12/01/15  |  History
12 January 1903 Happened: Calabria rescued Tahiti
During the stop a devastating cyclone crashes on the nearby archipelago of the Tuamotou with hundreds of victims and serious damages for which Calabria the 28 will take in those ...
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09/01/15  |  History
The 09 January 1904 Happened: The Navy in War State in Korean Territory
The critical military situation in the Far East that had made it necessary to send Chemulpo of the torpedo boat Elbe (commander, frigate captain Raffaele Borea ...
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09/01/15  |  History
09 Happened January 1878: The First King of Italy dies
The officers mourn in the form prescribed by the discipline regulation: a black veil to the scarf's flakes, a vermilion veil to the flakes of the hat plus a veil ...
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08/01/15  |  History
8 January 1916 happened: The cruiser City of Palermo sunk
Source: Military Navy
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07/01/15  |  History
Italian sailors among the Arabian sands: the Battle of Kunfida of 7 / 1 / 1912
The immediate preparation of the Naval Forces and their rapid deployment in the various operating theaters allows the protected Piedmont cruiser to be sent beyond Suez in December ...
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06/01/15  |  History
6 Happened January 1880: Duilio Armored Service Begins
Built on the project of the then director of 1a class of Naval Genius Benedetto Brin, it was realized in the shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia where the hull came ...
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06/01/15  |  History
06 January 1873 happened: First major unit for the arsenal of Spezia
They are innovative design ships, armored with swivel and low centered towers, fast, equipped with maximum offensive power and greater defensive ability then ...
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05/01/15  |  History
January 05 happened 1905: End of Sesia's operational activity
The unit that in the September-October period had carried out the usual cruise along the west coast of the Black Sea, was repatriated for urgent maintenance and cleaning works ...
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01/01/15  |  History
01 January 1875 happened: The first Order Sheet of the Ministry
[On the 1906 Saturday, after 31 years of handwriting, the first typewriter FOM is released. There...
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31/12/14  |  History
The clash in the Otranto Canal of December 1915
The 29 December 1915, right in the same waters where the rescue of passengers and crew took place ...
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29/12/14  |  History
29 December 1941 happened: saved the survivors of Atlantis and Python
Italian boats are called to participate in a rescue operation, in the middle of the war, unprecedented for ...
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29/12/14  |  History
29 December 1881 happened: The on-board Rangefinder
This instrument tested positively over the course of several years, will be part under the name of "Fincati telemeter" ...
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28/12/14  |  History
28 December 1908 happened: Messina Earthquake
The work is completed by a seaquake with waves sweeping from 6 to 12 m, beaches, shores and quays. He is one of the most violent and ...
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26/12/14  |  History
26 December 1872 happened: The Regia Marina's Hydrographic Office was set up
The Office's mission is to develop an autonomous national nautical map and provide naval units ...
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25/12/14  |  History
25 December 1911 happened: Giovanni Pascoli for the military in Tripolitania
Source: Military Navy
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23/12/14  |  History
23 December 1917 happened: CT Audace delivered
This unit that had been commissioned from the aforementioned shipyard by the Japanese Imperial Navy that had assigned it ...
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22/12/14  |  History
22 December 1863 happened: Magenta corvette enters service
Indoor battery unit set in September of the 1859 in the Medici arsenal of Livorno for the Tuscan Navy on ...
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21/12/14  |  History
21 happened December 1915: Giuseppe Miraglia dies
The Marina, mindful of its boldness and value, will name the Venice Seaplane Station in its name. Source: Marina ...
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19/12/14  |  History
19 December 1904 happened: The Dogali dates back to the Amazon River
Source: Military Navy
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18/12/14  |  History
18 December 1941 happened: The Night of Alexandria
These are the words of Admiral Spigai, future Chief of Staff of the Navy, in his famous One Hundred Men ...
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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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Nasrallah is dead, long live Nasrallah
It ended as it began. And as it will probably continue. Like Abbas al Musawi, his predecessor, so Hasan Nasr Allah fell under Israeli fire. Following the paradigm of Moshe Dayan,...
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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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