Entry taken from the book The Plantagenet In some blog posts we have talked about the crucial moment that the conquest of England by the Normans meant for the history of the British country (see the post dedicated to the year 1066). After the settlement of the Normans on the English throne there was
Gaius Mesius Fifth Decius , born in Budalia, Illyria (Martinci, Serbia) in 201, reached the highest imperial dignity in 249 AD. A great admirer of the first Hispanic emperor since his years as governor of Tarraconense, he adopted the name of Decius Trajan as soon as he was invested as emperor by t
The Hellenic Infantry has a long tradition of martial virtue. In 1940 he even wrote some of the most glorious pages of his history in the northern continental mountains. The Infantry is charged with the main mission during the battle. It is the only complete and able to fight by movement and fir
The tanker Lesvos was launched in 1942 as the USS Boone County. It was an LST 1 (Landing Ship Tanks) type tanker. The vessel had a displacement, with a full load, of about 4,000 tons. It was 100 m long and had a maximum speed of only 12 knots. It was armed with 40 and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns His