Militares

El siglo XVIII fue un periodo de liza entre la monarquía española y el Reino Unido por el control de los mares, escenario de porfiados combates y de arriesgadas operaciones anfibias contra posiciones estratégicas de uno u otro contendiente. En este conflicto interminable, la base naval de Ferrol (...)

Se dice que la Historia la escriben los vencedores. Ciertamente, en muy pocas ocasiones disponemos del análisis realizado por los derrotados. En Decisiones fatales. Batallas cruciales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial , siete generales alemanes escriben sobre aquellas campañas que, en su opinión, (...)

This is the history of how the mighty Gothic Line was defeated by American air power, in one of the most pivotal but least-known air campaigns of World War II.By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was secondary to the campaigns in France, and Allied forces were not strong enough to break the Germans' (...)

A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms. After Georgia's independence from Russia in 1991, President Saakashvili invited NATO advisers to assist in military reforms. (...)

Spanning 38 years of the 'Troubles', the British Army's deployment in Northern Ireland (codenamed Operation Banner) was one of the most difficult and controversial in its recent history. Over 10,000 troops were on active service during much of the campaign, which saw armoured vehicles, helicopters (...)

Occidente, o mejor, la cultura occidental, encontró su fundamento en la expansión europea gracias a la cultura cristiana, de manera que el concepto de Occidente resulta inseparable de su sustrato cristiano. Sin embargo, el desprecio de sus raíces culturales se ha convertido en el primer motor de un (...)

Written by a leading expert on modern Russia, this is an illustrated introduction to the bitter campaigns in Chechnya.In this new edition of his popular 2014 work, Mark Galeotti traces the progress of the wars in Chechnya, from the initial Russian advance through to urban battles such as Grozny, (...)