21/11/23 | History
The drama of the destroyer Carlo Alberto Racchia
This story began on the Galician fronts and continued in the prison camps of Austria-Hungary which, according to the Treaty of Versailles, became the responsibility of the Army...
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20/11/23 | History
The submarines of the Royal Navy: the Alpino Bagnolini
The Alpino Bagnolini was a submarine of the Royal Navy - used in the Second World War - belonging to the Liuzzi class. Of the Liuzzi class (in addition to Bagnolini)...
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13/11/23 | History
The war preys of the Royal Navy: Beograd/Sebenico
The Beograd destroyer was the lead ship of the Beograd class of the Royal Yugoslav Navy. The ship was laid out and designed in 1936 in Nantes at the Ateliers et...
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06/11/23 | History
The Kaiser's armored cruisers: the Blucher
The SMS Blucher was the last armored cruiser built in the German shipyards; the vehicle was named in honor of Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher....
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03/11/23 | History
The sunset of the Rising Sun
After the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in October 1944, the Americans carried out the last major offensives of the Pacific War: Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa...
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02/11/23 | History
Kosovo (sixth part): towards conflict
The first shocks connected to the Kosovo War began already in the 80s, when Kosovar political movements began to organize themselves actively. In 1982, in fact,...
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30/10/23 | History
30 OCTOBER 1940 – The BG2 mission. of the Assaulters of the Royal Navy
On 21 October 1940, after a first attempt interrupted due to the absence of enemy units in the port of Gibraltar, the submarine Scirè, under the command of the lieutenant captain...
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30/10/23 | History
The heavy cruisers of the Kriegsmarine: the Deutschland/Lutzow
The heavy cruiser Deutschland was the main ship of the class of the same name consisting of a series of three Panzerschiffe (“armored ships”). The British called this type...
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26/10/23 | History
Kosovo (fifth part): Socialist Yugoslavia and the Pristina Spring
The constitutional status of Kosovo in Tito Yugoslavia1 was that of an autonomous province of Serbia. The province...
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23/10/23 | History
Canadian armored vehicles: the Sexton self-propelled artillery
The Sexton (sacristan) fighting vehicle was an important self-propelled artillery used during the Second...
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20/10/23 | History
1941/42 "Banzai!": Japan attacks
After the successful attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan had to move forward, and pursue its objectives, they...
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16/10/23 | History
The fighters of the US Navy: the Grumman F6F Hellcat
The Grumman F6F Hellcat was – probably – the US Navy's most important fighter in World War II. The...
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09/10/23 | History
Japanese privateers in World War II
The pirate and the privateer are characters as old as the history of navigation. Running the seas and preying on ships is not...
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05/10/23 | History
The wreck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi
81 years after the sinking, the first images of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi have been released. Discovered on October 20th...
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04/10/23 | History
Kosovo (fourth part): the First World War and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
In August 1914 the First World War broke out. The Serbian army, defeated in numerous battles, was forced to...
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03/10/23 | History
The Nanking Massacre
86 years ago the Nanjing massacre took place, one of the darkest pages in the context of the second Sino-...
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02/10/23 | History
The heavy bombers: the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was a major bomber employed by the United States Army Air Forces...
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25/09/23 | History
Kosovo (third part): the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
Thanks to Russian mediation, in 1912 the Balkan states concluded a series of anti-Turkish agreements. In the...
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25/09/23 | History
The armored vehicles of the US Army: the M18 Hellcat
The M18 Hellcat was the US Army's most important tank destroyer used in World War II. Developed in...
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20/09/23 | History
The wings of the Imperial Japanese Navy
The Japanese Air Force was not an independent armed force, both the Army and Navy had their own…
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Events
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Who will draw the short toothpick?
In today's meeting of the Council of Ministers, the issue of the nomination of the highest military head of Defense could be resolved. If years ago the candidates in the running for the nomination were...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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