Militares

In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she (...)

During the American War of Independence (1775-83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only fishermen and the skippers of small merchant ships who turned to privateering, with mixed results. (...)

En toda campaña militar hay siempre personajes olvidados. Las Escuadrillas Azules no iban a ser la excepción. Se pone el foco en sus pilotos, y apenas se tiene en cuenta que, por cada uno de ellos, había diez hombres en los escalones terrestre de esas unidades.Este texto es una aproximación a sus (...)