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JOSEF MENGELE – Doctor and Executioner
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JOSEF MENGELE – Doctor and Executioner

L20250075
€21.80
The first French-language biography of "The Angel of Death". This book comprehensively traces the extraordinary life of a particularly cruel Nazi doctor, Josef Mengele. How did this man come to break the Hippocratic oath in such a monstrous way? The author of The Doctors of Auschwitz recounts Mengele's childhood in Günzburg, his promising future in...
Heinz Guderian – Master of the Panzers
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Heinz Guderian – Master of the Panzers

L20250074
€24.64
The first French-language biography of the founding father of the German armoured arm, "soul and genius of the Blitzkrieg", by the foremost military specialist of the Second World War. Guderian: the man clad in the black uniform of the armoured troops who crushed France in 1940 at Sedan, before marching on Moscow. It is to him that Hitler owed his Panzer...
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THE WARRIORS OF THE 10 – CPA 10
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THE WARRIORS OF THE 10 – CPA 10

L20250073
€25.59
Nicolas S. spent nineteen years in the special forces, within the Commando Parachutiste de l'Air n°10, where he served as action group leader and mission commander. Alongside his brothers-in-arms, he hunted and fought the enemies of France on three continents, carrying out the Republic's most sensitive missions: capture of terrorist leaders and war...
COMMANDO MARINE – The Brig and the Dagger
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COMMANDO MARINE – The Brig and the Dagger

L20250072
€28.44
"What could be finer than committing oneself to the fulfilment of a noble cause, working for the collective good and having a profession that carries meaning — all the more so within an elite unit with a prestigious past." Largo is a marine commando. His speciality: sniper. Largo is also a talented photographer who shares his extraordinary profession...
SNCASO 4050 VAUTOUR
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SNCASO 4050 VAUTOUR

L20250071
€65.40
Published in 1996 and prefaced by General of the Air Corps Claude Grigault, former commander of the 92nd Bombardment Brigade at Cognac, the former Chief of Staff of the Armée de l'Air particularly highlighted at the time «the author's competence and knowledge of his milieu, the assembly of documentation of a quality and scope that commands admiration,...
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THE MARCEL BLOCH AIRCRAFT - Volume 2: Entry into War
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THE MARCEL BLOCH AIRCRAFT - Volume 2: Entry into War

L20250070
€74.88
After an initial attempt that went largely unnoticed, Marcel Bloch was able to establish himself as an aviation industrialist thanks to the success of a second generation of aircraft — the MB 81, MB 120 and MB 200. He then set his teams a sweeping challenge, giving rise to a third generation that included the MB 130, MB 131, MB 210 and MB 220 models,...
André Zirnheld, the Song of a Partisan
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André Zirnheld, the Song of a Partisan

L20250069
€23.70
« I want insecurity and anxiety, I want turmoil and the fight » Only two men, Joseph Kessel and André Zirnheld, have bequeathed to us a universal hymn to the Resistance. But while everyone knows Le Chant des partisans, who, beyond veteran circles, has ever read the sublime Prayer of the Compagnon de la Libération Zirnheld — the first FFL paratrooper...
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THE SS ORDER – History – Uniforms – Equipment
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THE SS ORDER – History – Uniforms – Equipment

L20250068
€23.70
An illuminating work on the SS, conceived as a totalitarian ideological order, whose rites, social control and institutionalised violence forged a genuine "state within the state" under Himmler's iron grip. As the embodiment of Third Reich ideology and conceived as a chivalric order, the SS instituted rites and a code of conduct that served as tools for...
Kolwezi – The Legion Jumps on Katanga
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Kolwezi – The Legion Jumps on Katanga

L20250067
€27.49
A documented and gripping account of Operation Bonite at Kolwezi in 1978, in which the 2e REP distinguished itself in a lightning rescue operation at the heart of the Zairian chaos — the last great French airborne operation.  In May 1978, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), then commanded by Colonel Philippe Érulin, was chosen for a mission...
La Milice Française Dies in Italy
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La Milice Française Dies in Italy

L20250066
€32.23
A rare and striking eyewitness account of the last days of the Milice française in 1945, between exile, fanaticism and final shipwreck in the collapse of the Third Reich. March 1945. Europe is collapsing, Germany is in its death throes, and in the chaos of a war drawing to its close, a handful of men refuse to give up. These are the last loyalists of the...
History of the 1er RPIMa - The Exceptional Regiment of...
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History of the 1er RPIMa - The Exceptional Regiment of the Special Forces

L20250064
€20.85
A living and thoroughly documented tribute to the 1er RPIMa, elite regiment of the French special forces, tracing its history, missions, traditions and the daily life of its soldiers. In a thoroughly researched work, Rémi Bernier immerses us in the history of the 1er RPIMa, the prestigious marine infantry parachute regiment and crown jewel of the French...
ONE AGAINST TWELVE - The 87th BCA in the Defence of the...
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ONE AGAINST TWELVE - The 87th BCA in the Defence of the Alps, June 1940

L20250063
€20.38
How the French stood their ground against Italian soldiers in the Queyras in June 1940. The Battle of the Alps is one of the rare engagements to have ended in a French victory during the 1940 campaign in France. While the armies of the north and east were subjected to the blitzkrieg tempo imposed by the enemy, the soldiers of the Alps managed to halt the...
THE GREEN DEVILS JUMP ON MONTEROTONDO - 9–10 September 1943 THE GREEN DEVILS JUMP ON MONTEROTONDO - 9–10 September 1943 2
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THE GREEN DEVILS JUMP ON MONTEROTONDO - 9–10 September 1943

L20250062
€46.45
Summer 1943, Rome an open city, Italy prepares to switch sides and installs its army headquarters at Monterotondo, some twenty kilometres from the capital. From late July, the German command takes measures to counter the threat. Italy proclaims the armistice on 8 September; under the command of Major Gericke, 650 German paratroopers of II./FJR 6 jump on...
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BRESLAU - An Impregnable Fortress February - May 1945 BRESLAU - An Impregnable Fortress February - May 1945 2
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BRESLAU - An Impregnable Fortress February - May 1945

L20250061
€37.44
February 1945: the Red Army surges across the Polish plains and into eastern Germany, overwhelming German armies struggling to contain it — objective: the Oder valley, to reach Berlin but also Breslau, capital of Silesia. This region had been founded by German settlers as early as the 12th century. Until now spared by the war, this German province was...
D-Day Girls - Saboteurs, Spies, Resistance Fighters: the...
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D-Day Girls - Saboteurs, Spies, Resistance Fighters: the true story of Churchill's...

L20250060
€18.96
1942. The Allies are losing the war; Germany seems invincible. Churchill, convinced that Great Britain faces an existential threat, creates a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose agents are trained in every kind of technique, from sabotage to precision shooting. Their mission: to "set Europe ablaze". With most men on the front...
LA VIGIE - War Memoirs of a Rear Gunner in the Pathfinders
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LA VIGIE - War Memoirs of a Rear Gunner in the Pathfinders

L20250059
€16.11
The story of the air war over Germany as seen from the small plexiglass bubble of the rear turret of a Lancaster. Originally a member of 626 Squadron, then of 156 Pathfinder Squadron, Ron Smith flew 65 operations, which he recorded with the intensity born of his isolation at the rear of that metal giant. The book describes in fascinating detail the...
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Erwin Rommel. The most famous general of the Third Reich. Erwin Rommel. The most famous general of the Third Reich. 2
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Erwin Rommel. The Most Famous General of the Third Reich.

L20250058
€37.44
Among all the generals of the Third Reich, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is unquestionably the best known, the one whose prestige stands highest. The British, whom he faced in North Africa and in Normandy, were his principal adversaries and those who contributed most to his reputation as a great soldier, a consummate tactician and a chivalrous warrior. They...
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THE 3RD AMERICAN INFANTRY DIVISION "MARNE DIVISION"
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THE 3RD AMERICAN INFANTRY DIVISION "MARNE DIVISION"

L20250057
€22.75
This book is the only one in French recounting the history of the 3rd Infantry Division of the United States Army, from its creation to the present day. This major active-duty division is also nicknamed "Marne Division" owing to its exploits in 1918. Between the two wars, it survived on the order of battle despite the "crisis of '29". After the United...
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Memoirs of Hitler's Photographer - "Hitler Was My Friend"
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Memoirs of Hitler's Photographer - "Hitler Was My Friend"

L20250056
€21.80
Heinrich Hoffmann (1885–1957) is one of the most important figures in the history of the Third Reich. From their first meeting in the Munich beer halls after the First World War, Hitler and he forged a personal friendship and a professional alliance that would prove highly profitable for both men. The first secured the services of a skilled, extremely...
The d'Astier Brothers in the Resistance - François, Henri...
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The d'Astier Brothers in the Resistance - François, Henri and Emmanuel d'Astier de La...

L20250055
€24.17
Unique in the history of the Ordre de la Libération, all three d'Astier de La Vigerie brothers were recognised as Companions by General de Gaulle. François, an air force general and an ace of 1914–1918, was the only French officer throughout the entire war to officially hold the title of deputy to the General; Henri, of Action française inspiration, was...
Padre - Memoirs of a Military Chaplain
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Padre - Memoirs of a Military Chaplain

L20250054
€20.76
"The joy of the soul lies in action." This phrase by Marshal Lyautey perfectly sums up Father Lallemand, as soldier, priest, and man are so intimately intertwined. This remarkable personality devoted his life to his brothers-in-arms. Here is his exceptional testimony, filled with hope. Born in 1937, into a family with a military tradition marked by...
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Les Vampires: Eliminations and Sabotage - Resistance,...
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Les Vampires: Eliminations and Sabotage - Resistance, 1943–1945

L20250053
€21.80
November 1942: the Wehrmacht invaded the free zone, bringing about the establishment of German police and repression services south of the Loire. With the complicity of the Vichy regime, French collaborators of every stripe became the zealous auxiliaries of the occupier. In the Clermont region, Emile Coulaudon, future commander of the FFI in Auvergne,...
Carabiniers du Roi 1693-1791 - Carnet de la Compagnie...
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Carabiniers du Roi 1693-1791 - Carnet de la Compagnie d'Elite

L20250052
€18.96
Here is a regiment that stands truly apart by virtue of its recruitment method, its organisation, its strength and its employment. Thus, - This regiment did not recruit directly, but was "fed" and replenished with recruits by the other cavalry regiments, following a system analogous to that in force for the Compagnie des Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde; -...
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THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THE BATTLE OF FRANCE 1939-1940 THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THE BATTLE OF FRANCE 1939-1940 2
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THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THE BATTLE OF FRANCE 1939-1940

L20250051
€42.65
1939, the year France was plunged into a new world conflict, marked a third black chapter for the customs officers. After 1870 and 1914, the Military Corps of Customs was once again mobilised. Like their predecessors before them, this third generation of customs fighters did their duty, upholding the motto « Honneur et Patrie » on their standard. These...
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Die Kampfgeschwader 54. The Death's Head Wing - Volume II
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Kampfgeschwader 54. The Death's Head Wing - Volume 2

L20250050
€55.92
Kampfgeschwader 54, the Totenkopfgeschwader, is a unit well known to enthusiasts of the air war of the Second World War owing to its death's head insignia inherited from the hussar squadrons. Above all, KG 54 distinguished itself as one of the few Luftwaffe wings to have fought from the first to the last day of the conflict — even if under various forms...
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Kampfgeschwader 54: The Death's Head Wing – Volume 1
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Kampfgeschwader 54: The Death's Head Wing – Volume 1

L20250049
€55.92
The Kampfgeschwader 54, the Totenkopfgeschwader, is a unit well known to enthusiasts of the air war of the Second World War on account of its death's head insignia inherited from hussar squadrons. But above all, KG 54 distinguished itself as one of the few Luftwaffe wings to have fought from the first to the last day of the conflict — even if under...
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The Secret World of the Gauls
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The Secret World of the Gauls

L20250048
€22.65
Thanks to archaeology, Gaul is gradually revealing itself, offering an unexpected vision of the Gaulish world — brilliant and at odds with the accounts handed down by the Greeks and the Romans. Throughout the five centuries of a history cut short by Caesar's conquest and the defeat of Vercingetorix, the Gauls developed an original political and social...
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Rendez-Vous avec La Mort – Recovered Memoirs of a Freedom...
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Rendez-Vous avec La Mort – Recovered Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter (1936–1944)

L20250047
€20.85
Salomon Ickovic was born in 1911 in a province of the Kingdom of Hungary that would soon become part of Czechoslovakia. Very young, like so many young Jews of modest origin, he joined the Communist Party and committed himself to the life of a fighter. In 1937 he joined the International Brigades in Spain, before taking refuge in France and joining the...
Oradour Fell Silent - The Tragic Fate of a French...
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Oradour Fell Silent - The Tragic Fate of a French Village, 10 June 1944

L20250046
€21.71
On 10 June 1944, Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, was annihilated by an SS division: 643 villagers lost their lives, the women and children asphyxiated then burned in the church while the men were murdered in barns. Giving voice back to the dead through the poignant testimonies of survivors, historian Robert Pike immersed himself in the archives to...
An Ordinary Father – In the Footsteps of Alfred Douroux,...
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An Ordinary Father – In the Footsteps of Alfred Douroux, the LVF and the Waffen SS

L20250045
€20.38
On 27 March 1943, Alfred Douroux — Freddy to his friends, to the judges and to the police — enlisted in the Wehrmacht with the Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme, the LVF. He pursued his career as a military collaborator in the Waffen SS, fighting in May 1945 among the ruins of Berlin, "a white silk scarf around his neck and a cigar...
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