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Memoirs of a Poilu of the 15-2 - Hartmannswillerkopf...
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Memoirs of a Poilu of the 15-2 - Hartmannswillerkopf 1915–1916

L20210040
€17.06
The Hartmannswillerkopf is a major site of the Great War. This vantage point, whose slopes drop down into the Alsace plain, was in 1915 the scene of bitter fighting between French and German forces. Its bloody memory haunted the survivors. Among the French units engaged at the Hartmann, the 152nd Infantry Regiment distinguished itself by the sacrifices it...
Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and... Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and... 2
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Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and Evolution, 1831–2019

L20210039
€36.02
The recruitment of the Légion étrangère, over its 189 years of existence, has never ceased to evolve in response to numerous parameters that fiction does not glimpse or cannot reveal. The image of a charming and crafty adventurer, seeking redemption, wandering through sands and jungles at the whim of wars, is too fine a picture to withstand the filter of...
Douaumont and Vaux - The French Victories of 1916 at Verdun
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Douaumont and Vaux - The French Victories of 1916 at Verdun

L20210037
€17.06
Following the definitive failure of the German offensive at Verdun in July 1916, the French prepared with great meticulousness to retake the lost ground in the autumn of 1916. The offensive began in October 1916 and led to the immediate recapture of Fort Douaumont. The recapture of Fort Vaux had to wait until December. Thus, nearly all the ground lost on...
Tank Destroyers 1939–1945 – Genesis and Tactics
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Tank Destroyers 1939–1945 – Genesis and Tactics

L20210036
€17.06
An exhaustive study of German, Soviet and Anglo-Saxon tank destroyers of the Second World War. Among the most powerful and heaviest armoured vehicles of the Second World War. A reference that every enthusiast of armoured warfare in the Second World War should have in their library. Contents: I) General Introduction: The origins of tank destroyers II)...
STALIN'S MARSHALS
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STALIN'S MARSHALS

L20210035
€23.70
The French know the twenty-six marshals of Napoleon. But what do they know of the seventeen elevated by Stalin? Yet it is to them that we owe the creation of the Red Army and its formidable victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Some rank among the greatest commanders of the last century: Tukhachevsky, Shaposhnikov, Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Konev,...
The Other War of Independence - 1812, History of the...
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The Other War of Independence - 1812, History of the Second American War of Independence

L20210034
€17.06
In 1812, as Napoleon's Grande Armée enters Russian territory, another war ignites in North America. It pits the United States of America against their former metropolis, England. Hostilities begin with an American invasion of the British province of Upper Canada. The British response, allied with the Indians, is crushing. Land battles continue around the...
The Red Devil, Ace Georges-Félix Madon 1892–1924
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The Red Devil, Ace Georges-Félix Madon 1892–1924

L20210033
€23.70
Georges-Félix Madon is the fourth-highest ace of the Great War by number of confirmed victories. The red colour of his aircraft and his reputation earned him the nickname "the Red Devil" from the Germans. A corporal-pilot in August 1914, he was a captain and squadron leader at the Armistice, bearing a Croix de Guerre with 17 palms and 3 stars for his 41...
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AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 2 - CRUSADER HARDCOVER AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 2 - CRUSADER HARDCOVER 2
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AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 2 - CRUSADER CANVAS EDITION

L20220197
€17.54
Limited edition of 1,500 copies — cloth spine and 8-page unpublished art booklet — November 1941: Rommel decides to attack Tobruk, a deep-water port and strategic position on the Mediterranean. Tipped off by the decoding of German ciphers, the British launch Operation Crusader. Three weeks of fierce fighting raged between the Egyptian border and Tobruk....
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AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 2 - CRUSADER AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 2 - CRUSADER 2
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AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 2 - CRUSADER

L20220196
€13.74
November 1941: Rommel decides to attack Tobruk, a deep-water port and strategic position on the Mediterranean. Tipped off by the decoding of German ciphers, the British launch Operation Crusader. Three weeks of fierce fighting raged between the Egyptian border and Tobruk. Outgunned and under-equipped, the Germans were pushed back beyond Cyrenaica. January...
Les Compagnons de l'ombre. French Special Services Facing... Les Compagnons de l'ombre. French Special Services Facing... 2
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Les Compagnons de l'ombre. French Special Services Facing History, 1940–1945

L20210031
€37.87
Les Compagnons de l'ombre was born of the shared desire of the DGSE and the Ordre de la Libération, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Appeal of 18 June, to pay tribute to the fifty members of the French special services who gave their lives in the struggle against the Nazi occupier, and whose commitment and sacrifice were honoured with the...
"Magister dixit". The History of the Fouga and its...
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"Magister dixit". The History of the Fouga and its Derivatives.

L20210030
€61.61
If you ask the question: name an aircraft of the Patrouille de France, the answer will be... the Fouga! Built in over 900 examples (plus around thirty for its cousin the Zéphyr), this iconic aircraft trained thousands of military pilots around the world and across several generations. It also saw action in various local conflicts on almost every...
All French Aircraft Carriers from 1912 to the Present Day. All French Aircraft Carriers from 1912 to the Present Day. 2
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All French Aircraft Carriers from 1912 to the Present Day.

L20210029
€55.92
Since 1912, aircraft carriers have been in service with the French Navy. The seaplane tenders of the First World War were followed in 1928 by the first aircraft carrier, le Béarn. Obsolete, she was not committed to combat during the Second World War, but the personnel she had trained enabled the reconstitution in 1945 of an embarked aviation arm that...
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