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L’interesse per la storia di Venezia supera di gran lunga il confine nazionale e il nome di questa città suscita passioni e fascini forti, a chi si appassiona di estetica, di arte, di gesta antiche e di storia. Non è possibile comprendere Venezia se non si conosce il Veneto e le sue...

A Brief History of the U. S. S. Imperator : one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy.   The Imperator was first commissioned in 1913, at Hamburg, Germany, by the Hamburg-American Steamship Line of Hamburg. She made regular passenger runs from Hamburg to New York from the...

Animals in the Great War throws a spot light on the experience of creatures great and small during the First World War, vividly telling their stories through the incredible archival images of the Mary Evans Picture Library. The enduring public interest in Michael Morpurgos tale of the war horse reveals...

The 1973 Yom Kippur War rewrote the textbook on the tactics of modern armored warfare. Unlike the previous major Arab-Israeli war of 1967, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) faced an enemy that had invested heavily in modern Soviet weapon systems and tactics. Using detailed colour artwork and...

Decatur has a long history of patriotic service, both on and off the field of battle. Decatur volunteers participated in six major campaigns including the Black Hawk War (1832), the Mexican War (1846�1848), the Civil War (1861�1865), the Spanish-American War (1898), World War I (1917�1918), and...

When the public envisions Atlanta during the Civil War, two primary images�of two unparalleled individuals�dominate: William Tecumseh Sherman and Scarlett O�Hara; however, there is more to the city�s Civil War heritage than a frowning general and a wily gentlewoman. Within the pages of Atlanta:...

Fort Monroe was once a powerful symbol of America�s national defense system. From 1823 to 1945, its primary military mission was to protect Hampton Roads and the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay from enemy attacks. Over the years, as military technology advanced, Fort Monroe�s defensive posture changed....

Arkansas has always been among the leading states whose people stepped up to defend the nation in times of war. On a few thousand acres of land across the Arkansas River from the capital city of Little Rock, this dedication is evident. Images of America: Camp Robinson and the Military on the North Shore...

The lives of the medieval Templars seem hidden and mysterious. Helen J. Nicholson reveals their everyday world set out in early 14th-century records. The records of the Templars’ estates show us how they operated, the men and women who worked for them on their lands and houses, their tenants and...

The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album belonged to a member of the crew of famous German Battleship Tirpitz. It is a little known fact that before the start of World War Two the ship went on a shakedown voyage into the Atlantic, traveling north into Arctic waters and south into...

Libro dedicato alle uniformi sabaude del XVIII secolo, disegnate e commentate negli aspetti uniformologic dal bravo artista piemontese Guglielmo Aimaretti.

Carlo Emanuele III di Savoia detto il Laborioso e soprannominato dai torinesi Carlin , secondo re di Sardegna, nasce a Torino il 27 aprile 1701. Oltre al titolo reale che cinge nel 1730 riveste anche i titoli di duca di Savoia, marchese di Monferrato, marchese di Saluzzo, Principe di Piemonte e conte...

Nella trattazione, in tre parti, delle vicende che ebbero luogo nelle isole di Sardegna e di Sicilia tra il 1717 ed il 1720 si presenterà lo svolgersi delle operazioni militari che videro contrapposti l’esercito e la marina spagnola e quelli austriaci e sabaudi e un’analisi delle forze militari...

In this book:Early Nomadic Warfare in Eastern Asia, Urban Conflicts in 13th Century Florence, The Venetian Army and Navy in the Holy League War, 1684-99(part four), Italian Units of the British Army, 1806-1814(part three), Prelude to WWI: Peacekeeping Missions in Albania 1913-1914, The Mysterious Illustrator: Artworks from a Private Collection.