In other modern accounts, a squid of "colossal dimensions" figured in Jules Verne's 1869 novel, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," said to be a fictionalized account of a real encounter between a French navy ship and a giant squid. Whether the original account is entirely fictional or...
In the first decade of the nineteenth century, a French naturalist named François Péron had sailed around the world measuring the temperature of the ocean. He found that the deeper the water, the colder it got, and he concluded that the seafloor was covered with a thick layer of ice. ...
France’s foreign minister tried to alleviate concerns about a French intervention by speaking on Thursday of simple ‘support’ for the panafrican force and a deployment that ‘will not be as massive or long’ as the one in Mali. Military experts, however, say that such peacemaking missions ...
Maybe this production was a farewell rave-up for both of them. With Lee Marvin thrown in to assist in turning it into a roughhouse just for the hell of it. Added to this pugilistic mixture, you have the jumbo-sized heavyweight, Mike Mazurki, serving as a French Colonial Gendarme. As ...
My favorite poke place is Ono Seafood; the fish is super-fresh. My go-to dinner spot is The Pig & the Lady, a Vietnamese eatery in Chinatown. Must-orders are fried chicken and the pho or Pho French Dip, made with 12-hour slow-roasted beef brisket. Read more Are there any...
The French had brought the game to Laos and it has remained popular, one of the many European colonial influences that is still reflected in the Lao culture today. We got some lessons and split into teams for a tourney, which was a lot of fun (and just a smidge competitive). Dinner ...
Since 1846, the Texas Militia units have made up the Texas Military Forces. The Texas Army National Guard, Texas Air National Guard, and Texas State Guard of the Texas Militia primarily comprise these Texas Military Forces. Former forces include the Texian Militia, Texian Army, Texian Navy, Tex...
A Batalha do Rio da Prata: Dirigido por Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Com John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter. In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
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The pride of the British fleet, HMS Victory, served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary War. It earned its name at the Battle of Trafalgar, where Nelson led the fleet to success. Today view the ship in dry dock. It is still the flagship of the Royal Navy’...