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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

L20240016
€23.60
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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History and Art: Berezina 1812. A Tribute to the 126th RI... History and Art: Berezina 1812. A Tribute to the 126th RI... 2
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History and Art: Berezina 1812. A Tribute to the 126th RI - Carnet de la Sabretache

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€18.96
The only unit of the current French Army to bear the battle honour "La Bérézina 1812" on its colours, the 126th Infantry Regiment celebrated the 210th anniversary of the event on 25 November 2022, beneath the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. This volume recounts its role during the crossing of the Berezina, in the course of which the 126th Line Regiment...
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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

L20240013
€20.85
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

L20240009
€61.61
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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THE NOTEBOOKS OF EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS - Garde des Consuls THE NOTEBOOKS OF EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS - Garde des Consuls 2
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THE NOTEBOOKS OF EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS - Garde des Consuls

L20240008
€112.80
The entirety of the notebooks was originally in the possession of General Mellinet: this officer, described at the time by General Vanson as a «glorious scarred veteran», commanded the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard at Magenta. This soldier, a lieutenant in the national guards in 1813, was rapidly incorporated into the 88th line infantry regiment in...
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LUFTWAFFE BOMBER AIRCRAFT
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LUFTWAFFE BOMBER AIRCRAFT

L20240003
€37.82
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 BATTLES OF METZERAL AND THE LINGE - VOSGES 1915
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THE BATTLES OF METZERAL AND THE LINGE - VOSGES 1915

L20240002
€18.96
After overly easy successes in Alsace at the start of 1914, the French army was rapidly pushed back into the Vosges, towards the ridge line, where the front stabilised at the end of 1914, with a few villages remaining unoccupied in the deepest valleys. Such was the case with the Fecht valley at Metzeral, west of Munster. In February 1915, the Germans...
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the... RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the... 2
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the Wall of Realities

L20240001
€21.71
Unlikely defeat of Russia - Impossible victory of Ukraine This essay is a condensed work of history, geography and prospective geopolitics. Drawing on the history and geography of Ukraine, Russia, Europe and the Eurasian continent, the author's aim is to think about peace by proposing a new security system in Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals. To...
THE T-72 - THE WORKHORSE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY
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THE T-72 - THE WORKHORSE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY

L20230166
€28.34
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

L20230165
€37.44
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

L20230164
€33.18
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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GETTYSBURG 1863
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GETTYSBURG 1863

L20230162
€23.70
During the first three days of July 1863, 160,000 Confederates and Union soldiers fought a gigantic battle in a small corner of the south-eastern Pennsylvania countryside, at Gettysburg. The bloodiest battle in all of North American history. In the eyes of contemporaries, the stakes were enormous: to determine the future — united or fractured — of the...
OKINAWA 1945
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OKINAWA 1945

L20230161
€23.70
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

L20230160
€22.75
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,...
THE RUSSIAN GENERALS AGAINST NAPOLEON
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THE RUSSIAN GENERALS AGAINST NAPOLEON

L20230159
€22.75
The Pride of the Russian Army. Among the adversaries of the Napoleonic army, the Tsar's soldiers proved the most tenacious. Was it not said at the time: " It is not enough to kill a Russian — you must also push him to make him fall "? These men of iron were commanded by a plethora of brave and talented generals, some of whom had nothing to envy in...
DE GAULLE IN NORMANDY 1943 - 1967 DE GAULLE IN NORMANDY 1943 - 1967 2
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DE GAULLE IN NORMANDY 1943 - 1967

L20230158
€10.90 €21.80
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...
LA 1. SS-PANZER-DIVISION "LSSAH" - Leibstandarte SS Adolf...
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LA 1. SS-PANZER-DIVISION "LSSAH" - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

L20230156
€23.60
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 RUSSIAN KIROV-CLASS NUCLEAR-POWERED CRUISERS
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THE RUSSIAN KIROV-CLASS NUCLEAR-POWERED CRUISERS

L202301550
€28.34
In this 120-page work, Benjamin Gravisse provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the Kirov class, before presenting all its technical equipment and armaments, then detailing the operational history of each vessel. This softcover book is richly illustrated with photographs and plans as well as 3D views of the Kirov (renamed Admiral Ushakov...
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FRENCH MILITARY AVIATION 1919–1934. Its units, its men,...
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FRENCH MILITARY AVIATION 1919–1934. Its units, its men, its insignia

L20230154
€64.45
At the end of the Great War, the French Military Aviation was reorganised into aviation regiments. It was the heir to the glorious battle-forged legacy of the escadrilles that had fought for four years above the trenches. Some of its regiments would in turn face the ordeal of aerial operations, in the Levant and in Morocco. The air arm, gradually gaining...
AÉROSPATIALE GAZELLE
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AÉROSPATIALE GAZELLE

L20230153
€61.61
With its graceful silhouette and piercing whistle, the Gazelle is a helicopter whose sight has become familiar since its first flight more than fifty-five years ago. Designed as a simple observation aircraft, it was employed far beyond that single role, becoming a genuine combat helicopter in many of the armed forces that acquired it. In the Falklands,...
History of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1948–1961 –...
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History of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1948–1961 – From the Rice Fields of...

L20230149
€22.75
The rise and fall of an elite regiment caught in the turmoil of the decolonisation wars. The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment, which entered posterity for having been the spearhead of the " generals' revolt " in Algiers that prompted its dissolution by General de Gaulle on 30 April 1961, occupies a singular place in the history of the French Foreign Legion....
HS Gazette Des Armes N°29 - THE WINCHESTER LEGEND 1866 1895
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HS Gazette Des Armes N°29 - THE WINCHESTER LEGEND 1866 1895

L20230152
€21.55
While Winchester carbines are an integral part of the historical heritage of the United States, they were also used by soldiers and hunters of many other nations. Winchesters are also an essential prop in any good Western. Owning an antique Winchester — or even a contemporary replica — places its owner in communion with the epic of the Far West, to which...
François Louis Tesseidre de Fleury (1749–1799) – King's...
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François Louis Tesseidre de Fleury (1749–1799) – King's Officer in the Service of the...

L20230150
€18.86
François Louis Tesseidre de Fleury – American Hero, Unknown Frenchman: the career of a King's officer in the service of the American cause. In France, the torch of the American War of Independence is held by the emblematic figure of Lafayette. This representation distorts every parallel that could be drawn with the commitment of those who, before him,...
Memoirs of Claude Monnot 1800–1815 – Grenadier of the...
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Memoirs of Claude Monnot 1800–1815 – Grenadier of the Imperial Guard

L202301490
€18.86
Account of Claude Monnot: enlisted as a Vélite, promoted to Grenadier of the Guard in 1806 and integrated into the Fusilier-Grenadiers in 1807. Commandant Monnot lived through everything. Who can claim to have witnessed the Coronation at Notre-Dame in the ranks of the Imperial Guard, and then that of the newly crowned King of Italy receiving the crown of...
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

L20230139
€26.54
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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RAIDS SPECIAL REPORT No. 3: THE UKRAINIAN ARMY AT WAR
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RAIDS SPECIAL REPORT No. 3: THE UKRAINIAN ARMY AT WAR

RAIDSHS3
€12.24
After more than a year of major fighting in Ukraine between the Russian army and the Ukrainian armed forces, and given our readers' constant interest in this war in Europe, we felt it necessary to present the Ukrainian army in detail. And this through both its general organisation and its special units such as snipers, anti-armour hunters, cyberwarfare...
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

L20230138
€23.70
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...

L20230137
€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...
HITLER / MUSSOLINI: THEIR BAPTISM OF FIRE — YPRES 1914 -...
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HITLER / MUSSOLINI: THEIR BAPTISM OF FIRE — YPRES 1914 - 1915 ISONZO

L20230136
€18.96
This book offers a completely original approach to the baptism of fire of two key figures of the 20th century: Hitler and Mussolini. For the first time, their two destinies in the Great War are presented as a mirror image, with their own testimonies, in order to show their reaction under fire. The battles in which they were engaged are described in detail...
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