02/05/18 | History
Manhattan Project: Klaus Fuchs, the spy
When we talk about the Manhattan Project we immediately think of great personalities such as Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer who participated in the program that from the 1941 ...
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01/05/18 | History
The battle of the Meuse-Argonne
In the fall of 1918 Ferdinand Foch, commander in chief of the Allied forces on the Western Front, gave orders to his divisions to assault German defenses ...
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27/04/18 | History
130 years ago, Columbus returned to Venice after a mission-record: 4 years and a half in Asia and South America
On 26 April 1888 the cruiser Cristoforo Colombo concluded the longest mission in the history of the Navy, returning to Venice after a four-year voyage and ...
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09/04/18 | History
Operation Cast Lead: Gaza strip 2008
From the 27 December 2008 to the 19 January 2009 the clash took place in the Gaza Strip between the IDF forces and Hamas militia. The genesis of the short conflict occurs ...
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26/03/18 | History
March 26, 1941: "explosive boats" force the bay of Suda
March 26th is the heroic act carried out in 1941, during the Second World War, with the assault vehicles of the Italian Navy called barchini which, contemptuous of ...
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19/03/18 | History
Cassino 1944: the stele of unnecessary polemics and true heroes
These days, in the small Lazio town of Cassino, a controversy is mounting - generated by the ANPI and fueled by the newly re-elected governor of Lazio Zingaretti - ...
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09/03/18 | History
Italian wings in post-war conflicts: the case of Siai Marchetti SF-260 around the world
Although it was born in the early sixties as a development of another propeller plane, the F.8 Falco of the engineer Frati who will also design this different model for ...
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07/03/18 | History
Monaco 1972: The dawn of counter-terrorism
In 1970, King Hussein of Jordan came to an inevitable rupture with the Palestinians whose presence within the Kingdom had become uncomfortable and cumbersome. The Organization ...
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27/02/18 | History
San Gottardo terminus: the death of General Albert von Berrer
The morning of 28 October 1917 is a prime example of how in the war the fortunes can suddenly capsize, ...
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13/02/18 | History
The hijacking of the Achille Lauro
In the mid-'80, an official statement of the Ministry of Interior of the Italian Republic, whose holder ...
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12/02/18 | History
Dare the inosable, the "Beffa di Buccari" of 10 February 1918
After the forcing of Trieste, and the sinking of the battleship Wien, at the beginning of 1918 it was decided to build ...
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08/02/18 | History
Lebanon 2006: Operation Rain in Summer, a strongly asymmetric conflict
Over the past few years, the various conflicts that have broken out in the world have hardly seen a balance between ...
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05/02/18 | History
Italian wings in post-war conflicts: the South African MB326 in the "Bush war"
Entered into service from the early '60, the MB326 of the then Aermacchi immediately found a good success ...
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27/01/18 | History
SAS, Operation Nimrod: London 1980
It is the late afternoon of a public holiday Monday when, at the 16 Princes Gate, the seat of the Iranian embassy in London ...
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24/01/18 | History
A hero of everyday life. A life at the service of the country. The adm. Vittorio Patrelli Campagnano
"Teacher, never cathedratico, never distant or isolated in the rigid confines of his doctrine, essential teacher, simple ...
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22/01/18 | History
1956, Operation Musketeer: the last colonial enterprise of the Europeans
At the seizure of power in Egypt, by the Arab nationalist party, headed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, he ...
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16/01/18 | History
Italian wars in the post-war conflicts: the Argentine MB339 of the Malvinas / Falkland conflict
The MB339, as well as its MB326 progenitor, albeit to a lesser extent, had a good success in sales abroad ....
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15/01/18 | History
The pretorians of the Führer
The SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, was undoubtedly the most important division of the Waffen-SS in the ...
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08/01/18 | History
1967: Jerusalem liberated
Shortly after 9.30 am on Tuesday 6 June 1967, Israeli Colonel Mordechai Gur, commander of the 55th Brigade ...
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05/01/18 | History
When Italian military policy was not (wholly) enslaved to the French one
The relations between the Italian and French High Commands, during the Great War, constituted the first example of ...
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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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