History

11/12/17 | History

Saddam's flash war in the 1980: the beginning of the conflict and the first battles

After a long series of border skirmishes that had significantly contributed to raising the tension between the two countries, Saddam Hussein decided to go on the offensive, ...

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11/12/17 | History

Operation Bastille, the Rhodesian Entebbe

The situation in Rhodesia - in 1980 it will take the name of Zimbabwe - at Easter 1979, was extremely critical. Military operations had significantly intensified in ...

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09/12/17 | History

The battle of Tapso

The battle of Tapso was a military clash, occurred on 7 February of 46 ac (according to the Gregorian calendar), among the legions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and the remaining ...

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05/12/17 | History

Saddam's flash war in the 1980: the Iranian arsenal

In September 1980, the Iranian armed forces were only a shadow of what were the former imperial armies of the Shah. Only half of the arsenal was usable and good ...

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29/11/17 | History

SAS in the Sultanate of Oman

The conflicts resulting from the rapid disintegration of colonial empires in the immediate post-war period still represent a valid model for understanding current scenarios ...

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28/11/17 | History

Saddam's war in 1980: the historical-political premise and the Iraqi arsenal

The Middle Eastern area has always been at the center of numerous disputes. It still is with the various Iraqi, Syrian and Yemeni conflicts. Just to name a few .... It was, ...

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08/11/17 | History

The Navy remembers the engineer Caproni

Countess Maria Fede Caproni di Taliedo, daughter of the illustrious Giovanni Battista Caproni, aeronautical engineer, entrepreneur and true pioneer of the world, passed away at the age of 84 ...

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07/11/17 | History

The Navy of the Revolution

The Soviet Navy was born on the remains of the old Russian Imperial Navy which had been almost completely destroyed during the 1917 Revolution and the civil war. In...

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06/11/17 | History

Secret documents tell the true story of Marshal Tito

Eight May 1980 in Belgrade on the day of the last greeting to the Yugoslav leader were present the heads of state of 31 ...

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25/10/17 | History

The Battle of Maiwand

Western military history books are rich in heroic battles won but tend to give less emphasis ...

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19/10/17 | History

North Korea and nuclear (3 / 3): strength relations between the powers in the area

In light of the previous articles, we have seen the ideological, pragmatic motivations and the very development of the ...

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17/10/17 | History

North Korea and nuclear (2 / 3): the historical development of the North Korean nuclear program

The North Korean nuclear program began in the early years of 60 when an energy research complex was set up ...

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16/10/17 | History

North Korea and nuclear (1 / 3): ideological and historical premise

North Korea has come under the attention of the international spotlight for the intensification of its ...

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10/10/17 | History

The KGB in the 80s

For the duration of the Cold War until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the secret services of the Soviet Union ...

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09/10/17 | History

The Battle of Nassiryah Bridges: The First Offensive of the Italian Army Since World War II

On April 6, 2004, the Italian contingent in Iraq - in the framework of the Ancient Babylon operation that began the year ...

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05/10/17 | History

The Atlantean Submarines of Betasom

Betasom is the codename of the Atlantic base of the Italian submarines in Bordeaux, World War II ...

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28/09/17 | History

The strange case of Britisches Freikorps

Berlin 20 April 1944, on the day of the fifty-fifth birthday of the Fuhrer for the first time a small ...

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28/09/17 | History

A regiment called "SAN MARCO"

Along the Adriatic coast, the Royal Navy had equipped trains armed with cannons disassembled from minor ships that ...

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26/09/17 | History

The camouflage 'Dazzle': a painter and his artwork ... in the wars!

If you can't hide an aircraft carrier from 30,000 tons that it crosses in the middle of the Atlantic, at least try ...

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18/09/17 | History

Markov, the Bulgarian dissident poisoned with the ricin

The history of the dissident who dared to challenge the Bulgarian communist party has not yet been fully written; in the 2008 the ...

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