WORLD WAR II

DIAMOND T VEHICLES OF THE U.S. ARMY DIAMOND T VEHICLES OF THE U.S. ARMY 2
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DIAMOND T VEHICLES OF THE U.S. ARMY

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Diamond T Vehicles of the U.S. Army, by Didier Andres Between 1940 and 1945, the Diamond T Motor Car Company delivered just over 50,000 vehicles to the U.S. Army and its Allies. Within this production, just over 30,000 were 4-ton, 6×6 heavy trucks, which came in numerous variants: cargo, wrecker, ponton carrier, engineer dump, map van, etc. The "Diamond"...
ST EX A Prince in His Citadel (novel format)
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ST EX A Prince in His Citadel (novel format)

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One of the most widely read books in the world since the dawn of writing is The Little Prince, which has sold close to 200 million copies… Its author, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, nicknamed Saint Ex, was a paradoxical figure: everyone knows his name, knows that he was one of the aviators who wrote the legend of the Aéropostale, that he died in flight during...
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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

L20220107
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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

L20220097
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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

L20220090
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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

L20220030
€24.64
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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€28.25
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

L20210140
€31.28
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,...
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