If they tell us about a western globetrotter fighting on the Middle East front of World War I and that he had written his memoirs, most of us will think of Lawrence of Arabia. Few will know that two years before he published in London the first English edition, and limited to his friends, of his boo
What is the capital of Egypt? Cairo, of course. Or not, depending on the time we are referring to. Without counting those of the pharaonic period, in which Buto, Busiris, Tinis, Hieracómpolis, Buto, Memphis, Ity-tauy, Avaris, Thebes, Alexandria and some others followed one another, if we go back in
In 1970, Egypt and Israel were not, typically, at war. In fact, however, the hostilities had not ceased after the Six Day War. This phase, called the War of Attrition, continued for years on land, air and sea. Having been defeated state by state and having lost the Sinai Peninsula, the Egyptians
By imperial decree dated from the Palace of Saint-Cloud, April 15, 1806, a regiment of dragoons was organized on the model of horse grenadiers. Their uniform was exactly the same, but the blue cloth was replaced by green cloth. Guard Dragon Recruitment was from the various dragoon regiments of