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The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment - From the Levant to...
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The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment - From the Levant to Tunisia (1939–1955)

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The first work dedicated to the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment, tracing its epic from 1939 to 1948 across Syria, Lebanon and Tunisia, and paying tribute to the Levant legionnaires united under the motto "Ad Unum" – To the last man. Born in the Levant in 1939, the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment would exist for only nine years, yet it experienced everything:...
HS Gazette Des Armes No.34 - The Webley Revolvers HS Gazette Des Armes No.34 - The Webley Revolvers 2
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HS Gazette Des Armes No.34 - The Webley Revolvers

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The Webley revolvers were the principal sidearms of British officers during the extraordinary colonial expansion that characterised the Victorian era. Initially purchased privately by officers of Her Majesty, these revolvers were subsequently adopted by the British Army as its regulation sidearms from 1897 to the Second World War. Riding high on the hip,...
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THE U.S. TANKER HELMET - WW I & WW II 1917 - 1946 THE U.S. TANKER HELMET - WW I & WW II 1917 - 1946 2
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THE U.S. TANKER HELMET - WW I & WW II 1917 - 1946

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After four years of intensive research, writing, editing, and enrichment with newly discovered information, "THE U.S. TANKER HELMET - WW I & WW II 1917 - 1946" is finally here. Thanks to the close collaboration of passionate collectors Frank Vanstreels, Paul Reijnders, and Larry Munnikhuysen, this comprehensive and richly illustrated reference work —...
The Spirit of Fascism - 1915 - 1945 The Spirit of Fascism - 1915 - 1945 2
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The Spirit of Fascism - 1915 - 1945

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€18.86
What is fascism? Behind this word, so often used in a vague or polemical manner, lies a complex ideology with deep roots and sometimes contradictory contours. This book offers a rigorous inquiry into the intellectual foundations of Italian fascism, from its beginnings before 1915 to its fall in 1945. Through the study of the thinkers who influenced its...
MUSSOLINI and the Arcana of Fascism MUSSOLINI and the Arcana of Fascism 2
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MUSSOLINI and the Arcana of Fascism

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Plunge into a captivating journey through the mysterious and occult undercurrents of Benito Mussolini and fascism in this fascinating book, the fruit of years of meticulous research and bold exploration. Based on rare and abundant documentation, this unusual work reveals the deepest secrets and most extraordinary realities of a historical period long kept...
Genesis of Fascism Genesis of Fascism 2
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Genesis of Fascism

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€17.91
« Genesis of Fascism » is an overview of all those political and social forces, ideas and historical circumstances that made possible the emergence of an ideology such as fascism, from a perspective free of the obsession for or against that unfortunately characterises this subject. Jordi Garriga Clavé (born 1972) is a historian. Specialising in the social...
History of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf History of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 2
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History of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf

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Hardcover edition The SS Totenkopf Division was among the Waffen-SS (SS combat troops) the most fanatical and most feared unit of the Second World War. This book traces the formation of the unit, including its origins, and the key men involved in the division throughout its wartime service and organisation. Originally drawn from the personnel of...
Fortifications in the Southern Alps - France, Italy.... Fortifications in the Southern Alps - France, Italy.... 2
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Fortifications in the Southern Alps - France, Italy. Volume 4

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In this final volume of the extraordinary history of Fortifications dans les Alpes, with nearly 1,250 illustrations, Dominique Vialard and Frédéric Lisch present the strongholds of the Durance, Embrun, Sisteron, the fortifications of the Ubaye, the strongholds of Saint-Vincent-les-Fort, Seyne-les-Alpes, Colmars-les-Alpes, Guillaume and Entrevaux, and the...
Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War 2
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Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War

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The French army ground force commanders serving during the Second World War have not been the subject of an exhaustive biographical study, unlike, for example, those of the United Kingdom or Germany. The main purpose of this dictionary is to fill this gap and to provide an overview of the career of every general who held responsibilities between 1939 and...
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TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard...
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TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard a B1 Bis Tells His Story

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1940: Discover the firsthand account of a B1 bis tank commander, Second Lieutenant Robert Lauvin, officer of the 15th BCC, presented by Stéphane Bonnaud. Follow the trials and hardships faced by the crew of a B1 Bis during the Battle of France: from the Marne, through Montcornet and Picardy, to the retreat of the débâcle… Between castor oil, the chalk of...
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CHURCHILL

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The finest biography of Churchill, enriched with previously unpublished documents. A towering publishing success. Of Churchill, one believes, everything has been said — first and foremost by himself. And yet Andrew Roberts has managed to unearth press articles, private correspondence, personal diaries — not the least of which is that of King George VI,...
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THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE PURGE – Thirst for Justice or...
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THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE PURGE – Thirst for Justice or Desire for Revenge?

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€19.81
The powerful spared, minor figures and innocent people condemned: a fresh look at a dark period in French history At the Liberation, France celebrated victory over the Nazi occupier. Between 1944 and 1953, people were tried, condemned, shorn, executed. But behind this apparent justice, a far more complex — and sometimes disturbing — reality takes shape....
HIROSHIMA, THE COUNTDOWN - The 116 Days That Changed the...
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HIROSHIMA, THE COUNTDOWN - The 116 Days That Changed the Course of History

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1945 - 2025 80 years ago, the world was turned upside down April 12, 1945, D-116: Harry Truman, Vice President of the United States, receives a call: Franklin D. Roosevelt is dead. Thrust into command of the world's foremost power, he learns of the Manhattan Project, established to develop the atomic bomb. May 8, 1945, D-90: Harry Truman announces...
OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. 2
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OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M.

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€28.34
Omaha Beach is certainly one of the most famous of the five D-Day landing sectors. It was on this 7 km-long beach, backed by cliffs, that American troops suffered their heaviest losses on 6 June 1944. Facing the Americans, the Wehrmacht's 716th Infantry Division defended the beach with machine-gun nests, kilometres of barbed wire, thousands of mines,...
UNDER VICHY'S ORDERS - An Investigation into the French...
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UNDER VICHY'S ORDERS - An Investigation into the French Police and the Deportation

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Certainly, faced with the Vichy government — antisemitic, xenophobic and racist — the room for manoeuvre of the French police was limited. Nevertheless: how could thousands of police officers have arrested so many defenceless people and escorted them to the deportation trains without ever opposing their orders? Raphaël Delpard's investigation goes beyond...
Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 2 -...
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Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 2 - France Belgium

L20250172
€65.40
This second volume continues the saga of this battalion, marked by the gradual arrival of the second generation of paratroopers, drawn from later training cycles, qualified throughout 1944 and arriving as replacements. These men did not fundamentally alter the battalion's identity, but they represent a transition in its history. The often youthful faces...
Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 1 -...
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Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 1 - Africa Italy

L20250171
€65.40
This first volume traces the history of the battalion during a period when it still bore the identity forged by its founding generation, drawn from the earliest American parachute formations. As the first Army paratroopers to enter combat during Operation Torch, they were the pathfinders, the first in the nation to test this unconventional mode of warfare...
UP FRONT - The Hidden Face of the US Army - Pulitzer...
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UP FRONT - The Hidden Face of the US Army - Pulitzer Prize 1945

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Pulitzer Prize 1945 - The cult reportage by the GIs' favourite cartoonist "The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry." Bill Mauldin A gifted child from a poor family, Bill Mauldin (1921–2003) enlisted in 1940 and became the cartoonist for the great Army daily Stars and Stripes. Sent to the European front, he was the first to describe the...
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TANKS AND ARMOURED VEHICLES OF WORLD WAR II 2nd Edition
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TANKS AND ARMOURED VEHICLES OF WORLD WAR II 2nd Edition

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Tanks and armoured vehicles, the essential pillars of military arsenals. Exhausted by the Great War, the victorious powers were slow to embark on the development of new tactics suited to armoured warfare. Only the arrival of the German Panzerdivisionen forced strategies and national production programmes to accelerate. After the opening campaigns of the...
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THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500...
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THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500 Years of Naval Warfare

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The names of Actium, Lepanto, Trafalgar and Jutland resonate as so many confrontations that have entered History with a capital H. The warship became a weapon in its own right, ceaselessly evolving and transforming. Yet, however devastating these countless battles may have been, they also contributed to the greatness of humanity. For if conflicts...
THE PROVENCE LANDINGS - The Second World War in Colour
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THE PROVENCE LANDINGS - The Second World War in Colour

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The Provence landings of 15 August 1944 were the best-organised and most successful amphibious operation of the entire war, from Operation Torch on the African coast to Overlord on the shores of Normandy. It must also be recalled that both operations — Overlord in Normandy and Dragoon in Provence — had been conceived by the Americans as two phases of a...
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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - The Second World War in Colour
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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - The Second World War in Colour

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The battle that took place in the Ardennes massif between 16 December 1944 and the end of January 1945 is most often referred to as the Battle of the Ardennes. In the United States, this battle — the largest in which American soldiers participated on the Western Front — is known as The Battle of the Bulge. The Americans likened it to a "bulge" of some 80...
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THE EASTERN FRONT From Operation Barbarossa to the Fall...
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THE EASTERN FRONT From Operation Barbarossa to the Fall of Berlin - The Second World...

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The war between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany from 22 June 1941 to 8 May 1945 is one of superlatives in every respect. First, it unfolded on the largest land theatre of operations of the Second World War and probably in the history of humanity. This mobile front, where German and Soviet offensives alternated, moved back and forth across the western...
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In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... 2
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In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the Interwar Years

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€20.85
Camille Mathieu entered the army by entering the war. At the age of 20. He had intended to go into teaching, but from the very first engagements of 1914–1918, amid the thunder of shells and bombs, his military vocation imposed itself upon him. He took part in, among other engagements, the Second Battle of Champagne on 25 September 1915. Wounded twice....
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