The Battle of Crete refers to the war events of World War II that took place on the island of CRETE during the period from May 20 to June 1, 1941. With the start of the Greco-Italian War, the security responsibility of Crete, after agreement of the Greek Government, Britain took over, due to the geo
World history textbooks only state that after the death of Emperor Theodosius, Rome split into east and west, and the Western Roman Empire was destroyed in 476 by mercenary captain Odoacer. This description seems to be common all over the world, and there are few history textbooks that explain how
Introduction Last April 17th marked the 60th anniversary of the failed invasion of Cuba that took place at the Bay of Pigs. It was a military operation carried out by Cuban exiles supported by the United States government through the CIA who, in April 1961, landed in that place with the intention o
A large international team of scientists and historians from Europe and the US announced that they have found solid evidence for the origin of a hitherto unexplained extreme cold period in ancient Rome and neighboring areas, including Greece. The cause is considered to be the huge eruption of the Ok