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The Indochina War - Dictionary The Indochina War - Dictionary 2
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The Indochina War - Dictionary

L20210174
€33.18
The Indochina War in dictionary form, by the leading French and foreign specialists The historiography of the Indochina War is enriched for the first time by a dictionary encompassing the essential themes of the conflict that, between 1945 and 1954, marked the beginning of decolonisation for the French Empire. Research carried out by some fifty civilian...
THE LAST SQUARE - Fighters of Honour and Lost Soldiers...
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The spirit of sacrifice throughout history. " Merde! The Guard dies and does not surrender ". The famous retort, attributed to General Cambronne at Waterloo, illustrates contempt for death and authentic sacrifice: that which consists in voluntarily giving one's life for a man, a cause, an ideology, or a homeland. Contrary to what one might think, such...
THE NAVAL WAR 1914-1918: The Men, the Ships, the Strategy THE NAVAL WAR 1914-1918: The Men, the Ships, the Strategy 2
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Lavishly illustrated with 150 photographs and 50 maps and sketches, a "coffee-table history book" of maritime warfare offering a comprehensive panorama of the clash of naval powers during the Great War. Translated by Ismael Belisle, the work is drawn from the monumental 6-volume series published by Amber Books, Naval Warfare 1914-1918. The superb...
Hérault at War 39/45 - Voices of Witnesses
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€11.85 €23.70
André, Édith, Jean, Paulette, René, Suzanne, Vincent and so many others… Men and women from the Hérault, swept up by the upheavals of History, recount their experiences. Preserving the memory of the "bearers of memory" — the resisters and deportees of the Second World War — is the purpose of this catalogue. It gathers and analyses around one hundred...
We the Commune - 18 March 1871 – 28 May 1871
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€12.80 €25.59
The Commune of 1871 is presented here through its fighters, women and men, with their stories told in detail. A visual investigation — entertaining, rigorous, and accessible to all — into a founding moment of political modernity. On 18 March 1871, the people of Paris refused the government's decision to capitulate to Prussia, then at war with France. A...
Guerrilla Warfare in 1870 - Resistance and Terror
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After the French defeat at Sedan on 2 September 1870, and the fall of the Empire, France continued the war against the coalition of German states. Alongside and often outside the regular French armies, franc-tireurs fought the invader. Faced with an insurgency that intensified from October 1870 onwards, the Prussians and their allies devoted a quarter of...
ALLIED RADIOS - Volume 2 - British, American and Canadian... ALLIED RADIOS - Volume 2 - British, American and Canadian... 2
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British, American and Canadian signal equipment 1940-1945 « On 6 June 1944, on the beaches as well as inland, virtually all orders and reports — with rare exceptions — for all combat arms were transmitted by radio communications... » Never before had an encyclopaedic work presented so many Allied military signal sets to such a wide audience. Although not...
THE WAFFEN-SS PARATROOPERS VOL.3 -... THE WAFFEN-SS PARATROOPERS VOL.3 -... 2
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This is a very little-known subject. A Waffen-SS paratrooper battalion was formed in autumn 1943 to carry out special operations missions. The author, a Luftwaffe paratrooper captain (West Germany) holding German, French, and US jump qualifications, who served in the 1960s before becoming a historian, presents a detailed history in three volumes of nearly...
PIN-UP LA FRENCH TOUCH VOL. 3
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PIN-UP LA FRENCH TOUCH Volume 3

L20220272
€15.64
With this third volume, the collection comes into its own. Patrick Hitte explores the remarkable versatility of the pin-up, capable of crossing styles, media, and worlds: book covers, magazines, comics, advertising, posters, calendars, postcards… The pin-up becomes here a true icon of popular art. Pin-Up: La French Touch Vol. 3 is a particularly...
DODGE WC54 – Knowledge and Restoration DODGE WC54 – Knowledge and Restoration 2
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€28.34
OUT OF STOCK In 1940, as the Second World War gathered momentum, the US Army was driven to study and mass-produce standardised vehicles for its needs. In 1942, deliveries of the ¾ Ton ambulance Dodge WC54 began. Built by Chrysler on the same chassis and with the same engine as the entire Dodge WC series, it features specific characteristics suited to its...
BERLIET TRUCKS IN ADVERTISEMENTS 1956-1958 BERLIET TRUCKS IN ADVERTISEMENTS 1956-1958 2
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€33.18
Berliet is certainly the most iconic and most representative marque in the world of French trucks, by virtue of its longevity — its first truck was built in 1907 —, the breadth of its ranges and the variety of vehicle types manufactured. Berliet has always been extremely prolific in producing advertising materials, with at least one document published per...
STUKAS! The Luftwaffe's Dive Bombers
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€42.56
OUT OF STOCK The terrifying sound of its sirens (the famous "Trumpets of Jericho"), the perfect coordination of its attacks with the Panzers, and the deadly precision of its strikes are inseparable from the early successes of the Blitzkrieg in 1939 and 1940, before the Battle of Britain revealed its limitations: the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka is unquestionably...
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