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The Day Napoleon Almost Got Assassinated
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The Day Napoleon Almost Got Assassinated

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On 12 October 1809, Napoleon had installed himself in the residence of the Habsburgs, the dynasty ruling over Austria, which he had subjugated. Frédéric Staps, an exalted 18-year-old nationalist student, regarded the Emperor as a despot and intended to rid Europe of him. He had planned to kill Napoleon at a military parade. Blending into the crowd, he...
The Liberation Battles for Île-de-France – 19 to 31...
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The Liberation Battles for Île-de-France – 19 to 31 August 1944

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Here, throughout the pages the author unfolds to feed our curiosity and knowledge, there are no heroes. Only ordinary people who, with fierce determination and unwavering resolve, broke the chains that bound them in their own country. A thousand common and varied stories unfold chapter after chapter; they also intersect with the major figures of the...
Materiel Regiments and Bases. History and Traditions of... Materiel Regiments and Bases. History and Traditions of... 2
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Materiel Regiments and Bases. History and Traditions of the Maintenance Soldiers

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A soldier without operational equipment cannot win the war: the crucial role of maintenance personnel, the craftsmen of victory… Since man has waged war, he has needed to maintain and repair his weapons. Having long been a service, the Materiel only became a branch of arms in 1976. However, maintenance personnel have always existed: from the king's...
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The Grognards Speak – 400 Testimonies from Napoleon's...
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The Grognards Speak – 400 Testimonies from Napoleon's Soldiers

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Unpublished correspondence of soldiers and officers of the First Empire held at the Service historique de la Défense (1794–1815) The history of the Grande Armée is a matter of scale. While the exploits of its commanders-in-chief have engaged numerous historians over two centuries, the growing interest in the daily lives of its soldiers reflects a...
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Battalions of Chasseurs - History and Traditions of the... Battalions of Chasseurs - History and Traditions of the... 2
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Battalions of Chasseurs - History and Traditions of the Chasseurs à Pied and Chasseurs...

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The first book devoted to the history and traditions of the battalions of chasseurs Elite troops whose exploits are beyond counting, the "chasseurs" have a rich history. Bataillons de chasseurs invites you to explore the key events that made these soldiers famous, and also to (re)discover the traditions unique to these troops, which together forge the...
THE M4 SHERMAN - TRUCKS & TANKS Historical and Technical... THE M4 SHERMAN - TRUCKS & TANKS Historical and Technical... 2
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THE M4 SHERMAN - TRUCKS & TANKS Historical and Technical Documentation

L20240077
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The M4 Sherman is one of the iconic tanks of the Second World War. Making its appearance in 1942, it fought through to 1945, in Europe as in the Pacific, and even beyond, as it remained in service with certain armies long after the war. Such a long service life, combined with mass production, means that images of the Sherman are plentiful. But while its...
THE TIGER I - TRUCKS & TANKS Historical and Technical... THE TIGER I - TRUCKS & TANKS Historical and Technical... 2
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THE TIGER I - TRUCKS & TANKS Historical and Technical Documentation

L20240076
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The Tiger I is an atypical tank in many respects: together with its successor the Tiger II, it is the only heavy tank produced in significant numbers by the Third Reich. Deployed within independent battalions of both the Heer and the Waffen-SS, as well as in four elite units of these two branches of the Wehrmacht, the Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. E fought...
RAFALE IN COMBAT - Accounts from Pilots, Navigators and... RAFALE IN COMBAT - Accounts from Pilots, Navigators and... 2
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RAFALE IN COMBAT - Accounts from Pilots, Navigators and Mechanics

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The Rafale: a technical feat and a leap forward in the art of aerial combat. This work is an immersion into 20 years of operations. Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq — names that marked an entire generation of pilots, technicians and sailors. Memories of preparing complex missions, of long and gruelling flights, of the concentration required for carrier deck...
1913 - Towards the Great War
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1913 - Towards the Great War

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The year 1913 is the one in which Europe's destiny tipped towards the Great War. In French society, tensions were mounting and the threat of conflict loomed: it was the "difficult hour" described by Georges Clemenceau. While as early as January the successful play — with its notes of revanche — by Gaston Leroux, Alsace!, was running, the newspaper...
MEASURES AND EXCESSES OF THE MAGINOT LINE VOL. 2 -... MEASURES AND EXCESSES OF THE MAGINOT LINE VOL. 2 -... 2
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MEASURES AND EXCESSES OF THE MAGINOT LINE VOL. 2 - Infantry Casemates and Casemate Blocks

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Second title in a series of books that Frédéric Lisch devotes to the components of the Maginot Line. The volume covers the 1929 and 1930 model casemates, armoured casemates, blockhouses in demolition zones, the 1936 model casemates with offset embrasures, and the casemates and infantry blocks of the Alpine sectors. At the end of the volume, a chapter...
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MEASURES AND EXCESSES OF THE MAGINOT LINE VOL. 1 -... MEASURES AND EXCESSES OF THE MAGINOT LINE VOL. 1 -... 2
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MEASURES AND EXCESSES OF THE MAGINOT LINE VOL. 1 - Artillery casemate blocks of...

L20240072
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First title in a series of books that Frédéric Lisch will dedicate to the components of the Maginot Line. This first volume covers the 75 mm model 1929 and model 1932 casemates, the Alpine artillery casemates, the 81 mm casemates, and the counterscarp coffres. In short, everything that is concrete-built, houses artillery, and is connected to a fortified...
Fortifications in the Northern Alps - France, Switzerland, Italy. Volume 1 Fortifications in the Northern Alps - France, Switzerland, Italy. Volume 1 2
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Fortifications in the Northern Alps – France, Switzerland, Italy. Volume 1

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The history of fortifications in the Northern Alps traces the origins of military works in the mountains and their foothills that marked the boundaries of the highly fluctuating territories at the heart of Europe — principally those of the House of Savoy. It will be noted that the architecture of these forts evolved with advances in artillery, and that...
Fortifications in the Northern Alps - France, Switzerland, Italy. Volume 2 Fortifications in the Northern Alps - France, Switzerland, Italy. Volume 2 2
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Fortifications in the Northern Alps – France, Switzerland, Italy. Vol. 2

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The history of fortifications in the Northern Alps retraces the genesis of military works in the mountains or in the foothills that marked the boundaries of the highly fluctuating territories at the heart of Europe — principally those of the House of Savoy. It will be observed that the architecture of these forts evolved with advances in artillery and...
Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 –... Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 –... 2
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Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 – Volume 10

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On 2 March 1941 at Koufra, in southern Libya, Colonel Leclerc swears not to lay down arms until the French flag flies over Strasbourg Cathedral... Three years later, at the casino in Témara, General de Gaulle announces that the 2nd DB will take part in the Battle of France. First step: the liberation of Normandy... 64-page comic book accompanied by a...
THE 11TH ZOUAVES IN THE 1939-1940 CAMPAIGN
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THE 11TH ZOUAVES IN THE 1939-1940 CAMPAIGN

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AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH At mobilisation, at the end of August 1939, the 11th Zouave Regiment was formed from reservists aged 24 to 30, in the Belley region. On 4 November it joined the 2nd DINA and trained behind the Maginot Line, then in the Valenciennes sector. This is where it found itself on 10 May 1940. Committed to the Battle of the...
The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944
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The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944

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Did a true "5th column", in the manner of that put into practice by the Francoist general Mola during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, beneath the walls of Madrid, actually exist at the outset of the Second World War, activated by the German invader? It may seem self-evident that the notion of a fifth column did indeed feature in the Nazi plans for the...
HS Gazette Des Armes No.30 - Weapons under the Occupation...
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HS Gazette Des Armes No.30 - Weapons under the Occupation - Collaboration & Resistance

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The defeat of 1940 and the occupation of the country by Nazi Germany quickly sparked a new conflict — an internal one this time — in which Collaborationist France, body and soul devoted to the Vichy regime, and groups of resistance fighters intent on preparing the liberation of the country would clash. The German army's attack on the USSR in June 1941...
HS Gazette Des Armes No.31 - Lee-Enfield Rifles - The...
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HS Gazette Des Armes No.31 - Lee-Enfield Rifles - The Standard-Issue Weapons of the...

L20240067
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For nearly a century, the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifles were protagonists of contemporary history on every continent. The Lee-Metfords, the first small-calibre repeating rifles adopted by the British Army, began to make their mark in the hands of Lord Kitchener's soldiers in the Sudan against the Mahdi's forces, and then in South Africa against the...
6 June 1944 - The Landings 6 June 1944 - The Landings 2
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6 June 1944 - The Landings

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A tribute to the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 in Normandy, which marked a decisive turning point in the Second World War. The book presents the meticulous preparations and execution of the operation, highlighting the courage and determination of the Allied soldiers. It is illustrated with nearly 200 period photographs, offering a detailed look at this...
Normandy 1944 - Allied & German Vehicles Normandy 1944 - Allied & German Vehicles 2
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Normandy 1944 - Allied & German Vehicles

L20240065
€18.01
This book will allow you to discover the majority of the vehicles deployed by the Allies as well as the Germans, through numerous period photographs and colour images of restored vehicles taken at various events across France and Europe. On 6 June 1944, several Allied divisions landed on five beaches in Normandy, facing static units posted in the...
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THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS 2
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THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS

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€32.23
Written immediately after the war, this account of the operations of this special unit of the Italian Royal Navy plunges the reader into a world where technical mastery combines with effectiveness to make the Xa MAS an exceptional formation. Those who would subsequently be known as "the torpedo men" accomplished military feats that for a time made the...
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Diên Biên Phu - The Lessons of a Defeat
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Diên Biên Phu - The Lessons of a Defeat

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The long ordeal of the French Expeditionary Corps, from Diên Biên Phu to its departure from Indochina. 7 May 1954. The fall of Diên Biên Phu. The Viet Minh's spectacular victory after fifty-six days of fighting seals France's departure from a part of the world where it had been present for more than a century. Seventy years on, Pierre Servent does not...
Aviation at Diên Biên Phu - From the Genesis to the Fall...
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Aviation at Diên Biên Phu - From the Genesis to the Fall of the Entrenched Camp...

L20240062
€35.07
From 20 November 1953 to 7 May 1954, French aircrews were progressively pushed to — and beyond — the limits of human endurance. Without the crews of the Armée de l'Air, the Aéronavale, the Aviation Légère d'Observation d'Artillerie, the requisitioned civilian airlines, and American pilots who were heirs to the Flying Tigers, the entrenched camp at Diên...
Oradour-sur-Glane, 10 June 1944 - History of a Massacre...
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Oradour-sur-Glane, 10 June 1944 - History of a Massacre in Nazi Europe

L20240061
€21.71
10 June 1944. Four days after the Allied landings in Normandy, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, was methodically wiped off the map by the SS division "Das Reich". The death toll would reach 643 victims, more than 200 of them children. Since then, the ruins of the martyred village, preserved as they stood, have become one of the most...
The Siege of Leningrad - September 1941 - January 1944
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The Siege of Leningrad - September 1941 - January 1944

L20240060
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The siege endured by Leningrad (formerly Saint Petersburg) for nearly 900 days (1941–1944) at the hands of the Germans and their allies is one of the darkest episodes of the Second World War. The Nazis applied a policy of annihilation there, claiming at least 1.8 million victims, half of them civilians. The besieged found themselves confronted not only...
The British Empire at War - 1857-1947
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The British Empire at War - 1857-1947

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June 1897. England celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The highlight of the festivities takes the form of a memorable military parade in London, reminding the British that their country stands at the head of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Its representatives are all there, dressed for the occasion in their finest regalia: the...
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America at War - 1933-1946 America at War - 1933-1946 2
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America at War - 1933-1946

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The giant awakens: the United States in the Second World War. The United States, although emerging strengthened from the First World War, subsequently turned inward, allowing Asia and Europe to go up in flames one after the other. One might therefore assume that the war only truly entered the thoughts and daily lives of Americans from 7 December 1941, the...
LIVING WITH THE GRANDE ARMÉE - Being a Soldier in the Age...
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LIVING WITH THE GRANDE ARMÉE - Being a Soldier in the Age of Napoleon

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In fifteen years, the Napoleonic Grande Armée, an unmatched war machine, won more victories than any other army before or after it... Austerlitz, Jena, the Moskova, Leipzig and Waterloo have already generated much ink, but these battles are often analysed from the standpoint of strategy and tactics. Yet the Napoleonic Wars were above all a human story....
HE WAS MY CHIEF - Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Principal...
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HE WAS MY CHIEF - Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Principal Secretary

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Hitler's best-known secretary to date is Traudi Junge, owing to her memoirs which inspired the film Der Untergang (Downfall) about the dictator's final days. But she did not enter his service until January 1943, whereas Christa Schroeder had been there since 1933 and would remain until 20 April 1945. For twelve years, she accompanied her "chief" on all...
TANKS IN FRANCE 1940 - THE STEEL STORM TANKS IN FRANCE 1940 - THE STEEL STORM 2
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TANKS IN FRANCE 1940 - THE STEEL STORM

L20240055
€37.82
What do we actually know about the use of tanks during the Battle of France? History (with a capital H) has remembered the Panzer-Divisionen crossing the Ardennes and racing towards Dunkirk, sweeping everything before them… Against French tanks that were too slow, too heavy, too few in number. A vision that, while it has established itself in the popular...
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GERMAN HEAVY TANK PROGRAMMES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR GERMAN HEAVY TANK PROGRAMMES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 2
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GERMAN HEAVY TANK PROGRAMMES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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Before achieving the deployment of the powerful Panzer VI Tiger I and II, armed with an 8.8 cm gun that would terrify an entire generation of Allied tank crews, the Germans had to study dozens of projects, sometimes reaching technological dead ends. Even before the Tiger clashed with the T-34/76 on the Russian plains, or the Panzer VIII Maus turned its...
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HISTORY OF HUNGARIAN ARMOUR FROM 1928 TO 1945 - FROM THE... HISTORY OF HUNGARIAN ARMOUR FROM 1928 TO 1945 - FROM THE... 2
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HISTORY OF HUNGARIAN ARMOUR FROM 1928 TO 1945 - FROM THE CARPATHIANS TO THE DON

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Alongside the III. Reich during the Second World War, Hungary developed a military industry that was far from negligible, so much so that Berlin found in it an ally it did not need to arm significantly! Thus, the Toldi and Turán tanks, the 40.M Nimród and 43.M Zrínyi II self-propelled guns, and the 39.M Csaba armoured cars would form the spearhead of the...
The Cantinières - From the Revolution to the Third Republic The Cantinières - From the Revolution to the Third Republic 2
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The Cantinières - From the Revolution to the Third Republic

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In our military history, the cantinières offer material for a subject as unusual as it is difficult to define. Do they represent a French exception? "At no period did European armies, save those of France, have vivandières in uniform attached to regiments and following armies onto the field of battle," states the 1890 pamphlet "Les Cantinières...
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U.S. ARMY 1944. MARKINGS OF AMERICAN VEHICLES U.S. ARMY 1944. MARKINGS OF AMERICAN VEHICLES 2
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U.S. ARMY 1944. MARKINGS OF AMERICAN VEHICLES

L20240051
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New Edition - April 2024 The authentic markings for American trucks, Jeeps, and tanks of the Second World War have always been a delicate and complex subject, as they are closely linked to the organisation of the U.S. Army. This guide is designed as a simple tool for vehicle collectors and scale modellers alike, to assist them in the accurate restoration...
MAGIRUS: HISTORY OF FIRE ENGINE VEHICLES MAGIRUS: HISTORY OF FIRE ENGINE VEHICLES 2
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MAGIRUS: HISTORY OF FIRE ENGINE VEHICLES

L20240050
€37.87
In 1864, Conrad Dietrich Magirus founded the Feuerwehr-Requisiten-Fabrik von C. D. Magirus. Four years later, he presented a first ladder model that immediately captured the attention of German firefighters as well as those of a great many other countries. The great Magirus ladder adventure had begun. Throughout all those years, the Magirus company went...
GREEN BERET - Commander Kieffer's Account of 6 June 1944 GREEN BERET - Commander Kieffer's Account of 6 June 1944 2
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GREEN BERET - Commander Kieffer's Account of 6 June 1944

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Béret Vert testimony of Philippe Kieffer, edition presented and annotated by Benjamin Massieu A family man with no military experience, Philippe Kieffer nevertheless became the founder and commander of the Free French commandos. Trained at the formidable Achnacarry camp, these volunteers carried out secret raids on the European coastlines. They were the...
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