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THE WAFFEN-SS PARATROOPERS Volume 2: Operation Rösselsprung - Bosnia - Eastern Front THE WAFFEN-SS PARATROOPERS Volume 2: Operation Rösselsprung - Bosnia - Eastern Front 2
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This is a very little-known subject. A battalion of Waffen-SS paratroopers was formed in autumn 1943 to carry out special missions. The author, a Luftwaffe paratrooper captain (West Germany), holding German, French and US parachute qualifications from the 1960s, who later became a historian, presents a detailed three-volume history of nearly 400 pages each.
HELL ON HILL 112
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HELL ON HILL 112

L20190155
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Following the failure at Villers-Bocage and a renewed failure at the end of June 1944 against Hill 112, in the wake of Operation Epsom (the "Battle of the Odon"), Monty launched a fresh attack against Hill 112, south-west of Caen, on 10 July 1944.
UTAH BEACH - Tuesday 6 June 1944 UTAH BEACH - Tuesday 6 June 1944 2
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The Battle of Omaha holds a prominent place in collective memory because of the tragic hours that unfolded there on 6 June 1944. The Utah sector, situated at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, has received less attention.
HUNTERS AND GLADIATORS - The Epic of the Heroes of the Arena
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Panem et circenses, "bread and circus games". This expression by Juvenal, denouncing the Roman plebs whose sole ambition was the free distribution of grain and a passion for spectacles, captures quite aptly the singular character of Roman society in the age of the first emperors.
THREE DAYS IN HELL, 7-9 JUNE 1944 THREE DAYS IN HELL, 7-9 JUNE 1944 2
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This album presents the fighting that took place over those three decisive days between the Canadian soldiers of the 3rd Division and the soldiers of the Hitlerjugend.
THE MAQUIS OF THE AIN - The Victorious Resistance THE MAQUIS OF THE AIN - The Victorious Resistance 2
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As early as 1940, the Ain — a key département on the North–South corridor — refused to accept defeat. Close to Lyon and Switzerland, it became the heart of the resistance organisation, first against Vichy and then against the Germans from 1943 onwards.
Combat Tanks - Recognition Manual Combat Tanks - Recognition Manual 2
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The tank remains the most powerful weapon in the land army's arsenal — a weapons system combining formidable firepower, significant cross-country mobility and proven ballistic protection.
The Merville Battery - June 1944 The Merville Battery - June 1944 2
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In the early hours of 6 June 1944, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway, the paratroopers of the 9th Battalion and the sappers of the 591st Squadron Royal Engineers of the British 6th Airborne Division were tasked with capturing the Merville Battery and neutralising its guns.
CREULLY June 1944 - A Secret So Well Kept CREULLY June 1944 - A Secret So Well Kept 2
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In the spring of 1944, life in the Norman village of Creully follows the daily concerns of a community under occupation. But on the morning of Tuesday 6 June, its inhabitants unwittingly become witnesses to a succession of events that will place the village — and most particularly Château de Creullet — at the very heart of the organisation of the D-Day...
CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part II CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part II 2
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This new work, published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, retraces in pictures the epic of the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy on 6 June 1944 and the days that followed.
CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part I CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part I 2
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OUT OF PRINT This new work, published to mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, retraces in images the epic story of the 101st Airborne Division in 1944. This first volume in a series of five works totalling more than 3,000 pages and 4,000 photographs is dedicated to the few days preceding D-Day.
THE FRENCH IN THE LANDINGS THE FRENCH IN THE LANDINGS 2
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Among the 155,000 Allied soldiers deployed in Normandy on 6 June 1944, a handful of Frenchmen formed a battalion commonly known as Commando Kieffer.
MISTY MISSION — COMPLETE EDITION MISTY MISSION — COMPLETE EDITION 2
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MISTY MISSION COMPLETE EDITION

L20220261
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That war wrecked us, it put an end to so much hope. We learned that we couldn't always win, and that from then on people hated us. But for three residents of Danville, a run-down town in Alabama — a rich kid, a worker's son made ill by his job, and a girl from the middle-class neighbourhoods — it would mean far more. Simply the end of what they believed...
BERLIN WILL BE OUR GRAVE VOL. 1 - NEUKÖLLN BERLIN WILL BE OUR GRAVE VOL. 1 - NEUKÖLLN 2
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April and May 1945… The Battle of Berlin. The "33rd Waffen-SS Grenadier Division 'Charlemagne'", most often simply called the "Charlemagne Division", was one of the Waffen-SS infantry divisions of the Second World War. It was made up predominantly of French volunteers. It was almost certainly the last company to defend Hitler's bunker.
ARTBOOK PERINOTTO VOLUME 4 ARTBOOK PERINOTTO VOLUME 4 2
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ARTBOOK PERINOTTO VOLUME 4

L20220219
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New Warbirds, a handful of legendary civil aircraft and sensational jets from the 1950s and '60s: such is the explosive cocktail of this fourth Artbook by Lucio Perinotto. All presented with more "rough" sketches and a more "funny" layout by one of the rare illustrators of the FANA de l'aviation. This fourth volume was awarded the Prix Charles Dollfus...
AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 1 BATTLEAXE - CANVAS EDITION AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 1 BATTLEAXE - CANVAS EDITION 2
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After the signing of the Axis Pact uniting Italy and Germany, Mussolini decided to expand his colonial territories by attacking the British forces then stationed in Egypt. Things did not go as planned, as the British troops routed a large part of the Italian army, driving them back to Tripoli. Libya was almost lost when Hitler decided to intervene by...
AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 1 - BATTLEAXE AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 1 - BATTLEAXE 2
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AFRIKAKORPS VOL. 1 - BATTLEAXE

L20220194
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After the signing of the Axis Pact uniting Italy and Germany, Mussolini decided to expand his colonial territories by attacking British forces based in Egypt. Things did not go as planned: British troops routed a large part of the Italian army, pushing them back as far as Tripoli. Libya was nearly lost when Hitler decided to intervene by sending an...
THE UNDERWORLD UNDER THE OCCUPATION THE UNDERWORLD UNDER THE OCCUPATION 2
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The underworld under the occupation. Bandits, thugs and small-time crooks. Illustrated chronicle. Collection Vivre l'Histoire, by Raoul d'Aubervilliers
THE GREAT AERIAL WAR THE GREAT AERIAL WAR 2
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THE GREAT AIR WAR

L20190127
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The Great War was the first conflict in which aviation played a predominant role.
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