04/08/20  |  History
Armir, the mess tin still in the ice
Life, for many authors, is a scenic representation; there is no canvas, it is the course of events that attests the roles, which gives each event its nature. History...
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01/07/20  |  History
The battle of Tsushima (1905) and the geopolitical importance of the Kuril islands
The battle of Tsushima, fought between 27 and 28 May 1905, was the first major naval battle of the twentieth century and saw the Russian navy and that ...
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29/06/20  |  History
John Weir Foote: "Medal of God for Military Valor"
"If I had to walk in a dark valley, I wouldn't fear any harm, because you are with me." (Psalm 23, verse 4) On August 19, 1942 on the coasts of northern France, it was consumed ...
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26/06/20  |  History
A sip of Coca-Cola for Marshal Zhukov
As history books teach, the "Cold War" was a period of prolonged geopolitical and ideological tensions that opposed the Western Bloc to the Eastern Bloc since ...
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03/06/20  |  History
The Roman Empire faces the pandemic: let's talk about the Plague Antonina with an expert in ancient Rome
There was a time when men died like flies from diseases that can be cured today. This time began to decline even seventy years ago with the emergence of ...
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26/05/20  |  History
The battle of Abukir (1798) and the strategic role of the Mediterranean
The Battle of the Nile, known in France as the Battle of Abukir (a town north-east of Alexandria in Egypt), which took place on August 1798, XNUMX, is the "daughter" of great skill ...
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21/05/20  |  History
Italian wings in post-war conflicts: Zaire's MB-326s in the conflict against Katanga rebels
The MB-326 was found in the short space of time from its entry into service an extremely robust and versatile machine, of good ease of use and maintenance, as well as the ...
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24/04/20  |  History
Operation Eagle Claw: the greatest disaster of the American Special Forces
Forty years ago, on April 24, 1980, the attempt by the US Army Special Forces to free a group of American hostages, prisoners of the Khomeinist regime in Tehran, ...
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27/03/20  |  History
Relations between the Army and the Navy in Italy in the 80s
The 80s of the XNUMXth century ended the immediately "post-Risorgimento" phase for Italy and its forces ...
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24/03/20  |  History
First battle of the Isonzo: The conquest of Quota 142 (Monte S. Michele)
What characterizes the transition from the operations of the "first offensive rush" to the "First battle of the Isonzo" is the ...
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16/03/20  |  History
The SS of Allah
Since the autumn of 1942 Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) and Gottlob Berger (1896-1975), had evaluated the possibility of ...
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07/03/20  |  History
The battle of Zama
We continue to talk about the Second Punic War, in particular its central phase, when Hannibal is in Italy ...
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05/03/20  |  History
The coup d'etat of the 131st Lazio regiment on San Michele (6-7 December 1915)
The first operations of the Great War on the Italian front, between May-July 1915 had been the result of a ...
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02/03/20  |  History
Panzergrenadiere: an Italian idea?
The introduction, on the battlefields of the Second World War, in the period 1942-43, of the Panzergrenadiere departments ...
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26/02/20  |  History
Commander Angelo Belloni, father of diving
Angelo Belloni, naval officer, submariner, designer, experimenter of innovative naval equipment ...
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16/02/20  |  History
Raid Roma Tokyo, the record flight of the Italian Air Force 100 years ago
100 years ago, in 1920, the pilots Arturo Ferrarin and Guido Masiero, together with the engineers Gino Cappannini and Roberto Maretto ...
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14/02/20  |  History
Unknown aviation in history: the Air Force of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia during the civil war
Of the bloody civil war that shocked and tore Bosnia Herzegovina for a long time (1991 - 1995) are ...
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24/01/20  |  History
The Iraqi Republican Guard: birth, development, apogee and death of a weapon
At 05:00 in the morning of April 17, 1988, coinciding with the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, the lookouts ...
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19/12/19  |  History
Alexandria, Egypt, December 19, 1941: check on the Royal Navy
In his memoir, Admiral Andrew B. Cunningham - commander of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy, ...
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09/12/19  |  History
Night between 9 and 10 December 1917: forcing of the port of Trieste and sinking of the Wien
After arresting the 16 November, the enemy offensive in Cortellazzo, thus preventing the Germans and the Austrians from ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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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 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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