At 05.00 on 16 May 1940 a company of the 8th Panzer Regiment (SPA) was ambushed in a rubble-strewn street in the French village of Stonne. The previous year the village had changed hands several times as the French troops tried to hold back the wave of German Panzers. The artillery of the two opp
The Battle of Emsdorf in Hesse would remain an unknown, small-scale conflict lost in the depths of History if something unique did not happen during it. The battle pitted two equal forces of about 3,000 men on each side. In 1760 the Seven Years War was in full swing. In western Germany British f
Things went from bad to worse. In 1963 Diem was assassinated, giving way to the Khanh regime. The territory effectively governed by Saigon was reduced to cities, the rest being left to the Vietcong. The Civil Defense Corps and the Civil Guard were often frowned upon by the population. The Viet Cong
What is the largest relief map of the world ? It seems that such a distinction corresponds to the so-called The Great Polish Map of Scotland , a gigantic model of 50 meters long by 40 wide that is located on the grounds of Barony Castle, on the outskirts of Eddleston, near Peebles, in the heart of