The weather in the mountains of Switzerland is unpredictable. That thick fog hides the outlines of the majestic landscape, the drizzling rain continues incessantly. But if for a moment the natural curtain retreats, ...

9 May 1945, the Third Reich ceased to exist on our blue planet. He is gone - as it seemed to the majority of the population of this very planet, forever. But after him, there remained a very ...

British counterintelligence opened documents that describe Hitler’s plan to seize Britain. According to the Fuhrer, the German soldiers had to penetrate the territory of the kingdom, ...

Colonel E.A. Nikolsky - went through a large military school. Cadet, a young officer in the Imperial Army. Then in 1905-1908. in charge of the "Special office work" at the Military Statistics Department ...

The end of World War II in Europe, at least in the form in which it is usually presented, seems absolutely meaningless, because what is written in history textbooks does not resemble ...

The aircraft carriers, which form the backbone of the United States naval forces, are sent to those regions where it is necessary to either represent or defend the interests of the country. Such "hot" spots ...

Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, his fate in a few years made a lot of sharp turns. At first he commanded the Black Sea Fleet, but instead of the historical laurels of the first Russian commander, ...

In the early morning of December 7, the first wave of aircraft, 200 machines, headed by an experienced pilot, roared deafeningly into the air, from the ships of the compound, which was in 183 miles north of Oahu ...

In the fourth century BC: Rome was almost completely ransacked by the Gauls. This seriously undermined his authority in central Italy. But this event entailed almost complete ...

It is well known that the Chechens also took a direct part in the bloodiest battle of humanity, making a worthy contribution to the treasury of the common victory of the Soviet people over the brown plague. TO...

Yevgeny Stakhov (Stakhiv) is one of the few activists (then - leaders) of the Bandera movement that survived to this day. This interview he gave to 1 in October 2008 from the Zaxid.net web portal. Transfer...

Tsarist General Smyslovsky, who fought with the Stalinist regime in the ranks of the German army, did at least one good deed - saving the lives of 500 Russian soldiers. The strongest snowstorm broke out on ...

Gleb Yurievich Maximov is the talented and most underrated space designer of the USSR. It was he who created the first artificial satellite of the Earth and many other spacecraft, including ...

If Baron Ungern carried out his plans, in Russia now, perhaps, there would be no regions, but aimags December 29 - 124 from the birthday of Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg (1885-1921) - ...

The formation of the Soviet plans for the exploration of the moon began with a letter that 28 of January 1958, Sergey Pavlovich Korolev and Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh sent to the CPSU Central Committee. It formulated two ...

What are the mistakes and missed by the popular historian? The name of Alexey Isaev today is very well known to all Russians interested in the military chronicle of our country. He is often invited on television and ...

One of the most mysterious moments in the history of our country is 1941 year. Mysterious, not only for us, but also for the soldiers who passed through this year. Paradoxical year. Heroism defenders ...

The very first large-scale capture of the Soviet troops is known for the 3 and 10 armies of the Western Front, located in the Belostok salient. Here, as part of the 10 army was located the most powerful in number and ...

For the first time, the letters of the Deputy Chief Prosecutor representing the United Kingdom at the Nuremberg Trials were made public, the Guardian reports. "Today marks 63 since the day David ...

Since ancient times, they have been helping people in hard military service, who are they? ...

I had to hear different stories, but I frankly say that I did not hear that. Her intelligence officer Tolstov Alexey Nikodimovich told me. Here it is you word for word: You have to notice that civil ...

Like any state that has a long history, Russia has a vast experience of military and diplomatic alliances. In the harsh struggle for a place in the sun on the political map of the world, our state ...

“... One cannot think for a moment that the landing of a biplane in a quiet harbor and its takeoff from a large and clumsy platform have something to do with real naval aviation. The only possible ...

For four years Rome endured the wild antics of the emperor Caligula. But there is a limit to everything. And now 24 January, January 41 n. er a group of praetorian soldiers led by the commander of the palace guard broke ...