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Steel Battalion – 16th Battalion of Light Infantry...
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Steel Battalion – 16th Battalion of Light Infantry (Chasseurs à Pied)

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Steel Battalion For 170 years, the 16th Battalion of Chasseurs à Pied has answered the call of duty. On the battlefields of both World Wars, through decolonisation and overseas operations, this elite unit has forged its identity as a chasseur à pied, proud of its past and resolutely looking to the future. Whether in the heart of the Bitche country or on...
7th Battalion of Alpine Chasseurs from Saint-Omer to...
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7th Battalion of Alpine Chasseurs from Saint-Omer to Isère. History and Testimonies...

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Discover new information and a great many previously unpublished photographs and maps about this exceptional unit, 10 years after first publication! From the fighting at Hilsenfirst in 1915 to the engagements in Mali and Niger a century later, the 7th Battalion of Alpine Chasseurs has traversed the military history of our country with the style, dash,...
The Napoleonic Wars in History
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The Napoleonic Wars in History

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Historiography and contributions to the history of war The history of the Napoleonic Wars is itself an object of historical study. Narrated and theorised by witnesses and participants from the years following the fall of the Empire and the death of Napoleon, the Napoleonic war has been studied, taught, depicted and re-enacted for two centuries, in step...
GENERAL CATROUX - A Military Man and Diplomat - Portrait...
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GENERAL CATROUX - A Military Man and Diplomat - Portrait of a "grand seigneur" of Free...

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A man of shadow and light, General Georges Catroux embodies the paradoxes of his era. A brilliant military officer, skilled diplomat and key intelligence operative, he moved through the major conflicts of the 20th century leaving an often overlooked mark. Heir to Lyautey, companion from the first hour of Charles de Gaulle, Catroux distinguished himself...
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CHARLES AILLERET, DE GAULLE'S STRATEGIST
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CHARLES AILLERET, DE GAULLE'S STRATEGIST

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After the end of the Algerian War, General de Gaulle relied on one man to transform an army that had become an instrument of colonial order-keeping into a modern force equipped with nuclear weapons, intended primarily to maintain France's rank and sovereignty in Europe. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, resistance fighter, deportee, key architect of...
TANKS AND ARMOURED VEHICLES OF WORLD WAR II 2nd Edition
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TANKS AND ARMOURED VEHICLES OF WORLD WAR II 2nd Edition

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Tanks and armoured vehicles, the essential pillars of military arsenals. Exhausted by the Great War, the victorious powers were slow to embark on the development of new tactics suited to armoured warfare. Only the arrival of the German Panzerdivisionen forced strategies and national production programmes to accelerate. After the opening campaigns of the...
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THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500...
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THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500 Years of Naval Warfare

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The names of Actium, Lepanto, Trafalgar and Jutland resonate as so many confrontations that have entered History with a capital H. The warship became a weapon in its own right, ceaselessly evolving and transforming. Yet, however devastating these countless battles may have been, they also contributed to the greatness of humanity. For if conflicts...
THE PROVENCE LANDINGS - The Second World War in Colour
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THE PROVENCE LANDINGS - The Second World War in Colour

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The Provence landings of 15 August 1944 were the best-organised and most successful amphibious operation of the entire war, from Operation Torch on the African coast to Overlord on the shores of Normandy. It must also be recalled that both operations — Overlord in Normandy and Dragoon in Provence — had been conceived by the Americans as two phases of a...
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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - The Second World War in Colour
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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - The Second World War in Colour

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The battle that took place in the Ardennes massif between 16 December 1944 and the end of January 1945 is most often referred to as the Battle of the Ardennes. In the United States, this battle — the largest in which American soldiers participated on the Western Front — is known as The Battle of the Bulge. The Americans likened it to a "bulge" of some 80...
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THE EASTERN FRONT From Operation Barbarossa to the Fall...
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THE EASTERN FRONT From Operation Barbarossa to the Fall of Berlin - The Second World...

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The war between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany from 22 June 1941 to 8 May 1945 is one of superlatives in every respect. First, it unfolded on the largest land theatre of operations of the Second World War and probably in the history of humanity. This mobile front, where German and Soviet offensives alternated, moved back and forth across the western...
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War Stories – Men, Objects and Memory of the Great War...
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War Stories – Men, Objects and Memory of the Great War 1914–18

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The Great War told through the prism of objects: helmets, uniforms, notebooks, identification tags and many other silent witnesses of the conflict. A passionate collector since childhood, Benoît Chalhoub takes us on a journey to the heart of his collection, where each piece becomes the starting point for a story of human courage, suffering or hope. Far...
In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... 2
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In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the Interwar Years

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Camille Mathieu entered the army by entering the war. At the age of 20. He had intended to go into teaching, but from the very first engagements of 1914–1918, amid the thunder of shells and bombs, his military vocation imposed itself upon him. He took part in, among other engagements, the Second Battle of Champagne on 25 September 1915. Wounded twice....
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