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The Normandie-Niémen Epic – Free French on the Eastern...
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The Normandie-Niémen Epic – Free French on the Eastern Front 1942–1945

L20230147
€23.60
Fighting France, which in the darkest hours of the Occupation found its way back to victory, was also embodied by a small fighter squadron operating relentlessly in the skies of the Eastern Front. The Normandie squadron, which became the Normandie-Niémen regiment, is the most decorated of all time, yet remains little known in France. Who still remembers...
The Maquis Fighters – Fighting in Occupied France
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The Maquis Fighters – Fighting in Occupied France

L20230146
€24.64
The legend of the maquis is well known: that of the young men who, from 1942 onwards, chose to go underground to fight the occupier. The battles of the Glières and the Vercors. The resistants who liberated entire towns before the Allied armies even arrived. Beyond these romanticised images, however, the maquis fighters remain largely unknown. What...
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From the Morvan Maquis to the Gestapo Trap: André...
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From the Morvan Maquis to the Gestapo Trap: André Rondenay, Agent of Free France

L20230145
€21.80
On the night of 12 September 1943, French agent André Rondenay landed on the soil of occupied France. This 30-year-old graduate of the École Polytechnique, who had escaped from German prisoner-of-war camps, had just been trained by British intelligence services after being recruited by the BCRA, which regarded him as one of its finest assets. The missions...
Paratroopers in Algeria 1954–1958
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Paratroopers in Algeria 1954–1958

L20230143
€26.54
A dark legend surrounds the paratroopers sent to Algeria. These units, marked by the defeat at Diên Biên Phu and determined to deploy every available means to avoid a new setback, are said to have theorised counter-subversive doctrines involving the use of torture, before going on to participate in the overthrow of the Fourth Republic and the putsch of...
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Dien Bien Phu - The End of a World
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Dien Bien Phu - The End of a World

L20230142
€23.70
Spring 1954: the spearhead of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps faces, in the high valley of Dien Bien Phu, the elite units of the People's Army of Vietnam commanded by General Giap. This ferocious and unequal close-quarters fighting, set against a backdrop of intense artillery duels, is of unimaginable violence: between 13,000 and 25,000 Vietnamese...
UNITED WE CONQUER – Commandos Marine, ils racontent leur...
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UNITED WE CONQUER – Commandos Marine, ils racontent leur histoire

L20230141
€30.33
The history of the Commandos Marine told by those who lived it, magnificently photographed by one of their own. Preface by Rear Admiral Pierre de Briançon, Commander of the Naval Fusiliers and Commandos Maritime Force. Léon Gautier passed away in June 2023, aged 100. He was the last representative of the 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos,...
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THE BOCAGE BREAKOUT Volume 3 – 5–20 August 1944 THE BOCAGE BREAKOUT Volume 3 – 5–20 August 1944 2
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THE BOCAGE BREAKOUT Volume 3 – 5–20 August 1944

L20230140
€58.77
5–20 August 1944: Vassy – Tinchebray – Flers – Putanges Following the success of the first two volumes, which minutely detailed the breakout of the XXX and VIII British Corps through the bocage in the second half of July 1944, here is the final instalment of this series, describing day by day, hour by hour, the advance of British troops towards Argentan...
I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB 2
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I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB

L20230139
€26.54
This account is that of a Frenchman born in Morocco who was among the first to join the 2e DB in North Africa, trained as a tank crewman and incorporated into the 12e régiment de cuirassiers (12e RC). His narrative takes us through the fighting in Normandy, Alsace and the German campaign, as well as to the Royan pocket. In an altogether exceptional...
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RAIDS SPECIAL REPORT No. 3: THE UKRAINIAN ARMY AT WAR
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RAIDS SPECIAL REPORT No. 3: THE UKRAINIAN ARMY AT WAR

RAIDSHS3
€12.24
After more than a year of major fighting in Ukraine between the Russian army and the Ukrainian armed forces, and given our readers' constant interest in this war in Europe, we felt it necessary to present the Ukrainian army in detail. And this through both its general organisation and its special units such as snipers, anti-armour hunters, cyberwarfare...
EASTERN VOLUNTEERS IN NORMANDY - Eure - Seine-Maritime -... EASTERN VOLUNTEERS IN NORMANDY - Eure - Seine-Maritime -... 2
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EASTERN VOLUNTEERS IN NORMANDY - Eure - Seine-Maritime - August 1944

L20230138
€23.70
For the first time in the history of the Battle of Normandy, you will discover the memorable and tragic fate of a battalion of Eastern volunteers engaged within a field division of the German army formed in Seine-Maritime. These men, disillusioned by Stalinism, volunteered to serve in the Wehrmacht in the hope of regaining freedom in their native Russia...
NUTS & BOLTS VOL 48 - schwerer Panzerspähwagen on... NUTS & BOLTS VOL 48 - schwerer Panzerspähwagen on... 2
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NUTS & BOLTS VOL 48 - schwerer Panzerspähwagen on Büssing-NAG, Daimler-Benz and Magirus...

L20230137
€31.18
Six-wheeled armoured reconnaissance vehicles Sd.Kfz. 231, 232 and 263 from Büssing, Daimler-Benz and Magirus. Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (6-Rad) on Büssing-NAG, Daimler-Benz and Magirus chassis Sd.Kfz. 231, 232, 263 and variants Complete study of these vehicles. This book contains 478 illustrations including 430 photographs (326 period photos from the front...
HITLER / MUSSOLINI: THEIR BAPTISM OF FIRE — YPRES 1914 -...
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HITLER / MUSSOLINI: THEIR BAPTISM OF FIRE — YPRES 1914 - 1915 ISONZO

L20230136
€18.96
This book offers a completely original approach to the baptism of fire of two key figures of the 20th century: Hitler and Mussolini. For the first time, their two destinies in the Great War are presented as a mirror image, with their own testimonies, in order to show their reaction under fire. The battles in which they were engaged are described in detail...
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