Badly planned defense of the country, terrible command, lack of reconnaissance and communication, poor training of soldiers, and these are many stupid and short-sighted orders of Marshal Rydz-Śmigły - these are the elements that included the rapid defeat of Poland in the defensive war of 1939. The A
The first period of this years excavation research on the plateau of Trapeza, eight kilometers southwest of Aegio, has been completed, bringing to light, among other things, valuable collections of offerings and bronze swords. The position is identified with Rypes, a city that flourished during earl
We all think of ancient Egypt as one of the most powerful empires known to the pre-Christian world, so how could anyone believe that its great army could have been defeated by a pack of cats? And yet... This great military defeat may not have happened exactly like that, but it is not far from the
Each journey, whether in a library of the universe, according to Jorge Luis Borges, or in space and time, as it happens to most, offers self-knowledge to the traveler from the knowledge of others writes Thanos Veremis in his new book , emeritus professor of Political History at the University of Ath