General climate of “detente” in the Cold War after the Cuban crisis. Establishment on June 20, 1963 of the “red telephone” aimed at facilitating dialogue between the USSR and the United States. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was signed in 1968. Leonid Brezhnev succeeded Nikita Khrushchev
The Zeppelin Staaken R.VI was the most successful German heavy bomber of the First World War. Already at the end of 1914 the German command requested a bomber aircraft powerful enough and with a long range to be able to hit targets in Britain. Zeppelin, which specialized in airships, accepted the ch
It is the pavilion of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, it is the country of the Bible, the Koran and the Arabian Nights, designed by the architect Moussali. From the threshold of the pavilion, the magnificent Hittite lion of the Azem Palace in Damascus evokes one of the most distant cradles of our civiliz
During the subsequent cleanup, the French discovered and destroyed deposits arms and food. On November 16, after a week of marches and fighting, the paratroopers were evacuated by truck to Hanoi. However, the Viet Minh was quick to react, and an ambush set up by two Régts. intercepted elements of th