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Congress of Berlin and the Berlin Treaty (1878)

Background Harsh criticism from the European powers followed the conditions of the San Stefano peace treaty. Austria-Hungary declared violations of the previous Austro-Russian agreements. Austria-Hungary...

History of the Katana

History and Origin Katana, the word means "a curved sword with a one-sided blade". The length of the blade is from 2 to 2.5...

History and Evolution of the Dagger

History From ancient times, warriors came to the conclusion that they needed some short stabbing weapon that they could always carry around, and that is...

Battle for Fort Sumter – Start of the American Civil War – Part 2

Bombardment On April 12, 1861 at 03:20, Anderson was informed that fire would be open in an hour. At 04:30 a mortar shell from Fort...

History of the Sword Throughout Antiquity

Origins The sword is a kind of bladed weapon with a straight blade intended for a chopping or a piercing blow. In the broadest sense,...

History of the Persian Immortals

History Immortals are an elite troop from the ancient Persian Empire. First appeared in the Achaemenid empire in the 6th century BC. "Immortals" are...

Switzerland during the World Wars (1914-1945)

In both the First and the Second World Wars, Switzerland took the position of armed neutrality. Since the beginning of the First World War,...

History of War Elephants

Usage and Ancient History In Antiquity and the Middle Ages, war elephants were a formidable force due to the awesome effect they had on the...

American Civil War – Year 1865

March of Sherman to the sea Sherman marched from Atlanta on November 15, 1864 in the direction of Savannah. In this case, the northerners had...

Battle for Fort Sumter – Start of the American Civil War – Part 1

South Carolina announced secession shortly after Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860, and by February 1861 six more southern states had made...

Manassas Campaign – American Civil War

By the beginning of the summer of 1861, two field armies of the Confederation were in Northern Virginia. General Beauregard commanded the Potomac Army,...

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Congress of Berlin and the Berlin Treaty (1878)

Background Harsh criticism from the European powers followed the conditions of the San Stefano peace treaty. Austria-Hungary declared violations of the previous Austro-Russian agreements. Austria-Hungary...

The Illyrian Wars

First Illyrian War In the 30s of the III century B.C. after the victory of Rome in the I Punic War, the Roman maritime trade...

The History of Syracuse – Roman-Carthaginian Stage

After an unsuccessful struggle with the Carthaginians (406–405 B.C.), the Hermokrat party again appeared on the scene and, by the way, Dionysius, the favorite...

The History of Syracuse – Origins

Syracuse was founded, according to the most reliable dating, in 733 B.C. (however, there are other datings in Greek sources: 734, 735 and even...

The Roman Legion of the Early Republic Period

In a certain period of time (perhaps in the early period of the Roman Republic, which was headed by two consuls), the legion (the...