WORLD WAR II

KÉPI: A French Headpiece. Volume 2: the military képi... KÉPI: A French Headpiece. Volume 2: the military képi... 2
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KÉPI: A French Headpiece. Volume 2: the military képi from 1939 to the present day,...

L20230058
€37.87
PRE-ORDER ONLINE - BOOK AVAILABLE FROM 30 MAY 2023 The history of the képi is covered here in its entirety for the first time. This headpiece alone symbolizes the French soldier, but it is also, by extension, the official representation of the military man and the civil servant. A képi conveys a great deal of information about its wearer, beginning with...
TILL THE JOB IS DONE - Letters from the Front
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TILL THE JOB IS DONE - Letters from the Front

L20230054
€28.34
Illustrated with newly colorized period photographs and battlefield relics, discover for the first time the complete correspondence of an American officer of the 4th Infantry Division, from the Norman fields to the dark Hürtgen Forest, by way of the Liberation of Paris! Poignant letters and a true story that prompt us to reflect on the ravages of war and...
THE BUHARA ADVENTURE - Resistance and Deportation -...
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THE BUHARA ADVENTURE - Resistance and Deportation - 1940–1945

L20230053
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On the evening of 12 February 1941, in the Bay of la Fresnaye, 15 young men — including 9 trainee pilots and their instructor — boarded the Buhara in silence to join England and General de Gaulle's Free France. Louis Delabruyère, barely 20 years old, was one of them. But their attempt failed... A rare and thoroughly documented personal account of the...
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RUM THE PACIFIC ACE - SQUADRON 303

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€49.17
Squadron 303 The Pacific Ace Rum - The Aviator Style Rum "During the Second World War, Marine Corps commander Greg 'Pappy' Boyington led a fighter pilot squadron. It was made up of misfits and adventurers who became the Aces of the South Pacific. They were called… the Black Sheep." Inspired by the history of squadron VMF-214 immortalized by the famous TV...
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THE BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ - 1939/1944
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THE BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ - 1939/1944

L20230049
€55.92
The Tirpitz was, without a doubt, one of the most formidable warships of her generation. Of redoubtable and uncontested power, the Bismarck's sistership spent the majority of her career in the Norwegian fjords. After brief and inconclusive sorties against Allied convoys, a remarkable human adventure would unfold in the effort to neutralize Hitler's last...
THE LUFTWAFFE IN BELGIUM. VOLUME II - Escalating Combat...
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THE LUFTWAFFE IN BELGIUM. VOLUME II - Escalating Combat and Withdrawal

L20230048
€46.45
In 1941–1942, setting aside Bomber Command's night operations, the air war ultimately had little impact on Belgium. 1943, the pivotal year of the Second World War, was nonetheless marked for that country by the growing incursions of the US 8th Air Force's heavy bombers, which until then had made little showing in Belgian airspace. From 6 April 1943, the...
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THE ABWEHR - 1939-1945: German Secret Services in France
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THE ABWEHR - 1939-1945: German Secret Services in France

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The first comprehensive synthesis of the role played by German military intelligence in France under the Occupation. While many organisations of the Third Reich are well known — the all-powerful state militia (SS), the Nazi party's secret police (Gestapo), or its security arm (SD) — the Abwehr is less celebrated. Yet it played a crucial role during the...
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A JOURNEY THROUGH OCCUPIED FRANCE 1940-1945 - 4,000...
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A JOURNEY THROUGH OCCUPIED FRANCE 1940-1945 - 4,000 Familiar Places to Rediscover

L20230046
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Starting from a survey of more than 4,000 places across France — many of them familiar — department by department, town by town, the work A Journey through Occupied France sets out to rediscover what took place there during the Occupation (1940–1945), which men and women, French and German, inhabited those places, and what those places have since become....
ART FROM THE FRONT - WORKS OF ART FROM THE WEHRMACHT
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ART FROM THE FRONT - WORKS OF ART FROM THE WEHRMACHT

L20230043
€23.70
This previously unpublished volume brings together nearly one hundred paintings by Wehrmacht war artists. Most of them members of a specialised unit established on Hitler's orders, the artists sent to the front were tasked with bearing witness to the fighting. The works they produced, far removed from any form of propaganda, bear witness to the tragedy of...
THE LORRAINE GROUP - From the Libyan Desert to the... THE LORRAINE GROUP - From the Libyan Desert to the... 2
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THE LORRAINE GROUP - From the Libyan Desert to the Liberation of Europe 1941-1945

L20230042
€42.65
In September 1941, the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres assigned the names of occupied French provinces to their combat units. Bomber Group No. 1, just formed from the Reserve Bomber Group No. 1 (a veteran of Kufra and Abyssinia), thus took the name "Lorraine". Equipped with Bristol Blenheim aircraft, it took part in Operation Crusader in Libya against...
FIGHTING FOR HONOUR - 13 Heroic Battles FIGHTING FOR HONOUR - 13 Heroic Battles 2
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FIGHTING FOR HONOUR - 13 Heroic Battles

L20230041
€20.85
Alamo, Sidi-Brahim, Camerone, Bazeilles, Fort de Vaux, the Alcázar of Toledo, Westerplatte, Wizna, Saumur, Bir Hakeim, Les Glières, Iwo Jima, Diên Biên Phu. What do Alamo, Camerone, Iwo Jima, and Bir Hakeim have in common? The determination of the defenders who, without faltering, face an adversary vastly superior in numbers and materiel. Surrounded and...
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THE STUKAS ATTACK - Battle of Britain
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THE STUKAS ATTACK - Battle of Britain

L20230039
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The Junkers Ju 87 in the Battle of Britain The Stuka is the best-known German aircraft of the Second World War, having left an enduring impression with its angular silhouette and its near-vertical dives. This book, which focuses on Stuka operations during the Battle of Britain, corrects a widely repeated misconception: no, the Stuka did not suffer such...
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