02/12/18  |  History
The Euromissiles and the INF treaty
During the mid-60 years of the twentieth century, with the establishment of a strategic nuclear parity between the two Superpowers, the concept of mutual destruction is affirmed ...
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19/11/18  |  History
The Arab revolt of the 1916: the oriental chaos
On the eve of the Great War, the Middle East was an integral part of the now decadent Ottoman Empire, considered as "the great sick of Europe", since it was an entity ...
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19/11/18  |  History
Operation Trapani (1971): when Italy wanted to overthrow Gaddafi
In the 1971 Italy planned a military operation (the first at the strategic level since the end of the Second World War) to intervene in Libya and overthrow the regime of ...
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08/11/18  |  History
Italian wars in post-war conflicts: the Eritrean MB339 in the border war with Ethiopia
The MB-339 was immediately a good commercial success for its manufacturer Aermacchi. Since the entry into service took place in the 1979, in fact, the aircraft, while not equaling ...
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07/11/18  |  History
Light explorers class Navigators
It was the last explorers of the Regia Marina, so it closed with this series of ships, the most numerous, the evolution of a type that had originated in the century ...
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20/10/18  |  History
Navarino, the last great battle of the sailing navy
The naval battle of Navarino was fought in the waters of the port of Peloponnese, in the wide Gulf of the Southern Peloponnese, where the battle of Pilo had occurred, in the 425 aC ..
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17/10/18  |  History
War of the Kippur: the Egyptian commandos
At 14.15 hours of the 6 October of the 1973, Egyptian assault groups rushed towards the western shore of the Suez Canal. While the fighter-bombers whiz about their heads ...
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16/10/18  |  History
The armed pontoons of the Regia Marina
When the First World War broke out, the Regia Marina had the task mainly in the Adriatic, to maintain the maritime dominion, and to protect the coasts. Along the coasts, ...
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21/09/18  |  History
The secret services in Ancient Rome
The fate of any armed conflict has always been in the hands of intelligence, since Roman times that ...
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15/09/18  |  History
Einsatzgruppen: Himmler's death squads
The Einsatzgruppen, were operational units, special departments, composed of men of the SS and the police, who operated ...
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07/09/18  |  History
The truth about Martin Bormann: a spy in Moscow's service?
What happened to the Nazi leaders who escaped the Nuremberg trial? It could be included among the questions ...
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28/08/18  |  History
The citizen soldier: conscription in Italy in the Napoleonic era
These days there is a lot of talk about a possible restoration of compulsory conscription in order to make people responsible ...
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26/08/18  |  History
Simo Häyhä, the White Death
The Winter War was one of the first conflicts disputed during the Second World War, held during the winter ...
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26/07/18  |  History
Kaminski Brigade
Bronislaw Kaminski (1899-1944) son of a Polish father and a German mother. Arrested in July of the 1935 by the "NKWD", the ...
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23/07/18  |  History
When the SKS-45 replaced the Mosin Nagant ...
During the Second World War, several nations taking part in the conflict realized that the models of the rifle ...
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07/07/18  |  History
SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger
SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger, also known as "SS-Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger", and "Sonderkommando der Waffen-SS ...
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02/07/18  |  History
Mogadishu, 2 July 1993: the baptism of fire for the Italian conscripts
First 2 July 1993 lights, the 11 CANGURO operation begins. For the men of the IBIS operation (code name ...
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30/06/18  |  History
The special departments of the SS
SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500 The SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500, the Waffen-SS paratroopers battalion, was ...
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19/06/18  |  History
100 ° anniversary of the death of Francesco Baracca
Today, Tuesday 19 June, marks the centenary of the death of the Axis, the major MOVM Francesco Baracca. TO...
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18/06/18  |  History
On the eve of the storm
This article wants to offer an unprecedented look at the battle of Waterloo, since the story of it is already ...
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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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This is not America? Migrant Chaos and Social Revolt in the United States
The American melting pot continues to simmer; this too is part of exceptionalism, albeit in a negative way. The United States, those with many stars on the flag, reiterate propensities...
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Why do Russians put tires on airplanes?
Many loyal readers have asked: “Why do images of aircraft and other vehicles, deployed and also used in operational situations, have tires on their structures?” Pressed...
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