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The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944 The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944 2
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The "death corridor" is the neck of the famous Falaise-Argentan pocket where the German fighting forces in Normandy were to be crushed by Allied power. The Germans left several thousand dead and 40,000 prisoners in the pocket after roughly half of them managed to force their way through. This work recounts that hell. The Battle of Mortain with sensational...
Dying for Crisbecq and Azeville Dying for Crisbecq and Azeville 2
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Dying for Crisbecq and Azeville

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June 6, 6:31 a.m., the 4th Infantry Division lands on Utah Beach while the US Navy, with the USS Nevada, exchanges fire with the German batteries, including the powerful 210 mm guns of the Crisbecq battery, supported by the 105 mm guns of Azeville. At 6:33 a.m., Crisbecq fires three shells below the waterline of the USS Corry, which sinks shortly...
De Gaulle and Bayeux – The Call of 16 June 1946 for a... De Gaulle and Bayeux – The Call of 16 June 1946 for a... 2
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this new work — following the same author's volume devoted to 14 June 1944 — reminds us that Bayeux played a central role in de Gaulle's conception of the State; here through the founding speech of the Fifth Republic delivered on 16 June 1946. The author follows it step by step, supported by a richly illustrated iconography.
LANDSER Equipment and Personal Kit of the German Soldier... LANDSER Equipment and Personal Kit of the German Soldier... 2
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This colour encyclopaedia presents more than 1,500 colour photographs covering all the equipment a German soldier carried with him. Topics covered include: rations (cutlery, butter tin, pocket knives, mess tin, stove, tin opener, coffee, etc.), helmets, belts, decorations, maps, music, leisure, propaganda, health, tobacco, uniform and weapons. It is an...
THE KORSUN-CHERKASSY POCKET AND THE BATTLES OF THE... THE KORSUN-CHERKASSY POCKET AND THE BATTLES OF THE... 2
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The Gates of Hell Autumn 1943: following the German withdrawal after the Battle of Kursk, the Red Army poured across the vast Ukrainian steppe towards the Dnieper. This great river was intended by the Germans to serve as a stop line to halt a Soviet army of ever-growing strength, reinforced by a continuous flow of Allied materiel — hundreds of thousands...
THE FRENCH IN THE KOREAN WAR - BF/ONU 1950–1953 THE FRENCH IN THE KOREAN WAR - BF/ONU 1950–1953 2
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The history of the French Battalion of the UN during the terrible Korean War was until now very poorly known. After twenty years of research by the author, his quest for testimonies from direct witnesses — many of whom have since passed away — allowed him to gather the personal recollections of former officers, non-commissioned officers, corporals and...
REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS
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REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS

L20250173
€27.96
Vikings are increasingly in the spotlight of films and television series, often with significant departures from what archaeological and historical research tells us. Through that research and the work of demanding re-enactment groups, the author finally allows us to rediscover them. The Vikings… Their raids, and the ancient Scandinavian civilisation from...
1944, AMERICAN ARMOUR - From Normandy to Mons 1944, AMERICAN ARMOUR - From Normandy to Mons 2
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The decisive success of Operation "Cobra" left in the collective imagination an indelible impression of overwhelming power. Images of a wave of tanks still associated today with an all-powerful US Army. And yet! Four years earlier, in July 1940, the US Army did not possess a single tank worthy of the name, nor a single armoured division! The purpose of...
The 8th Air Force 1942–1945
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The 8th Air Force 1942–1945

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The 8th Air Force was the first strategic air force of the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) to be established during the Second World War. By mid-1944, two years after its creation, it had assembled more than 200,000 men at its bases in Great Britain and was capable of deploying for a single operation more than 2,000 four-engine bombers protected by 1,000...
Medieval Furniture - Utensils and Ceramics from 500 to 1500
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As the thousand years of history and civilisation of the Middle Ages continue to yield new discoveries, the furniture of that period remains poorly understood. Following our revised reprint, reworked in 2008, of Viollet-le-Duc's Mobilier médiéval, a more current and comprehensive documentation was required. Drawing on the extensive archives of our journal...
SS-Panzer-Division "FRUNDSBERG" Vol. 1: From Galicia to... SS-Panzer-Division "FRUNDSBERG" Vol. 1: From Galicia to... 2
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Charles Trang and Pierre Tiquet join forces for the fourth time to publish a work on the 10.SS-Panzerdivision "Frundsberg". Unlike previous books on this division, which focused primarily on the Battle of Normandy, this one will cover its complete history in detail, from its formation in January 1943 to its disintegration in the Spremberg pocket in April...
Georges Bernage - A Publisher and the Witnesses of History
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50 years of publishing From the Vikings to the Battle of Normandy and from Hastings to the D-Day veterans, our publishing house has just passed the milestone of half a century. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of this independent enterprise, with its substantial catalogue, the founder recounts what was a remarkable adventure. Born in Africa in...
THE GREEN DEVILS JUMP ON MONTEROTONDO - 9–10 September 1943 THE GREEN DEVILS JUMP ON MONTEROTONDO - 9–10 September 1943 2
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Summer 1943, Rome an open city, Italy prepares to switch sides and installs its army headquarters at Monterotondo, some twenty kilometres from the capital. From late July, the German command takes measures to counter the threat. Italy proclaims the armistice on 8 September; under the command of Major Gericke, 650 German paratroopers of II./FJR 6 jump on...
BRESLAU - An Impregnable Fortress February - May 1945 BRESLAU - An Impregnable Fortress February - May 1945 2
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February 1945: the Red Army surges across the Polish plains and into eastern Germany, overwhelming German armies struggling to contain it — objective: the Oder valley, to reach Berlin but also Breslau, capital of Silesia. This region had been founded by German settlers as early as the 12th century. Until now spared by the war, this German province was...
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 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,...
National Socialist Organizations 1920–1945: Analysis of a... National Socialist Organizations 1920–1945: Analysis of a... 2
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From the NSDAP to the Postschutz, from the SA to the Red Cross, from the HJ to the NSBO, from the NSKK to the Kultursenat, etc., the Nazi party had blanketed the whole of German society. Here we discover precise documentation on what we think we know, as well as on organisations whose name, at best, rings a bell. This true encyclopaedia is accompanied by...
Mortain - Operation Lüttich Mortain - Operation Lüttich 2
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Mortain - Operation Lüttich

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Mortain Operation Lüttich - 1 August 1944, the Panzers counter-attack « All was lost for Germany after the defeat at Mortain » — Kurt Dittmar, Wehrmacht general, 25 April 1945 
 Just two months after D-Day in Normandy, Operation Cobra allowed the Allies to reach the gates of Brittany in record time. Deeply pierced on its left flank, the German front in...
INVASION NORMANDY 1944 INVASION NORMANDY 1944 2
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INVASION NORMANDY 1944

L20240154
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An excellent overview of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy. Approximately 670 photographs, some in colour, plus maps and documents all in colour. Here you will find the result of nearly half a century of research. Following the immense success of l'Invasion Journal Pictorial, we present here a more compact version with the same highly detailed...
Who Liberated Provence? Who Liberated Provence? 2
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Who Liberated Provence?

L20240153
€53.08
During my missions in the United States, I observed that the American public — apart from historians and people from the South, from where most of the units and GIs in the Mediterranean actually originated — was primarily captivated by Overlord and the operations launched from Normandy. This is understandable given the difference in the forces engaged,...
The Breakthrough of Kampfgruppe Peiper in the Ardennes The Breakthrough of Kampfgruppe Peiper in the Ardennes 2
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Kampfgruppe Peiper was the spearhead of the 6. Panzer-Armee in the Ardennes, tasked with clearing the way for the German armoured thrust toward the Meuse and Antwerp. Endowed with considerable firepower, it gathered the most motivated veterans of the Third Reich. Peiper's unit was to drive forward without regard for its flanks, seizing the bridges...
STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Vol. 4 Hohenstaufen -... STURMARTILLERIE DE LA WAFFEN-SS Vol. 4 Hohenstaufen -... 2
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In this fourth and penultimate volume of the series on the Sturmgeschütze of the Waffen-SS, Pierre Tiquet turns his attention to two celebrated armoured divisions, at one time grouped together within the II. SS-Panzer-Korps: the 9. and 10. SS-Panzer-Divisionen, respectively named "Hohenstaufen" and "Frundsberg". Despite the fairly rapid disbanding of...
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Heimdal is a French publisher specialising in the Second World War, the Middle Ages and Norman regional history. The publishing house was founded in 1974 by Georges Bernage. It publishes numerous books and magazines (Normandie 44, 39-45, etc.) on these subjects.

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