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Early in World War II, fifty obsolete US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy in return for a 99-year lease British bases in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Newfoundland. Though they were obsolete and far from ideal, they played a vital role in the Royal Navy's campaign. This is their (...)

Developed to meet a Soviet Ministry of Defense requirement for a fast bomber that would counter the threat posed by NATO, the Tu-16 was a ground-breaking project. It was the first Soviet medium bomber to feature swept wings, and it was built around a pair of turbojets that were the world's most (...)

The glamour associated with knights in shining armor, colorful tournaments, and heroic deeds appeal strongly to the modern imagination. However, few pieces of military dress and equipment have survived, so for a comprehensive view of the nature of medieval warfare we rely on written documentation (...)

Timetunnel to the 15th century. This is 1493's must-have history book and city guide by Hartmann Schedel. Hartmann Schedel's "Weltchronik", or "Chronicle of the World" (better known today as the "Nuremberg Chronicle", after the German city in which it was created), was a groundbreaking encyclopedic (...)

La iglesia mayor de Santa María en Carmona es probablemente, tras la catedral hispalense, el edificio más importante del gótico catedralicio sevillano, un ciclo arquitectónico integrado por el conjunto de templos que, entre finales del XV y comienzos del XVI, se fundaron o remodelaron siguiendo la (...)

Sabartés es seguramente el más devoto y despersonalizado de los escogidos cronistas de Picasso. El artista le dio su aprobación incondicional y le animó a publicar Picasso. Retratos y recuerdos. Junto a sus publicaciones sobre Picasso, el principal legado de Sabartés es el Museu Picasso de (...)

En la Guerra Civil el fenómeno guerrillero apareció con mucha mayor intensidad en el bando republicano. Una de las razones que justificarían esta realidad es que, en la mentalidad académica de los militares profesionales sublevados, formada básicamente sobre la doctrina militar francesa, no se (...)