Vida y muerte de un convento

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El soldado español forma parte inseparable del pasado y el presente de España. Es una memoria marcada por los avatares bélicos en los que intervinieron combatientes españoles a lo largo de los siglos: desde los celtíberos que se opusieron a la dominación romana o los legendarios tercios a las actuales Fuerzas Armadas, pasando por los guerreros medievales o los conquistadores de América. Fueron capaces de las mayores proezas y supieron sufrir en los momentos aciagos. Como hijos del pueblo del que proceden han sido un fiel reflejo de las virtudes y defectos del conjunto social a través...

En la primavera de 1839, tropas británicas invadían por primera vez Afganistán para exorcizar la fantasmal amenaza rusa sobre la India que angustiaba a políticos incompetentes y entusiasmaba a lobistas sin escrúpulos y que se vino a definir como El Gran Juego. Encabezados por emperifollados lanceros con casacas escarlata y chacós emplumados, cerca de 20 000 soldados de la Compañía Británica de las Indias Orientales cruzaron los pasos de alta montaña y restablecieron en el trono al Shah Shuja al-Mulk, dando comienzo a la Primera Guerra Anglo-Afgana (1839-1842). La barbarie de la...