The defeat of the Turks in Vienna in 1683 was of catalytic importance for world history. However it did not end the war between the Empire (Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) and the Ottomans. Emboldened by their victory, the Imperials counterattacked with the intention of driving the Turks out
The Zeppelin Staaken R.VI was the most successful German heavy bomber of the First World War. Already at the end of 1914 the German command requested a bomber aircraft powerful enough and with a long range to be able to hit targets in Britain. Zeppelin, which specialized in airships, accepted the ch
The Great Northern War began in 1700 when Russia, Saxe-Poland and Denmark considered an attack against Sweden and its new king Charles XII possible. The latter, however, did not cooperate at all and in fact emerged as one of the greatest military leaders in world history, crushing one enemy army aft
Yugoslavia, for a number of reasons, offered little resistance to the German invasion in April 1941. The main reason was considered, from the Serbian side, the defection of the Croats. In fact everything went wrong, and above all, the plan for the concentration of the Yugoslav army was wrong. After
Project 7.01 of the Soviet MiG design bureau was for a multi-role, long-range interceptor that would replace the MiG-31 but also counter the planned US ATF (from which the F- 22). The designers of the office designed a really big fighter, much bigger than the MiG-31. The aircraft would carry two
On April 9, 1940, the Germans launched a surprise attack against Denmark and Norway. The Germans launched their attack on Norway at various points and attempted to capture the king of the small Scandinavian country, Haakon VII. The Germans believed that the capture of the king would also mean the im
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 in battle of Prutus. Always following the same expansionist policy, the Turks, viola
The Wealth Program was one of many plans developed during the Cold War aimed at annihilating the adversary. The goal was to develop a flying vehicle-missile drone that would fly for a very long time propelled by a thruster-type engine powered by a nuclear reactor. In early 1957 the US Air Force c
Dutch territory is largely below sea level. In order for the Dutch to be able to live on their land, they have, from time immemorial, built dams and dykes that hold back the water. Such an embankment is also the one in Afflusdik (final embankment). With a length of 32 km, the dyke-dam holds back the
In 1745 Europe was again in flames for 5 years already, from one end to the other. The cause was the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48), Austrias war of survival against France and its German allies and (at intervals) Prussia. The French had decided to finish off the Habsburgs from the imperia
The battle of Stalingrad is well known in itself. In this conflict where street fighting was the norm, the Engineer played a de facto important role. Having pushed the Soviets to the eastern edge of the city, the head of the German 6th Army, General Paulus, considered that one more attempt was enoug
“War is the father of all”, said Heraclitus and he was right. Because what would the airplane be, for example, if World War I hadnt happened? From this war, technology began to play a catalytic role in war, and this is because technological developments were more rapid than in earlier periods of his
During the Second World War, many volunteers from various countries, including the occupied ones, fought on the side of the Germans. This also applies to the French who fought against the Soviets, on the side of their former adversaries. The 33rd Waffen SS Division Charlemagne was created in 1944. I
The Thirty Years War was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with human losses comparable to the First World War, in the order of 8 million souls. The war is characterized by some as a religious conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants, but that was not all. Like all wars, this one –
Nicholas Stephen Alkamand was born in 1922. With World War II underway, Alkamand enlisted in the RAF and trained as a machine gunner. He was assigned to 115 Bombardment Squadron which at the time operated with Avro Lancaster II aircraft. Alkamand flew his aircraft code DS664 which his crew had named
War operations in North Africa during the Second World War were characterized by a constant movement from east to west and tumbalin. In July 1941, Germans and Italians besieged Tobruk. In the besieging line of the Italians, the two hills of Spiria dominated. The two Spiria were two low hills at a ve
TheYakovlev VVP-6 was the result of a literally insane Soviet plan to counter high-flying American spy planes. At the same time, it could be a flying air base for the transport of vertical landing aircraft. It was definitely the most radical design of the Yakovlev design office and it was definit
The German battleship (according to some battle cruiser) Gneisenau was the second ship of its class and brother of Scharnhorst. They were the first two German battleships built after World War I. The so-called pocket battleships were essentially large cruisers. Gneisenau had a full displacement o
The developments in the martial art are always interconnected with the corresponding developments in society and the economy. From the closed, social and economic societies of the Middle Ages, the archetype of the noble, mounted warrior knight could only emerge. However, as society evolved, so did t
The North American X-15 was a rocket-powered, manned, experimental aircraft that flew at a speed of 7,274 kilometers per hour in 1967, reaching the limits of space at an altitude of 108,000 m. A total of 199 flights were made by 12 different pilots.
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
Wars are decided by one side or the other which recognizes that it is impossible to prevail, said Hitler. It was his new strategic doctrine, Lydia Lithos, that he thought up and began to implement in 1944 on the brink of defeat. On this dictum rested the entire edifice of German strategy in the w
During the Middle Ages, the possession of relics meant for churches, cathedrals and monasteries, the influx of numerous pilgrims and, therefore, income. It was not uncommon for bishops, abbots and other religious authorities to strive to get as many of them as possible, especially when the need for
John Calvin Jean Calvin was born in Noyon in 1509, into a Catholic family. He has the opportunity to study and in his youth he frequents Lutheran circles which will later push him to spread Protestantism. In 1536, when the wars of religion were already reigning in France, notably following the Affa