Expansion of the kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira in the 7th century. Bernicia (Beornica in Old English) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom located in present-day northern England and southern Scotland. Founded in the 6th century, it united with the neighboring kingdom of Deira in the early 7th century to fo
The German Schnellboot (S-Boot) differed greatly from its Royal Navy counterparts. It had its origin in a civilian model developed by Lürssen in the early thirties; built of wood on a steel frame, it had a round-chine hull which gave it a lower maximum speed than that of the British hard-chine boats
A holy city in Palestine and a place of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians and Muslims, the city of Jerusalem appeared in history from the beginning of antiquity. Around 2000 BC, the city developed and quickly became one of the main city-states of the so-called Canaanite period before coming under Egyp
The Royal Stranger The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) has the particularity of being the only Foreign Legion regiment specializing in armored combat. It is the cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armored Brigade. Coming from Mers el-Kébir, he was stationed at Quartier Labouche in Orange from