“Vietnam Syndrome”, the mental illness (and physics) called this way because thirty years ago it hit thousands of veterans from the war against the “vietcong” and that today affects (much less) the veterans of Iraq. It is actually a syndro
L’histoire du grand peintre dans la première rétrospective depuis 1963 Un tableau géant pour une exposition riche, plein d’œuvres extra-large: tout est grand au Louvre pour la rétrospective « Delacroix (1798-1863) », ouvert au public du 30 Mars au 23
Battle of Midway (1942) Location: Near the Midway Islands Date: 4 – 6 June 1942 Field Forces: United States against the Japanese Empire Outcome: US Tactical and Strategic Victory Commanders: United States of America: Frank Fletcher, Raymond Spruance and Chester Ni
Chronology June 30, 1942 The Italian-German forces are stopped by the British in El-Alamein, a hundred kilometers from Alexandria in Egypt 1-7 July 1942 The first battle of El-Alamein. The gen. Rommel tries a daring maneuver in depth to unhinge the enemy line and bring
Australian aborigines….Filmed For The First Time (1932) Aborigeni australiani …. Filmato per la prima volta (1932) Aborigènes australiens …. Filmés pour la première fois (1932) Australische Ureinwohner …. Zum ersten Mal gefilmt (1932) Aboríge
When Hitler was a child (images) Quando Hitler era un bambino (immagini) Als Hitler ein Kind war (Bilder) Quand Hitler était un enfant (images) Cuando Hitler era un niño (imágenes) Quando Hitler era criança (imagens) Когда Гитлер был ребенком (
El Schwerer Gustav (en inglés conocido como “Heavy Gustav”) se completó a finales de la década de 1940, la primera prueba se llevó a cabo en 1941 en la Cordillera de Artillería Rugenwalde. Hitler y Albert Speer (su ministro de armamento) participaron en
El acorazado italiano Vittorio Veneto se creó en 1934 y se entregó a la Regia Marina unos meses antes del Littorio, por esta razón, la clase de los 4 acorazados (de los cuales 3 se completaron) también se llama “clase Vittorio Veneto”. Sin embargo, entr
Costruttore Krupp Entrata in servizio 1914 Ritiro dal servizio 1916 Descrizione Peso 43,285 tonnellate Lunghezza canna 5,88 m Calibro 420 mm Tipo munizioni HE Peso proiettile 820 kg 400 kg (introdotti nel 1917) Azionamento a vite interrotta Velocità alla volata 4
Wuhan is now a ghost town. The Hubei Province Entry and Exit Department, at the heart of the new coronavirus epidemic in central China, has suspended ordinary passport applications and permits to go or come from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, with the aim of to better con
THE HISTORY OF THE FORTRESS The first human settlements in the Bard gorge appeared in the Eneolithic period. They date from the second millennium BC. the first traces of material culture: rock carvings and cupels on the smooth rocks at the foot of the Fort, which docume
Auction house manager, I know the buyers. They are not neo-Nazis The manuscripts of Adolf Hitler were sold, auctioned by the Bavarian house Hermann Historica. The director, Bernhard Pacher, confirms this to Ansa, adding that he knows the buyers very well: “I can g
The crown of the Holy Roman Empire (in German Reichskrone) is the crown of the King of the Romans, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, since the High Middle Ages. The crown was probably made in western Germany under Ottone I with additions from Corrado II, entirely under Co
By Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël) we mean a series of unofficial “ceasefires” that occurred in the days around Christmas 1914 in various areas of the western front of the First World War. Although no official agreement b
THE ANATOMICAL CRUCIFIX IN WAX OF THE MUSEUM OF OSTUNI Image 1 and 2 A small wax crucifix, datable between the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century, which shows the observer how far Jesus Christ is true man; a flap on the abdomen al
The National Museum, a Trust of the Government, is an educational, scientific and cultural institution that acquires, documents, preserves, exhibits, and fosters scholarly study and public appreciation of works of art, specimens, and cultural and historical artifacts re
Vittoria Dall’Armellina was visiting the Museum of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice when her attention was drawn to a small sword, placed in a showcase along with medieval objects. In the attentive eyes of the Cafoscarina doctoral student, what had caught his at
Among the thousand lies that are told about the ancient Romans, there is the rumor that they did not use forks. Apart from the fact that many have been found, the use of the “fuscinula” was widespread at the table in Rome, curiously among the less well-to-do
WWI. A story that has nothing to envy to adventure and espionage films. An intrigue where Italian intelligence managed to defuse a network of Austrian spies and flankers who operated sabotages in our peninsula. All this was born from a series of suspected “acciden
Among the thousand lies that are told about the ancient Romans, there is the rumor that they did not use forks. Apart from the fact that many have been found, the use of the “fuscinula” was widespread at the table in Rome, curiously among the less well-to-do
L’histoire du grand peintre dans la première rétrospective depuis 1963 Un tableau géant pour une exposition riche, plein d’œuvres extra-large: tout est grand au Louvre pour la rétrospective « Delacroix (1798-1863) », ouvert au public du 30 Mars au 23
The crown of the Holy Roman Empire (in German Reichskrone) is the crown of the King of the Romans, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, since the High Middle Ages. The crown was probably made in western Germany under Ottone I with additions from Corrado II, entirely under Co
Wuhan is now a ghost town. The Hubei Province Entry and Exit Department, at the heart of the new coronavirus epidemic in central China, has suspended ordinary passport applications and permits to go or come from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, with the aim of to better con
By Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël) we mean a series of unofficial “ceasefires” that occurred in the days around Christmas 1914 in various areas of the western front of the First World War. Although no official agreement b
A collapse due to exhaustion: testimonies of Austro-Hungarian prisoners and deserters The danubian empire, besieged and exhausted, ended up with the lack of human resources to promptly replace the victims of the bloody oozing and to rest the exhausted survivors of years
Blessed Beatrice II was born in the castle of Calaone, and founded the Benedictine monastery of San Antonio in Polesine. The existing monastery, with 19 nuns, is located in the center of Ferrara. The nuns live in seclusion. Some mistakenly believe that she was born in F
Blessed Beatrice I is commonly known as Blessed Beatrice D’Este, whose body is found in the Cathedral of Este. Beatrice I was born in 1192 and died on May 10, 1226 on Monte Gemmola: in fact, on May 10, is the anniversary of her death, and is remembered on the Padua li
Australian aborigines….Filmed For The First Time (1932) Aborigeni australiani …. Filmato per la prima volta (1932) Aborigènes australiens …. Filmés pour la première fois (1932) Australische Ureinwohner …. Zum ersten Mal gefilmt (1932) Aboríge
Uno dei primi progenitori del giubbotto antiproiettile può essere identificato con il “Brewster” americano, un’armatura progettata dal Dott. Guy Otis Brewster durante la Prima Guerra Mondiale. Era composta da una protezione per il torace ed un elmo per la testa,
El acorazado italiano Vittorio Veneto se creó en 1934 y se entregó a la Regia Marina unos meses antes del Littorio, por esta razón, la clase de los 4 acorazados (de los cuales 3 se completaron) también se llama “clase Vittorio Veneto”. Sin embargo, entr
Vittoria Dall’Armellina was visiting the Museum of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in Venice when her attention was drawn to a small sword, placed in a showcase along with medieval objects. In the attentive eyes of the Cafoscarina doctoral student, what had caught his at
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