Everyone knows what Operation Overlord was. , although it is generally known more as D-Day, the Normandy landings carried out during the summer of 1944 to definitively tip the balance of World War II towards the Allied side. What is no longer so familiar is that this mission was almost a pain in t
Hans Staden was a German who made two trips to Brazil between 1547 and 1549 as a mercenary gunner. His account tells of the nine months he spent among the indigenous people. Hans Staden was a mercenary who was born in Homberg, Germany, and came to Brazil on two voyages during 1548 and 1549. Hans St
If in Italy it is not uncommon to find streets and neighborhoods called Cincinato, more familiar is the name of a city in the US state of Ohio. Although similar, these names are due to different reasons, since the American city is named in memory of The Society of Cincinnati (a society of veterans o
April 29, 1762 (Limoges) - November 23, 1833 (Paris) Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, count Jean-Baptiste, Count Jourdan (born April 29, 1762 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne - died November 23, 1833 in Paris), was a French soldier, who had begun his career under the Ancien Régime, participated with La Fayette