History 2024, November

On the Bolovene plateau, Vietnamese troops had to move under similar conditions. Photo of 1970, the place is not known for sure, but the relief is similar to the waterfalls of the Boloven Plateau One and a half months after Wang Pao began his attack on the Valley of Kuvshinov, known as Operation Kou Kiet, part of the VNA in

September 11, 1970, Dak To, Vietnam. Combat group loaded onto helicopters, Operation Tailwind, real photo At the end of 1970, two operations were carried out in Laos. One was a reconnaissance raid. The second was another attempt to cut off supplies along the Tropez. In both, local forces were used. But in

The period between the fall of 1969 and the end of the summer of 1970 was a turning point for the war over Vietnamese communications. Prior to that, the issue with them was resolved within the framework of the civil war going on in Laos according to an extremely simple logic - to capture central Laos, from there to expand in all directions, including

One of the reasons for the failure of the CIA in Laos and the US troops in Vietnam was that they did not coordinate well with each other. The military had their own war in one country. The CIA has another war in another country. And there, in another country, the forces on which the Americans relied also fought their wars. It

November 9, 1969 marked the beginning of battles that forever changed both the situation in central Laos and the course of the war on Vietnamese communications

During the Second War in Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand), Thailand was one of the main allies of the United States. In fact, it was a key ally, without which the conduct of the war in the form in which it was going, would have been impossible in principle. This state of affairs was based on strong

Ho Chi Minh trail. Vietnamese road of life. For all the American faith in the air power that they unleashed on the "trail" (details here and here), they never gave up trying to destroy the "trail" on the ground. However, the prohibition to invade the territory of Laos (he does not

Ho Chi Minh trail. The fighting for Vietnamese communications in Laos is inseparable from the Lao civil war. In a sense, this war was a war for communications, at least American-sponsored forces tried to break through exactly where these communications took place, and local socialists from

The first article is here. 1968 was a watershed year for both the Vietnam War and the Trail. A year earlier, in 1967, the Vietnamese forces of the Vietnamese People's Army conducted a series of powerful ground attacks against South Vietnam from the territory of Laos - the so-called border battles

The defeat of the French colonial forces in Vietnam at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu opened the way for the adoption of a peace plan that could lead to an end to the war on Vietnamese lands. According to this plan, the warring parties (the Vietnamese People's Army, subordinate to the government in Hanoi, and

The capture of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1939 by Nazi Germany gained in world history a reputation for Hitler's bloodless victory over a developed European country with a strong military-industrial complex and a well-armed and trained army comparable in

The answer to this textbook question seems to many to be quite obvious: of course, at the expense of German industry tycoons, who first generously financed the Nazi party and its leader, and subsequently received fantastic super profits from colossal military orders, robberies

By the 80s of the 18th century, through the works of Bering, Chirikov, Sarychev, Krenitsyn, Levashov, and their associates, Russia had created a mighty - in potential - geopolitical bastion on the eastern borders. The Bering Sea actually became Russian. Having disposed of these historically justified and legal

John IV Vasilievich is one of the Russian sovereigns, whose rule and life are assessed, perhaps, the most controversially both abroad and in our country. His name is associated with many extremely harsh assessments and categorical judgments. However, are they valid? What if in this case we

In this Albanian cartoon, a proud girl Albania "puts in place" its bestial neighbors - Montenegro, Serbia and Greece. In previous articles, it was told about the Albanian warrior and commander Giorgi Kastrioti (Skanderbeg) and the Ottoman period in the history of Albania. Now we will talk about the history of this

The defeat of the Konigsberg grouping created favorable conditions for the final destruction of the remnants of the East Prussian grouping - the "Zemland" group. The troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front under the command of A.M. Vasilevsky on April 13, almost without a pause, went on the offensive against the German troops

A. Telenin. Lieutenant of Registered Cossacks In the previous article ("Don Cossacks and Cossacks"), we talked a little about the history of the emergence of the Cossacks, its two historical centers, some of the differences between the Cossacks of the Don and Zaporozhye regions. Let's continue this story. So, in spite of everything, the Cossack communities

Easter, the Bright Resurrection of Christ is the central holiday underlying Christian teachings. How did the warriors of the First World War celebrate this bright holiday, symbolizing the victory of life over death, good over evil? We will try to answer this question in this photo article

Grigory Rasputin today is a legendary personality and incredibly "promoted". In fact, it is the same “brand” of Russia as vodka, caviar, pancakes and nesting dolls. In terms of fame outside our country, only the classics of the great Russian literature and some modern

In the domestic military-historical literature, the question of the morale of the Japanese army during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 has not been studied in detail. We were interested in the question - what was the morale of the Japanese 3rd Army during the siege of the fortress of Port Arthur? At the heart of the article

Russian artists quickly and efficiently responded to Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. They were faced with the task of popularizing the idea of the people's character of war, finding a form that would be understandable to the broadest strata of society. This form was the political "caricature of 1812"

The spring of 1995 did not bring peace to the land of Bosnia. The new commander of UN forces in Bosnia, Lieutenant General Rupert Smith, twice ordered airstrikes against Serb artillery positions in the vicinity of Sarajevo. On 25 May, American F-16s and Spanish EF-18A

On May 18, 1868 (May 6, old style), 150 years ago, Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, the last emperor of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II, was born. The results of the reign of the last monarch were sad, and his fate and the fate of his closest relatives were tragic. In many ways, such an ending was

From the remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro, on May 20, 1992, the so-called "small" Yugoslavia - the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed. Air Force and Air Defense of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-1999) Parts of the former JNA were reorganized into the Armed Forces of the FRY. Airplanes and helicopters received

Realizing that the supply of weapons to Croats and Muslims could not change the situation, the Serbs continued to attack. NATO has decided to intervene in the conflict itself. In order to deprive the Serbs of their main trump card, aviation, in April 1993 in Brussels, it was decided to carry out Operation Danny Flight (Ban

Speaking about the Yugoslav aviation in World War II, one cannot but recall the so-called Air Force. The "Independent State of Croatia" (NGH). The Second World War, unleashed by Nazi Germany, redrawn the political map of Europe, erasing some and creating other states from it. One of these

The Air Force and Air Defense of Yugoslavia entered the civil war divided into three corps, armed with about 800 aircraft and helicopters, of which more than 100 MiG-21 and MiG-29 fighters, more than 100 combat and transport helicopters, organizationally combined into three aviation corps. except

After the capture of Yugoslavia and the first reports of raids by partisan units, the German command did not expect big trouble and planned to quickly deal with the poorly armed insurgent units. However, soon the Yugoslavs were able to get in touch with the leaders of the anti-fascist coalition, and

In the early 60s, Tito reconciled with the leadership of the USSR. From that moment on, the Yugoslav Air Force again began to focus on the use of Soviet technology. Until its collapse, the USSR remained the main supplier of aviation equipment for Yugoslavia: the share of Soviet aircraft and helicopters, which consisted of

Brest Fortress. Kobrin fortification. Major Gavrilov's casemate. June 22, 2016. 5 a.m. Every year a similar event occurs at this place. To which a large number of Brest residents and guests gather. But this year, since the date was very impressive, no participants gathered

On the night of May 4, 1980, Tito died in Ljubljana, but even during his lifetime, two new aircraft models were developed and adopted, which became the "calling card" of the Yugoslav Air Force. Back in the late 1960s, the governments of Yugoslavia and Romania began to study the possibility of joint creation

By the end of 1945, the Yugoslav Air Force was armed with almost 700 combat aircraft. The collection was very varied: Pe-2, Il-2, Yaks, Spitfires, Hurricanes, Italian and German trophies. So, as part of the reparations for the occupation of Macedonia, Bulgaria handed over to the reviving aviation

On March 25, 1941, Yugoslavia joined the Triple Pact. However, the situation in Belgrade soon changed: the British knocked out the high command of the armed forces of Yugoslavia (Air Force generals Dusan Simovic and Borvoye Mirkovic occupied a prominent place among the conspirators) in a putsch. They played into the hands of the officers

Unlike Bulgaria, Yugoslavia not only bought aircraft from abroad, but also produced quite interesting models. The first steps towards the creation of an air force were made in 1909, when Serbia bought two balloons. In 1910, foreign pilots flew in Serbia

Let's summarize what armored vehicles are now in service with the Balkan states, formed on the wreckage of the former Yugoslavia. Slovenia During the "Ten-Day War" with the JNA, the Slovenes managed to capture over 100 units of various armored vehicles (60 M-84, 90 T-55 and at least 40 T- 34-85

For the first time, the Bulgarians got acquainted with a new type of military equipment - tanks, in 1917, when captured Allied tanks were demonstrated to a group of officers who were on a visit to Germany

At the end of 1942, the Bulgarians, concerned about the supply of weapons from Germany to Turkey (56 Pzkpfw. III Ausf. J and 15 Pzkpfw. IV Ausf. G were delivered to the Turks), their traditional enemy, turned to the Germans with a request for help in rearming the army … According to the plan approved by the War Department

After the end of the war, the first Soviet T-34 tanks were delivered to the Bulgarian army. At the beginning of 1946, the First Tank Brigade was armed with 49 CV 33/35, PzKpfw 35 (t), PzKpfw 38 (t), R-35 vehicles; 57 Pz.IV G, H, J vehicles; 15 Jagdpanzer IV, five StuG 40. German tank Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. G

Women's participation in the situation of the wounded is unique. Everyone who has ever come into contact with medicine knows that it is women's hands that cause less suffering and heal faster. This is not given to male nurses. During the Crimean War, it was already impossible to do without them: the cruelty of war and suffering

The most powerful attack by the AUG on ships in the harbor in history was and remains, apparently, the attack by Japanese aircraft on Pearl Harbor. Imperial Black Sea Fleet. AND