The Celtiberians provided other elements to the heavy infantry, soldiers armed with spears and swords, protected by a large shield, a helmet and a coat of mail. As for the light infantry, it was shared between Iberian troops, the famous caetrati, named after the little shield they used to protect th
In 1936 Stalin began the set up of the notorious Moscow. These trials resulted in the death or imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of people. One of those who lost their lives was the best Soviet soldier of the time, Marshal Mikhail Tukhashevsky. Tukhasevsky fell victim to German-made proofs of
In a Europe convulsed by revolutionary wars and four coalitions[1] that would have tried to overthrow the Gallic contingent, the press turned out to be a fundamental element on the battlefields and in the daily life of the citizens of the empire that was being formed. The Confederation of the Rhine,
September 1792 to October 1795:during the French Revolution, an assembly called the National Convention is in power. It is at the origin of the First Republic. One of his first decisions was to recruit by lot 300,000 men for the war against the European monarchies:Austria, Prussia, Spain and England