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TRIVIAL PURSUIT D-DAY – Normandy Landings TRIVIAL PURSUIT D-DAY – Normandy Landings 2
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TRIVIAL PURSUIT D-DAY – Normandy Landings

L20240113
€20.75
The Trivial Pursuit game dedicated to the Normandy landings. Test your general knowledge about the Landings with this unique edition of Trivial Pursuit D-Day featuring 600 questions! In which Norman city did de Gaulle deliver his first speech on 14 June 1944? What is the emblem of the British 6th Airborne? What is the name of the famous American war...
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Churchill's D-Day – Behind the Scenes of the Landings
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Churchill's D-Day – Behind the Scenes of the Landings

L20240112
€22.65
Was Churchill a visionary strategist or the greatest detractor of the Normandy landings? What role did he leave to the leader of Free France, General de Gaulle, on 6 June 1944? This book casts fresh light on the history of the secret preparations for D-Day, drawing on the personal archives of the British Prime Minister. The success of D-Day was far from...
IN THE SKIES OVER NORMANDY 1944 IN THE SKIES OVER NORMANDY 1944 2
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IN THE SKIES OVER NORMANDY 1944

L20240111
€15.64
80 years after the June 1944 landings, Olivier Dauger, official painter of air and space, presents a richly illustrated work on the air component of the greatest combined air and sea operation of the Second World War. This book covers the air component of the greatest combined air and sea operation of the Second World War. Around sixty colour...
The 29th Infantry Division, a Century and a Half of Epic... The 29th Infantry Division, a Century and a Half of Epic... 2
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The 29th Infantry Division, a Century and a Half of Epic History

L20240110
€51.18
The Blue-and-Gray Division, the US 29th Infantry Division, distinguished itself most notably from Omaha Beach, where it suffered terrible losses, through "the hell of the bocage", all the way to Saint-Lô; but its military history continued through the gruelling Battle of Brest and into Germany, across the Rhine plains, where the fighting remained fierce...
The Secret Army 1942-1945, from the Resistance to the... The Secret Army 1942-1945, from the Resistance to the... 2
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The Secret Army 1942-1945, from the Resistance to the Army of Victory

L20240109
€34.12
When speaking of the Resistance, one most often refers to the movements — that is, the political actors. The military actors are overlooked, and among them the Secret Army, the undeniable armed wing of the Resistance as envisioned by General de Gaulle. It is therefore important to examine its founding, its development, its acts of bravery and its...
The Piron Brigade in Normandy — 8 August – 1 September 1944 The Piron Brigade in Normandy — 8 August – 1 September 1944 2
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The Piron Brigade in Normandy — 8 August – 1 September 1944

L20240108
€35.07
The Piron Brigade took an active part in the liberation of Normandy. In this period commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation, Heimdal presents a very thorough analysis of the operations of the famous Belgian brigade during the Normandy campaign. This volume analyses the tactical workings of the unit and its adaptation to modern warfare during...
Air War Over Vietnam 1961-1973 Air War Over Vietnam 1961-1973 2
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Air War Over Vietnam 1961-1973

L20240107
€30.81
US Air Force, US Navy, USMC, US Army, North and South Vietnamese Air Forces Having begun very discreetly in 1961 with the deployment of a handful of American "advisors" alongside the newly formed SVNAF, the South Vietnamese air force, the air war in Southeast Asia — and in Vietnam in particular — grew steadily in scale until, at its peak in 1968, the US...
The Occupation in Normandy
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The Occupation in Normandy

L20240106
€37.82
This collection of previously unpublished photographs invites the reader to discover the period of occupation in Normandy through the eyes of the German occupier. More than 500 images, all taken from soldiers' personal albums, are brought together here. They show us their daily lives — training, fortifications, reviews and official visits, as well as...
Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated...
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Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated Port – Testimony of Daily Life

L20240105
€28.34
More than a chronicle, Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated Port is the sensitive collection of words given by veterans and gathered twenty years ago on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. This work brings together their long-held memories, their testimonies — for the most part previously unpublished — of four...
BERNARD DARGOLS, A French GI at Omaha Beach
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BERNARD DARGOLS, A French GI at Omaha Beach

L20240104
€18.86
A young Parisian student, Bernard Dargols was on an internship in New York when war broke out in 1939. His family, who had remained in France, was threatened by the antisemitic laws of the Vichy regime. Bernard Dargols then decided to enlist in the American army, convinced that he would be more effective there in fighting the occupying forces. Having...
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One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen...
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One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen for France on 6 June 1944

L20240103
€15.07
In the early hours of 6 June 1944, 177 naval commando riflemen, under the command of Philippe Kieffer, landed at Colleville-sur-Orne. Their mission was to take the town's casino, converted into a bunker, and neutralise the German defences. By the evening of 6 June, the French unit of No. 4 Commando had suffered heavy casualties. Nearly a quarter of the...
Yellow Stars in Normandy
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Yellow Stars in Normandy

L20240102
€23.60
Willed by Marshal Pétain, the Statute on Jews was promulgated on 3 October 1940. Alongside this French legislation, the Nazi occupier put in place its own ordinances. Census-taking and Aryanisation were the prelude to the Final Solution. From 1942 onwards, arrests and round-ups followed one another in rapid succession, sending nearly a thousand Jews...
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