On April 25, 1898, the United States officially declared war on Spain with the excuse of the explosion and sinking of the Maine . The military power of the United States, the obsolete Spanish fleet, the unstoppable Cuban independence process and the inexperience of Spanish politicians quickly tipped
The decision came from the Commander himself. Piłsudski clearly wished his brain to be taken out, immersed in formalin and ... what he had repeated ad nauseam for fifteen years was proven. Józef Piłsudski was a megalomaniac. Only that a megalomaniac… enlightened. He argued that his outstanding a
After the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the new Sultan Selim II, immediately after ascending to the throne, decided to campaign against the Venetian-occupied Cyprus. On July 1, 1570, the Turkish armada rushed to the bay of Paphos and the next day the Turkish troops landed in Limassol, without e
Adolf Hitlers father, Alois Hitler, had another son, who even bore the same name as him. The younger Alois Hitler had immigrated to Britain and eventually ended up, at one point, working in a hotel in Dublin. There he met a 17-year-old girl, Bridget Dowling. The couple had a son, William Patrick