WORLD WAR II

JUNE 1940 THE BATTLE OF ABBEVILLE – From the Rhineland to Caen with the Company of the "List" Regiment
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JUNE 1940 THE BATTLE OF ABBEVILLE – From the Rhineland to Caen with the Company of the...

L20200120
€20.38
The chronicle of the journey of the horse-drawn infantry gun company of the famous "List" Regiment, which distinguished itself in 1914 and was also the regiment of one Adolf Hitler. Day by day, we follow this unit from the Rhineland to Normandy, passing through Saint-Quentin, Amiens, Le Havre, Rouen and Giberville, near Caen. Day by day, we share the...
DE GAULLE IN HELMET – A New Approach to the Drama
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DE GAULLE UNDER FIRE – A New Approach to the Drama

L20200117
€23.70
A gripping account of a brief but violent period in the life of General de Gaulle who, from 28 May to 5 June 1940, resisted the Germans on the Somme at the head of five hundred tanks.
ALSATIAN PRIESTS CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE REMEMBER
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ALSATIAN PRIESTS CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE REMEMBER

L20200113
€23.70
AROUND TEN PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNTS BRING BACK TO LIFE THE FATE OF YOUNG ALSATIANS DESTINED FOR THE PRIESTHOOD, IN AN ANNEXED ALSACE-MOSELLE, CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE FROM AUGUST 1942 INTO THE GERMAN ARMY.
THE FRENCH ON D-DAY
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THE FRENCH ON D-DAY

L20200111
€23.60
It is very often forgotten, but the men of Commando Kieffer were not the only Frenchmen to have taken part in the Normandy Landings. On 6 June 1944, 38 French paratroopers jumped behind enemy lines or were delivered by glider. At dawn, 177 marine fusilier commandos were the first to set foot on Sword Beach, while at sea, twelve French vessels, carrying...
PEARL HARBOR – An Illustrated History
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PEARL HARBOR – An Illustrated History

L20200109
€18.86
7 December 1941. 7 o'clock in the morning. Japanese bombers and fighters sweep down by the hundreds on the naval base at Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack has one objective: to destroy the American fleet and allow Hirohito's empire to take control of the Pacific. And the operation will be a success: the raid enables Imperial Navy pilots to sink numerous...
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The Strange Capture, May 1940 – Unpublished Notebooks of...
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The Strange Capture, May 1940 – Unpublished Notebooks of a 1st Army Staff Officer

L20200108
€16.02
"That evening, a coded telegram was received from Grand Headquarters, the content of which was as follows: 'Commander Fauvelle has set out your situation to me and to Mr Paul Reynaud. I do not underestimate your difficulties. I am counting on you to save everything that can possibly be saved, in honour of the colours in your keeping.' For anyone who can...
PIN-UP WINGS VOLUME 5 PIN-UP WINGS VOLUME 5 2
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PIN-UP WINGS VOLUME 5

L20220277
€15.64
True glamour icons, pin-ups are inseparable from the history of aviation, forever synonymous with adventure and passion. Romain Hugault, a genuine devotee of the genre, is a virtuoso of this art. Between two comic pages, he delights in creating new illustrations of these ever-sprightly ladies — sometimes cheeky, but never vulgar. Painted on a fuselage, on...
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THE MAQUIS OF FRANCE – SITES OF MEMORY
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THE MAQUIS OF FRANCE - PLACES OF MEMORY

L20160287
€16.12 €32.23
Beyond the honours and commemorations, let us remember what the Maquis were… Who were their leaders? Why were young Frenchmen driven to resist by the compulsion of an unacceptable reality, without having fought as free men? The refusal of the STO for some, of the Occupation for others, made them outlaws in the eyes of the Vichy authorities, pushing them...
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GLIÈRES 1944 – History of the Fighting in February and March 1944
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GLIÈRES 1944 – History of the Fighting of February and March 1944

L20200101
€19.91
Glières 1944. More than 60 years ago, the Battle of Glières was a "great and magnificent adventure" (Malraux) that shed the blood of more than a hundred Resistance fighters from Haute-Savoie. This episode, a symbol of Resistance to the Nazi occupation and to the Vichy Order Maintenance Forces (Milice and GMR), had never previously been examined from a...
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U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS VEHICLES U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS VEHICLES 2
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U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS VEHICLES

L20200086
€23.70
The standardisation of the American army's vehicle fleet would take time before being achieved in the early 1940s. In parallel, modern and powerful signal equipment was being developed, and it had to be made mobile. Among the major vehicle families of the U.S. Army, one finds trucks, workshop trucks, vans and trailers designed by the Signal Corps,...
THE ANGEL OF YEU VOL. 1 - ANGELS AND DEMONS THE ANGEL OF YEU VOL. 1 - ANGELS AND DEMONS 2
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L'ANGE D'YEU T1 - ANGELS AND DEMONS

L20220200
€13.74
In the Vendée, on the Île d'Yeu. In the 1930s, Ange-Clovis, a fisherman, loves his boat, the Ange d'Yeu, more than anything… More than the beautiful Agathe, his wife, more than his children… Regularly, he has strange dreams that carry him from one era to another, but they always end the same way: Yeu attacked by the Romans, by the Vikings, by the English...
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