This document, adopted by the National Constituent Assembly on 26 August 1789, set forth the principles of the French Revolution and became a fundamental document of modern constitutionalism. It proclaimed the equality of all men, their natural rights to liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression, and the sovereignty of the people. It was considered a radical departure from the old feudal system and became the basis for the new republican government of France.
The eponymous Battle of the Forts began on April 6, 1941 with the unprovoked German attack on Greece. The missing Greek forces covering Eastern Macedonia fought with unimaginable heroism. The center of the Greek formation was guarded by the 14th Infantry Division (MP) having organized its forces in
The story usually shows situations or events whose purpose is well understood in their context but on which a halo of shadow or suspicion falls when the explanation given of them is not convincing. We speak, of course, of conspiracies. History is full of small conspiracies but there are also, from t
The Bundeswehr was designed according to democratic and constitutional principles. How did it change from a defense army to an international task force? 1945:Occupied and demilitarized The end of the Second World War on May 8, 1945 also meant the end of Germanys army. During the war, the Allies had
Philip IV was king of the crowns of Castile and Aragon. He was born on April 8, 1605 in Valladolid . He was the son of Felipe III and his wife Margarita de Austria. Philip IV came to the throne on the death of his father. From the age of ten, he was entrusted to the care of Don Gaspar de Guzmán (Co