Long-term history, in its motionless slowness, sometimes exasperates men stuck in everyday life, but when the event arises, it swoops down by surprise, like a bird of prey on its prey. It is already too late. The defeat of 40, which could be described as a “debacle”, belongs to these humiliating cat
Croatia was an Italian-German satellite state created after the breakup of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Its murderous fascist leader Ante Pavelic ordered the formation of Croatian armed forces to reinforce his Axis allies and overlords. The last Croatian Infantry Division (IP) to be formed was the 392n
On February 27, 1943, the US 1st Infantry Division , with Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr. in command, he left the front line to rest for ten days at Marsott, northwest of Tébessa, where he assembled all his elements for the first time in the campaign. As Allens forces moved into the town of Gafsa, the mo
Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935), also known as T. E. Lawrence, and especially as the famous Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence of Arabia), or - among his Arab companions - Aurens or Al-Aurens, is a British archaeologist, officer, adventurer and writer. He achieved notoriety as a Br