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DE GAULLE IN HELMET – A New Approach to the Drama
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DE GAULLE UNDER FIRE – A New Approach to the Drama

L20200117
€23.70
A gripping account of a brief but violent period in the life of General de Gaulle who, from 28 May to 5 June 1940, resisted the Germans on the Somme at the head of five hundred tanks.
STORM OVER CUBA STORM OVER CUBA 2
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STORM OVER CUBA

L20220286
€17.54
When photographer Frank Spellman travels to Cuba to accompany the famous Hollywood actor Errol Flynn, he has no idea that this simple professional trip will turn into a tropical nightmare. CIA agents, Mafia members, unscrupulous multinational executives, military intelligence services… all competing to salvage the remains of Fulgencio Batista's corrupt...
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WALKS THROUGH MEDIEVAL FRANCE
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WALKS THROUGH MEDIEVAL FRANCE

L20200114
€18.86
This highly practical illustrated book is a genuine synthesis of all the noteworthy medieval sites in France: churches, fortified towns, villages, châteaux, abbeys, cathedrals... A unique synthesis.
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ALSATIAN PRIESTS CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE REMEMBER
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ALSATIAN PRIESTS CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE REMEMBER

L20200113
€23.70
AROUND TEN PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNTS BRING BACK TO LIFE THE FATE OF YOUNG ALSATIANS DESTINED FOR THE PRIESTHOOD, IN AN ANNEXED ALSACE-MOSELLE, CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE FROM AUGUST 1942 INTO THE GERMAN ARMY.
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13th DEMI-BRIGADE OF THE FOREIGN LEGION – The Magnificent...
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13th DEMI-BRIGADE OF THE FOREIGN LEGION – The Magnificent Phalanx: from Free France to...

L20200112
€36.97
The 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion. The "13th". A legend. The regiment of all victories — those of Narvik and Free France, from Bir Hakeim to Colmar. Then came Indochina and Algeria. The regiment was twenty years old, twenty years of war. And then Djibouti: a patch of "French" soil on the Horn of Africa, with its train of all-round...
THE FRENCH ON D-DAY
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THE FRENCH ON D-DAY

L20200111
€23.60
It is very often forgotten, but the men of Commando Kieffer were not the only Frenchmen to have taken part in the Normandy Landings. On 6 June 1944, 38 French paratroopers jumped behind enemy lines or were delivered by glider. At dawn, 177 marine fusilier commandos were the first to set foot on Sword Beach, while at sea, twelve French vessels, carrying...
LETTERS TO ELISE - A History of the Franco-Prussian War...
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LETTERS TO ELISE - A History of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 Through the...

L20200110
€23.60
Through nearly 250 previously unpublished letters, discover for the first time the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 through the eyes of Prussian soldiers: from the entry into the war to the repatriation of troops to Germany, through the first battles in Alsace and Lorraine, the fighting against the Army of the Loire, the siege of Paris, and the Commune —...
PEARL HARBOR – An Illustrated History
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PEARL HARBOR – An Illustrated History

L20200109
€18.86
7 December 1941. 7 o'clock in the morning. Japanese bombers and fighters sweep down by the hundreds on the naval base at Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack has one objective: to destroy the American fleet and allow Hirohito's empire to take control of the Pacific. And the operation will be a success: the raid enables Imperial Navy pilots to sink numerous...
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The Strange Capture, May 1940 – Unpublished Notebooks of...
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The Strange Capture, May 1940 – Unpublished Notebooks of a 1st Army Staff Officer

L20200108
€16.02
"That evening, a coded telegram was received from Grand Headquarters, the content of which was as follows: 'Commander Fauvelle has set out your situation to me and to Mr Paul Reynaud. I do not underestimate your difficulties. I am counting on you to save everything that can possibly be saved, in honour of the colours in your keeping.' For anyone who can...
PIN-UP WINGS VOLUME 5 PIN-UP WINGS VOLUME 5 2
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PIN-UP WINGS VOLUME 5

L20220277
€15.64
True glamour icons, pin-ups are inseparable from the history of aviation, forever synonymous with adventure and passion. Romain Hugault, a genuine devotee of the genre, is a virtuoso of this art. Between two comic pages, he delights in creating new illustrations of these ever-sprightly ladies — sometimes cheeky, but never vulgar. Painted on a fuselage, on...
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THE MAQUIS OF FRANCE – SITES OF MEMORY
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THE MAQUIS OF FRANCE - PLACES OF MEMORY

L20160287
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Beyond the honours and commemorations, let us remember what the Maquis were… Who were their leaders? Why were young Frenchmen driven to resist by the compulsion of an unacceptable reality, without having fought as free men? The refusal of the STO for some, of the Occupation for others, made them outlaws in the eyes of the Vichy authorities, pushing them...
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