17/07/23 | Story
The bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy: the Mitsubishi G3M
The Mitsubishi G3M – Type 96 Navy Assault Bomber – was one of the most important medium bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the years leading up to...
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10/07/23 | Story
British fighters in World War I: the Sopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel was one of the most important British biplane fighters active in the First World War. Famous for its "marked maneuverability"; the aircraft came...
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03/07/23 | Story
The German tank destroyers: the Elephant
The Elefant armored fighting vehicle – Panzerjager Tiger (P) – was a tank destroyer used by the German army in World War II. The vehicle was built...
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26/06/23 | Story
The tanks for the infantry: the "Churchill"
The Churchill was one of the most important armored infantry tanks of the British Army. Designed at the beginning of the Second World War (around 1940...
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19/06/23 | Story
The fighters of the Luftwaffe: the Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was by far one of the most important fighters in the Second World War, and the most famous of the Luftwaffe. The aircraft was conceived and designed by Willy...
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12/06/23 | Story
The bombers of the Japanese Empire: the Mitsubishi Ki-21 (Sally)
The Mitsubishi Ki-21 - Type 97 heavy bomber - was one of the most important bombers of the Japanese Empire. In the period in which it was built it was certainly an advanced vehicle...
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08/06/23 | Story
Premuda, 10 June 1918, the story of Navy Day
The feat of Luigi Rizzo and his crews, on 10 June 1918, represents perhaps the most brilliant and daring naval action of the First World War, carried out by two small ...
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05/06/23 | Story
Luftwaffe aircraft: the Junkers Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 was, in its own right, one of the most versatile aircraft of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War, almost as much as the Royal Air de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito...
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31/05/23 | Story
Vittorio Emilio Cuniberti and the HMS Dreadnought
Vittorio Emilio Cuniberti (1854-1913), naval engineer officer, developed the concept of the modern armored ship...
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29/05/23 | Story
The fighters of the Royal Air Force: the Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire ("Sputafuoco") was one of the most important fighters of the Second World War and was, in full...
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22/05/23 | Story
The aircraft carriers of the US Navy: the USS Enterprise (CV-6)
The USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy active in World War II...
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20/05/23 | Story
Fallschirmsjäger storm Crete: Operation "Merkur", 20 May - 1 June 1941
Eighty-two years ago, on May 20, 1941, the Battle of Crete began, codenamed Operation "Merkur". For the...
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15/05/23 | Story
The submarines of the Kriegsmarine: the U-48
The German submarine U-48 in the Second World War achieved important successes and records: the boat, during the...
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09/05/23 | Story
May 9, 1888: Francesco Baracca was born
Francesco Baracca was born in Lugo on May 9, 1888. He was the main ace of Italian aviation in the Great War...
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08/05/23 | Story
Allied medium tanks: the Lee/Grant M3
The M3 was the first US medium tank to be mass-produced. It was conceived and designed...
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02/05/23 | Story
The German tank destroyers: the Nashorn
The German tank Nashorn (rhinoceros) was one of the most important tank destroyers used in the second conflict...
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27/04/23 | Story
Soviet tanks: the T-34
The T-34 medium tank was, in its own right, the backbone of the Soviet armored units in the Second World War...
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24/04/23 | Story
The Navy in the War of Liberation: the frigate captain Jerzy Sas Kulczycki and the naval engineer Gerolamo Spezia
During the War of Liberation, the Navy made a great contribution with over 10.000 men immolated, both...
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21/04/23 | Story
The Soviet heavy tanks: the T-35
The T-35 tank was one of the largest tonnage armored personnel carriers developed in the Soviet Union in the decade...
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17/04/23 | Story
The cruiser Calypso (torpedoed and sunk by the submarine Alpino Bagnolini)
The light cruiser Calypso, the seventh British warship of this name, belonged to the C-class type...
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Ariadna Pinto, symbol of repression in Venezuela under the Maduro regime
Ariadna Pinto was a very young Venezuelan of 20 years, arrested in August 2024 in the context of the post-election protests following the presidential election of President Nicolás Maduro....
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "The European Army Remains a Mirage"
Dear Director, during my now forty-year military career I have often found myself working side by side with military personnel from other nations, NATO and otherwise, in high-level operational contexts and...
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