The battle of Caporetto is one of the greatest victories of all time, achieved against a stronger opponent in extremely difficult terrain. The Italian 2nd Army held an extensive frontal sector south of Gorizia. This particular army had won the laurels of the 11th attack of Iszonso, which was succ
Water is one of the most precious goods for sustaining life on the planet. The ancient peoples knew this truth and many times they tried to deprive their opponents of this precious good, or even worse, to use it as a weapon against their opponents. The rationale was simple. In any case, either t
When Chateaubriand began his journey from Paris to Jerusalem – journey made in July 1806 – , he did not yet glimpse all the difficulties that would accumulate during this trip. The road infrastructures were fragmented or non-existent, the omnipresent danger, but the desire to discover the world was
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Can you imagine if the England of the Middle Ages had been ruled by the Norwegians or the Saxons instead of the Normans? They are still disquisitions, but all of them were very close to materializing and that one or the other became a reality was decided i