WORLD WAR II

THE ANGEL OF YEU VOL. 2 - PIERRE LEVEE THE ANGEL OF YEU VOL. 2 - PIERRE LEVEE 2
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THE ANGEL OF YEU VOL. 2 - PIERRE LEVEE

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1940: the Germans land on the Île d'Yeu… A fine opportunity for Gaston, who still covets Ange-Clovis's wife, to denounce his rival to the Gestapo. As he flees, Ange-Clovis must choose: save Agathe, his beloved wife… or his boat… But this time it is no dream. And there is no waking up if the nightmare takes a turn for the worse. The conclusion of a...
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2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2
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2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century BC to the Atlantic Wall

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2000 YEARS OF FRENCH FORTIFICATION From the 4th century BC to the Atlantic Wall Oppida, castles, fortified churches, and urban ramparts dot the French landscape, while forts and Maginot works near the borders evoke former barriers. Why this omnipresent fortification? Historians, architects, and urban planners seek, for various reasons, an answer. They...
152nd Infantry Regiment — Les Diables Rouges
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152nd Infantry Regiment - Les Diables Rouges

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It was born on the banks of the Rhine. That metaphor alone perfectly encapsulates the deep vocation of the 152nd Infantry Regiment, the "Diables rouges" of the Régiment d'Alsace. Its history, punctuated by great feats of arms and periods of dormancy, reaches its peak at the Hartmannswillerkopf and during the Great War.The regiment appears in the order of...
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1939–1945 Small and Grand History 1939–1945 Small and Grand History 2
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1939–1945: Small and Grand History

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The Second World War occupies, regrettably, the summit of the table of horrors of all the wars that Humanity has known and that the planet has endured since time immemorial. This book set out to recall, in a factual manner, with independence and realism, the main phases of this exceptional conflict, the major military confrontations between the...
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The Battle of Stonne: A Head-on Clash during the Battle of France
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The Battle of Stonne: A Head-On Clash During the Battle of France

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The Battle of Stonne recounts the story of the French soldiers who halted a German offensive advance in the pre-Ardennes zone south of Sedan, from 14 May 1940 onwards.This work seeks to fill a serious gap by shedding light on an episode of the Battle of France completely ignored by the French of today. It thus runs counter to received ideas and proves...
From the Meuse to the Danube 1944–1945
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From the Meuse to the Danube 1944–1945

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June 1940. As the French armies began a general retreat on the orders of General Weygand, Commander-in-Chief, the inhabitants of the border regions with Germany and Belgium evacuated their towns and villages before an enemy advancing rapidly.The exodus was short-lived: France signed the armistice on 25 June. A long period of occupation of national...
The End of the Gleiniger Mystery – August 1944: the Liberation of Limoges
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The End of the Gleiniger Mystery — August 1944, the Liberation of Limoges

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On 21 August 1944, the German authorities occupying the Limousin region had a meeting at 8 p.m. with representatives of the Resistance to sign the act of surrender of the city of Limoges, thus allowing the Maquisards of Georges Guingouin, who surrounded the city, to enter without bloodshed. But there was only one German captain to receive them at the...
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The Second World War: The Tragedy of a Century
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World War II, the Tragedy of a Century

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The Second World War was the most gigantic military conflict of all time, both in terms of the harshness of the fighting endured by the soldiers involved, and the malicious consequences for civilian populations and the devastating effects on homes and the organisation of territories. It shook states to their foundations and shaped the world as we know it...
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DE LATTRE – The German Campaign 1945
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DE LATTRE The German Campaign 1945

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February 1945: General de Lattre de Tassigny and his First French Army stand before the Rhine. He is the first since Turenne and Napoleon to be in a position to cross it by force. The Americans are not in favour. No matter — supported and encouraged by General de Gaulle, he crosses the Rhine in strength on 31 March 1945 at Gemmersheim. He is about to...
The Provence Landings
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The Provence Landings

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Proceedings of the international symposium organized in Fréjus at the Centre d'histoire et d'études des troupes d'outre-mer.Edited by Antoine Champeaux and Paul Gaujac.
Women in the War 1939–1945
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Women in the War 1939 - 1945

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The testimonies, which form the living substance of this book, were set down in writing after being recorded on camera. They constitute the audiovisual material of a documentary series in five one-hour episodes, broadcast on France 3 and Arte. « Women in the War » was released as a DVD box set distributed by Janus-diffusion in Fnac stores and video...
When Hitler's Filmmaker Fascinated France: Leni Riefenstahl
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When Hitler's Filmmaker Captivated France, Leni Riefenstahl

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When Hitler's Filmmaker Captivated France — LENI RIEFENSTAHL. Why was Popular Front France able to hold up Nazi propaganda films such as Triumph of the Will or Olympia as models of thought or conduct? This book is not a biography of Leni Riefenstahl but a study of the reception of her films in France and of their possible influences on French society in...
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The Spy of the Siegfried Line: Armand Chouffet, Aerial Photographer
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The Spy of the Siegfried Line, Armand Chouffet, Aerial Photographer

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.On 20 June 1940, the day Panzergruppe Guderian arrived in Franche-Comté, three Abwehr officers — German military intelligence — went to Montéchéroux, a small village in the Doubs. Their mission: to arrest Armand Chouffet, one of the French pioneers of aerial espionage. An agent of the French intelligence service from 1935 to 1940, the aviator had taken...
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Operations in Europe – 6 June 1944 – 8 May 1945
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Operations in Europe - 6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945

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On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Europe, it seemed essential to present to the public a major work for a better understanding of this tragic and heroic chapter of our history.General Eisenhower was the orchestrator of the most significant military operation in History. We are reissuing the mission report he submitted to his...
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A Volunteer of the Night in the Hell of the Nazi Camps
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A Night Volunteer in the Hell of the Nazi Camps

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A Night Volunteer in the Hell of the Nazi Camps, Pierre de Froment. The text presented here is the sober and moving account, written in 1946, of the concentration camp horror he had just endured.
Saint-Cyrians in the Resistance
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Saint-Cyriens in the Resistance

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This work compiles the proceedings of the day of historical studies held at the Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence.
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Lyautey – The Social Role of the Officer
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Lyautey — The Social Role of the Officer

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Reprint of the complete text supplemented by a 55-page accompanying dossier, presented by Colonel P. Geoffroy, Association Nationale Maréchal Lyautey. This work is prefaced by General of the Army Henri Bentegeat, Chief of the Defence Staff.
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Run for It, Roger
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Run for Your Life, Roger

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A true book, featuring illustrations and texts, about the tragedy of Oradour-sur-Glane. The story of a child who survived this atrocity. With the participation of the Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour.
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2 September 1940 – Tahiti – Free France
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2 September 1940 - Tahiti - Free France

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2 September 1940 The rallying of the French Establishments of Oceania to General de Gaulle. While the New Hebrides were the first, on 18 July 1940, to join Free France, Tahiti did so on 2 September. The time of ruptures was beginning. Little by little, parcel by parcel, the colonial Empire was making its choices. This rallying of the French...
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Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the... Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the... 2
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Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the clash of five armies

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The armies of five nations were present in Italy in 1943 — American, British, French, Polish and German — and their confrontation was one of the most brutal of the Second World War, both for the combatants and for the civilian population, who are never spoken of. Faced with the all-out resistance of the German forces on the Gustav Line south of Rome, the...
HUNGARIAN ARMOURED FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HUNGARIAN ARMOURED FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 2
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HUNGARIAN ARMOURED FORCES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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The actions of the German armoured forces during the Second World War are well known to the public, largely owing to the numerous works devoted to them. Those of the armoured forces of their allied countries are, by contrast, far less well known. This volume sets out the role of the Hungarian armoured forces which, over the course of the global conflict,...
2.PANZERDIVISION IN NORMANDY VOL.3 - Falaise and Retreat,... 2.PANZERDIVISION IN NORMANDY VOL.3 - Falaise and Retreat,... 2
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2.PANZERDIVISION IN NORMANDY VOL.3 - Falaise and Retreat, 13 August – September 1944

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The final act of the 2. Panzer-Division's engagement at the heart of the Battle of Normandy begins on 13 August 1944, in Volume III of the three-volume series on the German armoured unit. The transfer between Alençon and Argentan plunges the unit into the exhaustion of its combat strength over a week of dramatic retreat. After the illusions of...
Who Dares Wins – From Gaugamela to Ouadi Doum: When...
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Who Dares Wins – From Gaugamela to Ouadi Doum: When Boldness Changes the Course of Battles

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€25.50
Strike at the head, wrong-foot the enemy, appear from nowhere… These are some of the audacious tactics analysed in Qui ose vaincra. Following the successes of L'Art de conduire une bataille and Les 7 Péchés capitaux du chef militaire, this third volume explores the different forms of boldness in combat, from the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC to the...
NORMANDY 44: INFANTRY, QUEEN OF BATTLES
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NORMANDY 44: INFANTRY, QUEEN OF BATTLES

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The role of infantry in the Battle of Normandy in June, July and August 1944 Many summarise the Battle of Normandy as tank clashes in the bocage or on the Caen plain. Others think of Patton's armoured breakout. Yet infantry divisions were in the majority. It is they who fight on 6 June, on both the Allied and German sides. It is American infantrymen who...
The Battle of the Alps – 1940
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The Battle of the Alps – 1940

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OUT OF PRINT The definitive book on the Battle of the Alps, France's only victory in 1940. In June 1940, as France was suffering the worst military defeat in its history, the Army of the Alps resisted Italian assaults with success and even managed to counter the flanking attack launched by the Germans in the direction of Grenoble and Annecy.
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The Kampfgeschwader 6
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The Kampfgeschwader 6

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€45.50
The 6th Bomber Wing of the Luftwaffe remains a unit still relatively little known, owing to its comparatively brief existence. It was indeed formed with great difficulty following an order of October 1941, having been conceived to support KG 2 in its sporadic harassment operations against Great Britain. Its build-up was slow and laborious due to a lack of...
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ACHTUNG PANZER! – HEINZ GUDERIAN, INVENTOR OF THE BLITZKRIEG
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ACHTUNG PANZER! – HEINZ GUDERIAN, INVENTOR OF THE BLITZKRIEG

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HEINZ GUDERIAN, INVENTOR OF THE BLITZKRIEG This book is not for every reader. This is neither a biography, nor the war memoirs of a celebrated soldier, still less a work recounting the adventures of combatants caught up in the thunder of battle. No, Achtung Panzer! is anything but that! It is a military essay — but no ordinary one: the very work that...
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THE SAMURAI ATTACK – How Japan Almost Won the War
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THE SAMURAI ATTACK – How Japan Almost Won the War

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In this compelling analysis, Simon Le Bouché revisits the first year of war waged by the Empire of the Rising Sun in the Asia-Pacific theatre, deciphering its war machine and strategies. All fronts and all operational theatres of the three arms (land, air, sea) are presented and explained, as are the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese forces as well...
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Encyclopedia of German Fighter Aircraft 1939-1945
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Encyclopedia of German Fighter Aircraft 1939-1945

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In its series of encyclopaedias devoted to Second World War aircraft, Caraktère turns this time to the fighters of the Luftwaffe, written by historian Chris Goss. With some thirty aircraft covered, including the essential Fw 190, Bf 109 and Bf 110, this book examines the full range of German piston-engined and jet fighters in service between 1933 and...
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THE RED ARMY - VOLUME 2 1943-1945 // The Zenith
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THE RED ARMY - VOLUME 2 1943-1945 // The Zenith

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The Soviet victory at Stalingrad, despite the losses, marks the beginning of the Red Army's transformation. Driven by ambitious generals (and an omnipotent Stalin), it gradually changed beyond recognition, bearing almost no resemblance to the army of the summer of 1941. Despite German resistance, the Soviets pressed on towards the very heart of the III....
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La Redoute Ruinée, Sentinel of the Col du...
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La Redoute Ruinée, Sentinel of the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard

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Perched at 2,400 m., the fort of the Redoute dominates the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, watching over it like a sleeping sentinel. Since the Neolithic period, this pass has been one of the main routes for crossing the Alps. Over the centuries, it was developed to facilitate passage. In the Petit-Saint-Bernard region, the post of the Redoute Ruinée was...
La Traction Avant Citroën sous l'Uniforme - Tome 2 La Traction Avant Citroën sous l'Uniforme - Tome 2 2
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La Traction Avant Citroën sous l'Uniforme - Tome 2

L20210115
€37.87
The Citroën Traction Avant was the most-produced car in France before 1940: more than 250,000 examples were on the roads of the country and the world at the time. It is therefore no surprise to find it, during the Second World War, accompanying both armies and civilian populations on every front, in every territory, including the most remote. The...
The British Soldier - The Forgotten Victor of the Second...
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The British Soldier - The Forgotten Victor of the Second World War

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The role of the British soldier in the defeat of Nazi Germany reassessed and given its rightful place. Benoît Rondeau exhaustively examines the particular characteristics of the soldier of the British Empire, the conditions in which he fought, how he was trained, commanded, equipped, cared for... He seeks to capture in its entirety the daily life of the...
THE JUNKERS JU-52 AND AAC.1 TOUCAN UNDER OUR ROUNDELS
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THE JUNKERS JU-52 AND AAC.1 TOUCAN UNDER OUR ROUNDELS

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€53.08
A German engineer, Hugo Junkers was the pioneer of all-metal aircraft construction and, from 1914 onwards, developed several models dedicated to air transport. As the culmination of this line of aircraft, the prototype of the Junkers 52, designed in 1930 at the request of the national carrier Lufthansa, was initially a single-engine aircraft; the Ju 52,...
LES RADIOS ALLIÉES - Volume 1 - British, American and... LES RADIOS ALLIÉES - Volume 1 - British, American and... 2
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LES RADIOS ALLIÉES - Volume 1 - British, American and Canadian Signal Equipment 1940-1945

L20210107
€75.36
"On 6 June 1944, on the beaches as in the hinterland, almost all orders and reports — with rare exceptions — for every combat arm were transmitted by radio-electronic links…" Celebrating human ingenuity, radio is the domain of intelligent, rigorous, innovative and open-minded individuals. Little known, radio-electronic communications nonetheless represent...
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