The car was created in 1966 as a purely mobile chassis without a body. Paul Jameson, a British designer, enthusiast and also a bit of a dreamer, was responsible for the construction. It was an interesting puzzle at the time – the front axle was provided by the now defunct Wolseley car manufacturer, the rear … Read more
The city as the main, essentially the only hero of the book. Roughly a hundred years, during which it was first called Gablonz and in the second half Jablonec nad Nisou. Journalist and writer Štěpán Kučera arranged the German and Czech topographical names for himself, and in the recently published book called Gablonz / Jablonec, … Read more
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, European countries drastically reduced their defense budgets, armies and arsenals. With the subsequent rise of al-Qaeda, they have focused on fighting terrorism, which requires other military investments and lighter forces, the NYT notes. Even NATO’s long engagement in Afghanistan, the paper said, bore little resemblance to the gun- … Read more
The two men decided to descend into it to retrieve from its bowels a very rare encryption machine used by Nazi Germany to send secret coded messages. So they set off into hell itself, which was to swallow them both. Fasson was 29 years old, Grazier was only 22. Two years later, a teenage boy … Read more
The rider, whose death was mistakenly announced by the organizers of the famous motorcycle Tourist Trophy four months ago, has now actually died. Olivier Lavorel succumbed to the injuries he sustained during the sidecar race on the Isle of Man, the consequences of which his partner César Chanal did not survive. The French crew crashed … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Principality of Zealand claimed as smallest country in the world. The country that became independent after Britain was declared victorious in World War II is 12 kilometers east of Suffolk on the North Sea. This country is led by a prince, namely Prince Michael of Sealand. Originally Sealand was an anti-aircraft platform … Read more
The German daily Die Welt published an article on Thursday about Polish demands for reparations from Germany for losses suffered during World War II. Philipp Fritz, the newspaper’s correspondent in Warsaw, believes that Germany’s public opinion is making a mistake in qualifying Poland’s claims as a manifestation of PiS’s “brutal election campaign”. “Something More Than … Read more
Chicago Tribune is one of the largest US newspapers. As the Prime Minister noted in his text, Europe is built on the memory of the victory over the Third Reich, but “at the same time shamefully displacing the truth about passivity in the first phase of the war”. “The awareness that Germany turned Poland into … Read more
“I hope my parents are here too. I can imagine how they must feel – their only son is coming back to them after six years. They must be proud of me. I am returning home at the head of the first and most famous Czechoslovak fighter squadron. My heart is bursting with pride. Now … Read more
On July 25, Italian fishermen discovered an American-made bomb dating back to World War II in the Po River near the northern Italian village of Borgo Virgilio near the city of Mantua. The bomb was discovered by a drop in the river level due to a prolonged drought. This is reported by the Reuters agency. … Read more