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At the beginning of the 20th century, Greece decided to build a modern naval fleet and a flagship of the Greek Navy of the appropriate size - the armoured cruiser Georgios Averof.
Today, the armoured cruiser Georgios Averof is still in active service and carries the flag of the flagship of the Hellenic Navy. Here is its combat history.

The artillery fortress of Batu Maung was built by the British in the jungle on the hill of the same name. It has never been used in combat, as have many similar fortresses around the world. In addition to the "taxpayers' money", there were also the lives of ordinary people who died during the construction and unnecessarily. The Japanese occupied Malaysia in two months by attacking Thailand and not, as British planners had predicted, by attacking from the sea.

In World War I he was a pilot of the Imperial Austrian Air Force on the Italian front. In 1919 he took part in the fighting in Slovakia. He was a non-commissioned officer by profession, field pilot - fighter, in 1938 captain of the air force. After the occupation he went to France and Great Britain. From August 1940 commander of the 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron.

The most successful Austro-Hungarian naval pilot in the First World War - nicknamed the "Eagle of Trieste".

The life story of a Flik 3 fighter commander and fighter pilot with three kills,

Czech military pilot who was the first member of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force to achieve three aerial victories in a single day, namely on 18 February 1916, while the same score was achieved on 29 June 1916. After the end of World War I, he supported the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia and was appointed the first commander of the Czechoslovak Air Force. Jindřich Kostrba was killed on 24 September 1926 in a mid-air collision between two aircraft.

The man who was the last to command the so-called "Kornilov Battalion", otherwise known as the Czechoslovak Engineer Regiment, which was formed in January 1918 on the Don in General Kornilov's Volunteer Army. A man who personally took part in 59 combat engagements with the Bolsheviks.

Air observer of the K. u K. Luftfahrtruppe and pilot of the Czechoslovak Military Air Force

Fighter pilot of the Austro-Hungarian Luftfahrtruppen, who participated in the First World War. Josef Novák achieved a total of three confirmed victories during World War II. After the war, he joined the Czechoslovak Air Force, worked briefly in the first Czech airline, Ikarus, and subsequently became a well-known factory chief pilot of the Aero factory. In this role, he undertook more than 3,600 flights, flew 30 new types of aircraft, won a number of air races and achieved nine air records. He also actively participated in organizational and federal activities related to aviation. Josef Novák died in 1934 as a result of serious injuries sustained in a plane crash in 1930.

Biography of the recipient of the Order of Virtuti Militari and one of the founders of the Polish Air Force.

During his life, he became the founder of three air forces, three different independent states.
He became a pilot and commander of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force, the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia. He was not destroyed by the enemies of Austria-Hungary, fascists or communists.

Pilotof K. und K. Luftfahrtruppe, pilot of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia and officer of the Czechoslovak Air Force

Benno Fiala Ritter von Fernbrugg was an Austro-Hungarian fighter ace with 28 victories to his credit during World War I. He was the third ranking ace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was also a technical innovator who pioneered the use of machine guns, radios, and cameras in airplanes. His forty-year aviation career also included aircraft manufacture, airport management, and the establishment of commercial airlines.

Austrian flying ace credited with six aerial victories in World War I while flying for Austria-Hungary's Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops.

Austro-Hungarian fighter ace of World War I and Minister of the Croatian government during World War II with Czech roots

Later Captain of the Czechoslovak Air Force

Biography of one of the first organizers of the Polish Air Force.

Stefan Stanisław Stec was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of Polish aviation. He is also credited as the originator of the Polish Air Force checkerboard.
From 1916 he initially served as an observer in the Flik 3 reconnaissance squadron on the eastern front. In February 1918 he trained as a pilot and from May he was assigned to the Flik 3J fighter squadron, flying the Oeffag D.III on the Austro-Italian front. Between June 17 and July 4 he commanded Flik 9J. He participated in shooting down 3 aircraft (plus 4 probable kills) and ended the war as an Oberleutnant.

Rear Admiral of the Austrian Imperial Army, naval aviator, from 1917 commander of the K.U.K. Seeflugwesen, Austro-Hungarian Naval Air Force, during the First World War. He served for four years as commander of the SHS Sankt Georg, the most modern battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

Hungarian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He began his military career as a cavalryman as the war began in 1914. After winning the Silver Medal for Bravery and being promoted into the officers' ranks, he transferred to the Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops in mid-1915 as an aerial observer. On 14 February 1916, while participating in a historic strategic bombing raid on Milan, he scored his first aerial victory. After shooting down another airplane and an observation balloon, Szepessy-Sokoll was transferred to a fighter unit after pilot training. After shooting down a pair of Macchi L.3s on 5 November 1917, he was killed in action the next day.

Pilot K. at K. Luftfahrtruppe and the Czechoslovak Air Force