WORLD WAR II

THE MEMORIAL OF THE FAFL IN GREAT BRITAIN THE MEMORIAL OF THE FAFL IN GREAT BRITAIN 2
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THE MEMORIAL OF THE FAFL IN GREAT BRITAIN

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In June 1940, France put an end to the collapse of its armies. It chose the armistice. This surrender marked the beginning of a human adventure without equal in our history — that of Frenchmen who chose to remain free. In order to continue the fight, they joined England. For the fortunate ones, the choice of commitment was made under the uniform of the...
THE WAFFEN-SS – THE GRENADIERS – Insignia, Footwear &... THE WAFFEN-SS – THE GRENADIERS – Insignia, Footwear &... 2
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THE WAFFEN-SS – THE GRENADIERS – Insignia, Footwear & Accessories – Volume 3

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This work traces the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the Waffen-SS infantrymen (Grenadiere) between 1939 and 1945. This encyclopaedia devoted to the uniforms and equipment of the infantrymen — known as "Grenadiere" towards the end of the war — of the Waffen-SS had become essential for researchers, historians, collectors and the many...
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THE WAFFEN-SS IN COMBAT 1933 - 1945 THE WAFFEN-SS IN COMBAT 1933 - 1945 2
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THE WAFFEN-SS IN COMBAT 1933 - 1945

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The Waffen-SS is one of the most curiosity-provoking subjects in military history. From a small, highly elitist Praetorian guard embodying concepts of Germanic "racial purity", it ended up drawing in approximately one million increasingly eclectic combatants whose military quality ranged from elite to mediocre and who, alongside remarkable troops, fielded...
WORDS OF A FREE FRENCHMAN WORDS OF A FREE FRENCHMAN 2
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WORDS OF A FREE FRENCHMAN

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The odyssey of a man who escaped from France through Spain Born in 1921, the Norman Michel Cherrier plunges back into his youth: the defeat of 1940, the occupation of Caen, arrests, the demarcation line, his escape across the Pyrenees in late 1942 — at over 2,000 metres altitude — with a single goal: to join Free France. Imprisoned for six months in...
From the 9th DIC to the 9th BIMa: 80 years of a brigade... From the 9th DIC to the 9th BIMa: 80 years of a brigade... 2
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From the 9th DIC to the 9th BIMa: 80 years of a brigade looking to the future

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The 9th Marine Infantry Brigade, a major formation of the French Army, celebrates its 80th anniversary this year and the 60th anniversary of its establishment in the Grand Ouest. Heir to the "Blue Division" that had distinguished itself in 1870 during the fighting at Bazeilles, the 9th Colonial Infantry Division was established in North Africa in July...
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A HISTORY OF OBJECTS OF THE RESISTANCE A HISTORY OF OBJECTS OF THE RESISTANCE 2
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A HISTORY OF OBJECTS OF THE RESISTANCE

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The French Resistance has inspired numerous publications devoted to its clandestine organisations, its leaders and the social groups that composed it. However, very few works have focused on the objects that made up the daily lives of the resistance fighters. The poor relations of this history, these objects have not been studied in their own right and...
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HISTORY OF THE SCHWERE PANZER-ABTEILUNG 654 HISTORY OF THE SCHWERE PANZER-ABTEILUNG 654 2
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HISTORY OF THE SCHWERE PANZER-ABTEILUNG 654

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History of the schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654 — Russia 1943 – Normandy 1944 – Alsace 1944–1945 Discover the complete history of the schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654 during its fighting on Ferdinands in Russia in 1943, then on the legendary Jagdpanther in the summer of 1944 in Normandy, during operations in Alsace 1944–1945 and through to the final...
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André Bollier "Vélin" – Heroic Craftsman of the...
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André Bollier "Vélin" – Heroic Craftsman of the Clandestine Press (1920–1944)

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André Bollier was barely 21 years old and finishing his studies at Polytechnique when, in June 1941, he was tasked by Henri Frenay with organising and distributing Combat, the newspaper of his movement. A tireless worker, he brilliantly managed to combine his career as an engineer, his family life and the production of newspapers, leaflets and forged...
War Diary of a Free French Doctor – With de Gaulle...
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War Diary of a Free French Doctor – With de Gaulle (1940–1945)

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A doctor in Pointe-Noire at the time of the declaration of war, Jean Vialard-Goudou joined the Free French Forces as early as July 1940 and, from Eritrea to Syria and from Libya to Tunisia, organised first aid for the wounded of the principal military campaigns in which the 1re BFL and then the 1re DFL took part, on or near the battlefield. From this...
CENT POUR SANG – The History of the 100th Bombardment... CENT POUR SANG – The History of the 100th Bombardment... 2
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CENT POUR SANG – The History of the 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, 1943–1945

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The history of the 100th Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force during the Second World War They flew their first missions from England in the spring of 1943. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily over occupied Europe to destroy the war machine of Nazi Germany. Their bravery and the appalling losses they suffered earned them the nickname Bloody...
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LUFTWAFFE BOMBER AIRCRAFT
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LUFTWAFFE BOMBER AIRCRAFT

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Following the success of his first volume dedicated to German fighters of the Second World War, aviation historian Chris Goss publishes with Caraktère a new encyclopaedic work devoted to the bombers of the Luftwaffe. While the key aircraft of the Blitzkrieg (Dornier Do 17, Heinkel He 111, Junkers Ju 88) feature prominently in this well-documented work,...
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THE T-72 - THE WORKHORSE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY
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THE T-72 - THE WORKHORSE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY

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Born in the early 1970s, the T-72 very quickly became the backbone of Soviet armoured divisions in the second half of the Cold War. Distinguished by its robustness and reliability, the tank above all closed a period of doubt and hesitation within the Soviet military-industrial apparatus: the T-55 and T-62 were rapidly obsolete and the T-64 was too...
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PANZERWAFFE Volume 1 - The Tactical Revolution PANZERWAFFE Volume 1 - The Tactical Revolution 2
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PANZERWAFFE Volume 1 - The Tactical Revolution

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The history of the Panzerwaffe begins in 1916, when the Germans became aware of the potential impact of tanks on the art of war. Deprived of armour as a result of the limitations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, they studied in depth the tactical lessons of the previous conflict in order to develop a revolutionary doctrine of employment and an...
THE RED ARMY - Innovator, Liberator, Predator
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THE RED ARMY - Innovator, Liberator, Predator

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History of the Red Army… in blood It was born in 1918 amid the pain and urgency of the worst of civil wars; it was cherished by and complicit with the worst of regimes — Stalin's — yet also its victim, seeing its best commanders tortured and shot; it was able to renew military thinking and gave itself the greatest means ever assembled. And yet, the Red...
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OKINAWA 1945
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OKINAWA 1945

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The last great battle of the Second World War. " Typhoon of Steel ". That is the name by which the Battle of Okinawa is known. The deluge of fire that American forces rained down on the Japanese defenders of the island between April and June 1945 does indeed seem to justify the epithet. For the United States, it was a matter of seizing a stepping-stone...
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JOSEPH DARNAND - From Glory to Disgrace
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JOSEPH DARNAND - From Glory to Disgrace

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The biography of a Great War hero who became a cardinal figure of the Collaboration. As the commemorations of the years 1944-1945 approach, how can we forget that certain "heroes" of the Great War and the fighting of May-June 1940 sank into the worst compromises? Among all the works devoted to the Second World War, the Resistance and the Occupation,...
DE GAULLE IN NORMANDY 1943 - 1967 DE GAULLE IN NORMANDY 1943 - 1967 2
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DE GAULLE IN NORMANDY 1943 - 1967

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General de Gaulle's ancestry is rooted in Normandy since the Middle Ages. One Richard de Gaulle can be found to have served under Philippe Auguste in the thirteenth century. A certain Jean de Gaulle was governor of the city of Vire at the beginning of the fourteenth century. De Gaulle himself stayed at Sainte-Adresse from 1921, visiting his parents there...
JEAN MOULIN - THE PATHS OF FREEDOM
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JEAN MOULIN - THE PATHS OF FREEDOM

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Artist, prefect, Resistance fighter, loyal friend, devoted son and brother, an ordinary and extraordinary figure, Jean Moulin, through the combined forces of history and memory, was transformed into a national hero. From his birth in Béziers to his tragic disappearance in 1943, every episode of his life has been the subject of multiple analyses by...
LA 1. SS-PANZER-DIVISION "LSSAH" - Leibstandarte SS Adolf...
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LA 1. SS-PANZER-DIVISION "LSSAH" - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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In early 1933, Adolf Hitler asked Josef Dietrich to form a close protection unit responsible for his security. Progressively militarised, the « Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler » took part in the Polish campaign in 1939 and the conquest of France, before being committed to Operation « Barbarossa ». Reorganised as a Panzergrenadier-Division in 1942 and then...
The Normandie-Niémen Epic – Free French on the Eastern...
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The Normandie-Niémen Epic – Free French on the Eastern Front 1942–1945

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Fighting France, which in the darkest hours of the Occupation found its way back to victory, was also embodied by a small fighter squadron operating relentlessly in the skies of the Eastern Front. The Normandie squadron, which became the Normandie-Niémen regiment, is the most decorated of all time, yet remains little known in France. Who still remembers...
The Maquis Fighters – Fighting in Occupied France
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The Maquis Fighters – Fighting in Occupied France

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The legend of the maquis is well known: that of the young men who, from 1942 onwards, chose to go underground to fight the occupier. The battles of the Glières and the Vercors. The resistants who liberated entire towns before the Allied armies even arrived. Beyond these romanticised images, however, the maquis fighters remain largely unknown. What...
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From the Morvan Maquis to the Gestapo Trap: André...
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From the Morvan Maquis to the Gestapo Trap: André Rondenay, Agent of Free France

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€21.80
On the night of 12 September 1943, French agent André Rondenay landed on the soil of occupied France. This 30-year-old graduate of the École Polytechnique, who had escaped from German prisoner-of-war camps, had just been trained by British intelligence services after being recruited by the BCRA, which regarded him as one of its finest assets. The missions...
UNITED WE CONQUER – Commandos Marine, ils racontent leur...
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UNITED WE CONQUER – Commandos Marine, ils racontent leur histoire

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€30.33
The history of the Commandos Marine told by those who lived it, magnificently photographed by one of their own. Preface by Rear Admiral Pierre de Briançon, Commander of the Naval Fusiliers and Commandos Maritime Force. Léon Gautier passed away in June 2023, aged 100. He was the last representative of the 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos,...
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THE BOCAGE BREAKOUT Volume 3 – 5–20 August 1944 THE BOCAGE BREAKOUT Volume 3 – 5–20 August 1944 2
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THE BOCAGE BREAKOUT Volume 3 – 5–20 August 1944

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5–20 August 1944: Vassy – Tinchebray – Flers – Putanges Following the success of the first two volumes, which minutely detailed the breakout of the XXX and VIII British Corps through the bocage in the second half of July 1944, here is the final instalment of this series, describing day by day, hour by hour, the advance of British troops towards Argentan...
I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB 2
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I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB

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This account is that of a Frenchman born in Morocco who was among the first to join the 2e DB in North Africa, trained as a tank crewman and incorporated into the 12e régiment de cuirassiers (12e RC). His narrative takes us through the fighting in Normandy, Alsace and the German campaign, as well as to the Royan pocket. In an altogether exceptional...
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EASTERN VOLUNTEERS IN NORMANDY - Eure - Seine-Maritime -... EASTERN VOLUNTEERS IN NORMANDY - Eure - Seine-Maritime -... 2
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EASTERN VOLUNTEERS IN NORMANDY - Eure - Seine-Maritime - August 1944

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For the first time in the history of the Battle of Normandy, you will discover the memorable and tragic fate of a battalion of Eastern volunteers engaged within a field division of the German army formed in Seine-Maritime. These men, disillusioned by Stalinism, volunteered to serve in the Wehrmacht in the hope of regaining freedom in their native Russia...
NUTS & BOLTS VOL 48 - schwerer Panzerspähwagen on... NUTS & BOLTS VOL 48 - schwerer Panzerspähwagen on... 2
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NUTS & BOLTS VOL 48 - schwerer Panzerspähwagen on Büssing-NAG, Daimler-Benz and Magirus...

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€31.18
Six-wheeled armoured reconnaissance vehicles Sd.Kfz. 231, 232 and 263 from Büssing, Daimler-Benz and Magirus. Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (6-Rad) on Büssing-NAG, Daimler-Benz and Magirus chassis Sd.Kfz. 231, 232, 263 and variants Complete study of these vehicles. This book contains 478 illustrations including 430 photographs (326 period photos from the front...
SHERMAN IN THE PACIFIC 1943-1945 SHERMAN IN THE PACIFIC 1943-1945 2
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SHERMAN IN THE PACIFIC 1943-1945

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€37.87
Following Pearl Harbor, the loss of the Philippines and the threat of an invasion of Australia, the reconquest of the Pacific stands as a unique episode in the annals of modern military history — fought across an ocean and on islands turned into fortresses. Landing, advancing through hostile terrain and fighting an adversary as courageous as he was...
VERSAILLES 1939-1945 - A Château in the Crosshairs
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VERSAILLES 1939-1945 - A Château in the Crosshairs

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DURING THE CONFLICT OF 1939-1945, the Château de Versailles and its gardens changed in appearance the better to protect themselves. Deemed particularly at risk, the monument took on a «war footing» as early as the summer of 1939 and gradually resumed its former appearance over the following years. By turns barricaded, occupied and then liberated, this...
WE The Children of the War - 1939-1945
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WE The Children of the War - 1939-1945

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Telling in pictures the lives of children under the Occupation is unprecedented. One must trace the stories of these destinies, the most terrible as well as the most ordinary. All the children have in common that they continued to play marbles or with dolls, to enjoy Punch and Judy shows or to build dens in the forest — sometimes even in the internment...
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THE YOUNG LION THE YOUNG LION 2
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THE YOUNG LION

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€13.74
In the heroes' cemetery on the outskirts of Sopron, Hungary, there stands a special monument. A gravestone adorned with a twisted propeller from an aircraft shot down during the Second World War. A young man rests here alongside his family. His name is László Molnár; he was, until his death, Hungary's most effective fighter pilot. His nickname was LION....
SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole 2
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SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole

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Normandy, 1942… The saboteuses have taken up their posts on French soil. For Paulette Kincaid, code name Aiguille, life is nothing but an adventure — between a romance with a butcher's boy and transmissions keeping the Allies informed about the situation in France. But doubt has set in since the execution of a network leader… There is said to be a mole in...
THE JEEP IN THE FRENCH ARMY VOLUME 1: 1943 - 1954 THE JEEP IN THE FRENCH ARMY VOLUME 1: 1943 - 1954 2
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THE JEEP IN THE FRENCH ARMY VOLUME 1: 1943 - 1954

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«My first jeep, I saw it on 23 August 1944 in Toulon. It belonged — I would learn this much later — to the 3rd squadron of the 1st Naval Fusiliers Regiment, which had infiltrated towards the districts of Cap Brun…» It was in this way that the author discovered this marvellous little vehicle, which served sixty years within the French Army, taking part in...
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COLONEL PASSY - General de Gaulle's Master Spy
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COLONEL PASSY - General de Gaulle's Master Spy

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€25.50
The story of Colonel Passy (1911–1998) is above all the story of an extraordinary destiny. The 29-year-old captain who rallied to Free France as early as 1940 was among the handful of volunteers without whom General de Gaulle could not have hoped to succeed in his audacious gamble: to secure France a seat at the victors' table in 1945. With no prior...
The Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism Vol....
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The Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism Vol. 1: 1941

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€37.91
In this new work, author Eric Le Clanche presents 100 biographies of Volunteers from the Légion des Volontaires Français against Bolshevism, with the distinction that all were enlistees of 1941. This opens Volume 1: 1941 — The Legion of French Volunteers «On the road to Moscow and victory». A work arranged chronologically, from enlistment to trial. The...
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