One of the most famous Austro-Hungarian decorations. The Military Merit Medal, better known as the Signum laudis, is one of the most famous military decorations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was established in 1890 by Emperor Franz Joseph I and was to be awarded as a token of imperial appreciation for a particularly heroic act…
Who poisoned the dog of a legendary German fighter pilot? Adolf Galland, recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Swords and Brilliants with 104 confirmed aerial victories, is undoubtedly one of the Third Reich’s most famous fighter pilots, although since his appointment as Inspector General of Fighter Pilots in December 1941, he has…
In the middle of deep forests above the romantic valley of the Křetínky River stands the picturesque Svojanov Castle, one of the oldest royal castles in the country. It is the only castle in our country whose architecture mixes Gothic and Empire, i.e. the Middle Ages with the 19th century. Svojanov Castle was founded around…
An unsinkable ship the length of three football fields and the height of an eleven-storey building. The ocean liner Titanic is a pride of its time. However, on her maiden voyage she hits an iceberg and sinks on the night of 14-15 April 1912. But is the iceberg really to blame? The largest steamship of…
The ladies from our photo gallery make you forget about the term „fair sex“. Hildegard Lächert (they called her Bloody Brigitta) She was born in 1920 and became a nurse after her studies. When she was 22 years old, she appeared in the concentration camp at Majdanek. She then worked at Auschwitz and Mauthausen. She…
The passenger ship Cap Arcona, with a displacement of 11,500 tons, was one of the pride of German shipping in the 1920s and 1930s and was one of its largest vessels. However, around 5,000 people found their deaths in the bowels of this steamer. Two hundred and five metres long with a capacity of 1,315…
A secret file containing nearly 1,500 documents relating to the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy has been leaked to the public. The National Archives there released them at the behest of the current head of the United States, Joe Biden. For example, the name of the then Cuban President, Fidel Castro, or…
Everyone remembers that chilling scene from Spielberg’s Jaws. In it, one of the film’s protagonists, shark hunter Quint, recalls a boat trip torpedoed by a Japanese submarine at the end of the war, while having a nightcap with his buddies – oceanographer Hooper and local policeman Brody. Hundreds of sailors jumped into the water, but…
The base of the Jagdtiger was the chassis of the heavy tank Tiger II (also called Königstiger), on which was placed a massive fixed superstructure that carried armour and a gun of truly extraordinary parameters. A mock-up was demonstrated in October 1943, two prototypes were tested in February 1944 and mass production began in the…
The Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen contributed significantly to the triumph of the Imperial Naval Air Force, which completely outclassed its opponents in the opening six months of combat. Under the designation „Zero“, the A6M2s became a true legend. The development was initiated on the basis of requirements issued by the Imperial Navy Air Bureau in 1937….
On August 12, 2000, an explosion occurred aboard the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk, and the vessel ended up on the bottom at a depth of 108 metres. Of the 118 sailors, 23 lived on – and for several days afterwards. What should have been a mere training cruise for the most powerful submarine in the…
World War II pitted 30 countries and more than 100 million people against each other. It left a sad record of more than 60 million casualties. The development of ever more sophisticated and effective weapons also played a part. Meet the legendary weapons whose sophistication, despite the number of casualties, is still admired today. Dozens…
He was born in Hodonín as the first-born son in a poor family of Josef Masárik. His closest relationship was with his mother, Terezie née Kropáčková. His parents sent him to the lower secondary school only after the intercession of the local dean, who pointed out the boy’s extraordinary abilities and talents. So it was…
Rather than submit to Munich’s dictates, Sergeant Arnošt Hrad decided to commit suicide. He shot himself with his service pistol in a Czechoslovak fortification building. Arnošt Hrad was born in the Bohnice district of Prague as the youngest of four children. He studied at a municipal and civic school and then studied at a…
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