In 1687, land was sighted from the ship of the pirate Edward Davis in the Pacific Ocean. Its coordinates were determined inaccurately, but many believe that it was just the mysterious and enigmatic...

Eumenes of Cardia, the only Greek who was among the successors of Alexander, is considered one of the most outstanding commanders of his time ...

France between the world wars. Why did the tragedy happen...

The last pagan emperor and the last attempt at anti-Christian revenge...

The ax accompanies man from primitive times. This tool was used as a weapon, hammer, chisel, scraper and more....

190 years ago, by order of Tsar Nicholas I, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces was founded. The opening of the academy took place in St. Petersburg on December 8, 1832 on the day of St. George...

The Cossacks approached the Kodak fortress in the dark evening, quietly removed the sentries and caught the Polish garrison by surprise. The entire western garrison was destroyed...

Today we will not talk about knights, but about medieval manuscripts, the earliest and perhaps the most beautiful of everything that has ever been written or drawn in books ....

About traitors and betrayal as the best way to achieve what you want...

How did Soviet society perceive the "military alarm" of 1927 and how did it assess the prospects for a possible war...

The difficult childhood of the last pagan emperor of the Roman Empire, years of study, appointment as Caesar and the war in Gaul...

“On January 9, 1996, at 9.45, in accordance with the instructions of the Director of the FSB of Russia, General of the Army M. I. Barsukov. the personnel of directorate "A" was raised on alert to receive further ...

Few people know that one of the most famous and highest Soviet sculptures - “Motherland Calls!”, Which is installed in Volgograd on Mamayev Kurgan, is only the second part of the composition, which ...

Before embarking on explanations, statistics, etc., let's explain right away what is meant. This article discusses the losses suffered by the Red Army, the Wehrmacht and the troops of the countries ...

All attempts by the Cossack elite to “settle normally” within the framework of the Commonwealth were flatly rejected by the Polish authorities, magnates and the Catholic Church. And the Cossacks decided to destroy altogether. This caused...

The peak of the career of Marcus Agrippa, the great naval battle of Actium and the last years of the life of a politician and commander...

On October 31, 1625, Polish troops stormed the positions of the Cossacks on Lake Kurukovo. The frontal attacks of the Poles and Germans were repulsed, the enemy suffered heavy losses from rifle and cannon fire ...

American steamboats appeared in Russia during the period of rapid development of market relations in our country, brought to life by the abolition of serfdom. Accordingly, it became an impetus for the development ...

Mark Vipsanius Agrippa is not very well known, meanwhile, there is reason to believe that without him Octavian would not have become Augustus...

Today we will go through the entire history of knightly weapons, and “pictures” from manuscripts will be used as illustrations, with the exact design of the captions...

As a result of the battle at the Berezina, the Great Army actually ceased to exist. However, Napoleon was able to avoid a complete disaster, broke through to Vilna, retaining command, most of ...

Just one attempt to figure out how much oil the Empire of Japan received and spent during the war led to the fact that the statistics are very confusing, and traces of at least ...

To the 77th anniversary of the event that could finally reconcile the whites and the reds, but......

The Battle of Raphia is the largest battle of the XNUMXrd century BC. e., remaining in the shadow of the battles of the Second Punic War ...