Introduction The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a 1916 secret treaty between the United Kingdom and France, with assent from the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy, to define their mutually agreed spheres of influence and control in an eventual partition of the Ottoman Empire. The agreement was based on the premise that the Triple Entente… Read More
Introduction The Naval Battle of Papudo was a naval engagement fought between Spanish and Chilean forces on 26 November 1865, during the Chincha Islands War (1865 to 1866). It was fought 55 miles north of Valparaiso, Chile, near the coastal town of Papudo. Background Until November 1865, Chile had been the only country firm in… Read More
Introduction The Battle of Caishi (Chinese: 采石之戰) was a major naval engagement of the Jin–Song Wars of China that took place on 26 to 27 November 1161. It ended with a decisive Song victory. The Song used gunpowder weapons in their victory. Soldiers under the command of Wanyan Liang, the Jurchen emperor of the Jin… Read More
Events 1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars. 1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.… Read More
“When you’re first sergeant, you’re a role model whether you know it or not. You’re a role model for the guy that will be in your job. Not next month or next year, but ten years from now. Every day soldiers are watching you and deciding if you are the kind of first sergeant they… Read More
Research Paper Title Consumption of Lactobacillus reuteri-containing lozenges improves periodontal health in navy sailors at sea: A randomised controlled trial. Background The objective of this trial was to evaluate whether the regular consumption of probiotics may improve the known deterioration of periodontal health in navy sailors during deployments at sea. Methods 72 healthy sailors of… Read More
Introduction Operation Aerial was the evacuation of Allied forces and civilians from ports in western France from 15 to 25 June 1940 during the Second World War. The evacuation followed the Allied military collapse in the Battle of France against Nazi Germany. Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk and Operation Cycle, an embarkation from Le… Read More
