Militares

During the 19th Century the Royal Navy played a key role defending the expanding British Empire. As sail gave way to steam power, there was a pressing requirement for coaling stations and dock facilities across the world's oceans. These strategic bases needed fixed defences.The author describes in (...)

The Second World War saw the apex of piston-engine aircraft design, and ushered the world into the jet age. Anybody who studies aviation will know the names: Spitfire, Mustang, Zero, Messerschmitt, Shturmovik. But there were many more aircraft to take to the skies before and during the war, and (...)

El libro Buques de guerra italianos retenidos en las Baleares tras el 8 de septiembre de 1943 , escrito por Giuliano Marenco, aborda un episodio poco conocido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial relacionado con la rendición de Italia tras el armisticio firmado con los Aliados el 8 de septiembre de 1943. (...)