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14-18 THE CHALLENGE OF THE GREAT WAR - Quizz Game 14-18 THE CHALLENGE OF THE GREAT WAR - Quizz Game 2
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Quiz in the form of a card game with 200 questions and answers for everyone Ages 10 and up 2 to 6 players 15 min gameplay • Before the war• Historical facts• Notable figures• Weapons and equipment• Countries and armies• Civilian life• Soldiers' life• After the war• Memory of the war
THE FIRST OF THE TANKS - The 501st Tank Combat Regiment THE FIRST OF THE TANKS - The 501st Tank Combat Regiment 2
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This graphic novel, complemented by an illustrated dossier, traces the history of the 501st Tank Combat Regiment since its creation in 1918: participation in the final offensives of the First World War; combat in the Middle East and Africa; the Normandy landing on 3 August 1944, etc. Today, stationed at Mourmelon-le-Grand in Champagne, the regiment is...
THE SKIES OF THE REICH - 1944
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THE SKIES OF THE REICH - 1944

L20260015
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February 1944: Operation Argument, the greatest aerial battle in history. It is too easily forgotten: the Americans and the British were not certain of success when they landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944. Their worst nightmare was the prospect of 1,000 Luftwaffe fighters — with the best pilots in the world — contesting air superiority over the beaches and...
GIGN - The Full Story GIGN - The Full Story 2
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GIGN - The Full Story

L20260007
€34.12
60 OPERATORS RECOUNT THE HISTORY OF A LEGENDARY UNIT GIGN. Four letters that command respect. Since its founding in 1974, this counter-terrorism unit has established itself as a world model, always on the front line against the most extreme threats. Under the leadership of Lieutenant Christian Prouteau, the GIGN forged a unique identity: effectiveness,...
LES AVIONS MARCEL BLOCH - Volume 3: Fighters and Other...
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Marcel Bloch took considerable time before deciding to propose a fighter aircraft. His first attempt was a complete failure — the aircraft could not even take off. Yet the ideas he had instilled in that project would prompt the French government to take notice and, after numerous improvements, industry would make it one of the three principal defenders of...
FIRST-CLASS SUBMARINES – The Requin and Redoutable...
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This work is devoted to the 40 first-class submarines built for the Marine Nationale between 1922 and 1939. They are divided into two types: the 1,100-tonne Requin class of the 1922 and 1923 programmes, and the Redoutable and Pascal classes of the 1924 to 1930 programmes. The second-class submarines and minelayers are covered in another volume in the same...
THE MORANE SAULNIER 406 in the Armée de l'Air, the... THE MORANE SAULNIER 406 in the Armée de l'Air, the... 2
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Since 1998 and the first work on the Morane 406 published by Lela Presse, numerous discoveries have made a new publication indispensable. The sheer volume of this study — which has necessitated its division into two parts while covering only the aircraft in French markings — is proof of this. The list of contributors also reflects the enthusiasm the...
CELTIC OPPIDUM CELTIC OPPIDUM 2
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CELTIC OPPIDUM

J20250005
€20.83
Ancient strategy game for 2 or more players. OPPIDUM (the name for Celtic fortified towns) is a simulation game set in modern-day France, Belgium, and England during the first century BC. It recreates the many battles fought by Celtic tribes to resist Caesar's ambitions. The Celtic Oppidum is a set of 3 complementary map boards for the OPPIDUM game....
OPPIDUM - Skirmishes in the Age of the Gallic Wars OPPIDUM - Skirmishes in the Age of the Gallic Wars 2
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Ancient strategy game for 2 or more players. ​​​​OPPIDUM is an immersive ancient strategy game that plunges you into the heart of the great battles of the 1st century BC. ​ Relive the historic clash between Celtic tribes and Roman legions across present-day France, Belgium, and England, as Caesar extends his empire. Choose your side and play as Gauls,...
THE ANARCHY - Siege Warfare in Normandy and England, 12th... THE ANARCHY - Siege Warfare in Normandy and England, 12th... 2
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Medieval strategy game for 2 or more players. THE ANARCHY is the name given to the civil war of 1135–1154 over the succession of Henry I Beauclerc, King of England and Duke of Normandy. It pitted Stephen of Blois against the 'Empress' Matilda, wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet. This war was a succession of sieges. It is an opportunity to bring all the siege...
AGER SANGUINIS - The Normans in Northern Syria in the... AGER SANGUINIS - The Normans in Northern Syria in the... 2
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AVAILABLE APRIL 2026 Medieval skirmish game for 2 or more players. AGER SANGUINIS (The Field of Blood, named after a battle lost by Roger of Antioch in 1119) presents the fierce fighting of the descendants of Bohemond of Taranto, son of Robert Guiscard and founder of the Principality of Antioch in northern Syria in the 12th century. The game brings...
MONTGISARD - The Templars in the Holy Land at the Time of... MONTGISARD - The Templars in the Holy Land at the Time of... 2
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Medieval skirmish game for 2 or more players. MONTGISARD is the name of the battle won by Baldwin IV, the Leper King of Jerusalem in 1177 against Saladin's Egyptian army. This game is an expansion for AGER SANGUINIS and introduces new Templar counters as well as famous figures such as Raynald of Châtillon, Balian of Ibelin and the Leper King himself. The...
The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment - From the Levant to...
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The first work dedicated to the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment, tracing its epic from 1939 to 1948 across Syria, Lebanon and Tunisia, and paying tribute to the Levant legionnaires united under the motto "Ad Unum" – To the last man. Born in the Levant in 1939, the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment would exist for only nine years, yet it experienced everything:...
HS Gazette Des Armes No.34 - The Webley Revolvers HS Gazette Des Armes No.34 - The Webley Revolvers 2
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The Webley revolvers were the principal sidearms of British officers during the extraordinary colonial expansion that characterised the Victorian era. Initially purchased privately by officers of Her Majesty, these revolvers were subsequently adopted by the British Army as its regulation sidearms from 1897 to the Second World War. Riding high on the hip,...
Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War 2
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The French army ground force commanders serving during the Second World War have not been the subject of an exhaustive biographical study, unlike, for example, those of the United Kingdom or Germany. The main purpose of this dictionary is to fill this gap and to provide an overview of the career of every general who held responsibilities between 1939 and...
SHOOTING AND SELF-DEFENCE: Handbook for the Defensive... SHOOTING AND SELF-DEFENCE: Handbook for the Defensive... 2
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Having to use a firearm to save one's own life or that of another leaves no room for chance, as shooting at an individual must always be the last resort. This above all requires asking the right questions so as not to make the wrong decision about whether or not to arm oneself. In this handbook, the author offers a genuine reflection on the subject, in...
TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard...
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1940: Discover the firsthand account of a B1 bis tank commander, Second Lieutenant Robert Lauvin, officer of the 15th BCC, presented by Stéphane Bonnaud. Follow the trials and hardships faced by the crew of a B1 Bis during the Battle of France: from the Marne, through Montcornet and Picardy, to the retreat of the débâcle… Between castor oil, the chalk of...
THEORY OF THE COMBATANT – Close Combat: An Eternal Return...
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On 18 August 2008, 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 others wounded in the Afghan mountains. No one had seen the ambush set up by the Taliban and their local allies coming. This tragic event is the starting point of Michel Goya's new work, which opens with a description of the fighting in the Uzbin Valley and then analyses its consequences. A sharp...
CHURCHILL
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CHURCHILL

L20250185
€28.44
The finest biography of Churchill, enriched with previously unpublished documents. A towering publishing success. Of Churchill, one believes, everything has been said — first and foremost by himself. And yet Andrew Roberts has managed to unearth press articles, private correspondence, personal diaries — not the least of which is that of King George VI,...
VERSAILLES - From Its Origins to the Present Day
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Versailles, estate, history, city and territory: The essential reference! This new project on Versailles aims to take up the torch from Pierre Verlet's monograph, Le Château de Versailles, published by Fayard in 1961 and reissued in a new edition in 1985. This model of scholarship has established itself as the definitive reference on the Ancien Régime...
OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. 2
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Omaha Beach is certainly one of the most famous of the five D-Day landing sectors. It was on this 7 km-long beach, backed by cliffs, that American troops suffered their heaviest losses on 6 June 1944. Facing the Americans, the Wehrmacht's 716th Infantry Division defended the beach with machine-gun nests, kilometres of barbed wire, thousands of mines,...
A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive... A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive... 2
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You will follow the account of a fictional military operation, yet one firmly grounded in reality: every system, every operational concept, every space asset described truly exists. Alongside a special forces commando unit, at the heart of embassies and up to ministerial level, you will discover how space capabilities support the conduct of operations,...
HISTORY OF SUBMARINES, FROM ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY HISTORY OF SUBMARINES, FROM ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY 2
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Evading observation and merging into the hostile environment of the ocean, submarines became the decisive weapon of naval combat and the one that preserves the strategic balance of nuclear deterrence between the great powers. Diving to the depths to explore, exploit, repair or rescue, in civilian or military applications, the submarine is on the verge of...
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CSS ALABAMA – A Confederate Raider...
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Based on the logbook of Captain Semmes and the archives of the United States Navy The story of the CSS Alabama and her captain, Raphael Semmes, is unique in naval history. This frigate, built in Liverpool for the Confederate Navy and which never had a home port, waged a two-year commerce-raiding campaign against the merchant marine of the United States....
THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1918-1930
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The first synthesis on the French Army of the Rhine (1918–1930), this work illuminates a forgotten yet strategic occupation, revealing its military, political, and diplomatic stakes in a Europe transformed in the aftermath of the Great War. At the end of the First World War, the Allied armies were stationed in Germany and France took charge of 75% of the...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WAR. From Mesopotamia to Ukraine
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5,000 years of the art of war in 200 pages Since the dawn of humanity, war has determined the life and death of individuals and peoples. From the 3rd millennium BC, with the refinement of weapons and tactics, the phenomenon of warfare gathered momentum across the steppes of Central Asia, in Mesopotamia and in ancient China. Subsequently, ancient Greece,...
THE FRENCH IN THE KOREAN WAR - BF/ONU 1950–1953 THE FRENCH IN THE KOREAN WAR - BF/ONU 1950–1953 2
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The history of the French Battalion of the UN during the terrible Korean War was until now very poorly known. After twenty years of research by the author, his quest for testimonies from direct witnesses — many of whom have since passed away — allowed him to gather the personal recollections of former officers, non-commissioned officers, corporals and...
REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS
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REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS

L20250173
€27.96
Vikings are increasingly in the spotlight of films and television series, often with significant departures from what archaeological and historical research tells us. Through that research and the work of demanding re-enactment groups, the author finally allows us to rediscover them. The Vikings… Their raids, and the ancient Scandinavian civilisation from...
Figures of Soldiers – Crimea 1854–1856 Figures of Soldiers – Crimea 1854–1856 2
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THE TIMELESS LEGACY OF THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN 1854–1856: Art and Moral Forces Sevastopol, 8 September 1855. The main naval port of the Russian Imperial Fleet on the Black Sea has just fallen to the Franco-British expeditionary force, supported by two small Turkish and Sardinian contingents, bringing an end to a year of gruelling siege warfare punctuated by...
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