The world of those interested in the subject is divided in two great factions , the pro-Custers and the anti-Custers. For the former, he was a hero who was unjustly criticized and who has gone down in history gloriously and even betrayed in various ways; For the seconds that even question his previo
After the war, the researchers of the reicharchive they concluded that the failure of the offensive was motivated by Moltkes alterations to the original plan and its failure to execute. On the other hand, subsequent reviews suggest that the plan was fanciful, irresponsible and unfeasible due to se
Last May Bank Holiday, the first days of Roman historical recreation were held in the Madrid town of Alcalá de Henares under the name of “Complvtvm reborn, discover the city of the nymphs” , organized by the Ab Urbe Condita Cultural Association in collaboration with the Regional Archaeological Museu
The advances of the Industrial Revolution put at the service of the war machine led to the development of weapons capable of inflicting devastating losses on armies. Trench warfare revealed, among its many horrors, the high number of casualties on both sides from head injuries. In the trenches, the
In 1809, although fighting continued on the Peninsula , it seemed that the French dominion on the continent was unchallenged. However, in early April hostilities resumed between Austria and France in what would become known as the War of the Fifth Coalition . The Austrians invaded Bavaria and seemed
For many years, the story, collected and reproduced by writers, journalists and historians, of the hundred marines under the command of a certain Captain Carranza who had served as encoders on Guadalcanal transmitting information in Basque so that this would not be captured by the Japanese listeners
Alberto Pérez: It caught my attention that you use a very colloquial language in Agrippina A: Do you think that the use of this type of language can bring the story closer to a casual reader? A: Its true, I think our way of understanding Rome is prejudiced by the neoclassical tradition, and you, on
Talks with authors Round table The historical comic with Pedro Cifuentes Outside the scope of the Madrid Book Fair, the round table «The historical comic» , from the hand of Javier Gómez Valero and Alberto Pérez Rubio, editors and founders of Desperta Ferro Ediciones, and Pedro Cifuentes, National P
The men of Company E (Easy) of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, who rose to fame thanks to the Band of Brothers , Stephen Ambroses book, entered combat for the first time during the airborne assault on D-Day. They had trained for it for almost two years, acquiring both physical ability and me
From September 1942 to October 1943, when the staggered withdrawal of the Spanish contingent begins, there was a Mobile or Circulating Library service for the troops, in the Blue Division . The Campaign Sheet , a successful newspaper among divisionalists, published catalogues, lists of book donation
Some of the topics that have interested me the most are that of the Spanish thirds and the history of the conquest and colonization of Latin America, which is why the existence of an official Spanish army during the conquest caught my attention. This is because conquest expeditions used to be carrie
In January 1704 Philip V ratified the order to that the Tercios reorganize themselves into regiments (see From Tercios to Regiments in Desperta Ferro Especiales XIX:The Tercios (VI) 1660-1704 ), in other words, that the Hispanic military system became a carbon copy of the French and that, during the
The act, whose morning session took place in the Association of Spanish Writers and Artists, opened with an interesting round table on historical comics with the participation of Alberto Pérez, co-editor of Desperta Ferro Ediciones, and Pedro Cifuentes, author of Historia del arte en comic, moderate
With this phrase, the evangelist Matthew illustrates the rejection that a follower of Christ must show before the use of weapons even in the case of a defensive attitude. This position, which in contemporary language could be classified as pacifist, is the one adopted by the first Judeo-Christians i
A June 28, 1914 Gavrilos pistol Princip opened fire on Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the streets of Sarajevo, unleashing a conflict whose dimensions earned him the nickname of the Great War (see Desperta Ferro Contemporánea #1:1914. The outbreak of the Great War ). Five years later, on the same date,
Aggravating anti-colonial fragility, in early 1974 the MPLA had fragmented into three factions:the one based in Tanzania led by Agostinho Neto and two others supported by Zambia and the Congo. The Soviets made efforts to restore the unity of the MPLA and create a liberation front together with the F
The war is over. Miguel walks through the defeated Madrid and discovers in the streets and squares the scars of a city devastated after two and a half years of blood and fire. He goes in search of a new identity before the imminent entrance of the nationals. He burns compromising documents and paper
Let us admit the 16th century as the beginning of the discovering policy of Spain as we know it today. Or better, the end of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs considered as the implantation of Modernity with the denomination of Spain, after the union of Castile, Aragon, Granada and Navarra. We can
When, one year after the Battle of Jutland , Lloyd George referred to the stupid Admiralty chiefs who opposed the convoy, which he and others he had convinced would be the silver bullet of anti-submarine warfare, unjustifiably included John Jellicoe on the list of attacked, when in fact he had conc
Antigone Monophthalmos was born around the year 382 BC. C. in Macedonia. Although his origins are not unclear, it is presumable that he came from an aristocratic family. He was the son of a man named Philip and his wife, whose name is not mentioned to us, but who, at some point, would remarry Perian
There have been many debates about the superiority of the F-5 over the MiG-21Fishbed and vice versa. Thousands of these cheap, light fighters were built and served in more than 60 air forces around the world. The first clash of the two types occurred in 1977 in the Ethiopia–Somalia War when Ethio
9th Hussar 9th Hussar The 9th hussar held a garrison at Sourdun. Disbanded in the 1990s and replaced by the 2nd Hussar from Orléans (itself derived from the 8th Chasseurs Regiment). For the History of this last unit, the date of creation is August 1, 1749 under the name of the volunteers of L
The ancient city of Aspendos (today Belkiz), located about 40 kilometers east of Antalya in Turkey, was founded according to tradition by Greeks from Argos. Throughout antiquity it changed hands on many occasions, although it always remained the most important city in the Pamphylia region. The Roma
The rough volcanic mountain, 170 meters high, steeply sloping to the sea side, was not of vital importance for the defense of Iwo Jima. However, it offered beautiful observation and firing sites for the artillery:on the other hand. because of its imposing appearance. Mount Suribachi symbolized, for