WORLD WAR II

DES AILES DANS LES JAMBES – Memoirs of André Courval FAFL...
In stock
Bookshop

DES AILES DANS LES JAMBES – Memoirs of André Courval FAFL 1939–1945

L20200065
€18.48
After three escapes in answer to General De Gaulle's call, André Courval enlisted in 1940 in the Free French Air Forces. His Memoirs, enhanced by drawings from his own hand and personal photographs, recount the odyssey of a flying crew member from sub-Saharan Africa to the liberation of France.
Eugene Sledge – A Marine in the Hell of the Pacific
In stock
Bookshop

Eugene Sledge – A Marine in the Hell of the Pacific

L20200061
€36.97
Friday 15 September 1944, after three days of intense bombardment of the Japanese defences, the 1st Marine Division "Old Breed" landed on the island of Peleliu in the Palau Archipelago. The Marines' objective was to neutralise the garrison of this island and seize the Japanese airfield in order to secure the northern flank of General MacArthur's army,...
THE CORRIDOR OF DEATH – Mortain Falaise Argentan 1944
Out of stock
Bookshop

THE CORRIDOR OF DEATH – Mortain Falaise Argentan 1944

L20200060
€18.48
The «corridor of death» is the bottleneck of the famous Falaise-Argentan pocket where the German combat forces in Normandy were crushed by Allied power. The Germans left several thousand dead and 40,000 prisoners in the pocket after approximately half of them managed to break through. This volume recounts that hell. The Battle of Mortain with sensational...
View
Jagdgeschwader 54: The Green Heart Eagles of the...
Out of stock
Bookshop

Jagdgeschwader 54: The Green Heart Eagles of the Luftwaffe - Vol. 02.

L20200059
€46.45
Second volume of the history of the Jagdgeschwader 54. As the fate of the war in the East was being decided in early 1943, the Green Heart wing saw its III. Gruppe withdrawn from the sector to combat Allied raids on the Western Front: from duels over the English Channel to the sacrifice of Bodenplatte and the battles of the Normandy Landings.
View
ROMMEL IN NORMANDY - France 1940
Out of stock
Bookshop

ROMMEL IN NORMANDY - France 1940

L20200055
€23.70
Rommel's passage through Normandy in June 1940 is often overshadowed. The author sought to highlight this brief episode, which was far from straightforward for his division, which nonetheless captured three Norman ports. Ancelle, Boos, Elbeuf, Yvetot, Fécamp, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Le Havre, L'Aigle, La Haye-du-Puits, Marinvast, Cherbourg — Rommel is one...
View
INFOGRAPHICS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
In stock
Bookshop

INFOGRAPHICS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

L20200054
€25.59
The Second World War as you have never read it before. A world first. Directed by Jean Lopez, with the collaboration of Nicolas Aubin and Vincent Bernard, and superbly presented by data designer Nicolas Guillerat, this exceptional book — as much for its form as its content — is the fruit of complementary skills brought together for the first time.
RUDOLF HESS The Last Enigma of the Third Reich
Out of stock
Bookshop

RUDOLF HESS The Last Enigma of the Third Reich

L20200052
€23.70
The first biography of Hitler's designated successor. The Hess file ranks first on the list of great historical «enigmas», alongside the death of Napoleon, the secret of the Man in the Iron Mask and the assassination of President Kennedy…
View
A PRINCE IN THE STORM
In stock
Bookshop

A PRINCE IN THE STORM

L20200162
€19.91
In 1943, the family of Prince M. de Bourbon-Parme, driven out of Europe by the Nazis, takes refuge in New York. The young man enlists in the American Army. Sent to England, he joins the secret Jedburgh commando unit and is parachuted into the Massif Central, where he fights the Germans. After the Liberation, he volunteers for Indochina. An account of his...
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
In stock
Bookshop

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

L20200161
€18.48
February 1945, Iwo Jima in the Pacific. Six American soldiers raise their flag atop Mount Suribachi. The photograph of this event, which marked American society forever, is the starting point of the author's account — the son of one of those men — of one of the most dramatic human epics of the Second World War. Adapted for the screen by Clint Eastwood in...
1940 THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK ON LAND AND AT SEA
In stock
Bookshop

1940 THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK ON LAND AND AT SEA

L20200049
€18.96
The Battle of Dunkirk of May–June 1940 is in fact little known: most authors, particularly Anglo-Saxon ones, focus on the evacuation that saved the greater part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and more than 120,000 French soldiers, yet a fierce battle was also fought.
Showing 709-720 of 1101 item(s)

Purchase a gift voucher

Gift Vouchers