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KNIGHT'S ARMOUR (11TH - 15TH CENTURY)

How did the different parts of the knight's armour evolve? How much did the armour cost? How much weight can a warhorse carry? And other interesting facts...

Waffen - SS: weapons and armament

The Waffen-SS, which did not differ from the other units in terms of their weapons and equipment, eventually turned into a fighting forceto which the German arms industry supplied the most sophisticated combat equipment it could produce.

SEATS OF THE GREAT MORAVIAN PRINCES I.

Archaeological excavations of Great Moravian hillforts and burial sites after the Second World War confirmed the existence of a permanentMojmírovci in the area north of the middle Danube and the discovery of an advanced material culture of the Great Moravians. The archaeological sources for the history of the Great Moravian Empire consist of hillforts, rural settlements andsettlements, burial sites, sacral buildings, mass finds and very numerous furnishings.The backbone of the power structure of Great Moravia was the fortress. Only in its original Moravian-West Slavic core are there over 40 known hillforts today.

Treasure of Štěchovice I.

It is incredible how far the threshold of human imagination reaches. And so many legends have been circulating about the Štěchovice treasure. In this article we will try to summarize at least the basic ones. In the next part, we will provide detailed topographical data and look at the place that was last marked as a guaranteed deposit.

FASCIST UNITS EDELWEISS

The Edelweiss guerrilla units are also among the units that were characterized by their brutality and horrific actions. Although the focus of their attention was Slovakia, their cruelty was also felt by the inhabitants of Moravia...

SVATOVÁCLAVSKÁ DOBROVOLNICÁ ROTA (SDR) - Freiwillige St. Wenzels-Rotte

The year was 1945, the war was slowly coming to an end and the days of the Third Reich were numbered. In spite of all the facts that predicted the Nazis' defeat, there were fanatics in their ranks who did not want to admit reality and invented ways to avert that unhappy end...

GALLERY OF MARKS - Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD)

Originally the Reichsarbeitsdienst was to serve as a preparation for service in the Wehrmacht, it was to be a kind of training centre, butbut was increasingly militarised, especially during the campaigns in Norway and the West.

Battle of Dukla Pass

The Dukla Pass is the site of the largest battle in Slovakia during World War II. The Carpatho-Dukla operation, which included the battle for the Czechoslovak border, was intended to help the Slovak rebels. Originally it was supposed to last only 5 days, but in the end the fighting lasted 80 days.

Armament of Hussites I.

Hussite military tactics marked a special epoch in the history of military. The superiority of the Hussite armies was due, among other things, to their high military morale, for they were all convinced that they were fighting for the right cause.

History of seals, seals II.

Seals have been found in the Czech territory since the end of the 11th century, probably since the beginning of the 12th century. The question is whether the term "verisimila argumenta" for St. Vojtěch, the second archbishop of Prague (982-994), can be interpreted as a seal; it is an exception that had no immediate continuity.

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