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El 6 de diciembre de 2001 Eduardo Arroyo empieza un diario imponiéndose una regla estricta: pintar cada día un cuadro al óleo de 33 x 24 centímetros o de 24 x 33 centímetros acompañado de un texto. Claro, a veces se demora un poco porque el pincel es más lento que la pluma y porque breves (...)

In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defence system. Powerful, combat-proven and (...)

In August 1940, the Luftwaffe began an operation to destroy or neutralize RAF Fighter Command, and enable Hitler to invade Britain that autumn. It was a new type of air warfare: the first ever offensive counter-air campaign against an integrated air defence system. Powerful, combat-proven and (...)

Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a US Navy design, and the carrier-borne squadron crews were its main operators in combat.The aircraft pioneered the use of long-range, (...)

The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defences on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that made even approaching the ridge virtually suicidal.Pessimistic about the ability of depleted and (...)

As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knife's edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to bring a revitalizing supply of food from its Caribbean colonies and the United States, the French (...)

In 1709, after eight years of war, France was on her knees. There was not enough money left in the treasury to pay, equip or feed the army and a bad harvest led to starvation throughout the kingdom. Circumstances had worsened to the point that King Louis XIV was forced to offer to end the War of (...)

In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber to replace the venerable 'Val' aboard carriers. The resulting D4Y Suisei ('Comet'), codenamed 'Judy' by the (...)

Viajes por la América Meridional, de Félix de Azara, contiene la descripción geográfica, política y civil del Paraguay y del Río de la Plata; la historia del descubrimiento y conquista de estas regiones; numerosos detalles sobre su historia natural y sobre los pueblos que las habitan; noticia (...)

The German invasion of Norway was a pivotal moment in modern warfare, the first joint campaign that featured air power as an equal element of all operations. It was, in fact, the superior use of their air force that gave the Germans the decisive margin of victory and ensured the failure of the (...)

This superbly illustrated study explores the epic clashes of British and German heavy cruisers at the beginning of World War II.The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during the opening years of World War II. This was a (...)

Esta obra contiene el estudio de la voz y la carrera artística de ciento ochenta y siete tenores, los más importantes en la historia de la Ópera. Para ello, el autor ha destacado las diferentes epocas y estilos de canto empezando por el Barroco y discurriendo por el Iluminismo, el Clasicismo, El (...)

No es extraño que al escuchar la palabra anticuario frunzamos el ceño y nos llevemos la mano a la cartera. Nos vienen a la mente imágenes de establecimientos vetustos llenos de polvo, en los que los objetos se amontonan como las ruinas que ha dejado la Historia. Y el anticuario, testigo (...)