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Hell South of Caen

L20200216

€23.70

Didier Lodieu retraces the history of the 272. Infanterie-Division with the support of that division's veterans' association. All the veterans who fought in Normandy contributed their testimonies, documents and photographs during the 1990s, before the association was dissolved. The division's formation began in the Lyon region, then continued in the south...

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Flak in the West

L20200215

€20.85

Drawing on recently discovered documents, Didier Lodieu offers a gripping account of the fate of two Flak battalions in Normandy. Until now, no work has presented such a wealth of information on this arm during that battle. You will see under what conditions the units moved up to the front, how they opposed the Allied forces and how they were all but...

From Argentan to the Seine – The Panther Battalion of the 9. Panzerdivision against the XVth US Corps

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From Argentan to the Seine – The Panther Battalion of the 9. Panzerdivision Against the...

L20200213

€23.70

On 13 August 1944, when the 2e D.B. raised the tricolour over the town hall of Argentan, it was too early to declare the Allied victory secured — all the more so as General Leclerc received orders to withdraw his troops from the town: it was reserved for the Americans. If Argentan falls, the entire German army in Normandy will be annihilated. Hitler's...

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Fighting on the Seine

L20200212

€31.28

Following "45 Tiger en Normandie" and "D'Argentan à la Seine", Didier Lodieu presents the odyssey of a German horse-drawn division sent into the Eure to slow down the Americans in mid-August 1944. The division's primary objective was to cover the retreat of the German 7th Army still engaged in the Falaise pocket. A sacrificial mission for these soldiers,...

Fighting for Elbeuf – Civilian Resistance Fighters and G.I.s against the Das Reich, Vol. 2

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Fighting for Elbeuf – Civilian Resisters and G.I.s Against the Das Reich, Volume 2

L20200211

€18.96

Following "Fighting for Elbeuf", Didier Lodieu returns to the same subject, but this time from the Allied side: resisters and civilians. This second work reveals the difficulties encountered by the liberators in overcoming the soldiers of the 2. SS-Panzerdivision "Das Reich". Nearly 7,000 G.I.s were ready to move in to liberate Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf,...

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45 Tigers in Normandy

L20200210

€23.70

The history of the s. Pz. Abt. 503 was missing from the account of the Battle of Normandy. Thanks to Didier Lodieu, with the endorsement of General von Rosen who approved the text, this gap has been filled. The book's great strength lies in providing precise statistics on the deployment of the Tiger in Normandy. Having traced every one of the unit's 45...

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VAMPIRE and MISTRAL French. Volume 01

L20200046

€55.92

During the war, France had remained on the sidelines of the technological revolution represented by jet propulsion. A considerable industrial and financial effort would make it possible to close this gap within a few years.

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The SA 330 PUMA

L20200045

€52.13

OUT OF STOCK Designed to meet the requirements of the ALAT (the Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre, in search of a new tactical transport helicopter in the aftermath of the Algerian War), the Puma was a great success in the military sphere, both in France and for export, as well as on the civilian market.

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BROTHERS IN ARMS – Pacific War

L20200043

€23.22

"At last translated into English, this soberly written book lays bare the daily reality of the soldiers without embellishment." (Le Figaro Magazine) A reference document for historians, this exceptional account was also the primary source of inspiration for the series The Pacific, produced for HBO by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. (Télérama)

STREET WITHOUT JOY – Indochina 1946-1962

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STREET WITHOUT JOY – Indochina 1946–1962

L20200042

€14.22

"A scalpel-sharp analysis of the Indochina War." (Le Point) "Bernard Fall was one of the finest analysts of the conflict, in his own way: part reporter, part researcher." (Le Figaro littéraire) "Undoubtedly the most brilliant history of the agony of French Vietnam." (Le Canard enchaîné)