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Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 –... Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 –... 2
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Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 – Volume 10

L20240071
€14.12
On 2 March 1941 at Koufra, in southern Libya, Colonel Leclerc swears not to lay down arms until the French flag flies over Strasbourg Cathedral... Three years later, at the casino in Témara, General de Gaulle announces that the 2nd DB will take part in the Battle of France. First step: the liberation of Normandy... 64-page comic book accompanied by a...
THE 11TH ZOUAVES IN THE 1939-1940 CAMPAIGN
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THE 11TH ZOUAVES IN THE 1939-1940 CAMPAIGN

L20240070
€23.51
AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH At mobilisation, at the end of August 1939, the 11th Zouave Regiment was formed from reservists aged 24 to 30, in the Belley region. On 4 November it joined the 2nd DINA and trained behind the Maginot Line, then in the Valenciennes sector. This is where it found itself on 10 May 1940. Committed to the Battle of the...
The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944
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The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944

L20240069
€19.59
Did a true "5th column", in the manner of that put into practice by the Francoist general Mola during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, beneath the walls of Madrid, actually exist at the outset of the Second World War, activated by the German invader? It may seem self-evident that the notion of a fifth column did indeed feature in the Nazi plans for the...
HS Gazette Des Armes No.30 - Weapons under the Occupation...
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HS Gazette Des Armes No.30 - Weapons under the Occupation - Collaboration & Resistance

L20240068
€24.49
The defeat of 1940 and the occupation of the country by Nazi Germany quickly sparked a new conflict — an internal one this time — in which Collaborationist France, body and soul devoted to the Vichy regime, and groups of resistance fighters intent on preparing the liberation of the country would clash. The German army's attack on the USSR in June 1941...
HS Gazette Des Armes No.31 - Lee-Enfield Rifles - The...
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HS Gazette Des Armes No.31 - Lee-Enfield Rifles - The Standard-Issue Weapons of the...

L20240067
€24.49
For nearly a century, the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifles were protagonists of contemporary history on every continent. The Lee-Metfords, the first small-calibre repeating rifles adopted by the British Army, began to make their mark in the hands of Lord Kitchener's soldiers in the Sudan against the Mahdi's forces, and then in South Africa against the...
6 June 1944 - The Landings 6 June 1944 - The Landings 2
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6 June 1944 - The Landings

L20240066
€10.43 €20.85
A tribute to the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 in Normandy, which marked a decisive turning point in the Second World War. The book presents the meticulous preparations and execution of the operation, highlighting the courage and determination of the Allied soldiers. It is illustrated with nearly 200 period photographs, offering a detailed look at this...
Normandy 1944 - Allied & German Vehicles Normandy 1944 - Allied & German Vehicles 2
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Normandy 1944 - Allied & German Vehicles

L20240065
€18.01
This book will allow you to discover the majority of the vehicles deployed by the Allies as well as the Germans, through numerous period photographs and colour images of restored vehicles taken at various events across France and Europe. On 6 June 1944, several Allied divisions landed on five beaches in Normandy, facing static units posted in the...
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THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS 2
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THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS

L20240064
€32.23
Written immediately after the war, this account of the operations of this special unit of the Italian Royal Navy plunges the reader into a world where technical mastery combines with effectiveness to make the Xa MAS an exceptional formation. Those who would subsequently be known as "the torpedo men" accomplished military feats that for a time made the...
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Diên Biên Phu - The Lessons of a Defeat
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Diên Biên Phu - The Lessons of a Defeat

L20240063
€21.80
The long ordeal of the French Expeditionary Corps, from Diên Biên Phu to its departure from Indochina. 7 May 1954. The fall of Diên Biên Phu. The Viet Minh's spectacular victory after fifty-six days of fighting seals France's departure from a part of the world where it had been present for more than a century. Seventy years on, Pierre Servent does not...
Aviation at Diên Biên Phu - From the Genesis to the Fall...
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Aviation at Diên Biên Phu - From the Genesis to the Fall of the Entrenched Camp...

L20240062
€35.07
From 20 November 1953 to 7 May 1954, French aircrews were progressively pushed to — and beyond — the limits of human endurance. Without the crews of the Armée de l'Air, the Aéronavale, the Aviation Légère d'Observation d'Artillerie, the requisitioned civilian airlines, and American pilots who were heirs to the Flying Tigers, the entrenched camp at Diên...
The British Empire at War - 1857-1947
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The British Empire at War - 1857-1947

L20240059
€23.70
June 1897. England celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The highlight of the festivities takes the form of a memorable military parade in London, reminding the British that their country stands at the head of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Its representatives are all there, dressed for the occasion in their finest regalia: the...
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America at War - 1933-1946 America at War - 1933-1946 2
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America at War - 1933-1946

L20240058
€25.59
The giant awakens: the United States in the Second World War. The United States, although emerging strengthened from the First World War, subsequently turned inward, allowing Asia and Europe to go up in flames one after the other. One might therefore assume that the war only truly entered the thoughts and daily lives of Americans from 7 December 1941, the...
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