The battle at the walls of Anacopia (the region of New Athos) still raises a lot of questions, starting from the very outcome of the battle, ending with the number of participants. One way or another, but the walls of Anacopia are still ...

The story of the catastrophic earthquake that almost destroyed Port Royal, and the desolation of the island of Tortuga ...

Luis de Cordoba and Cordoba was born in 1706 in a very simple family with short surnames and modest origin ...

The Military History Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Signal Corps (VIMAIViVS) is perhaps the main highlight in the historical diversity of the city on the Neva. The history of its occurrence requires a separate ...

The article is devoted to the movement of the Slavs to the border of Byzantium at the end of the V-first half of the VI centuries ....

Juan Caetano de Langara and Huarte was born in 1736 in a noble Basque family. His father, Juan de Langara and Aritsmendi, was a sailor, a representative of the first "Bourbon" generations of Armada officers. A son...

Consider the unknown pages about the misinformation of our intelligence and the leadership of the Red Army. For 74 years, such an analysis was not carried out in any book or article on the outbreak of war ... ...

On 22 August, Russia annually celebrates National Flag Day. This holiday appeared on the calendar in 1994 after the main flag of the country again became the white-blue-red tricolor. AT...

What do British historians write about our military history and what do English-speaking citizens read about our history of wars, weapons and armor. Text translation by D. Nicolas ...

Spanish admiral, participant of the Trafalgar battle Federico Gravina. Napoleon said about him that if Villeneuve possessed his qualities, the battle at Cape Finisterre would have been lost by the British ....

How many German divisions did reconnaissance discover at the ZAPOV border before the evening of 21.06.41, and did this amount contradict intelligence? The deployment of enemy troops concentrated against the ZAPOVO is very ...

The story of the incredible fate of Henry Morgan, one of the most famous corsairs in world history ...

The Polish authorities themselves have done too much to facilitate the first victory campaign in the World War for the Germans ...

In August 1919, a hundred years ago, the Red Army attempted to defeat the main group of the army of Denikin and liberate the lower reaches of the Don ...

France is considered one of the full-fledged countries - winners of German Nazism, along with the Soviet Union, the USA, and Great Britain. But in reality, the contribution of the French to the fight against Nazi ...

The first of a series of articles from the manuscript of my book Crimean War in the Mirrors of French Art ...

In the Basque Country, in the city of Motrico, in the same estate that was built by José Antonio de Gastagneta, in 1761, a boy was born named Cosme Damian de Churruka and Elors. His father was a city ...

The vest is a special clothing that has earned respect for itself by the many exploits of the people who wore it. This is a kind of symbol of Russian military courage. 19 August - Day of the Russian vest ...

In August 1789, two hundred and thirty years ago, the Russian rowing fleet defeated the Swedes in the roads of the fortified city of Rochensalm. The loss of the fleet forced the Swedish command to abandon the offensive ...

At the end of last year, the first reports about the possible construction of a bridge across the Sevastopol Bay appeared. Do not forget that bridges over the bay of glorious Sevastopol have already thrown over ...

The capture of Rivne and the seizure of the Rivne region ...

Today we will get acquainted with the modern level of development of large-scale modeling based on materials from various publications ...

Jorge Juan was born in 1713 in the town of Monforte del Cid, in the province of Alicante. They say that at the time of his birth, the British, anticipating the future shame, were unanimously sad, and the Spaniards in advance ...

The British fooled Berlin, giving hope for neutrality, and Petersburg, on the contrary, encouraged, hinting at help. So London led the great powers to a great war ...

The fighting of the Menshevik authorities of Georgia against Soviet South Ossetia in 1920 resulted in real genocide. Only the Bolsheviks who captured Tiflis could put a point in the bacchanalia of violence ...

Jose de Gastagneta was born in 1656 in the city of Motrico, in the Basque Country, in a family associated with the sea for many generations ...

In August 1759 years, 260 years ago, General Saltykov under Kunersdorf defeated the troops of the Prussian King Frederick the Great. Prussia was on the verge of surrender ...

Let's look at the contentment of the Russian regiment during the First World War through the eyes of an eyewitness - as he was seen in his memoirs by an officer of one of the infantry regiments V. Panov ...

To the 250 anniversary of the great commander ...

95 years since the birth of Hero of the Soviet Union Suren Kasparyan. The life and feat of Kasparyan is evidence of the international participation of Soviet citizens in the Great Patriotic War ...

The provocation at Zhalanashkol in the 1969 of the year became a kind of "presentation" of Beijing’s external support against Moscow ...

15 August 1799 years, 220 years ago, Suvorov defeated the French army under Novi. The battle of Novi was the last in the Italian campaign. Austrians and British insisted on the removal of Russian from Italy ...

The Omsk operation 1919 of the year was an offensive operation of the Soviet Eastern Front, conducted on 4-14 in November with the aim of seizing Omsk, the capital of the Kolchak Russian state ...

The story of the island of Jamaica and its conquest by the British, the "pirate Babylon" of Port Royal and the corsairs of this city ...

Following the loss of the Pitcher Valley, Wang Pao launched a new counterattack. The CIA provided him with resources, and the US Air Force provided unprecedented support. The Americans still hoped for a turning point in the war in ...

In August 1854 years, 165 years ago, Russian troops under the command of General Bebutov defeated the Turkish army at the village of Kuryuk-Dara in Transcaucasia. The combat power of the Anatolian army was strong ...

The Menshevik dictatorship in Georgia, supported by Western countries, not having time to come to power, unleashed several military conflicts at once. South Ossetia was no exception. And political terror ...

The reign of Nicholas I. During the period of the first industrial revolution, a chance was missed for social changes and technological modernization. Russia could not compensate for the growing social and ...

After the wound and misfortunes of the evacuation of soldiers of the Russian army, he ended up in field military temporary hospitals where experienced military doctors fought for his life. The funds were often exotic ...

In August 1649 years, 370 years ago, the troops of Bogdan Khmelnitsky defeated the Polish army at Zborov. Due to the betrayal of the Crimean Tatar Khan, Russian troops could not finish off the Poles ...

The weaknesses and vulnerabilities that determined the course of the Civil War in Russia ...

In the middle of the XVIII century, foreign ambassadors in Russia with some neglect relate to the potential of domestic intelligence services. For such carelessness, some had to pay dearly ...

Until the victory of the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, the Austrian Archduke Charles was considered the most worthy opponent of the French emperor ...

The victories of the Russian army and navy in the 1853 campaign of the year put the Ottoman Empire on the brink of defeat ...

8 on August 2008. Black date in our history. But on the eve of the anniversary of those mournful events, one should return a hundred years ago, to 1918-1920, when the next round of Georgian aggression almost erased ...

The story of Bertrand d'Ogeron, the fun life of the island of Tortuga, the fighting traditions of the filibusters, as well as the “Flying Dutchman”, Davy Jones, the kraken and the “dead man's chest” ...

May 11 The 1915 of the year on the front of the 3 and 8 armies began the main attack of the enemy ...

At the beginning of the XX century in St. Petersburg, priest George Apollonovich Gapon gained considerable popularity. He believed that he would become the leader of the revolution and urged Nicholas II to abdicate ...

The Kelasur wall, better known as the Great Abkhaz wall, is not just a unique fortification structure for the Caucasus. This wall managed to grow with a huge number of myths, and its very ...

Consider a German group that was concentrated against the KOVO troops. Is it possible, based on the available intelligence, to conclude that the war began at the dawn of June 22? After all, similar information should ...

Azef spent more than fifteen years in the service as a secret police agent and at the same time headed the largest terrorist organization in Russia for more than five years ...

Our contemporaries. Heroes of the Afghan, Chechen and other wars of the late twentieth century. Their exploits are no less impressive than the heroism of the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War ...