BLOWING IN THE WIND

 

Blowin’ in the wind is a song written and sung by Bob Dylan dating back to 1963. In the lyrics the author asks some important and powerful questions, despite his singing voice is calm and relaxed. 

Bob Dylan wrote this song during the war in Vietnam. Its main theme   is the cruelty and uselessness of every war.

MARZABOTTO: LOOKING BACK AT THE HORRORS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

One of the most ferocious massacres of civilians of the entire Second World War took place in the small village of Marzabotto.

Between 29 September and 5 October the march led by Marshal Kesselring crossed the hills and mountains around Marzabotto, butchering about 800 civilians. It was a premeditated massacre, which did not spare women, invalids, children; only the intention to destroy and kill. The aim of the SS was to crush the partisan formations that fought for liberation, with the logic of equating civilians to armed formations. Considering, therefore, also women, children and the elderly, as enemies to be exterminated.

GUERRILLA

You must  have noticed I’m truly interested in history and among historical events, wars and conflicts have always fascinated me. Today  I would like to tell you about  a form of warfare used by small armies to destroy big ones:  Guerrilla.

Guerrilla is a kind of warfare consisting in small skirmishes between a big army and a small, mobile and often non-professional army which harass his opponent using his  knowledge of the territory  to make the other unable to fight. It is also called “hit and run” warfare.

THE SIEGE OF MASADA

Hi everybody, I’m Francesco G. ; I love history and you must have noticed from my previous posts. Now, today I will tell you a story, it’s set during the famous Siege of Masada. I’ve written the story from the eyes of Faustus Hortensius Laevinus, a Roman legionary.  Enjoy reading!

SABATON: THE LAST STAND OF METAL ROCK

Hello everybody I’m Francesco and today I will tell you about one of my favourite albums in the metal music world: “The last stand” by  Swedish band  Sabaton.

This album is about famous last stands in history; a last stand is for definition a battle where a small defensive force holds apposition against a much more powerful attacking force.

There are ten songs in this album, and I would like to talk about each one of them.

The first one is “Sparta”; it’s about the battle at the Hot Gates (“Thermopylae” in English and “Thermopylon” in ancient Greek). In this last stand there were about 5, 000 Greek hoplites led by king Leonidas of Sparta and his 300 Spartans against 500,000 Persians of Xerxes I. It took place in August 480 b.C. and lasted three days. The Greeks fought bravely but a traitor called Ephialtes showed to the Persians a way back to defenders. A lot of Greeks retreated covered by Leonidas and his 300 men, who fought until they were killed by the Persian horde.