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APACHE
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APACHE

L20200173
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The memoirs of a British Apache helicopter pilot, from the gruelling training programme to the brutal fighting in Afghanistan.
THE SURVIVOR
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THE SURVIVOR

L20200172
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In June 2005, a Navy SEALs team is inserted into the heart of Afghanistan's Kunar province with the mission of capturing or neutralising an entrenched Taliban commander: this is Operation Redwing. The team falls into an ambush and, despite reinforcements, nineteen Americans are found dead. M. Luttrell, wounded during the fighting, is the sole survivor of...
RETURN TO COMBAT
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BACK TO COMBAT

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In June 2005, M. Luttrell is the sole survivor of Operation Redwing. Repatriated to the United States for medical treatment, his only motivation is to return to combat. In October 2006, he is sent to Iraq to fight in the city of Ramadi, where insurgents reign by terror. Witnessing the deaths of several of his comrades, he recounts his experience of urban...
AMERICAN SNIPER
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AMERICAN SNIPER

L20200170
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Autobiography of sniper Chris Kyle, a former member of the United States Navy special forces, the Navy SEALs, deployed notably in Iraq. He holds the record for the most confirmed kills in American military history. Adapted for the screen by Clint Eastwood (2015).
FIRE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN
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FIRE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN

L20200169
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A JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller) sergeant gives a first-hand account of the daily reality faced in Afghanistan by this British Army elite. Deployed on the ground in direct contact with the enemy, these men direct air strikes from the battlefield, enabling pilots to engage the enemy with precision and avoid friendly fire.
HIGHWAY TO HELL
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HIGHWAY TO HELL

L20200168
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50,000 mercenaries have been deployed in Iraq since the announcement of the end of hostilities in May 2003. This multinational army, comprising more than twenty nationalities, is made up of men who hire out their services and provide protection in particular for businessmen, engineers, surveyors, politicians and journalists. A first-hand account.
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THE FIRST WINGS OF ISRAEL
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THE FIRST WINGS OF ISRAEL

L20200167
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In May 1948, the Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi and Transjordanian armies launched an assault on the newly proclaimed State of Israel. Subject to a strict arms embargo, without allies and without a regular army, the country held out thanks to fighter and transport aircraft purchased clandestinely from 1947 onwards and the secret recruitment of veteran pilots...
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ON THE FRONT LINE
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FIRST INTO ACTION

L20200166
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A first-hand account from the inside by the youngest recruit ever to join the Special Boat Service, one of the most formidable units of the British special forces.
FROM ONE WAR TO ANOTHER
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FROM ONE WAR TO THE NEXT

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The author, a sniper and sergeant in the 2e RIMa, recounts his ten years of service in the French Army, describing the ordeals endured by a regiment whose several men fell in the service of France.
RESCUE DAWN
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RESCUE DAWN

L20200164
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Dieter Dengler joined the U.S. Air Force in 1958 and was assigned in 1965 to the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, from which he flew missions over North Vietnam. In February 1966, his aircraft was shot down and he was taken prisoner by Communist Pathet Lao militiamen, who subjected him to torture and humiliation. An account later adapted for the screen by...
LEGIONNAIRES PORTRAITS
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LEGIONNAIRES: PORTRAITS

L20200163
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Portraits of Foreign Legion members at different stages of their careers, in France, Djibouti and French Guiana.
A PRINCE IN THE STORM
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A PRINCE IN THE STORM

L20200162
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In 1943, the family of Prince M. de Bourbon-Parme, driven out of Europe by the Nazis, takes refuge in New York. The young man enlists in the American Army. Sent to England, he joins the secret Jedburgh commando unit and is parachuted into the Massif Central, where he fights the Germans. After the Liberation, he volunteers for Indochina. An account of his...
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