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1940 Reporter on Three Fronts 1940 Reporter on Three Fronts 2
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1940 Reporter on Three Fronts

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Three operations with a Luftwaffe radio reporter: Norway, France, and over England With this album, we follow three operations alongside a Luftwaffe radio reporter, through some forty dynamic and compelling reports, accompanied by around fifty photographs directly related to these accounts. Added to these is an introductory chapter on the first airborne...
THE NETWORK - The last secrets of the Resistance
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THE NETWORK - The last secrets of the Resistance

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At the age of 100, Edgar Morin makes one final request of his biographer: to investigate the Charette resistance network, to which he belonged alongside Mitterrand, Jankélévitch, Clara Malraux and many others. A network entirely forgotten, yet decisive in the history of the Resistance, and compellingly novelistic. The Charrette network was an...
MARSHAL NEY
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MARSHAL NEY

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An ambiguous hero. Who does not know Marshal Ney? He stands alongside Murat, Lannes and Lefebvre as one of the best-known and most popular Marshals of the Empire. Indeed, nothing was lacking to secure him a prominent place in the Napoleonic epic — neither bravery, nor victories, nor misfortunes. The Marshal first won his popularity during the...
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Baldur Von Schirach - From the Hitler Youth to the...
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Baldur Von Schirach - From the Hitler Youth to the Deportation of the Jews of Vienna

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From the upper echelons of the Prussian bourgeoisie, Baldur von Schirach spent his childhood in the shadow of his father, who was committed to the far right. An ambitious young man, Baldur rose rapidly through the Nazi system: he joined the NSDAP at 18 and became leader of the Hitler Youth at 24. He managed its direction and organisation, overseeing the...
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They Chose Death Rather Than Dishonour - 1939-1945
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They Chose Death Rather Than Dishonour - 1939-1945

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Their names are Bertrand, Justin, Berty, Maurice, Pierre, Jean, Henri, René-Georges, Godefroy, François. Airmen, sailors, soldiers, fighters of the Free French, resistance members — all refused defeat and the occupation of their country, some as early as June 1940. In the darkest hours of History, driven by the same values of freedom and independence,...
War in the Feminine - They Fight for France
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War in the Feminine - They Fight for France

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€20.38
They are helicopter pilots, paratroopers, bomb disposal experts, base commanders or intelligence officers… But who are they really? How did they get there? How did they establish themselves in a man's world? Dorothée Olliéric, senior correspondent, went to meet these women, who open up here about their vocation and the reasons for their commitment. Their...
GENERAL DELESTRAINT - The Resistance: from the Secret...
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GENERAL DELESTRAINT - The Resistance: from the Secret Army to Dachau

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In the exclusive service of France — until death. Born in 1879, died in deportation in 1945, Charles Delestraint is an unjustly obscure figure in French military history. Yet throughout his life, his successive commitments — up to the ultimate sacrifice in the Resistance — earned him a place in the Panthéon in 1989. A graduate of Saint-Cyr, he served as...
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THE EXILE OF THE COLLABORATORS 1944-1989
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THE EXILE OF THE COLLABORATORS 1944-1989

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Ministers at Vichy, police chiefs, press magnates, radio presenters, cinema actors or ordinary individuals, they left in August 1944 in the wagons of the enemy and then went into hiding. For some, their exile lasted 45 years! Yves Pourcher offers us here a gallery of history's shipwrecked souls. August 1944. The day before, they had still been ministers,...
THE BLACK ORDER – Edged Weapons, Traditions & Symbolism THE BLACK ORDER – Edged Weapons, Traditions & Symbolism 2
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THE BLACK ORDER – Edged Weapons, Traditions & Symbolism

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€74.88
Following the success of L'Ordre Noir, Allgemeine-SS 1925-1945, an illustrated encyclopedia dedicated to the "total society" project envisioned by the SS, we wished to explore the subject further with this new volume. Jean-François Pelletier and Georges Bernage each authored a section of this work. One presents a detailed study of the Order's edged...
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JAPAN 1944–1945 The Strategic Bombing Campaign by General...
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JAPAN 1944–1945 The Strategic Bombing Campaign by General Curtis LeMay's B-29s

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€18.01
A strategic bombing campaign ravaged Japan as it continued to fight tenaciously despite the inexorable American advance. In 1944, the US Army Air Force deployed an ultramodern bomber on the Pacific theater — the most costly weapons system of the war: the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. General Curtis LeMay initiated radical and devastating tactics that ruined...
HELICOPTER MIL MI-24 HIND: THE FLYING TANK
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HELICOPTER MIL MI-24 HIND: THE FLYING TANK

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Entering service in 1969, the Mi-24 (NATO reporting name "Hind") belongs to the very exclusive club of attack helicopters that have passed into legend. Designed to be the airborne equivalent of an infantry fighting vehicle, the Mil Mi-24 carries unmatched armament: a 4-barrel 12.7 mm Gatling cannon, four 57 mm rocket pods, and four AT-6 or AT-2 anti-tank...
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THE 10 GREATEST TANK BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE 10 GREATEST TANK BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 2
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THE 10 GREATEST TANK BATTLES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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Confined primarily to an auxiliary support role during the interwar period, the tank revealed itself in the course of the Second World War to be a weapon of considerable tactical flexibility. Employed in turn as an instrument of breakthrough, exploitation, accompaniment, counter-attack, and even as a mobile artillery platform, it became, through the...
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Winning at Sea in the 21st Century: Tactics in the Fifth...
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Winning at Sea in the 21st Century: Tactics in the Fifth Age of Naval Combat

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After decades of apparent calm, the prospect of naval combat is once again plausible. While the 20th century ended with the unchallenged dominance of Western naval power, the 21st century opens with a challenge to the established order, particularly in the "global commons" of which the sea is a part. The rivalry between naval forces, which might have...
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THE CASABLANCA MAIL - COMPLETE EDITION THE CASABLANCA MAIL - COMPLETE EDITION 2
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THE CASABLANCA MAIL - COMPLETE EDITION

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1918, the armistice. Ernest de Galardon, a businessman, sets up an airmail company to connect France to the African continent. He hires several former pilots from the Great War, aces. French, Belgian, and even German! Alas, one of them, the best, Adrien Delamare, sinks into alcohol to forget the horrors of the conflict. A bottle in the air — is it not...
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Men at War: Chronicles of '70 – Unpublished Testimonies...
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Men at War: Chronicles of '70 – Unpublished Testimonies on the Franco-German War and...

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From the regimental postman to the priest, from the Pontifical Zouave to the sailor, discover eight testimonies from the Franco-Prussian War. These texts, published here for the first time, will bring this first modern war to life at ground level: the sieges, the social and political upheavals that led to the episode of the Commune and the collapse of the...
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40th Artillery Regiment - Sursum Corda
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40th Artillery Regiment - Sursum Corda

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The 40th Artillery Regiment has a rich history that begins at Saint-Mihiel at the dawn of the 20th century. Since then, the 40th has lived through the Great War and the Battle of France, risen from the ashes in the desert sand, and taken part in the Liberation. Stationed in Suippes, in the Marne since 1975, the regiment is today part of the 2nd Armoured...
Guides of the Imperial Guard, Napoleon III - 1852-1870 Guides of the Imperial Guard, Napoleon III - 1852-1870 2
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Guides of the Imperial Guard, Napoleon III - 1852-1870

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The Guides of the Imperial Guard 1852-1870 « He who has not seen the regiment of the Guides has seen nothing », James de Chambrier could write in 1904. The memory of the Guides is linked to all that is most magnificent in the Second Empire, to that ceremonial splendour of which the reign of Napoleon III provides a last display. It is less through their...
SCHWERE SS-PANZER-ABTEILUNG 102 - TIGER OF THE 102 SCHWERE SS-PANZER-ABTEILUNG 102 - TIGER OF THE 102 2
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SCHWERE SS-PANZER-ABTEILUNG 102 - TIGER OF THE 102

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OUT OF STOCK This highly detailed work restores the complete history of the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102 during the Battle of Normandy. The operations of this heavy tank battalion are far less well known than those of the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 or the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 during the fighting of the summer of 1944. From the beginning of...
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ATLAS OF WARS - The Early Modern Period: 16th, 17th and...
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ATLAS OF WARS - The Early Modern Period: 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries

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Marignano, Lepanto, Vauban, Peter the Great, Bonaparte... These names resonate throughout the history of modern warfare and have endured across the ages: the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries remain the great centuries of innovation in the art of war. Modern warfare swept across land and sea. No part of the globe was spared. The Europeans, in their colonial...
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THE GRAND ALBUM OF ARMOURED CARS OF VICTORY THE GRAND ALBUM OF ARMOURED CARS OF VICTORY 2
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THE GRAND ALBUM OF ARMOURED CARS OF VICTORY

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€37.87
The idea of mounting a machine gun on a car chassis is as old as the automobile itself. In the very beginning, around 1900, the words used to describe this combination were varied: some spoke of a « mitrailleuse automobile », others used the expression « automobile de guerre ». Often these were simply open tourers fitted with machine gun mountings, like...
THE BERLIET PCM, THE URBAN BUS PAR EXCELLENCE THE BERLIET PCM, THE URBAN BUS PAR EXCELLENCE 2
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THE BERLIET PCM, THE URBAN BUS PAR EXCELLENCE

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A general-purpose manufacturer, Berliet left its mark on the coach and bus market. In the early 1960s, the Lyon-based manufacturer was a key player in the study of a new standard bus for the RATP, intended to replace all rolling stock then in service. Named the PCM R, it was selected by the Régie, which ordered 750 units. An innovative model in more ways...
FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE - 10 Soldiers Speak
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FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE - 10 Soldiers Speak

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A writer, a student, businessmen, a lawyer, a female politician — there are currently 57,000 women fighters serving in the Ukrainian army — as well as a major Latvian farmer, a 61-year-old Georgian and even Russians — among them a former FSB officer. All recount their experience in this war of another century in terms of its violence and intensity. All...
JEEP Knowledge and Restoration JEEP Knowledge and Restoration 2
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JEEP Knowledge and Restoration

L20180005
€37.82
PRESENT IN EVERYONE'S MIND, the Jeep endures despite the passage of time. A legendary vehicle that appeared in an era troubled by war, it was the symbolic vehicle of a return to peace. It left its mark on the populations of the countries through which it travelled, for whom it evoked newly regained freedom… and no one has forgotten it!
DIXMUDE - 19 October – 10 November 1914 - Sailors and... DIXMUDE - 19 October – 10 November 1914 - Sailors and... 2
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DIXMUDE - 19 October – 10 November 1914 - Sailors and Belgians Defend the Yser

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On 19 October, the French Navy commemorates the day of the naval fusiliers. This date corresponds roughly to the start of the Battle of Dixmude, which raged from mid-October (the first skirmishes took place on the 16th) to 10 November 1914. The naval fusiliers brigade distinguished itself during these particularly bloody engagements. They thus became the...
FROM THE PORTE DE LA CHAPELLE TO INDOCHINA - The Journey...
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FROM THE PORTE DE LA CHAPELLE TO INDOCHINA - The Journey of a Young Frenchman

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€26.54
Contrary to what one might think, the history of the 33ème W-SS Charlemagne is not set in stone following the writings of Saint-Loup and Mabire. The epic adventure of the men who were its soldiers forms the substrate of revelations; many points remain unexplained, the most emblematic being the execution of 12 French SS men at Bad Reichenhall on 8 May 1945...
MOTOS RENÉ GILLET - 50 Years of French V-Twins - 500 -...
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MOTOS RENÉ GILLET - 50 Years of French V-Twins - 500 - 750 - 1000cc

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€56.87
OUT OF STOCK René Gillet is said to have built his very first motorcycle as early as 1895; this claimed seniority as a motorcycle manufacturer would have allowed him to adopt the slogan "doyenne des marques de motocyclettes françaises" — myth or reality? Other single-cylinder models would follow, but it was around 1905, with his first 45° V-twins, that he...
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VINTAGE HAIR STYLES OF THE 1940s: A Practical Guide
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VINTAGE HAIR STYLES OF THE 1940s: A Practical Guide

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The 1940s were exciting times for women, heralding new looks and, crucially, new hair styles. Vintage Hair Styles of the 1940s provides a complete guide to those hair styles. It takes a step-by-step approach to demonstrate how to achieve the styles for yourself or for your clients at home, in a salon or in the studio. More than thirty of the most common...
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1940s FASHION: The Definitive Sourcebook
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1940s FASHION: The Definitive Sourcebook

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€14.22 €28.44
From the ashes of the Second World War came forward-thinking fashions, the likes of which had never been seen before. The early Forties were defined by thriftiness and practicality, a make-do-and-mend attitude in a time of war. However, the latter half of the decade saw the emergence of the traditional femininity, elegance and luxury often associated with...
FACTORY-ORIGINAL WARTIME JEEPS: Originality Guide...
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FACTORY-ORIGINAL WARTIME JEEPS: Originality Guide covering wartime Willys MB and Ford...

L20230002
€46.45
The wartime Jeep continues to fascinate enthusiasts around the world, nearly eight decades after the first prototypes were built. Yet while it is true that there was only ever one Jeep, it is emphatically not the case that there was only one variety of Jeep. Not only were Jeeps built by both Willys and Ford, but the supposedly standardised design...
THE CAT ON THE DUNE - Field Journal and Operations of a... THE CAT ON THE DUNE - Field Journal and Operations of a... 2
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THE CAT ON THE DUNE - Field Journal and Operations of a French Officer in the Sahel...

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€11.85 €23.70
Preface by Michel GOYA The author donates his royalties to Terre-Fraternité, an association supporting the wounded and bereaved families of the French Army. The fruit of ten years' experience in operations conducted by France in the Sahelo-Saharan strip, this work recounts the experience of a senior officer engaged in operations. Far from being merely a...
M24 Chaffee Vol.1 American Light Tank in World War II,...
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M24 Chaffee Vol.1 American Light Tank in World War II, Korea and Vietnam

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The M24 Chaffee was the finest light tank developed by the US during WWII. This tank was developed by Cadillac, which, along with farm equipment manufacturer Massey-Harris, produced the vehicles. These tanks were used by the US during WWII and Korea and, during the post-WWII era, were supplied to numerous allied nations. This book chronicles the...
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The Egyptian Campaign 1798–1801 The Egyptian Campaign 1798–1801 2
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The Egyptian Campaign 1798–1801

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€65.40
The Egyptian Campaign 1798–1801: The Genesis of the Sons of Mars This new book in the Épopées collection takes you to Egypt in the footsteps of those sons of Mars, the future phalanx of the armies of the Empire. Live the account of an unimaginable epic: that of the soldiers of the First Republic, those who had already shared so many laurels with the...
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ARTILLERY REGIMENTS - History and Traditions
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ARTILLERY REGIMENTS - History and Traditions

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€25.50
An illustrated history that will reveal the singular identity of the artilleryman Soldiers who bring thunder down upon the battlefield, artillerymen have a rich history. Artillery Regiments invites you to explore the key events that made the reputation of these soldiers, as well as to discover the soul of the artillery: weapons and units, symbols and...
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HEAD IN THE CLOUDS - 40 Years of Aeronautical Drawings - Romain Hugault

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Romain Hugault has been drawing aeroplanes since the age of three, sitting cross-legged on the tarmac of an air base. As a child, he swore only by Buck Danny and Saint-Exupéry while others were discovering Scrooge McDuck. He became a private pilot at 17 when most of his friends were still taking driving lessons. While aeronautical comics may seem like an...
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SUKHOI FROM THE SU-27 TO THE SU-57
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SUKHOI FROM THE SU-27 TO THE SU-57

L20220447
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A look back at one of the most iconic fighter aircraft of the past forty years: the Sukhoi Su-27 and its derivatives, direct descendants of the Su-30, Su-34, and Su-35. Through action shots and in-flight views from spectacular angles, this book reveals all the secrets of this legendary Soviet manufacturer. The author brings his expertise to the subject,...
WORLD HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, FROM ORIGINS TO THE...
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WORLD HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, FROM ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY

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€46.45
An auxiliary platform during the First World War, the aircraft carrier rose to the rank of Capital Ship during the Second, granting the air arm mobility and permanence in a theatre far from land bases. Its impact on international relations became considerable through its capacity for conventional or nuclear strikes against coastal fringes where the bulk...
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