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Camouflages & Markings of the Luftwaffe 1933–1945
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Camouflages & Markings of the Luftwaffe 1933–1945

L20230062
€37.82
In Reprint – Delivery late November 2023 Absolutely everything is scrutinised by the author, who drew on thousands of archival documents gathered over decades of research to offer this study without equal to date. Enriched with hundreds of photographs and dozens of colour profiles, as well as contemporary sketches, this work proves indispensable to every...
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TRACTORS & SEMI-TRAILERS OF THE U.S. ARMY TRACTORS & SEMI-TRAILERS OF THE U.S. ARMY 2
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TRACTORS & SEMI-TRAILERS OF THE U.S. ARMY

L20230059
€24.64
US Army WW2 trucks, tractors and semi-trailers, by Didier Andres. In the late 1930s, two major schools of thought clashed within the United States Army, which had embarked on a profound restructuring of its units and vehicle fleet. In the field of logistical support, the advocates of the trailer and semi-trailer concept championed a physical separation...
KÉPI: A French Headpiece. Volume 2: the military képi... KÉPI: A French Headpiece. Volume 2: the military képi... 2
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KÉPI: A French Headpiece. Volume 2: the military képi from 1939 to the present day,...

L20230058
€37.87
PRE-ORDER ONLINE - BOOK AVAILABLE FROM 30 MAY 2023 The history of the képi is covered here in its entirety for the first time. This headpiece alone symbolizes the French soldier, but it is also, by extension, the official representation of the military man and the civil servant. A képi conveys a great deal of information about its wearer, beginning with...
LIBERTY! FRANCE'S DECISIVE ROLE IN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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LIBERTY! FRANCE'S DECISIVE ROLE IN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

L20230057
€23.60
The role of the French in North America in the 18th century is largely unknown. Yet they were to occupy a pivotal position in the transformation of that territory into a major political entity for the two centuries that followed. Indeed, a former British general, George Washington, sought the help of yesterday's enemy — France — to assist the American...
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TOWARDS A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE - Mediterranean...
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TOWARDS A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE - Mediterranean 15th–16th Century

L20230056
€24.64
The history of the Renaissance has given a place to the art of its great architects — Brunelleschi, Bramante or Delorme — but has paid little or no attention to their maritime counterparts. The vocabulary of the sea and of naval architecture, often demanding, seems to form a barrier to our understanding. Yet the maritime world is part of History, of our...
DICTIONARY OF THE ALGERIAN WAR
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DICTIONARY OF THE ALGERIAN WAR

L20230055
€32.23
Sixty years after the Évian Accords, the first dictionary devoted to the Algerian War is published, written by the leading specialists of the period, both Algerian and French. Sixty years after the end of the Algerian War, the issues of memory tied to the history of this conflict have fuelled as many debates as controversies. Historical research has...
TILL THE JOB IS DONE - Letters from the Front
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TILL THE JOB IS DONE - Letters from the Front

L20230054
€28.34
Illustrated with newly colorized period photographs and battlefield relics, discover for the first time the complete correspondence of an American officer of the 4th Infantry Division, from the Norman fields to the dark Hürtgen Forest, by way of the Liberation of Paris! Poignant letters and a true story that prompt us to reflect on the ravages of war and...
THE BUHARA ADVENTURE - Resistance and Deportation -...
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THE BUHARA ADVENTURE - Resistance and Deportation - 1940–1945

L20230053
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On the evening of 12 February 1941, in the Bay of la Fresnaye, 15 young men — including 9 trainee pilots and their instructor — boarded the Buhara in silence to join England and General de Gaulle's Free France. Louis Delabruyère, barely 20 years old, was one of them. But their attempt failed... A rare and thoroughly documented personal account of the...
Waging War – Conversations on the Operational Art
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Waging War – Conversations on the Operational Art

L20230051
€21.71
A two-voice reflection on war and strategy, the like of which France has not seen in a long time. Why, throughout the centuries, have generals won so many victories that did not bring an end to the conflict? Why did the blood shed serve the objectives assigned by political authority to its armies so poorly? Why, to take one example among a thousand, were...
Officers' Fates – When Objects Bear Witness
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Officers' Fates – When Objects Bear Witness

L20230050
€21.71
The names of Generals Dupas, Dessaix and Chastel are engraved on the pillars of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. Recognised under the First Empire for their military merits and heroic acts on the battlefield, held in esteem by their soldiers as well as by Emperor Napoleon I, they have nonetheless fallen into obscurity. Even in Savoy, from which all three...
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THE BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ - 1939/1944
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THE BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ - 1939/1944

L20230049
€55.92
The Tirpitz was, without a doubt, one of the most formidable warships of her generation. Of redoubtable and uncontested power, the Bismarck's sistership spent the majority of her career in the Norwegian fjords. After brief and inconclusive sorties against Allied convoys, a remarkable human adventure would unfold in the effort to neutralize Hitler's last...
THE LUFTWAFFE IN BELGIUM. VOLUME II - Escalating Combat...
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THE LUFTWAFFE IN BELGIUM. VOLUME II - Escalating Combat and Withdrawal

L20230048
€46.45
In 1941–1942, setting aside Bomber Command's night operations, the air war ultimately had little impact on Belgium. 1943, the pivotal year of the Second World War, was nonetheless marked for that country by the growing incursions of the US 8th Air Force's heavy bombers, which until then had made little showing in Belgian airspace. From 6 April 1943, the...
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