On this day in 1202 occurred one of the most paradoxical events in the history of the Crusades. The Crusader army conquered the Christian city of Zadar in Dalmatia. What...
On this day the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), backed up by Serbian volunteer units, entered Vukovar after several months of siege. The defenders of the Mitinca city distr...
The International Students’ Day is celebrated on this day, to commemorate the tragic events that occured on this day in 1939, in Prague. The events began to unfold a few...
On this day a little-known but very interesting event from the American War of Independence took place. Namely, the German mercenaries seized Fort Washington, which was l...
On this day the famous American Air Force General Curtis LeMay was born. He was known for his belligerence, which is why he got the nickname “Bombs Away LeMay”. As a U.S....
On this day the Ottoman Empire declared a holy war (Jihad) against the Entente: France, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia, and Montenegro. This also marked Turkey’s entry int...
On this day in 1941 the German army was advancing through the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa. On their way they came upon the city Slonim in present-day Belarus...
The English city of Coventry is known as the site of the fiercest German bombing during World War II. The worst day for Coventry was precisely this day in 1940, during th...
