Militares

The French Directory, in 1796, decided to hit the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the heart. Two armies in Germany failed when the small army of Italy, under the orders of Bonaparte, in a dazzling and brilliant campaign rolled the Austrians. In less than twelve months, it destroyed four Austrian armies, (...)

On Friday 15 September 1944, after three days' intensive preliminary bombardment of the Japanese defences, the Old Breed , the 1st Marine Division, landed on the Island of Peleliu, in the Palaos Archipelago. The Marines' objective was to neutralise the island's garrison and capture the Japanese (...)

A frequent visitor to Spain and Portugal who has specialized in the history of the Peninsular War for his entire career, Charles Esdaile has visited most of the battlefields and other sites associated with that conflict. In this work, he places his unrivalled knowledge of the subject at the (...)