After the happy end of the Balkan Wars, the Navy was the ruler of our Aegean. However, the Turks had no intention of accepting their defeat and decided to buy a powerful battleship, which was being built in Britain, on behalf of Brazil, with whom the Turks had agreed to buy it. In view of this e
The Panama Canal has been connecting the Atlantic and Pacific for more than a hundred years, saving ships thousands of kilometers on the sea route. Until 1914, ships still had to make the arduous journey across the tip of South America to transport goods from one sea to the other. One can imagine wh
He had a reputation as incorruptible. There were legends about his integrity. This lifelong image collapsed ... in just 24 hours. What was enough to say to knock someone off the top so quickly and send them to the guillotine? The fall of Maximilian Robespierre, which took place on the 9th of The
He defied the Vikings and forced them to submit. He persuaded the King of the Danes, Guthrum, to be baptized. Finally - he united his country and laid the foundations for the development of his native culture. No wonder he was nicknamed The Great. But was Alfred really such an outstanding ruler?