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Kôgun. History of the Japanese Army 1853–1948

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Kôgun. History of the Japanese Army 1853–1948

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Kôgun, the emperor's army. Such is the name the Japanese army adopted from the early 1930s onwards, asserting its mission to protect a sovereign increasingly venerated as a living deity. It is the history of this military force and of a central institution of the Japanese nation-state, from 1853 to 1948, that Franck Michelin traces in this unrivalled...

In the Name of Japan – 1945: The War Is Over, Except for...

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In the Name of Japan – 1945: The War Is Over, Except for Him.

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Onoda's diary: the Japanese soldier who survived 30 years in the jungle believing the war was still going on 1945. When the Second World War ends, young Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, trained in guerrilla warfare techniques, is stationed in the Philippines. Along with three other men, he finds himself on the island of Lubang, cut off from his troops at the...

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Robotic Tactics - FIGHTING AMONG THE MACHINES

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Robotic Tactics - FIGHTING AMONG THE MACHINES

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FIGHTING AMONG DRONES AND ROBOTS In Ukraine, drones and robots have imposed a new reality of combat. What is at stake in this war is a major break in military history, comparable to the advent of firearms, but infinitely faster. It will shape all future conflicts and spread across the world. Henceforth, war will be waged with systems capable of extending...

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Bernard de Lattre. Au nom du père

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Bernard de Lattre YOUNGEST MILITARY MEDAL RECIPIENT IN HISTORY, KILLED IN INDOCHINA Au nom du père Born in 1928, Bernard de Lattre grew up in the shadow of an extraordinary father, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, future Marshal of France. Yet very early on, he chose to forge his ownpath: a volunteer at sixteen, decorated with the Médaille Militaire at...

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LIEUTENANTS - DESTINIES OF FRENCH LIEUTENANTS FROM 1800...

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LIEUTENANTS - DESTINIES OF FRENCH LIEUTENANTS FROM 1800 TO THE PRESENT DAY

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DESTINIES OF FRENCH LIEUTENANTS FROM 1800 TO THE PRESENT DAY WHATEVER THE BATTLEFIELD, EVERYWHERE, ALWAYS, A LIEUTENANT LEADS FROM THE FRONT At twenty, they are leaders in the making yet already on the front line: they are the lieutenants. They bear responsibility for their men, the terrain, the reality of combat — where there is no room for error. They...

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The Wings of Pohjola

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€18.96

War memoirs of a Finnish fighter pilot According to Finnish mythology, the roots of the world tree lie in Pohjola — a distant, frozen and dangerous land, the archetype of the mythical North where national memory, wild nature and the legacy of the Kalevala intertwine. This is the story of the aerial clashes between the Finnish David — a small, ill-equipped...

American Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers – Volume II

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American Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers – Volume II

L20260069

€62.56

Navires & Histoire du Monde No. 44 The American Essex-class aircraft carriers served from 1943 to 1991, from the second part of the Pacific War to the end of the Cold War. Twenty-four vessels were actually commissioned. No two ships are exactly alike, owing to different shipyards, evolving detection equipment, varying degrees of modernization, repairs...

American Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers – Volume I

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American Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers – Volume I

L20260068

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Navires & Histoire du Monde Collection N°43 The American Essex-class aircraft carriers served from 1943 to 1991, from the second half of the Pacific War to the end of the Cold War. Twenty-four vessels were actually commissioned. No two ships are exactly alike, owing to different shipyards, evolving detection equipment, varying degrees of modernisation,...

The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944

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The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944

L20260067

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The "death corridor" is the neck of the famous Falaise-Argentan pocket where the German fighting forces in Normandy were to be crushed by Allied power. The Germans left several thousand dead and 40,000 prisoners in the pocket after roughly half of them managed to force their way through. This work recounts that hell. The Battle of Mortain with sensational...

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Dying for Crisbecq and Azeville

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June 6, 6:31 a.m., the 4th Infantry Division lands on Utah Beach while the US Navy, with the USS Nevada, exchanges fire with the German batteries, including the powerful 210 mm guns of the Crisbecq battery, supported by the 105 mm guns of Azeville. At 6:33 a.m., Crisbecq fires three shells below the waterline of the USS Corry, which sinks shortly...

1940 – The Battle of the Marne That Never Was

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1940 – The Battle of the Marne That Never Was

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Maxime Mainguet analyses the missed opportunities of the Battle of France e. An unstoppable Blitzkrieg? Overwhelming German superiority? Not quite. In Cette bataille de la Marne qui n'a pas eu lieu, Maxime Mainguet offers an original and strategic reappraisal of the Battle of France. Mirroring the "Miracle of the Marne" of 1914, he examines the moment...