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Bitter Victory — Southern Soldiers from June 1919 to June...
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Bitter Victory — Southern Soldiers from June 1919 to June 1940

L20210052
€11.85 €23.70
Following "Des soldats méridionaux dans la guerre 1914–1918" published in 2018, here is the second volume, entitled "Amère Victoire. Des soldats méridionaux, juin 1919 à juin 1940." The Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 resolved none of the rivalries between nations still bled dry by the war of 1914–1918. The Midi attempted to rebuild a different world,...
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Southern Soldiers in the War of 1914–1918
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Southern Soldiers in the War of 1914–1918

L20210051
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Opening a trunk and stepping into a century that already seems so distant may seem a daunting task. And yet, drawing on part of his collection assembled over more than thirty-five years, the author reviews the experiences and feelings of southern soldiers from 1900 to 1927, with a close focus on the period 1914–1918. Many aspects of garrison life...
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BMW Flat-Twin Pressed-Steel R11 R12 and R16 R17 — The...
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BMW Flat-Twin Pressed-Steel R11 R12 and R16 R17 — The "Pressed-Steel Frame" Generation,...

L20210050
€56.87
Presented at the Olympia Show in London from 5 to 10 November 1928, the first BMW 750s — types R11/R16 — with their new pressed-steel frame caused a sensation. The proven powertrain, treated as a combined engine-gearbox unit, was derived from the preceding models, types R62 (side-valve) and R63 (overhead-valve) with tubular frames.
INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to...
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INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to Special Operations: 80 Years of...

L20210049
€18.96
This work is a plea for intelligence and a tribute to those who practise it. The analysis of the past, from the "drôle de guerre" of 1940 onwards, allows us to trace the evolution of this discipline leading to the current Direction du renseignement militaire — through multiple experiences on various theatres: the Gulf, Chad, the Balkans, Cambodia and...
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The France Campaign 1814 - When Napoleon Becomes a...
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The France Campaign 1814 - When Napoleon Becomes a General Again

L20210048
€14.22 €28.44
After the terrible defeat in Russia and the disaster of the 1813 campaign in Germany, Napoleon found himself forced to fight on French soil, with the Allies determined to crush the Emperor and "liberate" Europe. From the invasion in January to the abdication in April 1814, tracing the victories and final defeats of Napoleon, this book presents in text and...
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The Aircraft of the D-Day Landings
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The Aircraft of the D-Day Landings

L20210047
€19.43
Allied aviation — bringing together the forces of the RAF and the US Air Force — deployed enormous resources to support ground troops throughout the summer of 1944. Bombers, fighters, reconnaissance aircraft and torpedo planes were used without restriction, dominating Norman airspace with virtually no opposition from the German air forces, which were...
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TANK AMX 30, AMX 30B, AMX 30B2 AND VARIANTS
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TANK AMX 30, AMX 30B, AMX 30B2 AND VARIANTS

L20210046
€41.71
From the DEFA (Direction des études et fabrication d'armements, the state body responsible for the arsenals) project was born the AMX 30, a highly mobile tank capable of operating in an NBC environment and equipped with an excellent 105 mm gun of national design. The first AMX 30Bs entered service in 1967. Their chassis gave rise to a complete family of...
Gaulish Religions
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Gaulish Religions

L20210044
€11.37
Druids lost in deep forests, orgiastic feasts, shields and trophies, magic, human sacrifices… The clichés about Gaulish religion die hard. But what was the religion of our mythical "ancestors" really like? What was this religion without a prophet, without rules, without writings or history to present? These questions read like a challenge: we have only a...
STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Volume 2 Totenkopf -... STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Volume 2 Totenkopf -... 2
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STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Volume 2 Totenkopf - Polizei - Wiking x2

L20210042
€37.44
In this second volume on the Sturmgeschütze of the Waffen-SS, the reader will find the history of the assault guns of the "Totenkopf" division, initially organized as a single battery and later expanded into a powerful three-battery Abteilung. Plunged into the ordeal of the Demyansk Pocket in the winter of 1941/42, the Sturmartilleristen endured almost...
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1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1 1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1 2
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1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1

L20160212
€28.39
The French Soldier 1940. Volume 1. Uniform, headgear, badges, by Olivier Bellec. The French Army of 1939–40 was in the midst of transformation. The concepts that prevailed at the end of the 19th century regarding uniforms and equipment were giving way to more modern ones, stemming in particular from mechanisation and technical progress. The equipment then...
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Italians in the Service of France, 1499–1630 –...
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Italians in the Service of France, 1499–1630 – Renaissance & Thirty Years' War

L20210041
€18.96
Italians in the Service of France – Renaissance & Thirty Years' War Discover in this new Compagnie d'Elite cahier the genesis of the integration of Italian troops into the order of battle of the French armies. From the origins in 1499, through the Gendarmes of Prince Ludovico Gonzaga and the bands of Piedmont, to the fighting in 1629–1630 during the...
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