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Drummer and Trumpeters - Maison de l'Empereur and Imperial Guard Drummer and Trumpeters - Maison de l'Empereur and Imperial Guard 2
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In this first issue of La Compagnie d'Elite, we immerse ourselves in the full splendour of the uniforms of the kettledrummers and trumpeters of the Military Household of Emperor Napoleon III and his Garde Impériale. This is made possible by a previously unpublished series of 36 gouaches by Pierre Conrad. 
ANGEL WINGS VOL. 6 - ATOMIC ANGEL WINGS VOL. 6 - ATOMIC 2
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ANGEL WINGS VOL. 6 - ATOMIC

L20220210
€13.74
Angela has finally reached Tinian Island, the vast "coral aircraft carrier" serving as a launch platform for a thousand B-29 Superfortresses taking off daily to rain relentless carpet-bombing on Japanese cities… There she is reunited with Taaroa, her Hawaiian crewmate, now flying a Lockheed Ventura. Continuing her investigation into the circumstances of...
THE GREAT NAVAL AND CARRIER BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC WAR
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OUT OF STOCK From the fighting in the Slot to the great carrier battles, from the Japanese naval air attack on Hawaii on December 7, 1941, to the destruction of the heavy cruiser Haguro by the British 26th Destroyer Flotilla in the Strait of Malacca on May 16, 1945, the Pacific War is a complex sequence of more or less well-known battles that punctuate a...
WITH BIGEARD - from Tu Lê to Diên Biên Phu WITH BIGEARD - from Tu Lê to Diên Biên Phu 2
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When, in November 1945, he set foot on Indochinese soil for the first time, Marcel Bigeard did not know then, as he wrote in his Memoirs thirty years later, "that there would be many more steps to come, thousands of kilometres travelled... over long years, and that, like so many others, he would be marked for life by this captivating country". 
LEIBSTANDARTE 1933 - 1942 Volume 1
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The history of the elite Leibstandarte division, formerly Hitler's personal bodyguard, in two volumes.Volume 1: from 1933 to 1942
NEW DICTIONARY OF THE GRANDE ARMÉE
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€80.57
The first edition of the Dictionary of the Grande Armée was published in 2002, on the eve of the great Napoleonic military bicentennials, which took place between 2004 and 2015. Since then, a great many publications have appeared; this edition takes them into account and significantly supplements the various entries.
FROM THE HITLERJUGEND TO THE FRENCH NAVY FROM THE HITLERJUGEND TO THE FRENCH NAVY 2
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Ursula Pacaud-Meindl composes here a mosaic of a turbulent era lived in Germany and in France. She bases her account on two exceptional destinies: that of her father — Eugene Meindl, the celebrated and renowned German general and commander of the II. Fallschirmjäger-Korps — and her own. Numerous letters written between 1940 and 1951 bear witness to this...
WINGS OF FREEDOM - The Desert Epic of French Fighter Squadron No. 1
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Tobruk, Greece, Egypt, Libya, the Mediterranean, the Western Desert… It is in these wartime skies that French Fighter Squadron No. 1 (EFC1) made its mark. From 18 June 1940, this handful of pilots chose to follow de Gaulle and to continue the fight against Nazi Germany in the air.
THE GREAT WAR AT SEA
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THE GREAT WAR AT SEA

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The First World War marked the apogee of the battleship: these giants of the seas, heavily armoured and armed, manoeuvred in squadrons of a power never previously seen. 
U-BOOTE - From Victories to Defeats Vol. 1 1939–1945 U-BOOTE - From Victories to Defeats Vol. 1 1939–1945 2
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Out of print — Reprint April–May 2022 The history of the German U-Boote submarines, whose largest base was built at Lorient, and of their crews during the Second World War. Illustrated with more than 500 previously unpublished documents, this monograph draws on the testimonies of the few surviving submariners. 
Le Havre Aeronautics – From Pioneers to Safran
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When Le Havre comes to mind, one's first thoughts turn to its port and the maritime activity that made its reputation. Few would imagine the ocean city with skies crowded with balloons, airships or fragile aeroplanes. Yet that was indeed the case in the age of aviation's pioneers. Since then, sometimes quietly, the aeronautical adventure of Le Havre has...
FRENCH NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT – From 1964 to the Present Day
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For the first time, a book retraces the history of French nuclear aircraft, the history of their nuclear weapons and their deterrence missions carried out by the Forces Aériennes Stratégiques — the oldest command of the Armée de l'Air — since 1964, by the Force Aérienne Tactique from 1973 to 1991, and by the Marine Nationale since 1979.
Jean Pisapia – 20 Years of a Passion Collection Jean Pisapia – 20 Years of a Passion Collection 2
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Jean Pisapia has been a collector of military vehicles and equipment since the 1970s/80s. Founding member of numerous associations such as the MVCG and l'ACPHT (Locomotion en Fête), he shares here his 20 years in the service of collecting through vivid stories and colourful anecdotes. 
MILITARY JEEPS SINCE 1940 (Willys MB, Ford GPW and Hotchkiss M201) MILITARY JEEPS SINCE 1940 (Willys MB, Ford GPW and Hotchkiss M201) 2
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History, development, production and roles of the US Army's 1/4-ton 4×4 tactical vehicle This work, covering the history of the development and evolution of this iconic military vehicle, constitutes an in-depth examination of everything needed to discover, purchase, restore and operate a military Jeep.
THE FLAMANT AND ITS VARIANTS
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THE FLAMANT AND ITS VARIANTS

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For most people, the manufacturer Dassault is associated with the Mystère and Mirage. Yet it was with a twin-engine piston aircraft that Marcel Bloch, who had become Dassault, returned to the aeronautical spotlight in the late 1940s. 
FRENCH SAILORS ON D-DAY - FNFL Normandy 1944
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4 June 1944, 6:30 p.m., southern England. Liaison officers board twenty-two French vessels. Locked in with the commanders, they hand them a large sealed envelope… 
THE BLACK ORDER - Allgemeine-SS 1925-1945
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This magnificent work, in the tradition of Landser, offers a genuine autopsy of a totalitarian regime. It presents a little-known facet of the SS, the Allgemeine-SS (the "General SS"), which brought together military personnel as well as civilians, including university professors and prominent figures from civil society. Its aim was to create a "total...
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