Histoire & Collections
Napoleon and Italy. A military history of Napoleonic Italy, 1805-1815
The most remarkable fact about Napoleon's political career was that there was never any separation in his heart or mind between France and Italy. On the pediment of the Carrousel Arc de Triomphe, the French and Italian coats of arms are engraved at the same height. The Emperor always wore the Order (...)
Categoría: Militares
The Odyssey of the Komet. Raider of the Third Reich
Starting her 516 day long deployment from Gotenhafen on 3 July 1940, Komet was one of the Kriegsmarine's raiders. She was a former freighter which had been converted into an auxiliary cruiser (Hilfskreuzer) in order to attack Allied shipping. Reaching the Pacific Ocean with the help of Soviet (...)
Categoría: Militares