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The First Balkan War began on October 8, 1912 when Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia quickly followed suit, resulting in a seven month war for the control of the Balkans. Although the goal of the war was ostensibly to free Macedonia and Albania from the Ottomans, a more accurate description would be that the nations involved hoped that removing the Ottoman Empire from Europe would allow them to expand their own territories.
The Ottoman Empire was placed in a difficult situation. First, they were already involved in a war at the time, fighting the Italians over Libya. Second, they found it difficult to muster an army to the extreme western edge of their territory.
The killing blow was struck when the Bulgarians besieged and then took Adrianople (modern Edirne, Turkey) in March of 1913. In May, the Treaty of London was signed, ending the war. The Ottomans – for centuries the rulers of the Balkans – were forced to retreat almost entirely from Europe.
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Albania was independent, and Thrace and Macedonia were divided up among the allies. But by then the alliance was crumbling. Bulgaria and Serbia were both unhappy with the division of Macedonia, setting the region up for the Second Balkan War.
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(Recently declassified USAF documents detail “Project 1794”, an attempt by the Air Force to build a flying saucer with a top speed of Mach 4 and a range of 4,000 nautical miles)
1977 Radio Shack advertisement.
Mail Call Letterpack – You get two players that play only the cartridges you can buy from Smith Corona and you can send a 3, 6 or 10 minutes letter. Just $70 a pair in 1967, these would be $450 in today’s dollars. How is this better than a phone? They say, it has no static and it’s cheaper!
Life, 1967
A large wheeled Assyrian battering ram with an observation turret attacks the collapsing walls of a besieged city, while archers on both sides exchange fire. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud, about 865-860 BC.
Photo taken by ChrisO at the British Museum, London.
Claramente se aprecia que es un Dalek….
Sinbad was a beloved mascot and formal member of the crew of the US Coast Guard cutter Campbell, from 1938 to 1949, complete with enlistment forms and official paperwork, uniform and his very own bunk. The dog saw action during WWII at sea and in port. He earned the total affection of the crew when the Campbell saw battle against the German submarine, U-606, on 22 February 1943 when the mascot stayed aboard the ship while all but necessary personnel to mend the cutter were evacuated.
Pictured here: Sinbad sits atop one of the guns aboard the cutter – 1944
The Mystery of the Iron Pillar Of Delhi, 375-413 AD
This Iron Pillar, also known as Ashokan pillar, is near the Outub Minar Complex in Delhi, India. It was commissioned by the emperor Kumara Gupta I of the Gupta Dynasty (320-540) and was transplanted to Delhi during the 10th century. The pillar weighs more than six tons.
This pillar is of great interest to people because of the fact that it is extremely resistant to corrosion. Weathering and harsh, alternating dry and wet conditions do not affect this pillar. It does not even rust. This is because of its curious chemical metallic nature made of 98% pure wrought iron. Its ability to withstand corrosion has confused many scientist for over 1,600 years.