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An Untold History of France in 100 Maps An Untold History of France in 100 Maps 2
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An Untold History of France in 100 Maps

L20210017
€25.59
The history of France mapped, from prehistory to the present day, and narrated by Jean Sévillia. In 5 parts — " Origins ", " The Kingdom of France ", " The French Nation ", " Facing the Trials of the 20th Century " and " Towards the France of Tomorrow " — and in 100 previously unpublished and richly detailed maps, from the principal prehistoric sites to...
PLAN Z THE GERMAN NAVAL FANTASY
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PLAN Z THE GERMAN NAVAL FANTASY

L20210016
€42.56
Too often reduced to an improbable naval construction programme dictated by Hitler, Plan Z nonetheless has origins predating the Third Reich and would undergo many strategic and technical evolutions before the Nazi dictator took a genuine interest in it. The fact remains that Plan Z would shape the Kriegsmarine throughout the 1930s, giving it the...
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U-BOOT TYP IX — All Versions of the U-Bootwaffe's...
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U-BOOT TYP IX — All Versions of the U-Bootwaffe's Ocean-Going Submarines

L20210015
€23.60
Following a volume devoted to the Typ VII, and another to the last-chance U-Boote (Typ XXI and Typ XXIII), éditions Caraktère invites you to review the different versions of the mighty Typ IX, designed to strike hard and far. The book first presents in detail the technical origins of the Typ IX, then its direct predecessor, the lesser-known Typ IA. The...
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ITALIAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT 1939-1945
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ITALIAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT 1939-1945

L20210014
€52.04
LAST COPY — OUT OF PRINT AT THE PUBLISHER Often poorly known and underestimated, the Italian fighters that flew during the Second World War were by no means unworthy. It is easy to forget that the Italian aeronautical industry was one of the foremost in the world during the interwar period, and that the output of its great names such as Fiat and Caproni...
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EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918 EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918 2
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EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918

L20210012
€61.61
This work invites you to discover the cuirassiers, distinguished cavalrymen who traversed the history of France from the 18th century to the end of the First World War, both witnesses and heroic actors in the victorious battles and dark defeats of the French army. Combining epic accounts, meticulous descriptions of uniforms and remarkable illustrations,...
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Naval History of the Second World War
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Naval History of the Second World War

L20210008
€27.49
Co-edition Perrin / Ministère des Armées Hundreds of thousands of works have been written on the Second World War, in dozens of languages. Many of them do indeed address the maritime dimensions of the conflict, the role played by the Royal Navy, the Kriegsmarine and the United States Navy, the role of the various naval forces on a given theatre of...
Charles Martel
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Charles Martel

L20210007
€10.90 €21.80
The victory over the Arabs at Poitiers in 732: this is about all that remains of Charles Martel in the collective memory. A mere skirmish, or a clash of civilisations that saved Europe from Islamisation? The significance of this famous battle has seen renewed interest in the current context and is the subject of vigorous debate. However, one would be...
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Memoirs of General Dietrich von Choltitz
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Memoirs of General Dietrich von Choltitz

L20200284
€20.85
For our contemporaries, Dietrich Von Choltitz has the features of Niels Arestrup, who portrayed him masterfully in Volker Schlöndorff's film "Diplomatie", staging his fateful face-to-face with Swedish consul Raoul Nordling, played by André Dussollier. At the conclusion of their discussions, the military commander of Paris agrees not to carry out Hitler's...
The Kriegsmarine Submarines 1935-1945. Dönitz's "Grey...
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The Kriegsmarine Submarines 1935-1945. Dönitz's "Grey Wolves" - Vol. 2

L20200283
€52.13
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during the Second World War, declared: "The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril." Across these two volumes on the U-Boote, the author covers the entirety of the German submarines, describing their specifications, commands, victories and losses, whether during the war or...
Kriegsmarine Submarines 1935-1945. Dönitz's "Grey Wolves"...
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Kriegsmarine Submarines 1935-1945. Dönitz's "Grey Wolves" - Vol. 1

L20200282
€52.13
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during the Second World War, declared: "The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril." In these two volumes on the U-Boote, the author covers all German submarines in detail, describing their specifications, commands, victories and losses, both during the war and after the end...
LINE INFANTRY Volume 2 - 1814-1830
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LINE INFANTRY Volume 2 - 1814-1830

L20200281
€27.96
The Line Infantry bore the brunt of the final years of the Empire, from the campaign in France to Waterloo, before radically changing its face in 1815, at the time of the Second Restoration. Indeed, infantry regiments temporarily disappeared in favour of departmental legions before adopting the uniform whose colours would not change again until the Great...
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1870-1871 Perspectives on the Franco-German War - Carnet...
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1870-1871 Perspectives on the Franco-German War - Carnet de la Sabretache

L20200280
€18.96
Perspectives on the Franco-German War of 1870-1871 This special issue on the conflict of 1870-1871 aims to complement the many studies and accounts that have been published on this subject. It does not claim to "recount" the war in the face of this wealth of easily accessible and highly comprehensive sources. La Sabretache has favoured a more diverse...
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The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire - Organisation and... The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire - Organisation and... 2
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The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire - Organisation and Order of Battle

L20200279
€18.96
The Cuirassiers, Consulate and Empire Drawing on the lessons of his success at Marengo during the Italian campaign of 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte took advantage of the three years of peace that followed to reorganise his army. Rationalising the composition of his mounted troops, he progressively created, between October 1801 and September 1803, a new...
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The Great Blunders of the Second World War
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The Great Blunders of the Second World War

L20200277
€18.96
The Second World War lasted nearly six years, as long as they were terrible. A duration explained by the formidable means that the belligerents deployed on land, at sea and in the skies — making it futile to hope to defeat the enemy in a single campaign — but also, and in large part, by the mistakes committed. Had Hitler not persisted in winning the...
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French Vampire and Mistral - Volume 2
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French Vampire and Mistral - Volume 2

L20200275
€55.92
Although the Vampire was designed and used as a fighter by the Armée de l'Air, this role was not to remain its exclusive domain for long. The arrival of American aircraft under the MDAP framework, and the progressive development of Marcel Dassault's fighters, overshadowed it — not least because they were more modern and simply better. A use had...
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Indochina – Dien Bien Phu and the Battles of the Impossible
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Indochina – Dien Bien Phu and the Battles of the Impossible

L20200270
€36.97
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu remains the final episode of a war in Indochina in which the finest troops of the French army never ceased to display unwavering bravery and heroism. It is in this strategic basin of Upper Tonkin that a true fortified camp was established, protected by three outlying strongpoints to the North — " Gabrielle ", " Anne-Marie " and...
GALLIPOLI - THE FLIGHT OF THE GIANTS
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GALLIPOLI - THE FLIGHT OF THE GIANTS

L20200269
€32.23
Gallipoli, the Dardanelles — these names, almost forgotten from our history books, nevertheless mark one of the bloodiest battles in which the French Army took part during the First World War. This military campaign, contested from its very conception by the political world and decried by the general staffs, had been conceived by a single man: Winston...
THE 1ST PARACHUTE CHASSEUR REGIMENT THROUGH ITS PENNANTS...
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THE 1ST PARACHUTE CHASSEUR REGIMENT THROUGH ITS PENNANTS 1937–2019

L20200268
€36.97
With this unprecedented and richly illustrated work, the history of the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (1st RCP) is revisited and expanded: for the first time, the combat actions and day-to-day training of the 1st RCP are recounted through the regiment's many pennants. A great number of them have weathered the storms of history into which the 1st RCP has...
The Odyssey of the Ramcke Brigade at El Alamein
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The Odyssey of the Ramcke Brigade at El Alamein

L20200265
€24.64
Fallschirmjäger in Egypt, from Bab el Katara to Mersa El Brega with war correspondent Hans Rechenberg. El Alamein. This is where Rommel's offensive, which had seemed unstoppable, was halted on the road to Alexandria in the summer of 1942. There followed long weeks of positional warfare in the sand and rock of the Egyptian desert, under a blazing sun....
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Flight Through the Air in the Middle Ages - A Historical...
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Flight Through the Air in the Middle Ages - A Historical Essay on a Scientific Utopia

L20200263
€11.61 €23.22
In medieval sources, human flight is rarely addressed directly: the catastrophic attempt by English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury, the flying machine dreamed up by Roger Bacon, or the vessel floating above the air imagined by Albert of Saxony and Nicole Oresme stand as celebrated exceptions. Yet the question of flight was a genuine intellectual challenge for...
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Hubert Germain - Mémoires d'un Compagnon de la Libération - Espérer pour la France Hubert Germain - Mémoires d'un Compagnon de la Libération - Espérer pour la France 2
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Hubert Germain - Memoirs of a Compagnon de la Libération - Hoping for France

L20200262
€16.11
Hubert Germain is the last Compagnon de la Libération. He shares his testimony in this work. PRIX DE L'ARMEE DE TERRE ERWAN BERGOT 2020 "I am going to need you", General de Gaulle said simply to the young Hubert Germain when he arrived in England in June 1940, among the first Free French. Hubert Germain was 19 years old, would become a Knight of the...
Shackled - The Trauma of War in the 21st Century
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Shackled - The Trauma of War in the 21st Century

L20200259
€24.55
« Every time I came home, after a while I would sink back down: the flashbacks would return, the nightmares would intensify. I discovered my wound and this new situation as the symptoms gradually manifested themselves. » Since time immemorial, some have returned from war wounded in the deepest part of their soul. Homer and Herodotus already gave voice to...
La Lune est Claire – The French Foreign Legion in Combat...
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La Lune est Claire – The French Foreign Legion in Combat 2008–2018

L20200258
€19.91
Nine officers of the French Foreign Legion have taken up the pen to recount the last decade of combat of this legendary unit. For the first time, the reader accompanies the men in their white képis in Afghanistan, French Guiana, the Central African Republic, and Mali. "Monsieur légionnaire" was everywhere France decided to fight. From training to the most...
The early days of Nazism with Emil Maurice, Hitler's...
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The early days of Nazism with Emil Maurice, Hitler's Jewish friend

L20200257
€65.40
Of Jewish origin and intimate friend of Adolf Hitler, Emil Maurice was the founder of the SA and the Stosstrupp Hitler (the forerunner of the SS). He also served as a drafter of Mein Kampf during his imprisonment at Landsberg. Through the highly singular destiny of Emil Maurice, this album covers primarily the little-known yet critically decisive period...
2. PANZERDIVISION IN NORMANDY VOL. 2 - Caen-Vire-Mortain...
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2. PANZERDIVISION IN NORMANDY VOL. 2 - Caen-Vire-Mortain (1 July–12 August 1944)

L20200256
€55.92
Volume II of the three-volume series covering the fate of the 2. Panzer-Division during 1944 and the Battle of Normandy traces the unit's fighting from 1 July to 12 August. Von Lüttwitz must organise a war of position against the 1st US Infantry Division at the foot of the Caumont ridge, and manage the deployment of his Panzer forces to the west and south...
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U-Boote in the Mediterranean - Volume 1, September...
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U-Boote in the Mediterranean - Volume 1, September 1941–May 1943, to the Rescue of the...

L20200255
€51.18
The history of the 62 U-Boote that fought in the Mediterranean During the summer of 1941, the British decimate the convoys crossing the Mediterranean to supply Rommel's Afrikakorps. The Kriegsmarine is called to the rescue! The first U-Boote pass through the Strait of Gibraltar at the end of September 1941. After their combat mission against Royal Navy...
ARMOURED TRAINS – Illustrated Encyclopaedia from 1825 to... ARMOURED TRAINS – Illustrated Encyclopaedia from 1825 to... 2
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ARMOURED TRAINS – Illustrated Encyclopaedia from 1825 to the Present Day

L20200253
€60.66
Paul Malmassari had already published, in the early 1990s with Heimdal, a reference work on the subject of armoured trains — a topic generally little treated. An undisputed specialist in the field, the author this time proposes a new and very different approach to the history of these steel giants dependent on the railways. From their origins to the...
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Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang – Europe 1944–45
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Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang – Europe 1944–45

L20200252
€17.06
The Me 262 and the P-51 represent a pinnacle in terms of design, performance and combat capability by virtue of their respective flying power. With its operational debut in the summer of 1944 and powered by the Jumo 004 engine, the Me 262 outclassed everything the Allies possessed in terms of firepower and speed. However, the availability of both aircraft...
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THE BERLIET GLR, THE TRUCK OF THE CENTURY THE BERLIET GLR, THE TRUCK OF THE CENTURY 2
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THE BERLIET GLR, THE TRUCK OF THE CENTURY

L20200250
€33.18
The GLR is more than a truck — it is a symbol. First and foremost the symbol of a marque, for while the manufacturer with the locomotive badge produced more than a thousand different models, the GLR is by far the most emblematic, the most famous and the best-selling. The GLR is the essence of Berliet, concentrating all the qualities of the marque's...
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ASTON MARTIN, ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA OF THE MODELS ASTON MARTIN, ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA OF THE MODELS 2
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ASTON MARTIN, ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA OF THE MODELS

L20200243
€19.91 €39.81
In 1913, this luxury and racing car marque was founded by Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin. The latter won the Aston Clinton hill climb that same year. Thus was born the legendary name Aston Martin, in memory of the name of the race combined with that of its winner. The history of the British marque is punctuated by numerous twists and turns that always...
ERNIE PYLE Summer 1944 - An American War Correspondent in... ERNIE PYLE Summer 1944 - An American War Correspondent in... 2
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ERNIE PYLE Summer 1944 - An American War Correspondent in Normandy

L20200240
€18.86
A war correspondent in Normandy. When he lands in Normandy on 7 June 1944, Ernie Pyle is the finest (Pulitzer Prize) and most popular of American war correspondents. Pyle owes this popularity to his ability to recount, simply and with great empathy, the stories of ordinary soldiers. During the summer of 1944, he follows the American troops from Omaha...
THE BATTLE OF MONTÉLIMAR: AUGUST 1944 THE BATTLE OF MONTÉLIMAR: AUGUST 1944 2
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THE BATTLE OF MONTÉLIMAR: AUGUST 1944

L20200239
€18.91
Shortly after the Provence landings, the Battle of Montélimar marked the attempt to annihilate the retreating German troops in the Rhône valley. American divisions trapped them in a pocket formed to the east by the Rhône and to the north by the Drôme, whose bridges had been destroyed by the Resistance. On 28 August, fierce fighting broke out against the...
The Marshall Plan – At the Dawn of the Cold War
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The Marshall Plan – At the Dawn of the Cold War

L20200232
€25.50
"The Marshall Plan" is a pertinent and remarkably well-written work of diplomatic and economic history. Leaders and experts from around the world keep calling for a new "Marshall Plan", but how many truly understand what that plan was about, how it was created and how it was carried out? This book will open eyes and minds". Alan Greenspan, former...
Dispatches from Vietnam
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Vietnam Dispatches

L20200231
€20.85
Vietnam Dispatches brings together John Steinbeck's final series of war reportages. Previously unpublished in France, this work gathers the chronicles written from 1966 for Newsday magazine by the man who received the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. John Steinbeck, aged 64, is already an ailing...
THE GUIDE TO OCCUPIED PARIS
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THE GUIDE TO OCCUPIED PARIS

L20200209
€28.34
Paris... the most beautiful city in the world, a city without eyes, a city of every excess, the brothel of Europe... Such is the image the German occupier has of the French capital on the morning of 14 June 1940, as his troops enter Paris without a fight. The Gross-Paris then encompasses Paris and the Seine département, which corresponds more or less to...
The German Failure on the Marne 30 May–13 June 1918
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The German Failure on the Marne 30 May–13 June 1918

L20200206
€18.96
This book is the translation of the work entitled Growing Difficulties 1918 – Futile Struggle in Front of Compiègne, Villers-Cotterêts and Reims, volume 33 of the series « Die Schlachten des Weltkrieges », published by the Reichsarchiv in 1930. No French translation of this book has ever been published, even though it had been translated after the war by...
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