With the Revolution appears a new machine for the application of capital punishment:the guillotine . It owes its name to Doctor Guillotin, a member of the Constituent Assembly, who in 1789 proposed to replace by beheading the punishments then in force for those condemned to death. He advocated the u
Before the first light of day dawned, artillery bursts were heard from the Turkish side... The talks in Geneva had broken down a few hours earlier and the Turks were putting into action their plans to occupy the entire northern part of the island , starting the second phase of the Turkish invasion..
NOF was not a simple separatist organization. Its members began attacks against the Greeks before the official outbreak of the Civil War, while during it they thickened the ranks of the DSE. According to some sources, the NOFites constituted up to 60% of the DSE forces on a case-by-case basis and ar
Marcin Szymaniaks book Sabers and Hacksaws takes the reader to the beginnings of Polands independence, showing the bright and dark days when a neighbor from the east sharpened his teeth on a young country ... There are few books that disarm the laurel, even candy-like image of the Polish-Bolshev