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HONOUR IN THE FEMININE - Portraits of Women in the...
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HONOUR IN THE FEMININE - Portraits of Women in the Service of Free France

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1940. Refusing the armistice requested by Marshal Pétain following the country's collapse, General de Gaulle made a solemn appeal from London on 18 June to rally the French — military and civilian alike — who wished to resume the fight against the German invader. From November onwards, the small Free France army thus formed opened its recruitment to...
MINE CLEARANCE IN NORMANDY 1944–1948 MINE CLEARANCE IN NORMANDY 1944–1948 2
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MINE CLEARANCE IN NORMANDY 1944–1948

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Across France, more than 500,000 hectares of land had been mined during the Second World War. Nearly 6 million mines were laid on Field Marshal Rommel's orders as part of the Atlantic Wall alone, to defend the French beaches against invasion. The Normandy coastline proved severely affected by this "mine warfare." With Liberation came the time for...
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ROAD TRIP on the D-Day Landing Beaches ROAD TRIP on the D-Day Landing Beaches 2
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ROAD TRIP on the D-Day Landing Beaches

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Hit the road for a road trip aboard a Willys Jeep, along the D-Day Landing Beaches, tracing the steps of those who, at the risk of their lives, crossed the seas to restore freedom in France and across Europe. Photographer Alice Bertrand and author Claire Larquemain travel through the five Allied D-Day sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Beach....
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Normandy 1944 - They Did It Normandy 1944 - They Did It 2
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Normandy 1944 - They Did It

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Normandy 1944 - Forty Veterans Recount The result of more than 30 years of encounters on the D-Day beaches, They Did It, Normandy 1944 presents around forty Allied veterans — infantrymen, paratroopers, commandos, airmen, tank crews, nurses and sailors — recounting with emotion their experience of D-Day and the battles that followed. So many exceptional...
The Thirty Years' War 1618-1648
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The Thirty Years' War 1618-1648

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Between 1618 and 1648, Europe was ravaged by war. No synthesis has until now shown with such clarity the violence and the scope of this civil and European war. The first clashes of the Thirty Years' War broke out in Bohemia in 1618, with the Defenestration of Prague. What at first appears to be an act of rebellion by Protestant-leaning nobles against the...
VLADIMIR PUTIN - As seen by the Russians
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VLADIMIR PUTIN - As seen by the Russians

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Action Magazine Special Issue For more than twenty years, Vladimir Putin has established himself as a key figure in global political affairs. Some hate him, others are devoted to him. In any case, he leaves no one indifferent. The war in Ukraine, which has been officially ongoing since 2022 but began as early as 2014, has unleashed in the West an...
BMW Twin-Cylinders 1950/69 from the R51/3 to the R69/S... BMW Twin-Cylinders 1950/69 from the R51/3 to the R69/S... 2
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BMW Twin-Cylinders 1950/69 from the R51/3 to the R69/S Telescopic and Swing-Arm...

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BMW Telescopic and Swing-Arm Generation "magneto" R67 R67/2 R67/3 R68 R51/3 R50 R60 R69 R50/S R50/2 R60/2 R69S R50US R60US R69US The "BMW magneto models" are, post-war, the R67/2, R67/3, then the R51/3, R68, and finally the Earles-fork motorcycles R50, R60, R69, R50/S and R50/2, R60/2, R69/S — immortalised by their Earles forks — except for the last ones...
1943 – 1944 PLAN SUSSEX PLAN PROUST – B.C.R.A., OSS &... 1943 – 1944 PLAN SUSSEX PLAN PROUST – B.C.R.A., OSS &... 2
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1943 – 1944 PLAN SUSSEX PLAN PROUST – B.C.R.A., OSS & SIS: Secret Inter-Allied Missions

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The Sussex plan was an ultra-secret, tripartite Franco-American-British mission decided upon by General Eisenhower's headquarters in preparation for the Normandy landings and for the subsequent battles of liberation of France. Under the direction of the British secret service SIS, the American OSS, and the French BCRA, 120 French male and female officers...
INDOCHINA 1946–1954 – Unpublished Testimonies
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INDOCHINA 1946–1954 – Unpublished Testimonies

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March 2024: commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu The Indochina War has passed into history, as the last witnesses gradually leave us. On the initiative of La Sabretache, a military history society, fourteen veterans of the French Expeditionary Corps in the Far East recount their memories as soldiers. They were then young...
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Fighter Squadron 3/3 Ardennes 1943 – 2023
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Fighter Squadron 3/3 Ardennes 1943 – 2023

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€46.45
The Fighter Squadron Ardennes holds a unique place in the order of battle of the Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace. In 2023, it celebrated its 80th anniversary. We felt it was the right moment to mark this occasion by retracing its history. The unit was disbanded and re-established on several occasions. Only the Escadrille BR 44, attached to the squadron at a...
THE GÂTINAIS IN THE RESISTANCE - To the east of the...
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THE GÂTINAIS IN THE RESISTANCE - To the east of the Loiret, in the time of the maquis.

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The Resistance heroes of the Gâtinais speak here in their own words. Their testimonies form the framework of this illustrated work, most of whose photographs are previously unpublished. Drawing on these accounts, the author carried out historical research through official archive services as well as private documents. She also draws on reference works to...
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