Militares

When Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire in April 1877, it was the fifth time during the nineteenth century that hostilities had broken out between the two empires. On this occasion the other Great Powers had done all they could to prevent it, although public opinion in the West had been (...)

En matière d'armes à feu, peu d'hommes ont vu leur nom propre passer dans le langage courant. Colt pour le commun des mortels est devenu synonyme de revolver, Browning de pistolet semi automatique et Lefaucheux de revolver ou de fusil à broche. L'invention de la cartouche à broche a révolutionné le (...)

With the technology of the Hurricane being at the end of the biplane combat aircraft era, there was an urgent requirement for a modern fighter with a capability ahead of the anticipated German fighter development for the Luftwaffe. The Hawker design team lead by Sydney Camm created the all-metal (...)

Seventy years have passed since the Second World War yet the books and articles still keep coming in a never-ending stream discussing the question of what role the deliveries of arms and materials by Soviet allies played in the victory of the Red Army. In Russia, the American Bell P-39 Airacobra (...)

Après le succès de son premier volume dédié aux chasseurs allemands de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l'historien de l'aéronautique Chris Goss publie chez Caraktère ce nouvel ouvrage encyclopédique consacré aux bombardiers de la Luftwaffe. Si les appareils-clés de la Blitzkrieg (Dornier Do 17, Heinkel (...)