Militares

Designed by a team led by Roy Chadwick, the man responsible for the legendary Lancaster, the Vulcan was created to carry Britain's nuclear deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s. Avro's delta-winged colossus became the backbone of the V-Force until the very end of the 1960s when the deterrent role passed (...)

Waterloo, morne plaine... Ces trois mots résonnent encore à la mémoire des Français.Par-delà les écrits de Victor Hugo, c'est pour eux le souvenir précis d'une défaite plutôt que celui d'une bataille et, selon les opinions, le point final d'une fantastique épopée ou d'un terrible despotisme. (...)

This versatile, rugged aircraft was a joint Anglo/French project and first flew in September 1968, becoming operational with both the RAF and Arme del'Air in 1972/3. The Jaguar's multi-role design made it easy to adapt for the ground-attack, reconnaissance, interceptor and maritime strike roles. It (...)

Britain established the world's first aircraft factory in 1909 after the Short brothers met up with the American Wright brothers and struck a deal. The industry expanded rapidly to rise to the challenge of World War One with such thoroughbreds as the Camel and the SE.5. The post-conflict slump (...)

The author, Roger Annett, experienced first-hand the events detailed here. Flying with 215 Squadron, and co-piloting Argosy transport aircraft deep over Malayan jungle terrain from 1963 to 65, he is well placed to provide a colorful account of this dramatic period. Following a reunion of RAF (...)

World War II saw the appearance of numerous revolutionary armaments on both sides of the conflict that would radically change the nature of warfare, from jet aircraft to the ballistic missile and the atomic bomb. The greatest conflagration in history also saw the conception of the first (...)

Dans ce quatrième et avant-dernier tome de la série sur les Sturmgeschütze des Waffen-SS, Pierre Tiquet se penche sur deux divisions blindées célèbres, un temps regroupé au sein du II. SS-Panzer-Korps : les 9. et 10. SS-Panzer-Divisionen, respectivement baptisées Hohenstaufen et Frundsberg .Malgré (...)