This is a blog about world history in general, world war ii, i, vietnam war, middle ages, boer war, weapons, and biographies of famous people, etc.
The invasion of South Korea by North Korea was code-named Operation Pokpoong. With the purpose of unifying the North and South under one Soviet-sponsored communist regime, Kim II-Sung, the president of North Korea, initiated the invasion at 04:00 hours on June 25, 1950. The attack was preceded by heavy artillery fire that pounded the South [...]
The Korean War was the first armed struggle in history in which the jet fighter aircraft were extensively used in combat. Although they had seen combat action for the first time at the end of World War II, these jet fighters had flaws and were used in limited numbers, as they were still being tested [...]
The background to the Korean War began with some decisions made by the Allies at the end of World War II. Once the Soviet Union declared war on a collapsing Japanese Empire, it was decided that the American forces would accept the surrender of the Japanese troops in the south of Korea, and that the [...]
The FN FAL is a 7.62mm gas-operated assault rifle developed by the Belgian firm Fabrique Nationale from the German Sturmgewehr 44 and the AK 47 rifles. It entered service with the Belgian Army in 1954 and over time it became the most widely used assault rifle in the world as more than 90 countries have [...]
In the course of the 20th and 21st centuries there have been violent terrorist and insurgent groups that have attempted to overthrow established government (democratic and non-democratic) in Latin America to set up totalitarian regimes. Most of them have operated under the misleading and deceptive facade of "Liberation Front" or "People Movement", and so forth, [...]
OTO Melara Mod 56 is 105mm howitzer designed and manufactured by the Italian firm OTO Melara. It entered service with the Italian Army in 1957. Since then, many countries around the world have acquired this pack howitzer (mountain gun) as it has been used in some armed conflicts, such as the Vietnam War and Falklands [...]
