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France 1940 - The First Battle of Normandy France 1940 - The First Battle of Normandy 2
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It is never easy to recount a defeat. Burdened by caricatural clichés perpetuated for too many years, this Battle of France tends to focus on a few facts regularly singled out. Historians have primarily focused on the French side. Here, we will look at the German side. Apart from our adversaries, who can say that the Franco-British troops fought with...
Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings 2
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€13.27
On 6 June 1944, the Canadians who landed at Juno Beach risked their lives to save Europe from Nazi barbarism. So that they are not forgotten, war memorials and funerary steles are erected, streets are named in their honour; thousands of white crosses stand in impeccable rows in the cemeteries; the memory of these Canadians is honoured during historical...
THE IMPERIAL GUARD IN COMBAT THE IMPERIAL GUARD IN COMBAT 2
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THE IMPERIAL GUARD IN COMBAT

L20240204
€47.30
Napoleon I's Imperial Guard in combat! As a general work on the Imperial Guard and its military exploits, the series of previously unpublished plates that make up this book was most likely commissioned by an enthusiast of the Napoleonic period during the interwar years. Apart from a title given to each plate, there was no text, and we therefore...
ALL LATIL MILITARY VEHICLES 1914-1940 - VOL. 1. TRUCKS... ALL LATIL MILITARY VEHICLES 1914-1940 - VOL. 1. TRUCKS... 2
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Does anyone remember that Georges Latil, thanks to his patent registered in 1897, was the forerunner of the famous front-wheel drive? At that dawn of the automobile age, the concept had a modest objective: to transform a horse-drawn vehicle by replacing its team of horses with a motorised front axle driving the front wheels which, remaining steerable,...
READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers 2
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This fascinating saga traces both the training of the first parachute instructors of the French Air Force and the creation of the first Air Infantry Groups. It is this period of wild enthusiasm, often tempered by dashed hopes, that this work recounts with humour and finesse, written in a lively style that reads like a vivid adventure story. The author...
The Battle of the Bulge – Hitler's Last Gamble
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In 1940, the manoeuvre that would seal the fatal fate of the Allied armies can be summarised in two stages. Alongside the diversionary attack carried out in the Netherlands and Belgium, the German armoured mass first rushed to assault its enemy in the Ardennes. After a chaotic period of a few days, it finally crossed the Meuse after brushing aside the...
BD TOMCAT
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BD TOMCAT

L20240199
€16.59
25 October 1994, off the coast of San Diego, California. An F-14 is about to land on a carrier when a serious incident occurs. In the final seconds before crashing, the aircraft sees its entire life flash before it, from its birth to its final flight… TOMCAT follows the intertwined destinies of this aircraft and KARA HULTGREEN, the first female fighter...
French Nationalist Movements 1920–1945 French Nationalist Movements 1920–1945 2
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From the Action française league to the LVF, by way of the PPF and the Milice française, this work offers a broad overview of French nationalist movements from 1920 to 1945. Its presentation in album-book format, showcasing a variety of items (photographs, insignia, membership cards) — many previously unpublished — will delight historians and collectors...
Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World 2
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A tactical success achieved in a few hours of violent cannonade, the Battle of the Chesapeake Bay is above all a strategic victory: the glorious day when the Royale changed the history of the world. This engagement is a reminder of the decisive role of naval combat in high-intensity warfare. At the head of a fleet transformed in response to the defeat of...
The Tragic History of the 16. Pz.-Div. during the Battle...
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From the vast yet extensive literature on the history of the Battle of Stalingrad, here is a comprehensive study of a German armoured division engaged against a Soviet army north of Stalingrad. This sector, named "The Stalingrad Barrier", was defended by the soldiers and tank crews of the 16. Pz.-Div. from late August 1942 until 2 February 1943, the date...
MARINE CORPS TANK MARKINGS IN THE PACIFIC MARINE CORPS TANK MARKINGS IN THE PACIFIC 2
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€40.71
The markings applied to Marine Corps tanks in the Pacific are a source of great interest for armour enthusiasts, and especially for scale modellers, who find in them an almost endless diversity and originality. However, apart from a few scattered references in books covering broader subjects, there are no specialist works in English on the topic. This...
2nd Class Submarines and Minelayers of the French Navy... 2nd Class Submarines and Minelayers of the French Navy... 2
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This work is primarily devoted to the 34 2nd class submarines and the six minelayers (Saphir type) produced under the naval construction programmes of 1922 to 1936. The post-1945 period of the 2nd class Aurore-type submarines — the first of which was only just completed in June 1940 — is briefly mentioned. The contemporary 1st class submarines (Requin and...
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