The Full Horror of the Nazis’ Treatment of Women is Expored in this Important Book

 

 

Warning: Some readers may find the content of this article distressing
Dr. Beverley Chalmers’ latest book is Birth, Sex, and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule (Grosvener House, 2015), which is undoubtedly a difficult read, but one that people should not shy away from. The truth can be hard to accept and this book’s subject is no exception to that rule. Her work sheds light on the horrifying experiences of many Jewish and non-Jewish women who were raped and brutalized, experimented upon, forced into prostitution, or compelled to undergo sterilization or abortion without consent.

116th Anniversary of the Boxer Rebellion

 by MOTHAX

 

 

Technically I should have posted this yesterday, but it's a great piece from Military Times:

The U.S. Marine Corps landed in China exactly 116 years ago today.On May 31, 1900, an expeditionary force of 56 Marines and sailors arrived in Beijing to protect the U.S. diplomatic mission in the face of mounting militia attacks in what would be known as the Boxer Rebellion.
Over a brutal 55-day siege, the Marines would fend off repeated assaults through dense urban terrain by militias and Chinese government forces determined to wipe them out.
"The Americans who have been besieged in Peking desire to express their hearty appreciation of the courage, fidelity and patriotism of the American Marines, to whom we so largely owe our salvation," a group of American missionaries wrote in the aftermath of the battle, according to the National Archives. "By their bravery in holding an almost untenable position in the face of overwhelming numbers, and in cooperating in driving the Chinese from a position of great strength, they made all foreigners in Peking their debtors, and have gained for themselves an honorable name among the heroes of their country."

5 Insane Historical Generals

 Andrew Knighton

 

 

A shocking number of military leaders have suffered from mental health issues, even as they held the lives of the men they led in their hands. At times ambition, politics, inheritance or the trauma of war have created commanders with varying degrees of insanity.

Sir William Erskine

The Duke of Wellington was plagued by new officers thrust upon him by the British government; men whose status came not from ability but from their background and connections. None was worse than Sir William Erskine.

Three German soldiers returning from a recent fight, 1941 – Middle Soldier is Looking Sad & Haunted

Definitely not an arranged or posed picture and therefore a rather rare example. These three men obviously return from a very recent fight, in which the officer in the middle has been wounded on his right hand or arm. Note the blood stains over the uniforms and the very agitated look in their eyes. They don’t seem to like being photographed at this very moment. The men to the side are armed with K98k’s with walnut stocks and flat buttplates, while the officer is carrying an MP38 submachine gun on his shoulder. These are army uniforms, not SS ones, the eagle is on the right chest, not the left upper sleeve. Location unknown.
In this case a picture truly does tell a thousand words. Look at the middle guy’s face, he looks so upset. Imagine almost getting killed, being wounded and likely just returned from intense combat has him pretty shaken. That expression is more likely indicating the loss of a comrade in said battle.

Built in the early 13th and bombarded in the 16th century, this massive Maynooth Castle lies in ruins, now a great tourist attraction

Maynooth Castle is mid to late 12th Century Norman castle in Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. The Castle was built by the very powerful Fitzgerald family around the early 13th century. The Kildare Fitzgerald’s emerged as one of the most power families in Ireland with Maynooth Castle being one of the largest and richest Earl’s houses. The castle was a stronghold of the 16th-century historical figure Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare better known as Silken Thomas.

A great stone castle which was founded in the early 13th century. Source

The area covered by modern Kildare was granted by Strongbow to Maurice Fitzgerald in 1176. The castle was built at the junction of two streams (“The Abhann Slad” and “The Lyreen”) and became the home of the Fitzgerald family. The Castle was constructed at the most westerly point of The Pale and apart from the Keep which was first built in the early 1200’s the remaining ruins seen today are additional fortifications dating from the 1400’s.

Archaeologist talks about a Bronze Age ‘World War Zero’ that brought down three ancient civilizations

Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal , 

Back in March, we talked about a 3,200-year old massive battle that took place in the cultural ‘backwaters’ of Bronze Age northern Europe (circa 13th century BC), and how this mysterious encounter involved over 4,000 well-armed men from different regions, including Poland, Holland, Scandinavia and even Southern Europe. Intriguingly enough, there also seems to be a date-oriented significance relating to 13th century BC. Within a generation of these contemporary times, the increasing scale of warfare and over-arching political affairs seemed to have swept through many parts of the known world, including the eclipse of the Mycenaean Greeks, the invasion of Egypt by the ‘sea-people’ and the concurrent downfall of the Hittites. And furthermore, there is also the literary narrative of the Trojan War – a large scale conflict (and possibly the proverbial ‘last hurrah’ of the Mycenaeans) that pitted the Greeks against the mystifying Trojans. Considering all these ‘mega’ events of the ancient times, archaeologist Eberhard Zangger has alluded to what he calls ‘World War Zero’ – a seemingly cataclysmic scenario that severely affected and ultimately shattered the thriving nature of eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

Fury trivia – actually, it is more interesting than the film!

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Wardaddy’s veteran tankers wear the Combat Winter Uniform Jacket, aka “The Tanker Jacket”, as part of their uniform. This would have been the original-issue uniform that tankers at the time would have been provided with. Norman wears the newer M1943 Field Jacket, distinguishable for its many large pockets and greener color. The choice of uniform would have reflected on the status of the men, with veterans wearing the older-issue uniforms while replacements would have the newer issue.
Shia LaBeouf reportedly pulled out his own tooth and did not shower during filming.
The cast underwent a rigorous month-long course of boot camp, in which the final test was manning a real tank during a combat exercise. Despite being considerably older than his cast mates, Brad Pitt made sure that he participated in all of the physical training alongside the other actors.

3,600-year old Cypriot copper-made axes found in Bronze Age Sweden

'Oxhide' ingot from Crete.

Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal

The archaeological world went into frenzy when researchers came across a medieval Viking grave ring inscribed with the word ‘Allah’. This odd affair probably alluded to the extensive mercantile prowess of the Vikings and the Rus, who frequently traded with (and raided) many Mediterranean coastal towns. But as it turns out, historically the incredible trade link between distant Scandinavia and Mediterranean was not just limited to the middle ages. Archaeologists have recently come across 3,600-year old bronze tools in Sweden that were meticulously crafted from Mediterranean-sourced copper. The findings are complemented by a depicted visual scope in Bohuslän, Sweden that possibly showcases trading between ancient Scandinavia and the Mediterranean.

10 incredible things you should know about the Mycenaean civilization and its armies

Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal 

Mycenaeans and mysteries go hand in hand when it comes to the realm of history. But fortunately, while Homeric works allude to the vague idea of these ancient ‘Greeks’ of the Bronze Age, it is tried-and-tested archaeology (with painstaking efforts from researchers over the last century) that has brought forth a few surprising evidences and clues that help in painting a ‘credible’ picture of the actual Mycenaean culture and military. So without further ado, let us take a gander at the ten incredible facts you should know about the Mycenaean civilization and its warriors.

1) Mycenaean – a term ‘unknown’ to Classical authors

Mycenaean as a term was probably as much ‘mysterious’ to ancient authors as the civilization is puzzling to modern scholars. In fact, Classical authors was not even aware of any singular Mycenaean faction – and given their Greek traditions, such writers often attributed the specific geographically-limited tribes as their ancestors, like the Achaeans and the Argives. Now of course, the greatest example of Classical Greeks being inspired by their ‘ancestors’ comes from the epic poetry of Homer in Iliad and Odyssey. And while the popular historical sentiment hints at how Homer was actually talking about the Mycenaeans, much of the Trojan War is set in a date that only tentatively corresponds to Mycenaeans. To that end, rather than a historical exposition of how Mycenaeans fought and behaved, the Iliad should be viewed more as a compilation of folkloric traditions that were passed down through generations from around 9th-8th century BC (three centuries after the passing of the Mycenaeans).

10 incredible things you should know about the Mycenaean civilization and its armies

Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal

Mycenaeans and mysteries go hand in hand when it comes to the realm of history. But fortunately, while Homeric works allude to the vague idea of these ancient ‘Greeks’ of the Bronze Age, it is tried-and-tested archaeology (with painstaking efforts from researchers over the last century) that has brought forth a few surprising evidences and clues that help in painting a ‘credible’ picture of the actual Mycenaean culture and military. So without further ado, let us take a gander at the ten incredible facts you should know about the Mycenaean civilization and its warriors.

An unlikely Union spy- Elizabeth Van Lew developed an extensive spy ring during the Civil War

 

During the Civil War, while the Union and Confederate officers were busy fighting a war, the women from both sides began gathering  crucial information about the enemy and served as a undercover agents. Over the course of the war, both sides began recruiting women as operatives to provide them with critical information on their enemy’s military strategy.
One of the most renowned Union spys was Elizabeth Van Lew.
Elizabeth Van Lew was born on October 25, 1818, in Richmond, Virginia to John Van Lew and Eliza Baker, whose father was Hilary Baker, mayor of Philadelphia from 1796 to 1798. Elizabeth’s father came to Richmond in 1806 at the age of 16 and, within twenty years, had built up a prosperous hardware business and owned several slaves.

Her family sent Elizabeth to Philadelphia for her education at a Quaker school, which reinformed her abolitionist sentiments. When her father died in 1843, Elizabeth’s brother John Newton Van Lew took over the business and the family freed their nine slaves, despite John’s misgivings. Many of the emancipated slaves continued as paid servants with the family, including the young future Union spy Mary Bowser. In the depths of the 1837-44 depression, Elizabeth used her entire cash inheritance of $10,000 (nearly $200,000 in current money) to purchase and free some of their former slaves’ relatives. For years thereafter, Elizabeth’s brother was a regular visitor to Richmond’s slave market, where, when a family was about to be split up, he would purchase them all, bring them home, and issue papers of manumission.

This 2000-year-old helmet was dredged from the bed of the River Thames close to Waterloo Bridge & one of only three Iron Age helmets found in England.

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The Waterloo Helmet is one of only three Iron Age helmets found in England and also the only horned helmet dating to the Iron Age to have been found anywhere in Europe. However, there are several Iron Age depictions of people wearing horned helmets from elsewhere in Europe. The  pre-Roman ceremonial horned helmet with repoussé decoration in the La Tène style, dating to circa 150–50 BC, that was found in 1868 in the River Thames by Waterloo Bridge in London, England.

Horned helmet found in the River Thames at Waterloo Bridge, known as the Waterloo Helmet, now in the British Museum.Source

The helmet was dredged from the bed of the River Thames close to Waterloo Bridge in 1868, and in March of the same year it was given on loan to the British Museum by Thames Conservancy.
The main part of the helmet is constructed from two sheets of bronze, one forming the front and one the back of the helmet, that are riveted together at the sides and top. A separate crescent-shaped bronze piece is riveted to the bottom of the front sheet, and two conical bronze horns with terminal knobs are riveted to the top of the helmet. A decorative strip with a row of rivets overlays the join between the front and back sheets, and goes around the base of the horns. At the end of the strip, on both sides of the helmet, is a ring fitting for a chin-strap or cheek piece. There are a number of small holes around the bottom edge, which may have been used to attach a lining.

Μαχητικά του αεροπλανοφόρου «Harry S Truman» χτύπησαν σε Ιράκ και Συρία

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Αμερικανικά μαχητικά, που απογειώθηκαν από το αεροπλανοφόρο USS Harry S Truman το οποίο βρίσκεται στη Μεσόγειο, έπληξαν την Παρασκευή θέσεις των τζιχαντιστών του Ισλαμικού Κράτους στη Μέση Ανατολή.
Είναι η πρώτη φορά από τον πόλεμο στο Ιράκ το 2003 που αμερικανικό αεροπλανοφόρο βομβαρδίζει στόχους στη Μέση Ανατολή από τη Μεσόγειο.
Το μαχητικά ξεκίνησαν τους βομβαρδισμούς μόλις το αεροπλανοφόρο USS Harry S Truman εισήλθε στη Μεσόγειο μέσω της Διώρυγας του Σουέζ, όπως ανακοίνωσε το αμερικανικό Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, χωρίς όμως να δώσει περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες για τους στόχους που επλήγησαν ή αν αυτοί ήταν στο Ιράκ και τη Συρία.
Ωστόσο, το Πολεμικό Ναυτικό των ΗΠΑ δεν έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα λεπτομέρειες για τους στόχους και το αποτέλεσμα των επιχειρήσεων.
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12 Renowned Roman Legions and How They Earned Their Names

 Andrew Knighton

 

 

Roman legions could become famous for their endurance or victories in war. Though all were numbered, many also had names that recorded their history, origins or achievements. These were often a mark of their particular renown. Roman legionnaires were devoted to their legion and were prepared to die to save its eagle standard.

Κάνδανος: Σαν σήμερα το πρώτο ολοκαύτωμα της ναζιστικής θηριωδίας

Και εκείνες οι φοβερές μέρες για το νησί συνεχίζονται, με βομβαρδισμούς, φωτιές, σκοτωμούς και αίμα πολύ. 25 Μαΐου 1941 η Κάνδανος καίγεται… για να καταστραφεί ολοσχερώς στις 3 του Ιούνη .Μια ακόμα μαύρη σελίδα στην ιστορία της Κρήτης!

Από το βράδυ ρίχνονται χιλιάδες προκηρύξεις στα Χανιά, τους συνοικισμούς και τα χωριά και απειλούν τον πληθυσμό, ότι θα επιβάλουν αυστηρές κυρώσεις σ’ αυτούς που πολεμούσαν τα…γερμανικά στρατεύματα. Οι γύρω από την πόλη φρουρές αποσύρονται σε νέες λιγότερο κοντινές προς την πόλη θέσεις, γεγονός που οδηγεί στην αποθάρρυνση και επιτείνει το αίσθημα της ανασφάλειας. Οι βρετανικές δυνάμεις αποσύρονται προς τη Σούδα. Οι καθυστερήσεις όμως που συνεπάγονται οι καταλήψεις των χωριών και οικισμών γύρω από τα Χανιά, επιβραδύνουν σημαντικά τα σχέδια των Γερμανών να φτάσουν στα Σφακιά και να παρεμποδίσουν τη φυγή των Βρετανών. Ύστερα από συνεχείς επιθέσεις και αντεπιθέσεις καταλαμβάνεται ο Γαλατάς με τη γνωστή υπεροχή των όπλων του αντιπάλου. Ήρθε όμως και η σειρά της Κανδάνου. Μετά την εξολόθρευση ενός γερμανικού λόχου από τους κατοίκους της, οι Γερμανοί επιτίθενται με αγριότητα. Βομβαρδίζεται η Κάνδανος και παραδίνεται στη φωτιά, στενάζοντας κάτω από τους σκελετούς των ερειπίων. Εκτελούν όσους από τους κατοίκους της Κανδάνου ή των γειτονικών χωριών συναντούν, ανεξάρτητα από ηλικία και χωρίς καμία διαδικασία. Στις 3 Ιουνίου θα επιστρέψουν και πάλι για να ολοκληρώσουν την καταστροφή. Την ίδια μέρα ο πτέραρχος Στουντέντ προσγειώνεται στο αεροδρόμιο Μάλεμε και διαπιστώνει προσωπικά το μέγεθος της καταστροφής του δημιουργήματός του.

The Man in the Iron Mask still is an unsolved mystery

Many historians, writers and philosophers  have tried to look underneath the iron mask of the prisoner, so as to find the truth, and resolve the story of the mysterious prison inmate from the 17th century.
Voltaire claimed that the prisoner wore an iron mask and was the older, illegitimate brother of Louis XIV. In the late 1840s, writer Alexandre Dumas elaborated on the theme in the final installment of his Three Musketeers saga: here the prisoner is forced to wear an iron mask and is Louis XIV’s identical twin. Dumas also presented a review of the ideas about the prisoner extant in his time (circa 1840) in the chapter “L’homme au masque de fer” of the sixth volume of his Crimes Célèbres.
The Man in the Iron Mask or  L’Homme au Masque de Fer is the offical name given to the prisoner who was arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669 or 1670 and held in a number of jails, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol (today Pinerolo, Italy). He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703, under the name of Marchioly, during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). The possible identity of this man has been thoroughly discussed and has been the subject of many books, as no one ever saw his face because it was hidden by a mask of black velvet cloth.

The Man in the Iron Mask. Anonymous print (etching and mezzotint, hand-colored) from 1789..Source

The earliest surviving records of the masked prisoner are from late July 1669, when Louis XIV’s minister the Marquis de Louvois sent a letter to Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, governor of the prison of Pignerol, then part of France. In his letter, Louvois informed Saint-Mars that a prisoner named Eustache Dauger was due to arrive in the next month or so.
Louvois instructed Saint-Mars to prepare a cell with multiple doors, one closing upon the other, which were to prevent anyone from the outside listening in. Saint-Mars himself was to see Dauger only once a day in order to provide food and whatever else he needed. Dauger was also to be told that if he, Dauger, spoke of anything other than his immediate needs he would be killed, but, according to Louvois, the prisoner should not require much since he was “only a valet”.

The 4 Worst Mistakes Of The Axis Powers During WWII

 

 

Looking back at WWII there have been four decisions made that, in the end,  did not work out to the Axis advantage. Of course, you can argue that starting the war in the first place was the biggest mistake made. But, for the sake of the argument, let us look at four mistakes that were made after the war was started.

25 Facts About The Panther Tank, Do You Know Them All?

 

Zentralbild, II. Weltkrieg 19139-45 Der von der faschistischen deutschen Wehrmacht während des Krieges entwickelte neue Panzerkampfwagen Typ "Panther". UBz: die Verladung neuer "Panther"-Panzerkampfwagen zum Transport an die Front (1943).

 

Panther Ausf. D tanks, 1943. The D model can best be recognized by the drum-shaped cupola.Via Wikipedia / Bundesarchiv
1) Over 6000 Panthers have been built by the Germans but more surprisingly, 9 were built by the British Army in 1945-1946.
2) The full name was the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther and had the ordnance inventory designation of Sd.Kfz. 171. But on 27 February 1944, Hitler ordered that the Roman numeral “V” be deleted from the designation.

Didn’t know how they worked, until now: Dazzle ships, to confuse the U-Boat range finders

 

Nature always knows best.
That dazzle did indeed work along these lines is suggested by the testimony of a U-boat captain:
It was not until she was within half a mile that I could make out she was one ship [not several] steering a course at right angles, crossing from starboard to port. The dark painted stripes on her after part made her stern appear her bow, and a broad cut of green paint amidships looks like a patch of water. The weather was bright and visibility good; this was the best camouflage I have ever seen
U-boats were equipped with two periscopes, one for searching out enemy ships, the other with a more powerful lens but narrower field of vision for use in combat. Though the use of periscopes allowed the U-boat to remain safely underwater while carrying out an attack, looking straight out at misty sea level, which was rarely level at all made accurate vision very difficult. Hitting anything with a torpedo this way is as much a testament to luck as it is to skill.

Wilkinson advocated “masses of strongly contrasted colour” to confuse the enemy about a ship’s heading.

Even so there were those among the allies who thought they knew how to shift the odds even further. Naval ships were already being painted gray to blend in between the ocean and sky as much as possible. But a ship at sea cannot really be camouflaged as colors change along with the light throughout the day and when silhouetted against a blank horizon it is impossible to hide. But since ships were almost always moving targets U-boat commanders had to aim their torpedos at where they thought the ship would be when it reached it, not at the point where the ship was seen. This involved careful calculation of distance, heading, and speed based on the coincidence principal, and this is where Norman Wilkinson thought they could be deceived.

The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s secret invisibility research program?

 

What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity? Death rays? Cloaking devices? Telekinetics? Telekinesis? Alien contact?
Well, we’ll leave all those questions to the conspiracy theorists and sci-fi aficionados among us. But there is one, very interesting story that, despite the facts and testimonies presented against it, has a hold on people’s imagination It is the story of when the U.S. destroyer escort USS Eldridge supposedly disappeared: The Philadelphia Experiment.
Depending on who you ask, all of this is a deluded hoax or the U.S. Navy either found a way to bend light around an entire ship or managed to teleport it to Norfolk Virginia and back. The alleged incidents took place in the mid to late 1943 in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Για την επέτειο της Αλώσεως

Γιώργος Χατζής
«Ο Κωνσταντίνος παρά την συγκινητική ομιλία προς τους πολεμιστές του, γνωρίζει ότι η πτώση της Πόλεως είναι αναπόφευκτη. Σηκώνεται χαράματα, ανεβαίνει στα τείχη για να επιθεωρήσει το στρατό του και να αποχαιρετήσει για τελευταία φορά την Βασιλεύουσα που χάνεται. Βλέπει απέναντί του τα στίφη των αιμοδιψών απίστων και αντιλαμβάνεται με ευκολία τα επερχόμενα. Προσεύχεται για τελευταία φορά, ενώ εικόνες άγριων συγκρούσεων, σφαγών, φρίκης και ανείπωτου πόνου περνάνε μπροστά από τα μάτια του. Αναλογίζεται τη μοίρα της Ρωμιοσύνης μετά από εκείνη την ημέρα.
Σκοτάδι, μαυρίλα παντού, σκλαβοπάζαρα, μετατροπή εκκλησιών σε τζαμιά, εξισλαμισμοί, ξεριζωμοί χωριών ολόκληρων, μαρτύρια και δημιουργία μιας απέραντης στρατιάς Νεομαρτύρων και Αγίων. Θα χαθεί η Ρωμιοσύνη άραγε μετά από την Άλωση; Η λογική λέει ναι. Ο ίδιος δεν θέλει να το δεχθεί όμως. Ο Θεός είναι μεγάλος. Δεν μπορεί, δεν γίνεται το αίμα των Νεομαρτύρων να πάει χαμένο. Αυτό το αίμα, αναμεμιγμένο με το δικό του θα ποτίσει ολόκληρη την Ρωμιοσύνη για να αναγεννηθεί μέσα από τις στάχτες της.

Remembering Hiroo Onoda: Japanese Soldier who Fought WWII for 29 Years After It Ended!

Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier a brave and an amazing survivor. However, he was surviving and fighting for a war that has long since ended. He was fighting for his country, in what he believed was still World War II, because he did not know he was fighting for it 29 years too long. 

The beautiful Spitfire – in COLOUR!!!

 

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Alliedcountries during and after the Second World War.

The Spitfire was built in many variants, using several wing configurations, and was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft. It was also the only British fighter to be in continuous production throughout the war.

USAAF pilot defected, flew his P-38 to Milan & joined the SS

 

 

Martin James Monti (October 24, 1921 – September 11, 2000) was a United States Army Air Force pilot who defected to the Axis powers in October 1944 and worked as a propaganda broadcaster and writer. After the end of World War II, he was tried and sentenced to a long prison term for desertion, then pardoned, then tried for treason and sentenced to another long term.
Born in St. Louis, Monti was one of seven children of prosperous parents. His father was an investment broker who had immigrated to the United States from the Italian Graubünden, the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. His mother was from Germany. Four of his brothers served in the Navy during World War II.
During the 1930s, Monti was an anti-Communist and an enthusiastic admirer of Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest who made weekly radio broadcasts. Coughlin was known for his anti-Communism, his antisemitism and his admiration of the Fascist governments of Germany and Italy. His broadcasts attracted audiences of millions before being stopped in 1939 on the outbreak of World War II.

With His Navigator Ejected Halfway Out His Plane, This Is What This Pilot Did To Save Him

 

 

Being launched off the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is a normal routine, but adrenaline junkie pilots love the radical feel of about 4 G’s. On July 9, 1991, an A-6 Intruder modified to be a refueling aircraft was shot of the Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. Lieutenant Mark Baden was the pilot and had his friend and navigator (BN), Lieutenant Keith Gallagher beside him. It was Gallagher’s birthday, and he advised Baden when they returned it would be his 100th trap recovery on an aircraft carrier.
A midair collision had occurred a few days earlier, and Baden was slightly nervous. On top of all the other odd circumstances, he was actually assigned the plane with his name emblazoned on the side. (Unlike in the movies, the pilots don’t always fly the plane with their name.) He made all the normal checks and touched all the buttons and switches. Satisfied he was ready for anything, the aircraft was blasted off the end of the carrier to accomplish the mission: to refuel other aircraft in the sky.
The refueling version of the A-6 was a KA-6D and was modified by removing radar and bomb equipment to install an internal refueling gear. Some attack capability including a visual bombing ability was retained, but the overall design was to provide fuel in the air. This plane served the US Navy extensively from 1963 to 1997.

1984: The Autobahn Airfield – A10s, Hercules’ and Fighters Land On A Highway

 

 

In 1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular airbases were taken out by a Soviet attack.
A purposely build 2600 meter stretch of highway of the A-29 was tested as A-10 Thunderbolts, C-130 Hercules transports and F-15 and F-16 fighters landed on the makeshift runway. After landing, the planes were refueled from dispatched trucks and then took off from the highway.

C-130 Hercules aircraft on taxidrive on the autobahn A29 near city of Ahlhorn during NATO-exercise “Highway 84”.

Otto Carius, Famous German Panzer ace of WWII, dies at 92

One of the most respected and successful German tank aces, Otto Carius, who destroyed more than 150 tanks, died on 24^th January 2015, at the age of 92. In recognition of his gallantry and unmatched battlefield leadership, he was awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, known in Germany as “Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub”.
Born in 1922, he was refused admission to the army on two occasions, the reason cited as ‘Not fit for service: at present underweight’. However, his chance came when in 1940 Carius was accepted into the 104^th Infantry Replacement Battalion.

Η πορνεία στα χρόνια της κρίσης. «Ταρίφα» ακόμα και με 5 ευρώ. Το προφίλ των πελατών

05/05/2015 aggeliki2015

Ο αριθμός των εκδιδόμενων γυναικών και ανδρών αυξάνονται τα τελευταία χρόνια, οι τιμές των «μισθώσεων» πέφτουν όπως και η συχνότητα «προσφυγής» των Ελλήνων «πελατών» στην πορνεία. Ο τζίρος από την πορνεία, από τα τέλη του 2012 έως σήμερα, κινείται στα 600-620 εκατ. ευρώ.
Ο αριθμός των εκπορνευόμενων ανέρχεται περίπου στους 18.500 σε ολόκληρη την Ελλάδα. 13.000-14.000 αλλοδαπές εκδιδόμενες είναι θύματα trafficking.

Killing Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague

It all began on September 30, 1938 when the Munich Agreement was signed. With this agreement, England and France gave the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler exactly what he wanted— the Sudetenland, the north western area of Czechoslovakia. There was not a single Czech representative present at the discussion. This was an act of the English Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlin and an effort to appease the violent Germans. Of the agreement, Winston Churchill stated:  “We chose between shame and war; now we have shame and war.” This planted the seeds for one of the most famous assassinations during the European Theater of Operations of WWII.

Μήνυμα με σημασία Μόσχας σε Άγκυρα: Μην ξεχνάτε το τέλος της Οθωμανικής αυτοκρατορίας

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Αυστηρό μήνυμα προς την Άγκυρα με προειδοποιήσεις για το «τέλος» που είχε η Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, έστειλε η Μόσχα καθώς οι σχέσεις των δυο χωρών παραμένουν παγωμένες και η ρωσική πλευρά δεν κρύβει την ανησυχία της από τις νέες προσπάθειες της Τουρκίας για στρατιωτική εμπλοκή της στην Βόρειο Συρία. Η εκπρόσωπος του ρωσικού υπουργείου Εξωτερικών κατηγόρησε την τουρκική ηγεσία για προσπάθεια επαναφοράς της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας και για συμπεριφορά που δεν επιτρέπει την αποκατάσταση των σχέσεων με την Μόσχα. Η Μαρία Ζαχάροβα σε συνέντευξη της στην «Ισβέστια» εξέφρασε την εκτίμηση ότι σβήνει κάθε ελπίδα αλλαγής της τωρινής καταστροφικής πολιτικής που ακολουθεί η τουρκική κυβέρνηση στην διεθνή αρένα προσθέτοντας ότι η Άγκυρα αυτό που κάνει είναι να πυροδοτεί την κατάσταση. Η εκπρόσωπος του ρωσικού ΥΠΕΞ δήλωσε ότι η εντύπωση που αποκομίζει κάποιος είναι ότι καταβάλλεται προσπάθεια αναβίωσης της «παλαιάς ισχύος της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας».

Η Κίνα μελετά την κατασκευή επαναχρησιμοποιούμενου επανδρωμένου διαστημοπλοίου

  ​Η Κίνα μελετά την επανάκτηση και επαναχρησιμοποίηση επανδρωμένων διαστημοπλοίων για τις μελλοντικές διαστημικές αποστολές, κυρίως για μείωση του κόστους των διαστημικών αποστολών. Η Κίνα ήδη αναπτύσσει διαστημικό πρόγραμμα επανδρωμένων πτήσεων και μόνιμης παρουσίας ανθρώπων στο Διάστημα και τα οχήματα μεταφοράς προσωπικού και προμηθειών είναι αναπόσπαστο μέρος. Οι ΗΠΑ σταμάτησαν το 2011 τις πτήσεις του δικού τους επαναχρησιμοποιούμενου διαστημικού λεωφορείου λόγω προβλημάτων ασφαλείας και υψηλού κόστους.
​Ο κινεζικός Διαστημικός Σταθμός αναμένεται να ολοκληρωθεί το 2022.

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 Νέα γενετική ανάλυση εντόπισε μια φυλή από την οποία κατάγονται οι Ευρωπαίοι

Η νέα μελέτη υποδεικνύει μια αρχαία φυλή που αρχικά ζούσε στην κεντρική Ευρώπη ως εκείνη από την οποία κατάγονται όλοι οι Ευρωπαίοι.

Πριν από λίγες εβδομάδες παρουσιάστηκε μια μελέτη σύμφωνα με την οποία οι μισοί σύγχρονοι Δυτικοευρωπαίοι κατάγονται από έναν «βασιλιά» της Εποχής του Χαλκού, ο οποίος ζούσε πριν από περίπου 4.000 χρόνια και υπήρξε ο γενάρχης μιας δυναστείας ευγενών, οι οποίοι σταδιακά εξαπλώθηκαν σε όλη σχεδόν την Ευρώπη, δίνοντας τέλος στις λιγότερο ιεραρχικές κοινωνίες που είχαν προηγηθεί. Μια νέα γενετική ανάλυση υποδεικνύει μια φυλή που ζούσε πριν από 35 χιλιάδες έτη στις περιοχές του σημερινού Βελγίου από την οποία σύμφωνα με τους ερευνητές κατάγονται όλοι οι Ευρωπαίοι.Τα ευρήματα Ερευνητές του Πανεπιστημίου του Χάρβαρντ ανέλυσαν το γονιδίωμα δεκάδων ανθρώπων που ζούσαν πριν από 45 χιλιάδες ως και πριν επτά χιλιάδες έτη στην Ευρώπη. Εχει διαπιστωθεί ότι ο σύγχρονος άνθρωπος έφτασε στην ευρωπαϊκή ήπειρο πριν από περίπου 45 χιλιάδες έτη. Όμως δεν έχει φωτιστεί το πώς οι πληθυσμοί των σύγχρονων ανθρώπων κινήθηκαν στην ήπειρο και σε ποιες περιοχές εγκαταστάθηκαν πριν την κομβική για την μετέπειτα παρουσία και εξέλιξη των ανθρώπινων κοινωνιών εμφάνιση της γεωργίας.

Πατήρ, Υιός και… ναζιστικός οχετός!

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ΝΙΚΟΣ ΜΠΟΓΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ
Επισήμανση 1^η: Το ξεκαθαρίζουμε: Ούτε είμαστε ούτε παριστάνουμε τους θεοσεβούμενους. Είμαστε, όμως, ορκισμένοι εχθροί των θεομπαιχτών.
Επισήμανση 2^η: Ζητάμε συγγνώμη από τον αναγνώστη. Η φτήνια, η σαπίλα, η προστυχιά που ακολουθεί προκαλεί εμετό. Αλλά είναι μια ακόμα αναγκαία δοκιμασία που πρέπει να υποστούμε ώστε να γνωστοποιηθεί όσο πιο πλατιά γίνεται το μέγεθος της μαυρίλας, του φαρισαϊσμού και της βρωμιάς αυτής της συμμορίας.

Ο Χριστόδουλος και οι χρυσαυγίτες θαυμαστές του…

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Στην ανέγερση αγάλματος για τον αρχιεπίσκοπο Χριστόδουλο δηλώνει με κάθε ευκαιρία ότι θα προχωρήσει ο υπόδικος βο(υ)λευτής και δεύτερος τη τάξει στην ιεραρχία της δολοφονικής συμμορίας της χρυσής αυγής, Ηλίας Κασιδιάρης, σε περίπτωση που εκλεγεί δήμαρχος στην Αθήνα.
Τελευταία φορά που το δήλωσε αυτό, ήταν σε συνέντευξή του στο πόρταλ του «Αγιορείτικου Βήματος».
Καταρχήν να τονίσουμε πως καθόλου δεν μας προξενεί εντύπωση ότι ο νοσταλγός της πιο φριχτής ιδεοληψίας του εικοστού αιώνα που οδήγησε στη θανάτωση δεκάδων εκατομμυρίων ανθρώπων, το στέλεχος της συμμορίας με τον αγκυλωτό σταυρό στον ώμο που εκπαιδεύει τάγματα εφόδου, φιγουράρει ως όψιμος θεοσεβούμενος της χριστιανορθοδοξίας.

The MiG 23 That Flew For 900km Without Pilot Then Crashed in A Farm Killing a Boy

 
Cold war is littered with near ‘nuclear apocalypse’ misses, technological and aviation advancement and a fair number of peculiar incidents. One such bizarre event occurred when it was least expected; right near the end of the cold war. July. 4 1989, Independence day for the Americans, was not especially exciting day for the 32^nd TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron) also known as ‘Wolfhounds’ then based in Soesterberg, Netherlands.
When two very competitive pilots J.D Martin and Bill Murphy were scrambled, they were not expecting that their independence day flights would be to intercept and possibly engage a very strange Soviet MiG.

The Last Russian Battlefield of WWII – Remains of Russian and Japanese Soldiers Found on Shumshu Island

 

 

After Pearl Harbor, the United States came face to face with the reality of the war and an enemy that almost everyone in the Government or the military underestimated and paid a heavy price. On the other side, Russia, though not fully prepared to take on the military might and readiness of Adolf Hitler, once attacked fought back very hard and eventually pushed back the Nazis from the gates of Moscow and defeated them in and around Berlin.

Lend lease Sherman pulled from a Russian bog

 

 

In February 1944 a lend-leased M4A2 Sherman tank was ambushed by German anti-tank  gun when it was on the ice of the swampy Gniloy Tikich river in Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. The tank was hit twice — in the tracks and in the turret. The turret was knocked off the hull, three crew members were killed instantly. The driver survived but the next day he was found and shot by SS troops.
This tank was found in 1998 and in November 2004 after a lot of effort it was dragged out from the swamp of the old riverbed on the bank by the team of enthusiasts supported by Ukrainian Army. In the gun barrel the found a  75 mm shell and they decided to unscrew the fuse and then hit the shell out with a sledge hammer!

How SS Commando Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel

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German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home.
The only other detail known to the Munich police was that Krug often went to Cairo. Like dozens of other Nazi rocket scientists, he had been hired by Egypt to help them develop advanced weapons.
The Israeli newspaper HaBoker (now defunct) claimed that the Egyptians had kidnapped Heinz to keep him from doing business with Israel. The “leak” was an attempt by the Israeli government to keep investigators from looking too closely at the case. Although the 49-year-old scientist wasn’t going to be found either way.

The Trial of Sextus Roscius

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Rome, 80 B.C. Prosecutor: Eruchius Defender: Cicero Representing: the State Representing: Sextus Roscius the Younger Charge: (1) Murder of Sextus Roscius the Elder The Roman Republic fought and won the Punic Wars against its bitter rival, Carthage, queen city of the Mediterranean, in 146 B.C. But the Republic’s greatest moment sowed the seeds of its decline into social chaos. In its moment of glory, the Romans made a fatal mistake. They brought large numbers of war captives into Italy, and these were made to work on large commercial farms wealthy investors were setting up called latifundia. After a few decades, the markets were flooded with food, which lowered the price. This sounds good, but had the unintended consequence of putting a large number of Italian family farmers out of work because they couldn’t compete with the prices of the food grown on the commercial farms. If this sounds familiar, a similar thing is happening now to American family farmers. Cheap labor, based on an ideology of "free trade," affected them in the same way. What might a large number of destitute Italian farmers do after losing their livelihood and becoming homeless? _______________________________________________________________________________ Social tensions between noble Patricians and common Plebeians intensified, and by 88 B.C., the wealthier Patricians had their own political party, the Optimates (best people party), and a military hero named Sulla who was its head. Sulla was Consul, the highest position in Rome. They also had the majority of the Senate. The poorer Plebeians also had a political party, the Populares (majority people party), with a leader in Gaius Marius. There were street battles like in 1920s Germany, when communists of the Red Front fought National Socialist SA storm troopers. It would be as if Republicans and Democrats in America each had a general as a leader, who directed social war against the other party! The Romans took politics pretty seriously. Then again, they also watched gladiator matches for fun. Do you think Americans will ever fight in the streets based on what political party they support? _______________________________________________________________________________ Guess they fought a littl

2,300-year old temple of the 30th Egyptian Dynasty uncovered at Heliopolis, Cairo

Wall releif of Hapi - goddess of Nile.

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Kheperkare Nakhtnebef, also known by his hellenized name Nectanebo (380-363 BC), was the founder of the last native Ancient Egyptian dynasty (30th Dynasty) before the realm was overrun by Alexander the Great (and then controlled by the Ptolemies). And now a joint Egyptian-German Archaeological Mission has been able to excavate parts of Nectanebo’s sanctuary, inside the confines of Heliopolis, presently in the suburb of Ayn Shams, on the north-eastern side of Cairo.

Brilliant animations showcase the historical timeline of the Acropolis and Parthenon

Painting by Leo von Klenze, 1846.

Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal 

Acropolis (or Ἀκρόπολις in Ancient Greek) is one of the still extant ancient citadels that has survived from the ‘archaic’ times. Symbolizing the power of Athens with its literal height, the history of this tall rocky outcrop (of 490 ft) incredibly goes back to around 3500 BC, thus making it older than even the Great Pyramid. And while it started out as a strategic fortification of the surrounding settlement, the site of Acropolis was given both a political and religious makeover by the classical period (circa 5th century BC), with its impressive array of temples and monuments – including structures like the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Erechtheion; all exemplifying features of ancient Greek architecture. Suffice it to say, with an extensive timeline of over 5,000 years, the ancient citadel of Acropolis makes for a pretty fascinating historical tour. And that is exactly what these animations achieve – with their brilliant depiction of the key events that affected the site and its range of Grecian monuments over the centuries and millenniums.

Η Ανάσταση στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα. Ο Διόνυσος αναστήθηκε

Μιχάλης Α. Τιβέριος είναι καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης.
Ο Απρίλης είναι ο μήνας στη διάρκεια του οποίου έχουμε την πιο μεγάλη γιορτή των ορθοδόξων Χριστιανών, που είναι τα Πάθη και η Ανάσταση του Κυρίου. Ιδιαίτερα για τους Ελληνες η γιορτή αυτή αποκτά πρόσθετη σημασία, αφού αρκετές φορές η Ανάσταση του Θεανθρώπου συσχετίστηκε με την ανάσταση της ίδιας της φυλής, ενώ συγχρόνως τους θύμιζε και πανάρχαια θρησκευτικά και λατρευτικά δρώμενα που η αρχή τους χάνεται στο βάθος των αιώνων, σε χρόνους πολύ πριν από τον ερχομό του Σωτήρα.