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WE The Children of the War - 1939-1945
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WE The Children of the War - 1939-1945

L20230132
€18.86
Telling in pictures the lives of children under the Occupation is unprecedented. One must trace the stories of these destinies, the most terrible as well as the most ordinary. All the children have in common that they continued to play marbles or with dolls, to enjoy Punch and Judy shows or to build dens in the forest — sometimes even in the internment...
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THE YOUNG LION THE YOUNG LION 2
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THE YOUNG LION

L20230130
€13.74
In the heroes' cemetery on the outskirts of Sopron, Hungary, there stands a special monument. A gravestone adorned with a twisted propeller from an aircraft shot down during the Second World War. A young man rests here alongside his family. His name is László Molnár; he was, until his death, Hungary's most effective fighter pilot. His nickname was LION....
SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole 2
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SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole

L20230129
€13.74
Normandy, 1942… The saboteuses have taken up their posts on French soil. For Paulette Kincaid, code name Aiguille, life is nothing but an adventure — between a romance with a butcher's boy and transmissions keeping the Allies informed about the situation in France. But doubt has set in since the execution of a network leader… There is said to be a mole in...
THE SKY RHAPSODY - Vol. 1 Uncle Mechano THE SKY RHAPSODY - Vol. 1 Uncle Mechano 2
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THE SKY RHAPSODY - Vol. 1 Uncle Mechano

L20230127
€15.64
Inspired by Rupert, a deceased star pilot, fourteen-year-old Natalia dreams of adventure in the skies and has one great ambition: to become a female pilot — something her father neither appreciates nor approves of. After clashing with her father, Natalia embarks on an impulsive journey to visit her uncle, who lives in Himmelslautern: Alfred, Rupert's...
ALESIA, THE TRIUMPH OF ROMAN ORGANISATION ALESIA, THE TRIUMPH OF ROMAN ORGANISATION 2
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ALESIA, THE TRIUMPH OF ROMAN ORGANISATION

L20230126
€18.96
Alesia, the culmination of centuries of defiance between the Gauls and the Romans. In the 4th century BC, Brennus uttered his famous "Vae Victis", sparking the beginning of a long centuries-old animosity between Romans and Gauls. Years of defiance between the two peoples would lead to the famous Battle of Alesia in 52 BC. Caught in Julius Caesar's...
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THE JEEP IN THE FRENCH ARMY VOLUME 1: 1943 - 1954 THE JEEP IN THE FRENCH ARMY VOLUME 1: 1943 - 1954 2
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THE JEEP IN THE FRENCH ARMY VOLUME 1: 1943 - 1954

L20230125
€24.64
«My first jeep, I saw it on 23 August 1944 in Toulon. It belonged — I would learn this much later — to the 3rd squadron of the 1st Naval Fusiliers Regiment, which had infiltrated towards the districts of Cap Brun…» It was in this way that the author discovered this marvellous little vehicle, which served sixty years within the French Army, taking part in...
COLONEL PASSY - General de Gaulle's Master Spy
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COLONEL PASSY - General de Gaulle's Master Spy

L20230124
€25.50
The story of Colonel Passy (1911–1998) is above all the story of an extraordinary destiny. The 29-year-old captain who rallied to Free France as early as 1940 was among the handful of volunteers without whom General de Gaulle could not have hoped to succeed in his audacious gamble: to secure France a seat at the victors' table in 1945. With no prior...
CAN'T HURT ME
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CAN'T HURT ME

L20230123
€19.91
MASTER YOUR MIND AND DEFY YOUR FATE For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare — poverty, racial prejudice, and family violence punctuated his days and haunted his nights. A depressed, overweight young man with no future in sight, unable to run more than 500 metres, he would nonetheless choose to take his destiny into his own hands. Through an...
The Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism Vol....
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The Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism Vol. 1: 1941

L20230122
€37.91
In this new work, author Eric Le Clanche presents 100 biographies of Volunteers from the Légion des Volontaires Français against Bolshevism, with the distinction that all were enlistees of 1941. This opens Volume 1: 1941 — The Legion of French Volunteers «On the road to Moscow and victory». A work arranged chronologically, from enlistment to trial. The...
Navy - History & Traditions - Carnet de la Sabretache Navy - History & Traditions - Carnet de la Sabretache 2
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Navy - History & Traditions - Carnet de la Sabretache

L20230121
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All things considered, la Royale has only four centuries of history, having emerged at the beginning of the 17th century within the framework of France's policy of power and influence, conceived and developed by Richelieu. Over those four centuries, the French navy not only sailed and explored every sea and ocean on the globe, but also fully mastered the...
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"MONSUN", GERMAN U-BOATS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE PACIFIC
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"MONSUN", GERMAN U-BOATS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE PACIFIC

L20230118
€25.59
MONSUN - The "Grey Wolves" of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Very little has been published on the operations of German submarines in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific during the Second World War. Yet some forty U-boats would be based in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, fighting alongside Japanese sailors. It is this epic story that Lawrence Paterson...
THE PREPARATION FOR D-DAY - An incredible adventure
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THE PREPARATION FOR D-DAY - An incredible adventure

L20230117
€21.80
The Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 constitute one of the most formidable military operations of all time. They required manpower and preparations on a scale previously unknown in military history. The course of the operations has given rise to a wealth of works, with the battle for the Norman beaches having been the major subject of predilection for...
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