Militares

Ancient Rome had deep roots in the 'Villanovan' culture that we call today the Etruscans. Their long-lived civilization can be traced to 900-750 BC in north-west Italy. They were a sea-faring people trading with and competing against Greek and Phoenician peoples, including the Carthaginians. They (...)

Though the French and British colonies in North America began on a 'level playing field', French political conservatism and limited investment allowed the British colonies to forge ahead, pushing into territories that the French had explored deeply but failed to exploit. The subsequent survival of (...)

Drawing on difficult-to-access wartime documents and other contemporary sources, this is the first compact, illustrated study of the tactics and techniques of the US fast carriers of Task Forces 50, 58 and 38 during the naval war against Japan in 1943-45.This title concentrates on exactly how these (...)

Durante cinco días, entre el 24 y el 28 de mayo de 1940, los miembros del Gabinete de Guerra británico, presidido por Churchill, debatieron si Inglaterra negociaba con Hitler o continuaba en guerra. La decisión que se tomó en circunstancias dramáticas -rendida Francia y el ejército inglés atrapado (...)

A finales del mes de agosto de 1702 se presentó en la bahía una flota anglo-holandesa dispuesta a atacar Cádiz. Las desavenencias entre los jefes de la misma, un planteamiento estratégico erróneo y la eficaz acción de las tropas españolas al mando del marqués de Villadarias convirtieron el intento (...)