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1870–1871: A Conflict Through Images - Carnet de la... 1870–1871: A Conflict Through Images - Carnet de la... 2
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The Franco-Prussian War is a conflict largely unknown to our contemporaries. It must be said that everything was done to erase from history the defeat that precipitated the fall of the Second Empire, beginning with the removal of this event from history books as early as the Third Republic. Later it would be overshadowed by the bloody but glorious war of...
UP FRONT - The Hidden Face of the US Army - Pulitzer...
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Pulitzer Prize 1945 - The cult reportage by the GIs' favourite cartoonist "The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry." Bill Mauldin A gifted child from a poor family, Bill Mauldin (1921–2003) enlisted in 1940 and became the cartoonist for the great Army daily Stars and Stripes. Sent to the European front, he was the first to describe the...
ARMY - Histories and Traditions
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ARMY - Histories and Traditions

L20250166
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To know where one is going, one must know where one has come from. Our history and our traditions are fine ones and deserve to be known. Histoire et Traditions de l'armée de Terre is an unprecedented work that traces, through its units, its colours and its mottoes, every period in the history of a thousand-year-old army. At once a journey through time, a...
Steel Battalion – 16th Battalion of Light Infantry...
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Steel Battalion For 170 years, the 16th Battalion of Chasseurs à Pied has answered the call of duty. On the battlefields of both World Wars, through decolonisation and overseas operations, this elite unit has forged its identity as a chasseur à pied, proud of its past and resolutely looking to the future. Whether in the heart of the Bitche country or on...
7th Battalion of Alpine Chasseurs from Saint-Omer to...
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Discover new information and a great many previously unpublished photographs and maps about this exceptional unit, 10 years after first publication! From the fighting at Hilsenfirst in 1915 to the engagements in Mali and Niger a century later, the 7th Battalion of Alpine Chasseurs has traversed the military history of our country with the style, dash,...
The Napoleonic Wars in History
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The Napoleonic Wars in History

L20250163
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Historiography and contributions to the history of war The history of the Napoleonic Wars is itself an object of historical study. Narrated and theorised by witnesses and participants from the years following the fall of the Empire and the death of Napoleon, the Napoleonic war has been studied, taught, depicted and re-enacted for two centuries, in step...
GENERAL CATROUX - A Military Man and Diplomat - Portrait...
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A man of shadow and light, General Georges Catroux embodies the paradoxes of his era. A brilliant military officer, skilled diplomat and key intelligence operative, he moved through the major conflicts of the 20th century leaving an often overlooked mark. Heir to Lyautey, companion from the first hour of Charles de Gaulle, Catroux distinguished himself...
CHARLES AILLERET, DE GAULLE'S STRATEGIST
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After the end of the Algerian War, General de Gaulle relied on one man to transform an army that had become an instrument of colonial order-keeping into a modern force equipped with nuclear weapons, intended primarily to maintain France's rank and sovereignty in Europe. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, resistance fighter, deportee, key architect of...
War Stories – Men, Objects and Memory of the Great War...
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The Great War told through the prism of objects: helmets, uniforms, notebooks, identification tags and many other silent witnesses of the conflict. A passionate collector since childhood, Benoît Chalhoub takes us on a journey to the heart of his collection, where each piece becomes the starting point for a story of human courage, suffering or hope. Far...
In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... 2
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Camille Mathieu entered the army by entering the war. At the age of 20. He had intended to go into teaching, but from the very first engagements of 1914–1918, amid the thunder of shells and bombs, his military vocation imposed itself upon him. He took part in, among other engagements, the Second Battle of Champagne on 25 September 1915. Wounded twice....
THE KRIEGSMARINE 1935–1945 - HISTORY - UNIFORMS -...
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2025 REPRINT A magnificent colour album presenting all uniform pieces, rank insignia and badges of the Kriegsmarine, including those of U-Boot crews. This work traces the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the German war navy between 1935 and 1945. A formidable weapon which, despite its limited resources, would ultimately prove the only...
German Belt Buckles 1933-1945 Vol. 1 - Heer - Luftwaffe -... German Belt Buckles 1933-1945 Vol. 1 - Heer - Luftwaffe -... 2
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You have been waiting many years for it — at last, a publication in French on German belt buckles from 1933 to 1945. Authentic buckles will hold no more secrets for you; everything is broken down and explained in plain terms. This first volume presents the models of the Heer, the Luftwaffe, the Kriegsmarine, the Polizei, the Postschutz and the RAD. The...
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