We are all familiar with the expression «you are older than Methuselah » to express that a person is very old or, rather, has many years. The comparison with Methuselah is due to the fact that he is the oldest person mentioned in the Old Testament (he died at the age of 969 years) and for you to hav
The feud between Nikos Zachariadis and his entourage with Markos Vafiadis broke out on the occasion of the transformation of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) from a rebel to a regular force. After the break between Tito and Stalin, Marcos did not see a happy end to the war without the support fro
In 1919, the First Army Corps (SS) was sent, at the request of the Allies, to Southern Russia, todays Ukraine, to fight, despite the side of French and Russian white forces, against the Bolsheviks. In this context, the main forces of the First SS landed, gradually, in Ukraine with the 2nd Infantr
In 1940, the little Netherlands found itself caught in the vortex of the biggest world conflict without wanting it and most importantly without being adequately prepared militarily. The Netherlands had not been involved in World War I and this had given its leadership a sense of security as it belie