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THE FLAMANT AND ITS VARIANTS
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THE FLAMANT AND ITS VARIANTS

L20190190
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For most people, the manufacturer Dassault is associated with the Mystère and Mirage. Yet it was with a twin-engine piston aircraft that Marcel Bloch, who had become Dassault, returned to the aeronautical spotlight in the late 1940s. 
FRENCH SAILORS ON D-DAY - FNFL Normandy 1944
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4 June 1944, 6:30 p.m., southern England. Liaison officers board twenty-two French vessels. Locked in with the commanders, they hand them a large sealed envelope… 
THE BLACK ORDER - Allgemeine-SS 1925-1945
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This magnificent work, in the tradition of Landser, offers a genuine autopsy of a totalitarian regime. It presents a little-known facet of the SS, the Allgemeine-SS (the "General SS"), which brought together military personnel as well as civilians, including university professors and prominent figures from civil society. Its aim was to create a "total...
WEKUSTA 2 IN COMBAT 1940-1944: Brest, Nantes, Mont-de-Marsan, Bordeaux
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The Wekusta 2 was a Luftwaffe meteorological reconnaissance unit whose history has been very little explored. It deserves closer attention. Few Luftwaffe units were permanently based in France throughout the Occupation — among them Wekusta 2, whose aircraft took off daily from Brest-Lanvéoc, Nantes-Château Bougon, Mont-de-Marsan or Bordeaux-Mérignac.
VILLERS-BOCAGE - Autopsy of a Battle
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Normandy, les Hauts-Vents, 13 June 1944, 9 o'clock… A stretched British armoured column of the 7th Armoured Division has made a deep penetration into the German front line and is about to reach one of its objectives for the day — Hill 213 on the road to Caen, three kilometres from Villers-Bocage.
STURMTRUPPEN The Assault Troops of the German Army 1914-1918
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The first assault units (Sturmtruppen) were formed during the spring and summer of 1916, when the Sturmbataillon Rohr was organised and after General Falkenhayn, Chief of the German General Staff, issued orders for the creation of specialist detachments.
DIEN BIEN PHU 1954
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DIEN BIEN PHU 1954

L20190183
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The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, fought from 13 March to 7 May 1954, was the last battle of the Indochina War. It was also the longest engagement of the conflict and one of the bloodiest.
THE 517's GANG Part 1: Italy & Provence THE 517's GANG Part 1: Italy & Provence 2
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The history of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team from its creation in March 1943 to the end of the Alpes-Maritimes campaign in December 1944
JEEP: In the Tracks of the Legend
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JEEP In the Tracks of Legend

L20190176
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Jeep, In the Tracks of Legend is a reference work on the most iconic 4x4 vehicle brand. The history and commercial career of the Jeep are faithfully traced from 1941 to the present day, and every model from the Toledo firm is meticulously detailed.
TRACES OF WAR - Normandy 1944
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TRACES OF WAR - Normandy 1944

L20190174
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Traces of War, Normandy 1944 is no ordinary work. 75 years after the end of the Battle of Normandy, Christophe Prime has chosen to immerse you in the heart of this tragic epic through unvarnished accounts by combatants, documents and original artefacts — some surprising, others deeply moving — collected first-hand (helmets, ocarina, walkie-talkie…). 
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7 VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7 2
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Built in more than 12,000 units across six main versions, operated by certain air forces into the 1970s, but above all the emblematic aircraft of the Pacific War and a true star of the small screen, the Chance Vought F4U Corsair is unquestionably one of the most famous aircraft in the history of aviation.
THE GREAT TANK WAR
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THE GREAT WAR OF TANKS

L20190167
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Yves Buffetaut, with contributions by Bruno JurkiewiczIllustrations by Éric Schwartz
THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK - 26 May – 3 June 1940
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"Where is the RAF?" This question was the leitmotif of the troops encircled in the Dunkirk pocket and awaiting re-embarkation, as they were subjected to the relentless air raids of the Luftwaffe.
THE CUISINE OF THE DARK AGES - Recipes and Dietary Advice from Anthimus
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A Byzantine physician, Anthime, or Anthimus, is regarded both as the author of the first dietary treatise of our era and as the author of the only Merovingian cookery book. It is in fact one and the same work, De observatione ciborum. This culinary and dietary treatise is published in French for the first time by Ysec Éditions.
CLANDESTINE RADIO OPERATORS
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THE CLANDESTINE RADIO OPERATORS

L20190164
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It is important to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for Freedom in the battle of the Airwaves waged from 1940 to 1944: the clandestine radio operators. The target of a merciless campaign by the Germans, the "pianists", men and women alike, had a life expectancy of just six months...
U-564 At the Heart of Korvettenkapitän Teddy Suhren's Final Mission U-564 At the Heart of Korvettenkapitän Teddy Suhren's Final Mission 2
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Based on an extraordinary collection of photographs discovered in the U-Boot submarine base at Brest at the end of the war, and kept hidden until recently in a shoebox, this exceptional book traces the complete history of a U-Boot on patrol during the summer of 1942. 
THE WAFFEN-SS PARATROOPERS Volume 2: Operation Rösselsprung - Bosnia - Eastern Front THE WAFFEN-SS PARATROOPERS Volume 2: Operation Rösselsprung - Bosnia - Eastern Front 2
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This is a very little-known subject. A battalion of Waffen-SS paratroopers was formed in autumn 1943 to carry out special missions. The author, a Luftwaffe paratrooper captain (West Germany), holding German, French and US parachute qualifications from the 1960s, who later became a historian, presents a detailed three-volume history of nearly 400 pages each.
HELL ON HILL 112
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HELL ON HILL 112

L20190155
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Following the failure at Villers-Bocage and a renewed failure at the end of June 1944 against Hill 112, in the wake of Operation Epsom (the "Battle of the Odon"), Monty launched a fresh attack against Hill 112, south-west of Caen, on 10 July 1944.
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