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HISTORY OF THE SCHWERE PANZER-ABTEILUNG 654 HISTORY OF THE SCHWERE PANZER-ABTEILUNG 654 2
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History of the schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654 — Russia 1943 – Normandy 1944 – Alsace 1944–1945 Discover the complete history of the schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654 during its fighting on Ferdinands in Russia in 1943, then on the legendary Jagdpanther in the summer of 1944 in Normandy, during operations in Alsace 1944–1945 and through to the final...
THE NOTEBOOKS OF EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS - Garde des Consuls THE NOTEBOOKS OF EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS - Garde des Consuls 2
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The entirety of the notebooks was originally in the possession of General Mellinet: this officer, described at the time by General Vanson as a «glorious scarred veteran», commanded the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard at Magenta. This soldier, a lieutenant in the national guards in 1813, was rapidly incorporated into the 88th line infantry regiment in...
André Bollier "Vélin" – Heroic Craftsman of the...
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André Bollier was barely 21 years old and finishing his studies at Polytechnique when, in June 1941, he was tasked by Henri Frenay with organising and distributing Combat, the newspaper of his movement. A tireless worker, he brilliantly managed to combine his career as an engineer, his family life and the production of newspapers, leaflets and forged...
War Diary of a Free French Doctor – With de Gaulle...
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A doctor in Pointe-Noire at the time of the declaration of war, Jean Vialard-Goudou joined the Free French Forces as early as July 1940 and, from Eritrea to Syria and from Libya to Tunisia, organised first aid for the wounded of the principal military campaigns in which the 1re BFL and then the 1re DFL took part, on or near the battlefield. From this...
CENT POUR SANG – The History of the 100th Bombardment... CENT POUR SANG – The History of the 100th Bombardment... 2
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The history of the 100th Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force during the Second World War They flew their first missions from England in the spring of 1943. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily over occupied Europe to destroy the war machine of Nazi Germany. Their bravery and the appalling losses they suffered earned them the nickname Bloody...
DICTIONARY OF THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
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This monumental work, conceived by the foremost French and foreign specialists under the direction of Jean-Marie Moeglin, offers the most complete picture yet of a century-long conflict that shaped the history of two nations, France and England, between the 14th and 15th centuries. The Hundred Years' War has long suffered from an old and narrow...
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LUFTWAFFE BOMBER AIRCRAFT
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Following the success of his first volume dedicated to German fighters of the Second World War, aviation historian Chris Goss publishes with Caraktère a new encyclopaedic work devoted to the bombers of the Luftwaffe. While the key aircraft of the Blitzkrieg (Dornier Do 17, Heinkel He 111, Junkers Ju 88) feature prominently in this well-documented work,...
THE BATTLES OF METZERAL AND THE LINGE - VOSGES 1915
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After overly easy successes in Alsace at the start of 1914, the French army was rapidly pushed back into the Vosges, towards the ridge line, where the front stabilised at the end of 1914, with a few villages remaining unoccupied in the deepest valleys. Such was the case with the Fecht valley at Metzeral, west of Munster. In February 1915, the Germans...
RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the... RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the... 2
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Unlikely defeat of Russia - Impossible victory of Ukraine This essay is a condensed work of history, geography and prospective geopolitics. Drawing on the history and geography of Ukraine, Russia, Europe and the Eurasian continent, the author's aim is to think about peace by proposing a new security system in Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals. To...
THE T-72 - THE WORKHORSE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY
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Born in the early 1970s, the T-72 very quickly became the backbone of Soviet armoured divisions in the second half of the Cold War. Distinguished by its robustness and reliability, the tank above all closed a period of doubt and hesitation within the Soviet military-industrial apparatus: the T-55 and T-62 were rapidly obsolete and the T-64 was too...
PANZERWAFFE Volume 1 - The Tactical Revolution PANZERWAFFE Volume 1 - The Tactical Revolution 2
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The history of the Panzerwaffe begins in 1916, when the Germans became aware of the potential impact of tanks on the art of war. Deprived of armour as a result of the limitations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, they studied in depth the tactical lessons of the previous conflict in order to develop a revolutionary doctrine of employment and an...
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