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The France Campaign 1814 - When Napoleon Becomes a...
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After the terrible defeat in Russia and the disaster of the 1813 campaign in Germany, Napoleon found himself forced to fight on French soil, with the Allies determined to crush the Emperor and "liberate" Europe. From the invasion in January to the abdication in April 1814, tracing the victories and final defeats of Napoleon, this book presents in text and...
The Aircraft of the D-Day Landings
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Allied aviation — bringing together the forces of the RAF and the US Air Force — deployed enormous resources to support ground troops throughout the summer of 1944. Bombers, fighters, reconnaissance aircraft and torpedo planes were used without restriction, dominating Norman airspace with virtually no opposition from the German air forces, which were...
TANK AMX 30, AMX 30B, AMX 30B2 AND VARIANTS
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From the DEFA (Direction des études et fabrication d'armements, the state body responsible for the arsenals) project was born the AMX 30, a highly mobile tank capable of operating in an NBC environment and equipped with an excellent 105 mm gun of national design. The first AMX 30Bs entered service in 1967. Their chassis gave rise to a complete family of...
Gaulish Religions
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Gaulish Religions

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Druids lost in deep forests, orgiastic feasts, shields and trophies, magic, human sacrifices… The clichés about Gaulish religion die hard. But what was the religion of our mythical "ancestors" really like? What was this religion without a prophet, without rules, without writings or history to present? These questions read like a challenge: we have only a...
STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Volume 2 Totenkopf -... STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Volume 2 Totenkopf -... 2
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In this second volume on the Sturmgeschütze of the Waffen-SS, the reader will find the history of the assault guns of the "Totenkopf" division, initially organized as a single battery and later expanded into a powerful three-battery Abteilung. Plunged into the ordeal of the Demyansk Pocket in the winter of 1941/42, the Sturmartilleristen endured almost...
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1 1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1 2
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The French Soldier 1940. Volume 1. Uniform, headgear, badges, by Olivier Bellec. The French Army of 1939–40 was in the midst of transformation. The concepts that prevailed at the end of the 19th century regarding uniforms and equipment were giving way to more modern ones, stemming in particular from mechanisation and technical progress. The equipment then...
Italians in the Service of France, 1499–1630 –...
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Italians in the Service of France – Renaissance & Thirty Years' War Discover in this new Compagnie d'Elite cahier the genesis of the integration of Italian troops into the order of battle of the French armies. From the origins in 1499, through the Gendarmes of Prince Ludovico Gonzaga and the bands of Piedmont, to the fighting in 1629–1630 during the...
Memoirs of a Poilu of the 15-2 - Hartmannswillerkopf...
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The Hartmannswillerkopf is a major site of the Great War. This vantage point, whose slopes drop down into the Alsace plain, was in 1915 the scene of bitter fighting between French and German forces. Its bloody memory haunted the survivors. Among the French units engaged at the Hartmann, the 152nd Infantry Regiment distinguished itself by the sacrifices it...
Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and... Recruitment in the French Foreign Legion - History and... 2
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The recruitment of the Légion étrangère, over its 189 years of existence, has never ceased to evolve in response to numerous parameters that fiction does not glimpse or cannot reveal. The image of a charming and crafty adventurer, seeking redemption, wandering through sands and jungles at the whim of wars, is too fine a picture to withstand the filter of...
Douaumont and Vaux - The French Victories of 1916 at Verdun
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Following the definitive failure of the German offensive at Verdun in July 1916, the French prepared with great meticulousness to retake the lost ground in the autumn of 1916. The offensive began in October 1916 and led to the immediate recapture of Fort Douaumont. The recapture of Fort Vaux had to wait until December. Thus, nearly all the ground lost on...
Tank Destroyers 1939–1945 – Genesis and Tactics
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An exhaustive study of German, Soviet and Anglo-Saxon tank destroyers of the Second World War. Among the most powerful and heaviest armoured vehicles of the Second World War. A reference that every enthusiast of armoured warfare in the Second World War should have in their library. Contents: I) General Introduction: The origins of tank destroyers II)...
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