Background : In 1807, France and Spain signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau . They agree on the distribution of Portugal (an ally of England) between the two powers. Controlled the sea by the English and the Portuguese, the only option was for the French troops to cross the peninsula, so numerous Fre
The Germans during World War II attempted to design and build a “solar cannon”, a huge mirror, that is, which would be placed in orbit and concentrate solar radiation into a powerful beam, able to burn the cities and not only, of the enemies. A giant mirror in orbit looks like something out of scien
The terrible 22, the Asia Minor disaster, probably the biggest in the history of Hellenism, will always be a milestone that intersects its modern history. A catastrophe which, apart from the end of the centuries-old Greek presence in the East, also marked the end of the Great Idea. That is, the visi
On April 25, 1898, the United States officially declared war on Spain with the excuse of the explosion and sinking of the Maine . The military power of the United States, the obsolete Spanish fleet, the unstoppable Cuban independence process and the inexperience of Spanish politicians quickly tipped