https://www.armedconflicts.com/index.php Military history website en (c) Copyright 2026 by www.armedconflicts.com forum@valka.cz forum@valka.cz Tue, 13 Oct 26 22:39:17 +0200 CET Tue, 13 Oct 26 22:39:17 +0200 CET armedconflicts.com RSS 1 https://www.armedconflicts.com/images/logo_armed_conflicts_com1.png https://www.armedconflicts.com Military history website https://www.armedconflicts.com/18213- Pre-sales for the historical novel “Brothers in the Legion,” about Czechoslovak legionnaires on the Italian front during World War I, will begin on October 19, 2026. (advertisement) https://www.armedconflicts.com/18213- Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18213- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18193- Before landing its first government contract, the Remington-Beals Navy Model 1858 went through several design changes and combat testing in the Civil War. Its reputation still carries the legend of a lightning-fast cylinder swap, later popularized on screen by Clint Eastwood. The truth, as it turns out, was far less dramatic. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18193- Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18193- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18056-Rudel-and-the-Others-View-from-the-Other-Side-2 The second part confronts the memoirs of Hans-Ulrich Rudel with reports from Soviet anti-aircraft regiments and the war diaries of specific tank brigades. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18056-Rudel-and-the-Others-View-from-the-Other-Side-2 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18056-Rudel-and-the-Others-View-from-the-Other-Side-2 https://www.armedconflicts.com/18194- Rome could repel external enemies at its borders, yet its greatest threat emerged from within. When debt and patrician overreach drove Roman soldiers to march out of the city to the Sacred Mount, the Senate had no choice but to yield. Thus, a bloodless strike reshaped the republic forever through the birth of a revolutionary political office. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18194- Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18194- https://www.armedconflicts.com/10817-Krystof-Harant-from-Polzice-Bezdruzice-and-on-Pecka-and-his-time Kryštof Harant, a traveler, composer, and soldier, had a significant impact on our history during his time “with a weapon in hand,” which ultimately proved to be his undoing. https://www.armedconflicts.com/10817-Krystof-Harant-from-Polzice-Bezdruzice-and-on-Pecka-and-his-time Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/10817-Krystof-Harant-from-Polzice-Bezdruzice-and-on-Pecka-and-his-time https://www.armedconflicts.com/11991-U-53-A-stormy-journey-to-America-during-World-War-II With astonishment and respect, the American public in 1916 praised the successful breaking of the British naval blockade by the submarine merchant ship U-Deutschland. It reached the undamaged port of Baltimore and, after being loaded with raw materials important for the war industry, again successfully slipped through the blockade and arrived at its home port. https://www.armedconflicts.com/11991-U-53-A-stormy-journey-to-America-during-World-War-II Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/11991-U-53-A-stormy-journey-to-America-during-World-War-II https://www.armedconflicts.com/18185- In the autumn of 1656, a Polish-Lithuanian-Tatar army marched into Prussia to punish its treacherous vassal, the Brandenburg elector Frederick William. Near the village of Prostki on the Ełk River, it clashed with a Swedish-Brandenburg corps under General Waldeck, whose ranks included a unit of Lithuanian renegades led by Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18185- Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18185- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18166- A military complex whose history spans German air raids and partisan attacks to a postwar military technical school. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18166- Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18166- https://www.armedconflicts.com/14151-In-the-Spanish-sky-Dewoitine-D-371 During the second half of the Spanish Civil War, the fighter arm of the Republican Air Force relied almost exclusively on Soviet Polikarpov I-15 and I-16s. Other types of single-seat fighters were usually available only in a handful of examples and served outside the main combat zones, primarily providing air cover for the long Mediterranean coastline. Among these were the French Dewoitine D.371 parasol-wing fighters. https://www.armedconflicts.com/14151-In-the-Spanish-sky-Dewoitine-D-371 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/14151-In-the-Spanish-sky-Dewoitine-D-371 https://www.armedconflicts.com/18055-Rudel-and-the-Others-View-from-the-Other-Side-1 When Hans-Ulrich Rudel's modified Junkers Ju 87 Gs appeared over the Kursk Salient in July 1943, Soviet tankers were forced to counter a lethal new threat. A comparison of specific operational reports from both warring sides reveals the profound impact this famous pilot made on the battlefield and how severely the 29th Tank Corps felt his airstrikes. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18055-Rudel-and-the-Others-View-from-the-Other-Side-1 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18055-Rudel-and-the-Others-View-from-the-Other-Side-1 https://www.armedconflicts.com/18173- In the early 5th century BC, the young Roman Republic faced a combined force of Latin cities and Roman exiles determined to restore the deposed monarchy. The Battle of Lake Regillus decided the republic's fate and gave rise to the legend of divine horsemen who brought news of victory to the Roman Forum. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18173- Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18173- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18192- Through the 1980s, Soviet strategic submarines patrolled off the American coast under constant surveillance and under pressure to meet operational quotas. The K-219 accident of October 1986 showed what that regime meant when ageing equipment, liquid missile propellant and the impossibility of admitting a fault came together.  https://www.armedconflicts.com/18192- Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18192- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18189- A single terse sentence in the 22nd Army's combat journal, wedged between reports of destroyed Germans and wounded commanders. A man who had served in uniform since 1916 vanishes within it as a mere footnote. What lies behind it can only be pieced together from documents—and these lead further than anyone might expect. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18189- Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18189- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18191- In August 1756, Frederick II invaded Saxony without a declaration of war, intending to disarm its army and open the road to Bohemia. The Saxons instead withdrew into a fortified camp at Pirna, while at Lovosice Frederick found Field Marshal Browne's Austrian army, hardened by the Theresian reforms. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18191- Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18191- https://www.armedconflicts.com/17979- A modification of a Škoda-system weapon that, in the autumn of 1938, armed two battalions of the 301st Artillery Regiment. https://www.armedconflicts.com/17979- Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/17979- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18132- The eighth part of the Lend-Lease series reveals what truly kept Soviet arms production running after 1941. It wasn't just finished weapons, but a massive influx of strategic raw materials, chemicals, and high-octane fuel. Western aluminum and rubber amounted to an import of time and labor, without which Soviet industry would have collapsed. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18132- Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18132- https://www.armedconflicts.com/10990-F-104-Starfighter-The-phenomenon-of-speed As 1951 drew to a close, standard fighter aircraft in service were flying at speeds of around 1 M, or rather less. They usually reached supersonic speeds only in a dive or when completely unarmed. Lockheed designer Clarence “Kelly” Johnson visited USAF pilots fighting in Korea to find out what kind of aircraft would suit them. The pilots gave him a unanimous answer: a lightweight aircraft that would outperform the enemy in speed, climb rate, service ceiling, and maneuverability. https://www.armedconflicts.com/10990-F-104-Starfighter-The-phenomenon-of-speed Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/10990-F-104-Starfighter-The-phenomenon-of-speed https://www.armedconflicts.com/18169- The Etruscan campaign against Rome in 508 BC ranks among the most dramatic episodes of the early Republic. The city's fate turned on the defense of the Pons Sublicius and the men who led it — a story that, to this day, resists a clean separation of historical fact from later legend. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18169- Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18169- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18156- From border service on Sakhalin, through being shot down over the Demyansk pocket, to a legend later immortalised in a Soviet film. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18156- Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18156- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18176- When England seemed threatened only by a Norman invasion in September 1066, news arrived from Yorkshire of King Harald Hardrada's Norwegian landing.  https://www.armedconflicts.com/18176- Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18176- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18147- The Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 marked the tragic end of grand crusader plans to expel Ottoman power from Europe. The tactical rigidity of Western European knighthood clashed with the disciplined army of Sultan Bayezid I, resulting in a crushing defeat for the Christian forces. This confrontation definitively sealed the fate of the Balkan states and pushed the Ottoman border deep into the heart of the continent. https://www.armedconflicts.com/18147- Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18147- https://www.armedconflicts.com/17966- The Czechoslovak 100 mm anti-tank gun vz. 53 was among the most powerful domestically developed artillery weapons of the post-war period. Designed by Škoda Plzeň as a replacement for older pre-war guns, the weapon could serve both as an anti-tank gun and as a field cannon. It remained in service with the Czechoslovak Army from the mid-1950s until the early 1990s. https://www.armedconflicts.com/17966- Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/17966- https://www.armedconflicts.com/18164- The final installment in a series on handling self-defense situations. It is essentially intended to provide the defender with a sort of universal guide on how to proceed in such a case... https://www.armedconflicts.com/18164- Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18164- https://www.armedconflicts.com/14695-In-the-Spanish-sky-Bleriot-SPAD-S-51-and-S-91 Long after the end of the Spanish Civil War, there were reports that the Republican Air Force had actively deployed Blériot-SPAD S 510 biplane fighters of French origin in the fighting. Machines of this type were also among the victories of insurgent fighters. https://www.armedconflicts.com/14695-In-the-Spanish-sky-Bleriot-SPAD-S-51-and-S-91 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/14695-In-the-Spanish-sky-Bleriot-SPAD-S-51-and-S-91 https://www.armedconflicts.com/18175- The year 1066 marked one of the most decisive turning points in English history. Following the death of Edward the Confessor, three men laid claim to the English throne — Harold Godwinson, William of Normandy, and Harald Hardrada — and their rivalry unleashed a series of battles that would reshape the island kingdom forever.  https://www.armedconflicts.com/18175- Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:01 CET https://www.armedconflicts.com/18175-