18/10/15 | History
18 OCTOBER 1912: The state of war with Turkey ceases
Friday - The peace treaty between Italy and Turkey is signed in a room of the Palace Hotel in Ouchy near Lausanne. Italy gets Tripolitania and Cyrenaica and will ...
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17/10/15 | History
17 OCTOBER 1916: The Nimbus sunk
Tuesday - The steamer Bormida with troops on board leaves Valona for Brindisi shortly after midnight escorted by the destroyer Nembo (commander, captain of Corvette Emanuele ...
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17/10/15 | History
17 OCTOBER 1864: Minister's call to save on fuel
Monday - The minister invites naval commandos not to use the machines during navigation but the sail to save on fuel in order to reduce costs, for ...
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16/10/15 | History
Legendary undertaking of Commander Todaro - 16 October 1940: the rescue of the castaways of Kabalo
North Atlantic, 700 miles west of Madeira and 1000 miles away from the African coast: the submarine of the Regia Marina Alfredo Cappelllini crosses, in the ...
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16/10/15 | History
16 OCTOBER 1916: Air attack on Punta Salvore and Rovinj
Four Italian and three French seaplanes take off to perform an offensive action towards Pula. Unable to reach the goal due to conditions ...
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16/10/15 | History
16 October 1916: Delivered the first submarine class "H"
Monday - In Montreal the submarine H 1 of the “H” class on eight units, under the command of the lieutenant captain Ugo Perricone, is delivered to the Royal Navy. Built by Electric ...
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15/10/15 | History
Submarines of October
The cold war as a synonym of balance, understood in the mental exercise essential to not wanting to be the first to attack the opponent. Unresolved and floating balance ...
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15/10/15 | History
15 October 1863: Gold medal for Maria Adelaide and Vittorio Emanuele from the King of Portugal
Thursday - In Lisbon personal of frigates Maria Adelaide and Vittorio Emanuele participates in the afternoon in the extinguishing of a furious fire that broke out in the city and tamed after ...
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14/10/15 | History
14 October 1903: First naval connection to the radio station to the Italian legation in Beijing
Wednesday - The armored cruiser Vettor Pisani, flagship of the Oceanic Naval Division, sailing in ...
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13/10/15 | History
13 October 1911: Last long station in America
Friday - The torpedo-boat ram Etruria (commander, corvette captain Giovanni Battista Tanca) arrives in Naples after ...
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12/10/15 | History
12 OCTOBER 1913: Airship City of Ferrara
Sunday - The framework of the airship of the State in which the Navy airplanes in ...
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12/10/15 | History
12 October 1893: Relay responds to a Somali criminal act
Thursday - During the mission of the notice Staffetta, to Merka the lieutenant of the vessel Maurizio Talmone (in the picture) ...
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11/10/15 | History
11 October 1888: The Messenger enters service
Thursday - Messaggero wheel alert built in the Odero shipyard of Genoa Sestri with ...
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10/10/15 | History
10 October 1867: naval action to stop Garibaldi
Thursday - A surveillance cruise takes place in the waters of the island of Caprera under the command of the vessel captain ...
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09/10/15 | History
09 October 1898: The Marco Polo in China to protect the Italian Legation
Sunday - After a cruise in Japanese waters, the cruiser Marco Polo returns to China, landing in Ta-ku. There...
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08/10/15 | History
When the Nazis tried to eliminate Churchill with a chocolate bar
Unveiled by private correspondence between a scion of the Rothschild family enlisted in his secret services ...
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07/10/15 | History
Simi, 7 October 1943: commander C4 and the flag without a ship
The German plan was simple and perfect. A reinforced company - Kampfgruppe - of the Rhodos Division was to ...
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07/10/15 | History
07 October 1907: Start of air use for naval exploration
Monday - In Reggio Calabria the ram torpedo boat Elba (commander, captain of frigate Ernesto Solari), aerostatic ship ...
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06/10/15 | History
06 OCTOBER 1889: The Relay increases the collection of flora and fauna for the nation
Sunday - After stopping in Zanzibar, the notice Staffetta (commander, frigate captain Raffaele Porcelli) resumes ...
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05/10/15 | History
05 OCTOBER 1867: Defined the blame for the defeat of Lissa
Saturday - The commission appointed by Minister Depretis in the aftermath of Lissa to verify the causes of ...
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Syria: The Most Vile Betrayal
Do you see this photo? It is from 2015. Behind me, there are the faces of some of the tens of thousands of soldiers and volunteers who sacrificed their lives to defend their homeland. The...
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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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