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Gravity Jet Suit on trials in the Netherlands, April 2021 Half a century ago, several leading countries were actively involved in the topic of the so-called. jetpacks and other individual aircraft. At that time, technologies did not allow creating such a product with a sufficient level of performance, and

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Much has been said about the battles of the RAF pilots with the Luftwaffe aces in the "Battle of Britain", and the battle was dismantled piece by piece. Now we will talk about one episode of the "Battle of Britain", which took place a little later, from June 13, 1944 to March 17, 1945

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It is no secret that for many Soviet officers it was very prestigious to own a captured pistol. Most often, German short-barreled weapons could be at the disposal of the infantry commanders of the platoon-battalion level and the military personnel of the reconnaissance units. That is, those who

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And it sounds in all - a terrible tragedy, miscalculations, unprofessionalism, stupidity, the wrong choice of the route … As for me, it was a tragedy when 83.6% of the servicemen involved in the operation died in the Smolensk battle, and that one with signs of optimism - during this time we prepared for the defense of Moscow. it

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PD-14. Photo: Vitaly Kuzmin, vitalykuzmin.net Long-awaited, Russian Not all developed countries can afford to create their own aircraft engines. At one time, the Soviet Union was in this honorary club, and Russia rested on its former laurels for many decades. Mass production

The year 1812 will forever remain a very special date in the eventful centuries-old history of Russia. The grandiose fiasco of the campaign to Russia organized by the seemingly invincible Napoleon, the death of the "Great Army" during the retreat and the victorious march of Russian troops across the astonished

The great eastern conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) is often compared and put on a par with Attila and Genghis Khan. However, it must be admitted that along with some common features, there are quite deep differences between these commanders and sovereigns. First of all, it should be pointed out that, in

David Stirling and his subordinates, 1942 In previous articles in the series, we mentioned the famous Soldier of Fortune, a recruiting firm founded by Bob Denard. But around the same time, another organization appeared that offered the services of professional mercenaries. This was the first

Michael Hoare on the set of Wild Geese, 1978. Roger Moore and Richard Burton are next to him Today we will complete the story of the famous “Condottieri "XX

Still from the movie "The Wild Geese", 1978 In the last article ("Great Condottiere of the 20th Century"), we began to meet people who were destined to go down in history as the most famous and successful commanders of mercenary units of the 20th century. Causes genuine surprise at how they succeeded

Still from the film "Goal: 500 Million" Let's continue our story about the tragic events that followed de Gaulle's decision to leave Algeria. Organization de l'Armee Secrete On December 3, 1960, in the Spanish capital, General Raoul Salan, Colonel Charles Lasherua and the leaders of the Blackfeet students Pierre Lagayard and

Still from the movie "Mr. Bob" (2011), Clovis Cornillac as Denard From the article "Soldiers of Fortune" and "Wild Geese" we remember that, after returning to Paris from Congo, Robert Denard began to work on the creation of a firm for the recruitment of mercenaries, dubbed "Soldier of Fortune". But in his office

January 1960, Algeria, students protest against de Gaulle's policy. Student leader Pierre Lagayard in front of the barricade After defeating the National Liberation Front in the field and defeating terrorists in the battle for the capital (Algeria), the French seemed to be able to build on their success. By 1959

R. Ya. Malinovsky during the Battle of StalingradIn the article “The most famous Russian“graduates”of the French Foreign Legion. Zinovy Peshkov "we talked about the fate of the godson of AM Gorky, whose bright and eventful life Louis Aragon called" one of the strangest biographies of this

Tyrallers of the times of Napoleon III. A hand-colored photograph from the Album photographique des uniformes de l'armee francaise Paris, 1866 As we recall from the article “Zouaves. New and unusual military units of France ", after the conquest of Algeria (1830), and then Tunisia and Morocco, the French decided

In this article we will begin a story about the famous condottieri of the 20th century and the amazing African adventures of "wild geese" and "soldiers of fortune". Among them were the servicemen of the French Foreign Legion, who in the second half of the twentieth century found a new area of application for their talents

Collage of frames from the film "Battle for Algeria", made especially for this article Mass terrorist attacks by the FLN militants in November 1956 - September 1957. received the unofficial name "Battle for the capital" ("Battle for Algeria"). At the beginning of 1957, an average of 4 terrorist attacks took place in this city

Legionnaires in AlgeriaIn the articles "The Algerian War of the French Foreign Legion" and "The Battle of Algeria" it was told about the beginning of the war in this overseas department of France, its features and some of the heroes and antiheroes of those years. In this one we will continue the story of the Algerian war and talk about some

French soldiers leaving Algeria await loading on the ship. City of Bona In this article we will conclude the story of the many years and bloody Algerian war, tell about the flight from Algeria of the "blackfeet", evolves and harki and about some sad events that followed the acquisition of this country

A. Rachinsky. French Zouaves during the Crimean War. (detail of the painting, 1858) The conquest of Algeria in 1830, as well as the later annexation of Tunisia and Morocco, led to the emergence of new and unusual military formations in France. The most famous of these are undoubtedly the zouave

Russian soldiers in France. In a helmet - Rodion Malinovsky, the future Soviet Marshal and Minister of Defense of the USSR The first Russian soldiers in the Foreign Legion appeared at the end of the 19th century, but their number was small: on January 1, 1913, there were 116 people. However, immediately after the start of World War I

Now we will talk about the most famous natives of the Russian Empire from among those who went through the harsh school of the French Foreign Legion. And first, let's talk about Zinovia Peshkov, whose life Louis Aragon, who knew him well, called “one of the strangest biographies of this senseless

Algeria, 1958 The foreign legion took part in hostilities in Algeria, where the National Liberation Front (FLN) began military and terrorist actions against the French administration, the "blackfoot" and compatriots who sympathized with them. Only in 1999 during

Thomas Looney. "The Bombing of Algeria by Lord Exmouth, August 1816" The raids of the Barbary pirates continued throughout the 18th century. But now the Mediterranean Sea has become the main arena of their action again. After the capture of Gibraltar by the Anglo-Dutch squadron in 1704, the corsairs of Algeria and Tunisia

In the previous articles "Islamic Pirates of the Mediterranean" and "Disciples" of Khair ad-Din Barbarossa, we remembered Aruj-Reis and his younger brother Khair-ad-Din Barbarossa, the Great Jew from Smyrna Sinane Pasha and Turgut-Reis. This one will talk about some of the other famous corsairs and admirals