israeli forces invaded that country following repeated attacks by the Palestinians there against military targets and civilians inside Israel. The reason was the attempted assassination of the Israeli ambassador to Britain by a Palestinian terrorist.
One of the most paradoxical incidents in world naval history concerns the mutiny on the Dutch battleship De Zeven Provinciën (The Seven Provinces =which made up the Netherlands). The vessel, a small coastal defense battleship in the terminology of the time, joined the fleet in 1910. She was 101.5m l
In 1675 the war that had started in 1672 as a military campaign of the then European superpower against the small Netherlands had changed course. The Dutch War which started as a limited scale conflict had developed into a pan-European war involving both the Habsburg Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
On July 27, 1697, Eugene of Savoy was in front of the fortress of Petrovaradin on the north bank of the Danube. Some 30,000 Austrian, Saxon and Prussian soldiers were lined up outside the fort waiting to be inspected by their new commander on the Turkish front. As soon as Eugene arrived, 30,000 mout
In 1715 the Turkish danger again began to be felt on the eastern borders of the Habsburg Empire. Turkish ambitions had been revived since 1711, when Mehmet Pasha with 260,000 men defeated Peter the Greats 40,000 men at the Battle of Prutus. Always following the same expansionist policy, the Turks, i
After his defeat before Vienna, Suleiman the so-called magnificent did not give up his plans to conquer the Golden Apple and bring Islam to the heart of Europe. Suleiman, in 1532 set out at the head of a large army of 120,000 men. After crossing the Dravo River in Croatia, instead of following th
British scientists have solved one of the mysteries of Stonehenge, determining the origin of many of the megaliths that make up the famous Neolithic monument in Wiltshire, England, thanks to a sample that had been stored for decades in the US. The geochemical study found that 50 of Stonehenges 52 gr
The “Gideon Force” was a special unit formed by a specialist in… special operations, then Major Ordy Charles Wingate, later father of the famous “Chidits”. This special unit operated against the Italians in East Africa and its men were mainly Ethiopian guerrillas. The Italians occupied Ethiopia in 1
The battle in the village of Husine was one of the last in 1939 in long-suffering Poland. From September 17, 1939, the country had also received the Soviet attack while fighting for survival against Hitlers Nazi hordes. The village in question is located 7 km north-east of Hrubiezów in the province
The naval battle of the Dalmatian channels was one of the few conflicts in the sea element during the Serbo-Croat war. The conflict lasted three days and took place on November 14-16, 1991. The Serb-Croat conflict has been going on since the early Middle Ages. It peaked before and during World War I
The Italian army was arguably the worst of the so-called great powers during World War II. Although the manpower was good, the tactical doctrine was good, but mainly the level of training of officers and men, weapons and war material was below the occasion. However, under good leadership, Italian so
Soldiers of the US 7th Armys Rainbow Division advance from Wurzburg into the German south. On the morning of April 29, 1945, they arrive at the closed gates of a concentration camp near Munich, Dachau. The Wehrmacht men have long since retreated, the SS have put it to rest. This was the situation wh
On the afternoon of April 30, 1945, the Red Army was already in the center of Berlin, very close to the chancellery. Hitler determined not to fall into the hands of the Soviets turns the revolver on him. Remaining loyalists burn the bodies of the Führer and his wife Eva Braun and bury them near the
There are different reasons why someone is interested in swords, because not all swords are the same. Some collect them out of historical interest, some engage in exhibition fighting themselves. Some simply find swords beautiful and use them to decorate their own four walls. If you know someone like
The formation of the French National Monarchy took place between the 16th and 17th centuries, making France one of the most powerful countries of the Modern Age. By Me. Cláudio FernandesWith the advent of Religious Reforms in the sixteenth century, Europe entered a veritable upheaval of civil wars.
French Equatorial Africa , French- Africa Equatoriale Française (AEF) , together four French areas in Central Africa from 1910 to 1959. In 1960, the former territory of Ubangi-Shari (Oubangui-Chari), to which Chad ( Chad) was attached in 1920 to Central African Republic and the Repu
View of the Shah Mosque, built in Isfahan in the 17th century for the ruler Abbas I. • ISTOCKPHOTO Around 1700, Iran was at the heart of European politics. For two centuries, the Safavid dynasty and the Ottoman Empire have been in permanent rivalry, both political and religious, and several Euro