August 1914 saw the outbreak of the First World War in Europe. What was initially expected to be a short, fastmoving conflict soon became bogged down for years in the trenches of the Western Front. The new and perilous technique of aerial photography swiftly established itself as an...
The Battle of Waterloo, on June 18, 1815, marks the end of the Napoleonic empire. The obstinacy of the warriors, the fierceness of the fights and the concentration of men on a small terrain kindle the imagination of its witnesses....