Gardelegen is a small town in the present-day state of Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany. In the second week of April 1945, however, the war had reached the once peaceful city. Pressured by the Allies, the German army was retreating trying to cover up its horrific crimes. The Mittelbau-Dora concentra
The state of Schauburg-Lippe was one of hundreds of small German states that made up the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the Seven Years War (1756-63), a truly global conflict, the small powers of the state sided with Prussia and its glorious king, Frederick the Great. Governor Count
The battle of Leipzig proved to be the most disastrous for the French arms of the Napoleonic Wars. The combined forces of the Allied Prussians, Russians, Austrians and some Germans overwhelmed the French forces under Napoleon himself. After the defeat, Bonaparte with the remnants of his forces moved
Initially he wanted to be a surgeon. But he could not stand the sight of blood. He enlisted in 1938 in the RAF and as a fighter pilot took part two years later in one of the most iconic aerial conflicts of World War II, the Battle of Britain. He survived the war having been shot down four times, onc
The “Iceworm” plan was one of the most ambitious designed by the US during the Cold War. It involved the creation of secret missile launch bases under the ice of Greenland, without the consent of Denmark to which the island belonged. The Americans goal was to develop mobile medium-range ballistic
The 3rd Dragoon Regiment of the Austrian Army was one of its oldest units. It was formed in 1682, in view of the new Turkish invasion. In 1684, the famous Eugene, Prince of Savoy, took over its administration, forever linking the regiment with their name. The regiment was formed in 1682 and its firs
Is there life after death? Are there ghosts? These questions related to the afterlife have plagued man probably since his appearance on Earth. But for many of the soldiers who were fighting lost in the vortex of the First World War, everything was clear. Soldiers with nerves completely broken by
The battle at Parkani (todays Sturovo in Slovakia) is one of the most interesting and peculiar in history. This battle, a result of the great Christian victory outside Vienna, in 1683, was the Turkish attempt to regain the initiative and was conducted in two phases... The first was the phase of illu
On June 22, 1941, cannons thundered for the first time on the German-Soviet border established in 1939. The two most powerful military machines on the planet faced each other in a colossal conflict that, as Hitler had prophesied, made the world hold its breath. German forces advanced rapidly into
The Battle of Sisak, on 22 June 1593, was one of several low-intensity battles of permanent martial law on the borders of the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires. However, significant forces on both sides and the Turkish predators participated in the battle, soon they became the prey. The Turks had atte
Wilhelm Hoffman was one of the thousands of German soldiers who found themselves fighting at Stalingrad. He served in the 267th Infantry Regiment of the 94th Infantry Division. Homfan kept a diary which is partially preserved. Through its pages, the high morale, initially of the Germans, their hope
Battle Group 1000 +1 Nights (1001 Nacht) was an emergency unit formed, literally, from every available source. Nevertheless, it was one of the last elite units of the German army and attached to the CI Army Corps (101st SS) of the 9th Army, it performed exceptionally well in the battle on the Zeelow
The theory that the ancestors of humans fell into hibernation in order to be able to withstand the harsh winters and the cold, comes to strengthen evidence from a study done in northern Spain. In particular, the new study was published in the scientific journal LAnthropologie and was based on excava
During the last weeks of World War II, in Europe, the largely destroyed German Army faced enormous needs in terms of personnel and material. It was the period when a multitude of divisions and brigades were formed, from the entities, which were thrown into battle, with huge shortages in personnel an
One of the best infantry regiments of all time was the 6th Prussian Grenadier Regiment. The regiment has an extremely interesting history of glory especially during the Seven Years War. The regiment was formed in 1675 and originally had two battalions. A little later it became the bodyguard regiment
The Foreign Legion was formed by surplus mercenaries of the French throne and the scum of European society. He was sent to fight in North Africa, where he first came face to face with the fanatical Muslim emirs. But he was soon ordered to join a new, this time civil, war in hot Spain, defending Fren
The battle near the Abbey of St. Gotthard, which took place on August 1, 1664, is one of the most glorious, but also the most unknown, decisive battles in history, the result of which stopped the Turkish advance in western Europe. Of course, Greeks also participated in this battle, in the ranks of t
Remembrance Day today, August 6, 2020, as it marks the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb in human history. It was 8:15 (Japan time) when the Little Boy atomic bomb leveled Hiroshima. The bomb claimed the lives of approximately 140,000 people, while 69% of the buildings we
The Poles have a tradition of cavalry since the Middle Ages. In the Renaissance their Winged Hussars made history, crushing the Turks at the gates of Vienna. Cavalry was instrumental in Polands victory over the Soviets in 1920-21. The Polish horsemen showed incredible heroism in 1939 fighting agains
Henri de Vergier Count of Rochejaquelein was one of the noblest figures of the struggle during the French Revolution in France. He was born in 1772 and at the age of only 15 enlisted in the Royal Polish Regiment of the French royal army. In February 1789, shortly before the outbreak of the revol
Ecclesiastical context Catholicism being recognized as the only and true religion in the world, the Church arrogates to itself the right to make the law according to a certain interpretation of the New Testament:Jews, heretics, reformed and alleged witches are condemned to be burned alive in the p
On March 23, 1943, general elections were held in Denmark, the first to be held since the country had been invaded by Germany three years earlier, in the context of World War II. The participation was massive and the Germans expected the victory or, at least, a good result of the Danish Nazi party
Type: self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.Crew :4 men.Armament: 4 x 23 mm Zu-23 cannons.Armour: maximum:15 mm. Dimensions: length: 6.30m; width: 2.95 m;height (radar retracted):2.25 m.Weight in combat order: 14 tGround pressure: 0.48 kg/cm2.Engine :Model V-6 6 cyl. in-line water-cooled diesel, develop
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