Militares

Trece chicas, siete de ellas menores de edad, murieron fusiladas la madrugada del 5 de agosto de 1939 contra las tapias del cementerio del Este en Madrid. Su delito: ser rojas . Minutos antes habían sido ajusticiados contra el mismo paredón cuarenta y tres compañeros de la Juventud Socialista (...)

La operación para liberar a Mussolini, prisionero en un hotel de alta montaña en la cima del Gran Sasso, es sin lugar a dudas una de las acciones más espectaculares no solo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, sino también de toda la historia militar.Los paracaidistas alemanes, la élite dentro de la (...)

This volume in the popular G.I. series illustrates a much-neglected aspect of American military history - the U.S. Army artillerymen, named redlegs after the red stripes on their trousers. The photographs, most of them rarely seen in other sources, range from the Civil War and the campaigns against (...)

This fascinating addition to the GI series demonstrates the full range of uniforms, equipment, and armament used by the troops who fought for Abraham Lincoln's Union army during the American Civil War. Far from being uniformly clad in blue, the Union soldier appeared in a great variety of clothing, (...)

The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War with one of the largest fleets in the world. Included in this was a total of 59 fleet destroyers, and others were added during the war. These were a diverse collection of ships dating back to the First World War, large (...)