06/11/21 | History
November 6, 1881 - 2021: 140 years of history of the training of naval officers in the Naval Academy
140 years ago, on November 6, 1881, the Naval Academy was born, a training institute heir to the ancient traditions of the four Maritime Republics. The unification took place for ...
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04/11/21 | History
The last days of El Alamein
In the first days of November 1942 the decisive attack of the British forces against the now disastrous Italian-German front in North Africa began. In the northern sector ...
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31/10/21 | History
103 years ago, Navy men sank the battleship Viribus Unitis
On a moonless night, between October 31 and November 1, 1918, one of the most memorable feats of the forerunners of the Navy's Special Forces takes place. In that...
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06/10/21 | History
Marconi class, the Italian nuclear submarine attempt
At the end of the 50s, many nations both in Western Europe and beyond the Iron Curtain were conducting nuclear energy studies aimed at expanding their ...
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11/09/21 | History
The other 11 September
On 11 and 12 September 1683 the Euro-Christian forces, led above all by the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Confederation, John III Sobieski, took place victoriously ...
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07/09/21 | History
Bonaparte the Muslim
In 1797, Directory France had finally found its hero: General Bonaparte. Appointed commander of the Army of Italy at the age of 27, the young officer was ...
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19/08/21 | History
1991: The coup that (not) changed history
A quotation of uncertain attribution, but often overused in the most disparate historical contexts, states that: “There are moments that make history; others change it ...
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19/08/21 | History
Soviet centrifuge: the characters born from the decline and collapse of the USSR
If you change the mission of the empire, the empire is lost. And if you don't even realize you are doing it, then you not only lose it, you kill it. Applied to the USSR, to have this fruit ...
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06/08/21 | History
The United States and intelligence: from the origins through the OSS
For some time now I have begun to develop a certain interest in the world of intelligence, and in particular ...
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08/07/21 | History
Chile, 11 September 1973: the day of the coup
The Chilean coup is the violent outcome of a match, the most important moves of which were all made by ...
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06/07/21 | History
The story of Caprilli - how strategic interests changed the face of horse riding forever
I assume that most of you readers of this article have, at some point in your life, witnessed ...
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18/06/21 | History
June 18, 1815: the beginning of the end
This year, remembering the Battle of Waterloo has a completely different flavor. It is the year of the bicentenary of ...
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16/06/21 | History
12-16 June 1942. The battle of "Middle of June"
June 1942: the Regia Marina has been involved for months in contrasting British convoys bound for Malta. Malta, base ...
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14/06/21 | History
Falkland: a forgotten conflict
Almost 40 years ago, in 1982, for a little over ten weeks, the world's newspapers focused on a conflict ...
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04/06/21 | History
The War in the Pacific: The Battle of the Midways (1942)
Between 4 and 7 June 1942 near the Midway atoll the myth of the unbeatenness of the empire was shattered ...
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13/04/21 | History
The Savoy Cavalry in the land of Russia
In memory of my father Angelo, who died in 2009 just before my nephew was born, and to all the men of Savoy ...
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26/03/21 | History
Attack on the Suda Bay: 80 years ago the feat of the men of the 10 ^ Flotilla MAS
"Everything was entrusted to us. A man with his boat hurled at insane speed against a large ship: a torpedo ...
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22/03/21 | History
Heroic defeat, the forgotten myth of the facts of arms of the Giarabub Oasis
Eighty years ago the battle near the Libyan oasis in the heart of the desert ended with inexorable defeat ...
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19/03/21 | History
The wicked Albion
In the previous piece, a month ago, we were left with the question: why the Italian prisoners in the hands of ...
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17/03/21 | History
Brigata Marina San Marco, the "Lions" of Venice for 102 years
The history and tactical functions of the marines are very ancient, so much so that they can trace their predecessors ...
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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to the Director
Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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