17/10/18 | History
War of the Kippur: the Egyptian commandos
At 14.15 hours of the 6 October of the 1973, Egyptian assault groups rushed towards the western shore of the Suez Canal. While the fighter-bombers whiz about their heads ...
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16/10/18 | History
The armed pontoons of the Regia Marina
When the First World War broke out, the Regia Marina had the task mainly in the Adriatic, to maintain the maritime dominion, and to protect the coasts. Along the coasts, ...
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21/09/18 | History
The secret services in Ancient Rome
The fate of any armed conflict has always been in the hands of intelligence, since Roman times training specialized soldiers up to our days with the most ...
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15/09/18 | History
Einsatzgruppen: Himmler's death squads
The Einsatzgruppen, were operating units, special departments, composed of men of the SS and the police, who operated during the Second World War. The task ...
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07/09/18 | History
The truth about Martin Bormann: a spy in Moscow's service?
What happened to the Nazi hierarchy who escaped the Nuremberg trial? It could be counted among the questions that arouse, even after many years 74, still a huge ...
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28/08/18 | History
The citizen soldier: conscription in Italy in the Napoleonic era
These days we hear a lot about a possible restoration of compulsory conscription in order to empower and educate young people to the concept of respect and duty towards ...
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26/08/18 | History
Simo Häyhä, the White Death
The Winter War was one of the first conflicts disputed during the Second World War, which took place during the winter of '39 and ended during the first months of '40, saw the ...
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26/07/18 | History
Kaminski Brigade
Bronislaw Kaminski (1899-1944) son of a Polish father and German mother. Arrested in July 1935 by the "NKWD", Stalin's political police as a spy, he is sentenced to ten ...
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23/07/18 | History
When the SKS-45 replaced the Mosin Nagant ...
During the Second World War, several nations taking part in the conflict realized that the models of the rifle ...
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07/07/18 | History
SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger
SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger, also known as "SS-Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger", and "Sonderkommando der Waffen-SS ...
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02/07/18 | History
Mogadishu, 2 July 1993: the baptism of fire for the Italian conscripts
First 2 July 1993 lights, the 11 CANGURO operation begins. For the men of the IBIS operation (code name ...
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30/06/18 | History
The special departments of the SS
SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500 The SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500, the Waffen-SS paratroopers battalion, was ...
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19/06/18 | History
100 ° anniversary of the death of Francesco Baracca
Today, Tuesday 19 June, marks the centenary of the death of the Axis, the major MOVM Francesco Baracca. TO...
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18/06/18 | History
On the eve of the storm
This article wants to offer an unprecedented look at the battle of Waterloo, since the story of it is already ...
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14/06/18 | History
AK, the most famous weapon and its parent
Mikhail Kalashnikov's life begins and ends as one of those stories that could have been told to ...
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14/06/18 | History
The myth of Marengo: 14 June 1800
From the burning Egyptian dunes, in the shadow of the Pyramids, General Bonaparte, together with his faithful general aide ...
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10/06/18 | History
Premuda, 10 June 1918, very first light of dawn, the reason for the "Navy day"
Spring of the 1918, the fate of the Italian war is poised. After two years of frontal attacks the Austrians ...
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30/05/18 | History
The usual lack of geopolitical vision of Italy
In these hours an important summit is taking place in Paris in which the various actors of the Libyan situation are taking part ...
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21/05/18 | History
The lord of the "V-2"
A mystery wraps its end. On the death of the general of the SS Hans Kammler there are five different versions ....
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16/05/18 | History
"Bernhard" operation
Operation "Bernhard", was the name of a secret German plan, developed to undermine the British economy ...
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Has Putin understood Xi Jinping's masterpiece?
In the past week, much has been written in the media about Xi Jinping's trip to Moscow. Going back 15 months, however, I would like to recall one aspect: is it possible that the war...
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Letters to the Director
New letter to Online Defense regarding the Lynx Vs CV90 issue
Dear Director, I follow your columns and online discussions with passion. Speaking of, hopefully, the future IFV, I have understood your criticisms regarding the BAE CV90. I have some questions. Weight and...
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