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Heroic defense of the intelligence troops of the US 99th Infantry Division in the Ardennes

The Egyptian army took up position to attack Israel's southern border in mid-May 1967. At the same time, the general mobilization of the Israeli army ended, bringing 80,000 reservists into the armed forces. Weeks passed and nothing happened at the border. Egyptian troops were not leaving their positions in Sinai, but tensions remained. The Israeli government was aware of the bad effects of the mobilization on the economy, and therefore several units are demobilized. But the situation will worsen again in June, when the reservists are called up again

On November 20, 1953, at 5:00 a.m., the wheels of the C-47 military cargo plane, which was equipped for this occasion as a flying command post, took off from the concrete runway of Hanoi Airport. Three high-ranking French army officers were on board. The first was General Gilles, commander of the airborne troops, the second General Dechaux, commanding the tactical air support, and the third was General Bodet, assisting General Navarro in some planning matters. Their task was to fly over the area of Dien Bien Phu and, based on weather conditions, decide whether Operation Castor will take place or move to another suitable date ...

On May 8, 1954, 57 days after the start of the battle, columns of disarmed prisoners gather at the airfield of a former French military base in the Dien Bien Phu Valley. There are 1,500 dead friends and 4,000 injured in the area. A few hours later, at a peace conference in Geneva, the French government will officially ask the Viet Mihn representatives for a ceasefire.

Four years after the founding of the GDR, its regime shook. Paradoxically, it was the heroic builders and workers of the "Stalinanlee" - Stalin's Alley in Berlin - who protested against the state-imposed wage cuts on June 16, 1953, and marched on the seat of government. The next morning, the lone demonstration became a nationwide uprising for better living conditions, for freedom and for the unification of Germany. But the moment the first Soviet tanks roll over Potsdamer Platz, it is clear that the SED dictatorship will cement the division of Germany for decades to come.

Iraq-Iran war: ground operations
Part I.

Iraq-Iran war: ground operations
Part II.

Iraq-Iran war: ground operations

Part III.

German 107th Tank Brigade faces the British XXX. Corps on the infernal road to Arnhem.

Overview of uniforms and other equipment of a German soldier of the First World War.