France in the 1680s was the largest and most powerful European country. He had the largest army. Under the Sun King Louis XIV France gained territory and twice defeated the Dutch. Louis expansionist policy had frightened Europe. Especially after the restoration of the Dutch William of Orange to the
We cannot consider as an armored division the 3 French Light Mechanized Division (DLM) of 1939/40 whose main mission were those of the cavalry, lighting and in-depth reconnaissance on the battlefield as well as security. Their organization, however, had many points in common with that of the DCR (St
On the night of September 7, 1914, the northeast of France became the improvised scene of an unusual spectacle:that of hundreds of taxis that flowed incessantly and hurriedly from Les Invalides in Paris towards the Marne Valley, full of soldiers and each vehicle Following the taillights of the one i
Tocquevilles criticisms of the French Revolution are among the most important ever made by historians. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe French Revolution , which began in 1789, unfolded in several phases over the next ten years, only acquiring a “stability” character when Napoleon Bonaparte applied the