Toussaint Louverture was a military general and the leader of the Haitian Revolution. He is considered as one of the most successful leaders of a slave rebellion in history. He also helped draft the 1801 constitution that ended slavery in Haiti. In the end, France recognized Haiti's independence in 1804.
When the Romans defeated the Carthaginians and, later, the Celtiberian, Lusitanian and Asturian rebels... they obtained, in addition to fertile and productive lands, important metal deposits in what would become the province of Hispania. In the words of Pliny (in Naturalis Historia ): Hispania is
The lord of La Palice distinguished himself during the Battle of Marignan, which earned him the title of Marshal of France in 1515. He gave his name to the famous lapalissades or “the truth of La Palice”. However, it is not for much, it was enough for him to die on February 24, 1525 at the Battle of
Hell with no way out. And people ready to fight for the impossible. These stories deserve to be brought to the cinema screens. And for sure - they deserve our memory. In June 1942, four prisoners decided to escape from KL Auschwitz. They were Kazimierz Piechowski, imprisoned in the camp for an att
The year 2019 had a special significance for a historic aircraft, one of the most famous in the whole planet, the legendary Dakota. Seventy-five years after D-Day, twelve restored C-47s with crews of volunteers and veterans made a trip of historical memory from the US to Europe as part of the Daks O