Here we have dedicated several articles to the use of animals in war, some more or less normal (horses, elephants, dogs), others a little less common (pigs, cats...). The camels would be among the first but today we want to highlight their participation in the Battle of Timbrea, not because of their
The first civilization in the history of mankind was born in Mesopotamia in the 5th millennium BC, in the fertile crescent that stretches between two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The Sumerians developed a brilliant civilization there and invented the first writing system:cuneiform writing.
On Sunday morning, September 17, Operation Market Garden began. The weather was as expected:light wind, good visibility; a few patches of stratus had disappeared by 10 a.m.From Dorset to Lincolnshire, at 22 airfields (8 British and 14 American), troops began to board. These were the 38th Group of th
Joachim Murat, born March 25, 1767 in Labastide-Fortunière, (today Labastide-Murat near Cahors in the Lot department) and died October 13, 1815 in Pizzo is a Marshal of the Empire and King of Naples from 1808 to 1815. Under the Old Regime Joachim Murat was born on March 25, 1767 in La Bastide-Fo