WORLD WAR II

THE BLACK ANGEL OF THE GESTAPO - Normandy 1942-1944
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THE BLACK ANGEL OF THE GESTAPO - Normandy 1942-1944

L20210105
€13.27
Who exactly was this black angel of the Gestapo in Normandy? Marie-Clotilde de Combiens, a young woman of 22 in 1943, made a name for herself by becoming the mistress of the head of the Sipo-SD branch in Caen, Harald Heyns alias Bernard. Having found each other on a train between Paris and Cherbourg, Marie-Clotilde and Bernard would complement one...
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Julien Lenoir - Collaborator from Caen
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Julien Lenoir - Collaborator from Caen

L20210104
€13.27
Historian Yves Lecouturier presents a new chapter in the story of collaboration in Normandy from 1940 to 1944: a portrait of one of the most significant figures of the collaboration in Caen, a city severely tried by the Battle of Normandy.
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VERTICAL INFERNO HAMBURG
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INFERNO VERTICALE HAMBURG

L20220253
€13.74
« Who could tell of the blood and the plagues that appeared there? The richest tongue, even repeating itself, could not achieve it. » Dante, Inferno. July 1943. The most terrible aerial operation of the Second World War in Europe is unleashed. Code name: Gomorrah. An armada of 800 Anglo-American bombers drops some 9,000 tonnes of bombs on Hamburg and its...
BLUE LIKE STEEL - US Navy Carrier Fighters in the Pacific. BLUE LIKE STEEL - US Navy Carrier Fighters in the Pacific. 2
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BLUE LIKE STEEL - US Navy Carrier Fighters in the Pacific.

L20210102
€37.82
The Navy and the Marines entered the Second World War with barely more than a hundred single-engine fighters: Brewster F2As and Grumman F4Fs — single-role aircraft, dedicated exclusively to the defence of their bases or carriers. In the space of a few years, drawing on its formidable industrial machine, America would throw itself into the design and...
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THE FOREIGN LEGION - HISTORY AND UNIFORMS 1831 - 1962
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THE FOREIGN LEGION - HISTORY AND UNIFORMS 1831 - 1962

L20210101
€16.11
It is through 114 uniformed mannequins from the collections of the Musée de la Légion Étrangère, and in particular those of the Musée de l'Uniforme Légionnaire in Puyloubier, together with 112 exceptional and rare collection pieces presented here for the first time, that we invite you to follow the history and evolution of Foreign Legion uniforms from its...
THE FIRST FRENCH ARMY - From Provence to Germany, 1944-1945
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THE FIRST FRENCH ARMY - From Provence to Germany, 1944-1945

L20210099
€24.64
The definitive study of the army that liberated southern France. On 15 August 1944, the First French Army landed in Provence. Numbering some 300,000 soldiers in its ranks, it liberated, that summer, the major cities of southern France. It was subsequently sent into Germany, the Alps and northern Italy. This First French Army was commanded by General de...
S-BOOTE All versions of the Kriegsmarine torpedo boats
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S-BOOTE All versions of the Kriegsmarine torpedo boats

L20210098
€28.34
OUT OF PRINT SCHNELLBOOTE All versions of the Kriegsmarine torpedo boats Germany has had fast attack craft in its fleet since 1917, but it was above all during the Second World War that the Kriegsmarine put this naval asset to use. Having developed several modern versions of torpedo boats during the interwar period, it entered the conflict with a distinct...
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THE RED ARMY - VOLUME 1 1918 - 1943 // From Birth to...
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THE RED ARMY - VOLUME 1 1918 - 1943 // From Birth to Stalingrad

L20210097
€37.82
OUT OF PRINT Emerging from the First World War, the Red Army bore no resemblance to a genuine professional military force and stood as an exception among Western armies. Yet its victory in the Russian Civil War allowed it to be elevated as the USSR's bulwark against external aggression… as well as a standard-bearer of world communism. In the 1930s, the...
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Militaria Guide No.1 NORMANDY 44: GERMAN HELMETS - New... Militaria Guide No.1 NORMANDY 44: GERMAN HELMETS - New... 2
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Militaria Guide No.1 NORMANDY 44: GERMAN HELMETS - New Edition

L20210095
€18.91
This work presents a unique collection of camouflaged helmets worn during the fighting in Normandy. The result of individual initiative or painted in series, these helmets are impressive both for their historical significance and originality, as well as for the moving quality of a piece recovered from the battlefield. From the basic application of paint...
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DECIMA MAS - THE LEGENDARY UNIT OF PRINCE BORGHESE
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DECIMA MAS - THE LEGENDARY UNIT OF PRINCE BORGHESE

L20210085
€36.97
This book tells the story of an Italian Navy unit that carried out extraordinary military operations during the Second World War. With limited resources, under the command of Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, a handful of highly trained men deployed fearsome weapons that kept the Allied high command on edge until the final days of the war. Those who would be...
FONTENAY-RAURAY - THE BEAR AND FOX, READY FOR THE FRAY FONTENAY-RAURAY - THE BEAR AND FOX, READY FOR THE FRAY 2
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FONTENAY-RAURAY - THE BEAR AND FOX, READY FOR THE FRAY

L20210083
€49.29
The 49th Infantry Division and the 8th Armoured Brigade against the Panzer-Lehr-Division and the Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend" 13.6 – 1.7.1944 This book on the 8th Brigade and the 49th Division covers the fighting conducted by these two units from 13 June 1944 to 1 July 1944 on the battlefields east of Tilly-sur-Seulles: Fontenay-le-Pesnel, Tessel,...
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