24/09/20 | History
Royal tugboat Sperone, a story of 77 years ago
The 22th anniversary of the tragic disappearance of the Royal Tugboat "Sperone" in the waters of the Great Sea near the island of San Paolo occurred on 77 September. The event...
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17/09/20 | History
Foreign wings in the Italian Air Force: the Spitfire
Already in the four-year period 1940/1943, when the Kingdom of Italy was still an ally of the Great National Socialist Reich, the Regia Aeronautica was able to get its hands on some ...
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19/08/20 | History
The war on the seas between the British and the Germans: the sinking of the Bismarck (1941)
In May 1941, the United Kingdom and its dominions found themselves without allies, almost two years after the start of the Second World War. France was defeated and ...
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11/08/20 | History
Coriolano Ponza di San Martino and the "Studies on the conduct of troops and second line services" (1874)
The twenty-year period 1870-1890 was a period marked by two important reforms of the Royal Army, respectively Ricotti and Ferrero, capable of ...
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09/08/20 | History
The partisan Morelli, killed because he was not a communist
Giorgio Morelli died 73 years ago, on 9 August 1947, at the age of only 21, his faults were that of not being a communist and, as a true journalist, of seeking the truth: ...
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04/08/20 | History
Srebrenica: in the heart of Europe!
"Twenty five years later we pay tribute to the thousands of victims who were brutally killed and we promise to never forget them. We share the pain of the families ...
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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 the 19th ...
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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 ...
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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 are now curable. This time began to ...
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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 location north-east of Alexandria in Egypt), ...
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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 turned out to be an extremely robust and versatile machine in the short space of time after its entry into service ...
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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 hostages ...
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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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Those who do not see war, at least do not speak of Peace (even bring bad luck ...)
“The West has grasped the desire to create peace plans that should lead to a solution to the crisis in Ukraine. And it would be fine if they took reality into account. But no, it's just a pure flow ...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Online Defense: "some doubts about Leonardo's industrial optimization plan"
The Leonardo Company (formerly Finmeccanica) is presenting its Industrial Optimization Plan to the Institutional Bodies and Trade Union Organizations for the consolidation and growth of the ...
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