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NATO COMBAT AIRCRAFT

L20200082

€37.44

This book presents in detail the combat aircraft of the air forces of every NATO member nation, whether a founding member or one that joined more recently, illustrated by more than 600 profile drawings and around 300 period photographs.

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LINE INFANTRY Volume 1 - 1776–1810

L20200081

€27.96

For Napoleon, "the infantry is the soul of the army". It did indeed comprise the greater part of the combatants under arms. We shall examine closely these "pousse-cailloux" — foot soldiers who tramped across Europe in every direction for nearly a quarter of a century. With the exception of the particular case of the Imperial Guard, the French infantry...

GERMAN CIVIL & MILITARY DECORATIONS 1919–1945

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GERMAN CIVIL & MILITARY DECORATIONS 1919–1945

L20200080

€61.61

This work, without equivalent in the French language, presents all German military decorations instituted between 1935 and 1945, in the form of detailed reference sheets accompanied by high-quality photographs, by Jörg-M. Hormann, followed by the civil decorations (including those of the RAD and the Westwall, among others) presented by Volker A. Behr....

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THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY

L20200079

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The elimination of collaborators by the Resistance, outside any judicial framework, between 1943 and 1946 in Normandy Spread over three years, from 1943 to 1946, the so-called wild purge claimed around a hundred victims in Normandy. This figure must be set against the legal purge carried out between 1944 and 1947: 39 individuals were shot after being...

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DES AILES DANS LES JAMBES – Memoirs of André Courval FAFL...

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DES AILES DANS LES JAMBES – Memoirs of André Courval FAFL 1939–1945

L20200065

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After three escapes in answer to General De Gaulle's call, André Courval enlisted in 1940 in the Free French Air Forces. His Memoirs, enhanced by drawings from his own hand and personal photographs, recount the odyssey of a flying crew member from sub-Saharan Africa to the liberation of France.

54 RUE CENTRALE – Press, Literature & Lyonnaise Gastronomy

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54 RUE CENTRALE – Press, Literature & Lyonnaise Gastronomy

L20200064

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A richly detailed work in which each chapter draws the portrait of an often colourful character or a literary or culinary event from Lyon.

Eugene Sledge – A Marine in the Hell of the Pacific

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Eugene Sledge – A Marine in the Hell of the Pacific

L20200061

€36.97

Friday 15 September 1944, after three days of intense bombardment of the Japanese defences, the 1st Marine Division "Old Breed" landed on the island of Peleliu in the Palau Archipelago. The Marines' objective was to neutralise the garrison of this island and seize the Japanese airfield in order to secure the northern flank of General MacArthur's army,...

THE CORRIDOR OF DEATH – Mortain Falaise Argentan 1944

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THE CORRIDOR OF DEATH – Mortain Falaise Argentan 1944

L20200060

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The «corridor of death» is the bottleneck of the famous Falaise-Argentan pocket where the German combat forces in Normandy were crushed by Allied power. The Germans left several thousand dead and 40,000 prisoners in the pocket after approximately half of them managed to break through. This volume recounts that hell. The Battle of Mortain with sensational...

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