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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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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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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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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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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...
THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS 2
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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...
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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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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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 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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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...
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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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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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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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...
GERMAN HEAVY TANK PROGRAMMES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR GERMAN HEAVY TANK PROGRAMMES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 2
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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...
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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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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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...
U.S. ARMY 1944. MARKINGS OF AMERICAN VEHICLES U.S. ARMY 1944. MARKINGS OF AMERICAN VEHICLES 2
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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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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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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...
SELVA - The 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment in French Guiana SELVA - The 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment in French Guiana 2
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« SELVA »: this small word of Brazilian Portuguese punctuates, day after day and year after year, the conversations of the legionnaires serving in the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, signifying by turns a word of thanks, a negation, a question, or concretely the acceptance of a received mission. Is this merely a superfluous affectation, of little interest...
REI SEN PACIFIQUE - VOLUME 1 REI SEN PACIFIQUE - VOLUME 1 2
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REI SEN PACIFIQUE - VOLUME 1

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In April 1942, a few months after the formidable attack by the Japanese Imperial Naval Air Force on Pearl Harbor, Japanese pilots are still euphoric. At Lae, New Guinea, Daisuke and Kenji carry out their missions alongside aviation aces. But times are hard as American aviation strengthens and bombards Japanese positions every day. Their aircraft is the...
MAN OF ACTION - Die or Survive in Service of the Nation
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Embedded with a marine commando from the special forces Already sold to more than 10,000 readers, discover the new edition of the extraordinary testimony of a former French Army marine commando, through 10 true accounts of missions carried out by exceptional servicemen. At the heart of extreme experiences and ultra-violent situations, Julien B. takes us...
Franche-Comté July 1815 - The Swiss Invade France
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The Swiss Invade France At the beginning of July 1815, a few days after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated and embarked for his final exile on the island of Saint Helena. At the same time, one million foreign soldiers, drawn from some thirty European nations and states, swept across France and occupied virtually the entire territory. Taking...
Valmy, 20 September 1792 Valmy, 20 September 1792 2
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Valmy, 20 September 1792

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Live free or die! The author retraces this founding historical episode of the 1st French Republic. It all begins with the flight of Louis XVI and the royal family, halted at Varennes-en-Argonne on 21 June 1791. The French would see in his failed attempt to leave France a flagrant collusion with foreign powers. Following bitter debate, during which each...
From the Siebel to the Martinet - 27 Years Under Our...
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This volume traces the history of the NC 700, 701 and 702 "Martinet" aircraft under French roundels, as well as that of the Siebel 204 D aircraft built in France from which they derived. Although more than 350 aircraft of this type served in the French air forces until the mid-1960s, the "Martinet" are often overlooked in accounts devoted to operational...
SAP-R2 1943-1944, Parachute Drops and Landings in...
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During the Second World War, arming the Resistance was a vital issue for Free France — an eminently complex and lengthy task to implement. Succeeding the first parachute drop networks set up by Jean Moulin in the south of France, the SAP-R2 emerged in late 1943 as the only organisation capable of rivalling the British SOE-F and the American OSS. From that...
THE MAN FROM TRIPOLI - The Untold Account of a DGSE...
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Tripoli (Libya), mid-February 2011. From the first signs of unrest in the country, the French authorities, against all expectations, decide to evacuate their nationals and close the diplomatic mission. Within it, the DGSE's external intelligence station ceases its activities and begins destroying its equipment and archives before the keys to the embassy...
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