To the west of the Maleme runway and around the Tavronitis bridge, the contingents disembarked from the gliders made their junction with the paratroopers and entrenched themselves in the bed of the dry river. In the valley of the Prison, large numbers have succeeded in disembarking, without oppositi
Kandy , important independent monarchy in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the end of the 15th and last century Sinhala Kingdom is to be subdued by a colonial power. Kandy survived the attacks of Ceylons first two colonizers - the Portuguese and the Dutch - and succumbed finally the third and l
The French Revolution has just swept away everything in its path. After the chaos caused by the Terror, the Directory established its power in a collegial manner in order to avoid the dictatorship of a single man. However, it is this same government that will reveal a man, and only one:Napoleon. All
British East Africa , areas that used to be under British Control in East Africa - namely Kenya , Uganda and Zanzibar and Tanganyika (now Tanzania ). Britannica Quiz Destination Africa:Fact or Fiction? Is Africas northernmost point further north than Europes southern