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GIGN - WE WERE THE FIRST
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GIGN - WE WERE THE FIRST

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The history of the first ten years of this elite gendarmerie unit, created in 1973 to combat hostage-taking and respond to the most extreme situations, told by C. Prouteau, the founder of the GIGN.
THE TIP OF THE DIAMOND
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THE DIAMOND'S EDGE

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The author, a Rafale Marine pilot, recounts his airstrike missions over Libya in 2011, following the UN Security Council's vote to establish a no-fly zone. Beyond conveying the electrifying atmosphere in his cockpit, he also gives an account of life aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, with its 2,000 crew members.
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THE OPERATOR
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THE OPERATOR

L20200178
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The author recounts his twenty years of service in the most secretive special forces unit of the Navy SEALs. He took part notably in the rescue of Marcus Luttrell, the liberation of Captain Richard Phillips, and the assault on Osama bin Laden's compound — whom he killed with three shots.
THE INDOCHINA WAR AS SEEN BY THE CIA
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THE INDOCHINA WAR AS SEEN BY THE CIA

L20200177
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A rediscovery of the Indochina War through CIA archives, in which French officers and politicians confide their fears and hopes to the American embassy.
SEVEN TROOP
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SEVEN TROOP

L20200176
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An autobiographical account tracing the author's journey from his integration into one of the squadrons of the SAS (Special Air Service) in 1983 to his return to civilian life ten years later. During this period, strong bonds formed between the soldiers, bearing witness to their humanity and their brotherhood of arms in situations that pushed them to...
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MARIUS - COMMANDO COURSE
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MARIUS - COMMANDO COURSE

L20200175
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Placed in state care as a child, Alain A. abandons his studies once an adult and sets out to make a name for himself in the Marseille underworld, accumulating offences. A chance encounter changes everything. He joins the naval infantry school in Lorient and goes on to become a legend within the French Special Forces.
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AN UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIOR
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AN UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIOR

L20200174
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The author recounts his enlistment as a seaman in the US Navy as a signalman, his discovery of the SEALs, the Navy's special forces, and his determination to join one of the two existing teams. Deployed twice to Vietnam and subsequently appointed military adviser to Cambodia, he is later given the mission of creating a new exceptional special unit: SEAL...
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

L20200171
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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

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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

L20200165
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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...
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
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FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

L20200161
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February 1945, Iwo Jima in the Pacific. Six American soldiers raise their flag atop Mount Suribachi. The photograph of this event, which marked American society forever, is the starting point of the author's account — the son of one of those men — of one of the most dramatic human epics of the Second World War. Adapted for the screen by Clint Eastwood in...
THE MISSION, THE MEN AND ME
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THE MISSION, THE MEN AND ME

L20200160
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A senior Delta Force officer, the author recounts the involvement of this elite American unit in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda, as well as other missions in which he participated. He highlights operational shortcomings and sets out his command principles, founded on mutual understanding between those who give and those who receive orders.
THE BET ON THE IMPOSSIBLE
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THE BET ON THE IMPOSSIBLE

L20200159
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A former commander of the Patrouille de France between 2014 and 2015, the aviator delivers the story of his career and his experience as a fighter pilot.
GIGN: A TIME FOR SECRETS
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GIGN: A TIME FOR SECRETS

L20200158
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The testimony of a gendarme who served in the Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale from 1986 to 1997. M. Bernard offers a behind-the-scenes account of the GIGN, revealing a world of camaraderie in which spectacular operations follow one another without respite, and where courage, self-sacrifice and respect for human life are the fundamental...
FALLUJAH
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FALLUJAH

L20200157
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During the night of 6 to 7 November 2004, American and Iraqi forces launched their assault on the Sunni Baathist stronghold of Fallujah, a city located some sixty kilometres from Baghdad. Inside the city, only fighters remained. The men of Staff Sergeant Bellavia's infantry section moved in to take the ground. The fighting would last three weeks. He...
TO RAQQA - With the Kurds Against Daesh
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ALL THE WAY TO RAQQA – With the Kurds against Daesh

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André Hébert is the pseudonym of a young Frenchman who left to fight for fifteen months against the Islamic State alongside the Kurds of Syria. In Jusqu'à Raqqa, the site of the last battle he fought with his comrades of the YPG, "the People's Protection Units", in the jihadists' capital, he delivers the first and essential first-hand account of this...
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1940 THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK ON LAND AND AT SEA
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1940 THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK ON LAND AND AT SEA

L20200049
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The Battle of Dunkirk of May–June 1940 is in fact little known: most authors, particularly Anglo-Saxon ones, focus on the evacuation that saved the greater part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and more than 120,000 French soldiers, yet a fierce battle was also fought.
OBJECTIVE SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE – THE AMERICAN PARATROOPERS OF D-DAY
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OBJECTIVE SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE – THE AMERICAN PARATROOPERS OF D-DAY

L20200229
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Far more than a book, this commemorative work — produced for the first time around the exceptional collections of the Airborne Museum at Sainte-Mère-Église — retraces the victorious epic of the American airborne troops of the 82nd and 101st Airborne, from their creation through to the fighting in Normandy, Holland, Belgium and then Germany. The many...
My Exodus of June 1940 – Le Havre, Trouville, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
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My Exodus of June 1940 – Le Havre, Trouville, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët

L20200228
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Gérard Régnier recounts his exodus of June 1940 as a historian, placing it precisely within a period that, with hindsight, appears as the darkest in our national history: the "dark years." He meticulously describes the international situation during the 1930s, the retreat of the French and British Allies in the face of Hitler's provocations and his "bluff...
The Landing Ships – Naval Battles from June to December 1944 The Landing Ships – Naval Battles from June to December 1944 2
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The Ships of the D-Day Landings – Naval Battles from June to December 1944

L20200227
€23.22
The tourist or museum visitor who discovers the history of the Normandy Landings sometimes encounters, during their visits, the remains of ships or weapons recovered from the seabed. Rarely documented and often left to one side on a lawn or in a corner of an exhibition, these relics — anchors, propellers or guns — remain silent and contribute little to an...
The Wrecks of the Landings The Wrecks of the Landings 2
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Wrecks of the D-Day Landings

L20200226
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History of scrapping in Lower Normandy The military events of the summer of 1944 left a lasting wound on Norman soil. Whether in print or digital form, numerous media explain in detail those long months of total war that came to a temporary end on the banks of the Seine. They leave us with the vague impression that we know the subject, while an entire...
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