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THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THE BATTLE OF FRANCE 1939-1940 THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN THE BATTLE OF FRANCE 1939-1940 2
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1939, the year France was plunged into a new world conflict, marked a third black chapter for the customs officers. After 1870 and 1914, the Military Corps of Customs was once again mobilised. Like their predecessors before them, this third generation of customs fighters did their duty, upholding the motto « Honneur et Patrie » on their standard. These...
Die Kampfgeschwader 54. The Death's Head Wing - Volume II
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Kampfgeschwader 54, the Totenkopfgeschwader, is a unit well known to enthusiasts of the air war of the Second World War owing to its death's head insignia inherited from the hussar squadrons. Above all, KG 54 distinguished itself as one of the few Luftwaffe wings to have fought from the first to the last day of the conflict — even if under various forms...
Kampfgeschwader 54: The Death's Head Wing – Volume 1
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The Kampfgeschwader 54, the Totenkopfgeschwader, is a unit well known to enthusiasts of the air war of the Second World War on account of its death's head insignia inherited from hussar squadrons. But above all, KG 54 distinguished itself as one of the few Luftwaffe wings to have fought from the first to the last day of the conflict — even if under...
The Battle of Timimoun - Algeria 1957
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Carte blanche! When Lieutenant-Colonel Bigeard, commanding officer of the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment, reads the urgent telegram from General Salan, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Algeria, he knows he will have to play a high-stakes game. In the preceding weeks, the Saharan troops and the air force had been unable to track down the deserters...
Warlords in Combat - Preparing for Battle in the 21st... Warlords in Combat - Preparing for Battle in the 21st... 2
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These words by Captain Charles de Gaulle, written in 1921, resonate today with particular intensity as conflicts intensify on our borders and the fragile balance of peace wavers. In this essay, Pierre Santoni tackles the crucial question of training commanders for combat. How do you prepare those who will bear the responsibility of leading the battles of...
The École Militaire – A History in Postcards The École Militaire – A History in Postcards 2
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The École Militaire – A History in Postcards invites the reader on a journey through time: in Paris, a century ago… These photographs show us the little history, a neighbourhood life and everyday life behind the gates of the École: soldiers at drill, ceremonies, fatigue duties, care given to horses… They also plunge us into the great History: the...
Léon Degrelle
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Léon Degrelle

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Truths and legends of the "Führex". Until his death, Léon Degrelle (1906–1994), leader of the fascist movement Rex, founder of the SS Wallonia Legion, and the last European National Socialist leader, represented for the far right the icon before whom one had to be anointed, on the occasion of a "pilgrimage" to Spain where he had taken refuge in 1945. This...
With Napoleon – Journal
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With Napoleon – Journal

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One of the greatest testimonies on Napoleon. Throughout his reign, Napoleon received Pierre-Louis Roederer — accomplice in the Brumaire coup, Councillor of State and later Senator of the Empire — a countless number of times in his study. This figure had taken to noting down scrupulously, often on the very same evening, the substance of these meetings,...
21. Panzer-Division Normandy 1944 - Testimonies & Objects
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During the Second World War, the German high command suspected that sooner or later the Allied forces would attempt a return to the European continent through an amphibious landing. This is why the construction of thousands of concrete fortifications was ordered, from the Basque coast to Norway, in order to repel that assault. In addition to this, the...
A PANTHER IN UKRAINE
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A PANTHER IN UKRAINE

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On one side, an occupied Burma in 1945. On the other, the fate of Japanese prisoners in Russia after the world conflict… Two war narratives, tragic destinies for men caught up in the turmoil of history. From Asia to Europe, personal history rubs shoulders with history on a grand scale, and the accounts by Seiho Takizawa are always documented and...
Manga Interceptors Volume 2 - Danger over Tokyo
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The Second World War. 1944: the pressure of the Allies, assembled around the American army, grows ever more pressing on the Japanese empire. Japanese imperial garrisons and air forces resist on every occupied island in the Pacific. Repatriated to Japan, Unno takes the controls of a Kawasaki Ki-45 to intercept B-29 bombers, for now it is the city of Tokyo...
STORMING THE WALLS - Cities at the heart of battle, from...
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Through humanity, the city and war have been intimately linked for several millennia. As a place of life and exchange, the city is, by its very nature, a geographical space where a population gathers, along with resources, wealth and power. It is therefore no surprise that every civilisation, including the most primitive, has sought to make the city a...
2. PANZERDIVISION EN NORMANDIE T4 - Ardennes, Wacht am... 2. PANZERDIVISION EN NORMANDIE T4 - Ardennes, Wacht am... 2
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The book 2. Panzer-Division, Ardennes, Autumn 1944 – January 1945 – Volume IV – traces the four months of engagement of the Austrian armoured division between mid-September 1944 and mid-January 1945. A period of unit rebuilding followed by combat covering two major phases: the restructuring of Autumn 1944 between the Rhine and the Westwall that would lead...
FRENCH YOUTH UNDER THE OCCUPATION 1940–1945 FRENCH YOUTH UNDER THE OCCUPATION 1940–1945 2
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In the wake of the First World War, and after the Armistice of June 1940, French society placed its hopes in a renewed youth capable of henceforth promoting a goal of peace. The French State therefore seized upon this prospect by encouraging the creation of numerous youth movements, establishing a Secrétariat Général à la Jeunesse, and developing the cult...
PANZERWAFFE Vol. 2 – The Time of Victories PANZERWAFFE Vol. 2 – The Time of Victories 2
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From autumn 1939 (Poland) to summer 1940 (France), the Panzers swept from victory to victory, crushing all resistance in their path. German propaganda and its most celebrated generals narrated these moments of martial glory as a military promenade, even denying the defeated the recognition of their valiant sacrifices. Unit archives and Berlin bureau...
THE U.S. ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL 1941-1945 The Evacuation... THE U.S. ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL 1941-1945 The Evacuation... 2
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The evacuation hospital is the medical unit capable of providing all types of definitive medical and surgical care, positioned furthest forward toward the front. From their entry into the war in 1941, the United States devoted considerable energy and committed a colossal budget to ensuring that soldiers received the best possible care and, above all, that...
NUTS & BOLTS VOL 49 - Sd.Kfz. 138/2 Jagdpanzer 38 and... NUTS & BOLTS VOL 49 - Sd.Kfz. 138/2 Jagdpanzer 38 and... 2
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Tracked armoured vehicles Sd.Kfz. 138/2 Jagdpanzer 38. Comprehensive study of these vehicles. This book contains 645 illustrations including 565 photographs (335 period photos from the front or drawn from technical manuals, 230 colour photographs of restored vehicles with detailed photoscope). 80 technical drawings (colour profiles) in 1/35 scale with...
PAVIA 1525 – Francis I's Italian Failure
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" Of all things, nothing has remained to me but honour and my life ": his troops heavily defeated, Francis I was taken prisoner at Pavia. An account of the defeat that came close to carrying away the kingdom of France. Pavia was an event with European repercussions. The four-month siege of the Lombard city and the battle itself pitted thousands of...
THE WAFFEN-SS – History, Uniforms, Equipment THE WAFFEN-SS – History, Uniforms, Equipment 2
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From the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler in 1933, the SS — originally a simple praetorian guard attached to the person of the Führer — began a quiet process of militarisation. 10 years later, the SS numbered nearly one million men, the majority of whom were Waffen-SS. This work presents both the history and the uniforms and equipment of the unit that...
Research Dossier 2024 – Les Carnets de la Sabretache
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In this 2024 research dossier, put together by the members of the Sabretache, you will be able to: - Relive day by day the first two sieges of the Flanders campaign in 1744 - Discover the "Hoffmann" collection of the Sabretache library - Travel to Guadeloupe in 1802 through the letters of a conscript - Study the uniforms of the Foot Artillery of the...
Medical Service - Premier Empire - Notebook of the Elite... Medical Service - Premier Empire - Notebook of the Elite... 2
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Marc Morillon and Benoit Lorenzini have combined their talents and research in this notebook dedicated to the Medical Service under the First Empire. The fate of the members of the Grande Armée's medical service is rarely discussed. We have the opportunity to introduce one of these men who devoted his life to the well-being of his fellow citizens:...
Bleriot Canvas Print - Romain Hugault 70x100cm
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Add a touch of originality to your walls with a work by Romain Hugault. Choose from two poster formats, an artist canvas, or a print on plexiglass. Feel free to share your ideas with us, even the most daring ones! Format: Canvas - 70 x 100 cm
Churchill the Visionary Churchill the Visionary 2
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Churchill – The Visionary

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Churchill sounded the alarm about German militarism as early as 1908, about the Bolshevik threat from 1919, about the Nazi peril from 1932, about Stalinist imperialism from 1943… His "visions" contributed to making the statesman a "whistleblower," and this biography draws an original portrait of him on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth on...
1945 1945 2
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8 May 1945 marked, after weeks of battles on an enormous scale (the Ardennes, northern Italy, East Prussia, Berlin…), the end of the Second World War. In Europe. For four more months, the Asian continent would remain the theatre of a conflict of terrifying proportions, one that would only end with the use of an apocalyptic weapon: the atomic bomb. An...
The Marines - History of an American Myth
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This work allows the reader to discover the rich history of an elite corps that has become inescapable yet remains almost entirely unknown. Indeed, no one in France is familiar with its first hundred and fifty years before 1918 and the Battle of Belleau Wood; no one knows that it was initially scorned, mocked for its mediocre performance, cut back,...
The Battle of the Bulge 1944–1945 – The Panzers of the... The Battle of the Bulge 1944–1945 – The Panzers of the... 2
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Following the publication in 1994 of La Bataille des Ardennes by Jean-Paul Pallud — a work that established itself on both sides of the Atlantic — the release of Christer Bergström's book in 2017 revisited the actual losses of the US Army. This new work by Philippe Guillemot further enriches our understanding of the battle through fresh perspectives,...
General Olry - Victor of the Alps - June 1940 General Olry - Victor of the Alps - June 1940 2
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A graduate of the École Polytechnique and an artilleryman, René Olry (1880–1944) belongs to that category of soldiers who, with equal distinction, earn the admiration of their superiors, their peers and their subordinates. A man of character, he combined exceptional intellectual abilities with unwavering determination. A specialist in mountain operations,...
The Honour of a Colonel - From Algeria to Kolwezi The Honour of a Colonel - From Algeria to Kolwezi 2
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May 1978 – Kolwezi (former Zaire): thousands of Katangese rebels seize control of the city and hold hundreds of European hostages. Massacres begin… Faced with the urgency of the situation, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing launched Operation Bonite. Without warning, without ground support, without the possibility of reinforcements and with "scarce and...
TOMCAT COMIC BOOK – LARGE FORMAT
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25 October 1994, off the coast of San Diego, California. An F-14 is about to land on the carrier when a serious incident occurs. In the final seconds before the crash, the aircraft sees its life flash before it — from its birth to its final flight… TOMCAT follows the intertwined destinies of this aircraft and KARA HULTGREEN, the first female American Navy...
World War II Operations in 100 Maps
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Here is the latest prototype from the Perrin laboratories: an operational atlas of the Second World War. This conflict was won through military operations on land, at sea and in the air — to give just one example, the Red Army alone launched more than two hundred. And yet, until now, no one had thought to select the most important, to comment on them and...
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