Militares

The former colony of Spanish Sahara saw frequent outbursts of tribal and ethnic rebellions already while ruled by colonial authorities, in the late 19th and through early 20th Century. Its vastness and distances de-facto dictated the application of air power in response. While most of these (...)

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. (...)

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 (...)