He is slender, knotty, of medium height, and between the cap and the pipe which rarely leaves his lips, the strong hooked nose betrays the man of character just as his gaze, sharp, attentive, the eye of a bird of prey, betrays the man of war. His name is Antoine-Marie-Pierre Charton, he is a lieuten
The Great Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, near Cairo • ISTOCKPHOTO L dimensions Its original height was 146.6 m; each side measured about 230 m. It is estimated that 230,000 limestone blocks were required to build it. L e weight and volume Its volume is estimated at 2,521,000 m3 , and its weight at 5,
September 22nd, 1943 - and the following days - is a date that is forever destined to unite two peoples, who just three years ago stood in opposite trenches and found themselves fighting together from enemies, one the old and the other another his new dynast. Milestone of this collaboration of old e
To defend Sevastopol, the Soviet coastal army had almost 106,000 men, 600 guns, about 100 mortars and 38 tanks; the Soviet perimeter defense airfields lined up 55 airworthy aircraft. For its part, the 11th German army was strong with 204,000 men, 670 guns - of calibers ranging from 76 to 800 - 450 m