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 80th century ended the immediately "post-Risorgimento" phase for Italy and its Armed Forces. Never like in the XNUMXs, in the face of objectives ...
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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 limitation of the objectives in depth - when not ...
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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 recruiting Muslims from the Balkans. After the ...
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07/03/20  |  History
The battle of Zama
We continue to talk about the Second Punic War, in particular of its central phase, when Hannibal is in Italy, and of the epilogue, with the defeat of the Carthaginians in Zama. The...
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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 an offensive plan of the Italian General Staff which had as ...
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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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06/12/19  |  History
The organization of military logistics on river waterways in the Great War
A little known aspect of the First World War was the organization of that particular sector of logistics that ...
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04/12/19  |  History
Annibale Barca from Spain to Italy: a deadly challenge for Rome
The appointment today is with the second interview with Roberto Trizio, founder of the YouTube channel "The Bar of Ancient Rome", ...
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18/11/19  |  History
Nuclear weapons in Italy
In April of the 1960 the Interdiction 36ᵃ Aerobrigata was established by the Italian Air Force ...
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02/11/19  |  History
Pola 1918, two raiders against a fleet
In these days the news, a little spread by the national media, of a group of teachers of the Marco Polo high school has been leaked ...
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25/10/19  |  History
When Rome was a military superpower
From this month we begin a long lasting collaboration with the founder of the YouTube channel “Il Bar di Roma ...
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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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Controversy over Trump's swearing-in: President Meloni, a (misunderstood) genius of Europeanism?
The presence of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, at the inauguration ceremony of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has sparked heated controversy. Meloni was – as...
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Dear Director, We kindly ask you to publish this letter, which is as open as it is heartfelt and truthful, concerning the need to “save” the Navy from a situation...
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