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MERCENARIES - Soldiers Without a Flag MERCENARIES - Soldiers Without a Flag 2
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MERCENARIES - Soldiers Without a Flag

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« The ultimate reason or impulse that drives men to make war on their fellow men will always remain a mystery — sometimes money, politics, or adventure; mere excuses for what drives them to become mercenaries, or simply Soldiers without a flag… » With « Mercenaries, Soldiers Without a Flag », author Joaquín Mañes Postigo unveils the great history of...
CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion 2
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CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion

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IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND LEGIONNAIRES WHO, UNDER THE ORDERS OF CAPTAIN DANJOU, FOUGHT ONE AGAINST FORTY FOR ELEVEN HOURS ON 30 APRIL 1863 AT CAMERONE. « LIFE RATHER THAN COURAGE ABANDONED THESE FRENCH SOLDIERS » This work is the fictionalised historical account of those eleven hours of siege as seen through the incredulous and stunned eyes of Alonso...
BOB DENARD - The Story of a Man BOB DENARD - The Story of a Man 2
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BOB DENARD - The Story of a Man

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3rd edition "Bob Denard was '… a man of values (…), but above all a great patriot who was always driven by the feeling of defending the superior interests of France'."— Me Elie Hatem "Alongside Bob Denard, (…) symbol of the French-style mercenary, I had lived more than 15 years of exotic adventures, armed to the teeth, almost like in a film."— Captain...
History of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf History of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 2
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History of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf

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Hardcover edition The SS Totenkopf Division was among the Waffen-SS (SS combat troops) the most fanatical and most feared unit of the Second World War. This book traces the formation of the unit, including its origins, and the key men involved in the division throughout its wartime service and organisation. Originally drawn from the personnel of...
Fortifications in the Southern Alps - France, Italy.... Fortifications in the Southern Alps - France, Italy.... 2
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Fortifications in the Southern Alps - France, Italy. Volume 4

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In this final volume of the extraordinary history of Fortifications dans les Alpes, with nearly 1,250 illustrations, Dominique Vialard and Frédéric Lisch present the strongholds of the Durance, Embrun, Sisteron, the fortifications of the Ubaye, the strongholds of Saint-Vincent-les-Fort, Seyne-les-Alpes, Colmars-les-Alpes, Guillaume and Entrevaux, and the...
Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War 2
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Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War

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The French army ground force commanders serving during the Second World War have not been the subject of an exhaustive biographical study, unlike, for example, those of the United Kingdom or Germany. The main purpose of this dictionary is to fill this gap and to provide an overview of the career of every general who held responsibilities between 1939 and...
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SHOOTING AND SELF-DEFENCE: Handbook for the Defensive... SHOOTING AND SELF-DEFENCE: Handbook for the Defensive... 2
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SHOOTING AND SELF-DEFENCE: Handbook for the Defensive Firearm Owner

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Having to use a firearm to save one's own life or that of another leaves no room for chance, as shooting at an individual must always be the last resort. This above all requires asking the right questions so as not to make the wrong decision about whether or not to arm oneself. In this handbook, the author offers a genuine reflection on the subject, in...
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TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard a B1 Bis Tells His Story

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1940: Discover the firsthand account of a B1 bis tank commander, Second Lieutenant Robert Lauvin, officer of the 15th BCC, presented by Stéphane Bonnaud. Follow the trials and hardships faced by the crew of a B1 Bis during the Battle of France: from the Marne, through Montcornet and Picardy, to the retreat of the débâcle… Between castor oil, the chalk of...
THEORY OF THE COMBATANT – Close Combat: An Eternal Return...
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THEORY OF THE COMBATANT – Close Combat: An Eternal Return or a Revolution to Come?

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€22.75
On 18 August 2008, 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 others wounded in the Afghan mountains. No one had seen the ambush set up by the Taliban and their local allies coming. This tragic event is the starting point of Michel Goya's new work, which opens with a description of the fighting in the Uzbin Valley and then analyses its consequences. A sharp...
CHURCHILL
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CHURCHILL

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The finest biography of Churchill, enriched with previously unpublished documents. A towering publishing success. Of Churchill, one believes, everything has been said — first and foremost by himself. And yet Andrew Roberts has managed to unearth press articles, private correspondence, personal diaries — not the least of which is that of King George VI,...
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VERSAILLES - From Its Origins to the Present Day
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VERSAILLES - From Its Origins to the Present Day

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Versailles, estate, history, city and territory: The essential reference! This new project on Versailles aims to take up the torch from Pierre Verlet's monograph, Le Château de Versailles, published by Fayard in 1961 and reissued in a new edition in 1985. This model of scholarship has established itself as the definitive reference on the Ancien Régime...
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THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE PURGE – Thirst for Justice or Desire for Revenge?

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€19.81
The powerful spared, minor figures and innocent people condemned: a fresh look at a dark period in French history At the Liberation, France celebrated victory over the Nazi occupier. Between 1944 and 1953, people were tried, condemned, shorn, executed. But behind this apparent justice, a far more complex — and sometimes disturbing — reality takes shape....
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