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New Extraordinary Stories of the D-Day Landings and the...
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New Extraordinary Stories of the D-Day Landings and the Liberation

L20240135
€18.86
The Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944 left an indelible mark on collective memory as the defining event of the Liberation, overshadowing other operations that also played a crucial role in the outcome of the Second World War. Their names were Jeanne Bohec, Pierre Charton, Igor Koniev, John Steele, Marc Russel, Paulette Jacquier and Pierre...
Uniforms and Equipment of U.S Army Infantry, LRRPs, and...
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Uniforms and Equipment of U.S Army Infantry, LRRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam 1965-1971

L20240134
€75.73
This book is a detailed examination of the uniforms and equipment used by U.S. Army soldiers, LRRPs and Rangers during the Vietnam War. This new, extensively researched volume is a comprehensive guide to the history, development, wear, and use of uniforms and equipment during America's involvement in the Vietnam War. Included are insignia, headgear,...
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Uniforms & Equipment of U.S. Military Advisors in...
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Uniforms & Equipment of U.S. Military Advisors in Vietnam: 1957-1972

L20240133
€66.26
This book is a detailed examination of the uniforms and equipment used by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and Marine Corps soldiers who fought alongside and advised the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. This new, extensively researched volume (volume two in the series) is a comprehensive guide to the history, development, wear, and use of uniforms and equipment...
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U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR II: U.S. Naval Aviation...
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U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR II: U.S. Naval Aviation Flying Clothing and Gear

L20240132
€93.84
This book is a detailed examination of the uniforms and equipment used by the elite and specialist units of the U.S. Naval Aviation during World War II. This book is an epic chronicle of previously unpublished topics, including the uniforms and equipment of the submarine force, PT boat squadrons, mine warfare men, gun crews, signalmen, and more. In...
Constantinople, 1453 - "The City Has Fallen!"
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Constantinople, 1453 - "The City Has Fallen!"

L20240131
€23.70
On 29 May 1453 — a Tuesday, the day of the god of War — Constantinople, the second Rome, the millennial capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell into the hands of the Turks. Nearly 7,000 men had resisted for fifty-five days against more than 100,000. Sacked, "the City" was depopulated and 50,000 slaves were taken into the Ottoman world. Emperor Constantine...
1929–1935 - The Crisis
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1929–1935 - The Crisis

L20240130
€23.70
Through the profound destabilisation it caused, the crisis of 1929 reshuffled the cards of history. The post-war period was thought to be over, inflation finally tamed, the thorny question of reparations settled by the Young Plan, peace definitively guaranteed by the League of Nations and the Briand-Kellogg Pact. And yet within a few years all these fine...
Female Collaborators, 1940–1945 - A History of the Women...
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Female Collaborators, 1940–1945 - A History of the Women Who Supported the Vichy Regime...

L20240129
€22.75
"Female collaborators": the mere mention of the word calls to mind images of the thousands of French women crushed by the savage purges and publicly shorn at the Liberation for having "sinned" with the enemy. Sometimes, too, one recalls other events that marked the years of Occupation — such as the notorious trip to Germany undertaken by French actresses...
The D-Day Landings - Truths and Legends
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The D-Day Landings - Truths and Legends

L20240128
€12.32
The truth behind "The Longest Day". The sky is leaden and the swell in the Channel grows ever more violent. Major Pluskat's bunkers are dripping with damp. Field Marshal Rommel has left his headquarters to celebrate his wife's birthday. The Germans are convinced that the Allies will not land… These scenes, kept alive by countless screenings of The Longest...
UTAH BEACH - Fighting Our Way Ashore - With the 2nd Naval... UTAH BEACH - Fighting Our Way Ashore - With the 2nd Naval... 2
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UTAH BEACH - Fighting Our Way Ashore - With the 2nd Naval Beach Battalion

L20240127
€84.36
Fighting Our Way Ashore is an exhaustive and meticulously documented account of the crucial role played by the 2nd Naval Beach Battalion during the Second World War. In 752 pages, this comprehensive work immerses you in the history, operations and personal stories of the men who served in this specialist unit. The book begins with the formation of the 2nd...
STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Vol. 4 Hohenstaufen -... STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Vol. 4 Hohenstaufen -... 2
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STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Vol. 4 Hohenstaufen - Frundsberg

L20240126
€33.18
In this fourth and penultimate volume of the series on the Sturmgeschütze of the Waffen-SS, Pierre Tiquet turns his attention to two celebrated armoured divisions, at one time grouped together within the II. SS-Panzer-Korps: the 9. and 10. SS-Panzer-Divisionen, respectively named "Hohenstaufen" and "Frundsberg". Despite the fairly rapid disbanding of...
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Caesar against Vercingetorix - Nine Months of War in Gaul
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Caesar against Vercingetorix - Nine Months of War in Gaul

L20240125
€15.12
In 52 BC the Gallic uprising led by the Arvernian Vercingetorix broke out. The first months of the war were a succession of skirmishes, with Vercingetorix conducting a form of avant la lettre guerrilla warfare. Julius Caesar decided to seek a decisive victory by attacking the capital of the Arverni. The fighting, somewhat disjointed, ended in an...
LECLERC TANK, FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE CONFLICTS OF TOMORROW
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LECLERC TANK, FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE CONFLICTS OF TOMORROW

L20240124
€55.92
Designed to destroy Soviet tank hordes on the plains of Germany, the Leclerc set the performance bar so high that, forty years after its conception, engineers the world over still dream of matching it when designing a new tank. Hitting seven moving targets at up to 3,000 m while travelling cross-country at 50 km/h in one minute is a feat achievable only...
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