An amazing description of Constantinople, “the land of the Greeks,” as he called it, from Ibn Battuta (1304-1388) the Moroccan explorer and traveler of the 14th century who is considered...
The Middle Ages
Transitioning from Medieval realms to the Age of new horizons
On February 3, 1976, he caused real chaos in enemy lines. The attack, carried out by a small group of men numbering no more than 25, relied on surprise. With...
Attila, as a true nomadic warlord and leader of a huge coalition of Huns and subordinate barbarians, Attila decided to fight, something both Aetius and the Visigoths desperately sought, having...
Alongside some Portuguese mercenaries, they approached the unsuspecting enemy sections of the 9th Brigade of FAPLA, who were awaiting orders to seize the town. Suddenly, they were hit by a...
The Russian phalanxes had to cooperate to overcome any resistance and converge their forces on the Presidential Palace, suppressing the Chechen insurgency. However, the lack of communication between the officers...
After two years of preparations (399-397 BC) and the rejection by the Carthaginian authorities of an ultimatum from the tyrant of Syracuse “that they(the Carthaginians) restore freedom to the Greek...
Sicels were found in the late 8th century BC by the first colonists from mainland Greece. The Greeks founded their colonies on the coasts, and some of the natives were...
Once Alexander settled his matters, after the great victory at the battle of Granicus, the Macedonian king proceeded towards Caria, as he had been informed that significant Persian and mercenary...
After weeks of maneuvers, and wishing to involve the Romans in a decisive battle, Macedonian King Philip V led 25,500 men to the foothills of “Cynoscephalae,” a series of hills...
The Operation ‘Samil’ was a plan by the German armed forces to occupy the cities of Maikop and Grozny. The operation involved the airdrop of special forces units behind enemy...
An amazing description of Constantinople, “the land of the Greeks,” as he called it, from Ibn Battuta (1304-1388) the Moroccan explorer and traveler of the 14th century who is considered...
On February 3, 1976, he caused real chaos in enemy lines. The attack, carried out by a small group of men numbering no more than 25, relied on surprise. With...
Attila, as a true nomadic warlord and leader of a huge coalition of Huns and subordinate barbarians, Attila decided to fight, something both Aetius and the Visigoths desperately sought, having...
Alongside some Portuguese mercenaries, they approached the unsuspecting enemy sections of the 9th Brigade of FAPLA, who were awaiting orders to seize the town. Suddenly, they were hit by a...
The Russian phalanxes had to cooperate to overcome any resistance and converge their forces on the Presidential Palace, suppressing the Chechen insurgency. However, the lack of communication between the officers...
After two years of preparations (399-397 BC) and the rejection by the Carthaginian authorities of an ultimatum from the tyrant of Syracuse “that they(the Carthaginians) restore freedom to the Greek...
Sicels were found in the late 8th century BC by the first colonists from mainland Greece. The Greeks founded their colonies on the coasts, and some of the natives were...
Once Alexander settled his matters, after the great victory at the battle of Granicus, the Macedonian king proceeded towards Caria, as he had been informed that significant Persian and mercenary...
After weeks of maneuvers, and wishing to involve the Romans in a decisive battle, Macedonian King Philip V led 25,500 men to the foothills of “Cynoscephalae,” a series of hills...
The Operation ‘Samil’ was a plan by the German armed forces to occupy the cities of Maikop and Grozny. The operation involved the airdrop of special forces units behind enemy...