World War I at sea brought about aircraft carriers, the massive use of submarines, and commando attacks by scuba divers on naval bases. Italians were true pioneers in this field. They showed remarkable ingenuity and great courage. After the outbreak of the Great War, both power blocs aimed to wi
A lady at the hairdressers in the 1700s. Some extravagant hairstyles sported by the ladies at Versailles made history For a certain period of time at the court of Versailles the ladies sported hairstyles to say the least extravagant, characterized by hair twisted around a sort of scaffolding t
Poles liked Adolf Hitler, although it was a perverse and somewhat capricious sympathy. A bit shy too. It is true that the Chancellor was sometimes laughed at. It evoked a shiver of anxiety, and at the same time ... fascinated and inspired. Who and what? Love begins with the head, and indeed, the
When in 1342 Pierre Roger de Beaufort sat on the throne of Peter as Clement VI, he was said to have said to his entourage:Before me no one knew how to be pope. And indeed - soon the world saw with his own eyes what his words meant ... Clements predecessors could live lavishly and debauchery, but