YSEC

Tank Destroyers 1939–1945 – Genesis and Tactics
In stock
An exhaustive study of German, Soviet and Anglo-Saxon tank destroyers of the Second World War. Among the most powerful and heaviest armoured vehicles of the Second World War. A reference that every enthusiast of armoured warfare in the Second World War should have in their library. Contents: I) General Introduction: The origins of tank destroyers II)...
The German Failure on the Marne 30 May–13 June 1918
In stock
This book is the translation of the work entitled Growing Difficulties 1918 – Futile Struggle in Front of Compiègne, Villers-Cotterêts and Reims, volume 33 of the series « Die Schlachten des Weltkrieges », published by the Reichsarchiv in 1930. No French translation of this book has ever been published, even though it had been translated after the war by...
Nord 1914, the Invasion
In stock
Bookshop

Nord 1914, the Invasion

L20200205
€20.85
French military plans before 1914 envisaged a war fought mainly in eastern France. The Schlieffen Plan, drawn up by the German General Staff, threw the Kaiser's armies into Belgium, from where they pushed into the north without stopping, with the objective of destroying the French army between Paris and the Vosges. After the check on the Marne, the two...
In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of Chevalier Allent...
  • -50%
In stock
In 1805, Chevalier Allent published, at the request of General Marescot, a Histoire du corps impérial du génie, intended as a first part covering origins through the end of the reign of Louis XIV, and calling for a continuation. In 1806, he appended to the état du corps impérial du génie a Précis de l'histoire des arts et instructions militaires in...
The Mulsanne Notebook - German Prisoners of War in France...
In stock
A German prisoner-of-war camp, somewhere in the Sarthe, on a bend of the Le Mans 24 Hours circuit. With the capitulation of Germany, 75 years ago, in May 1945, eleven million German soldiers found themselves prisoners. Among them, 700,000 were interned in France, sometimes under very harsh conditions. They would help to rebuild France. This is the...
VERDUN THROUGH THREE WARS 1870 - 1945
In stock
€17.06
1870–1945: three conflicts in less than a century, including two world wars, and one city, guardian of France — Verdun. Verdun, elevated to a national symbol by the Battle of 1916, was also occupied twice by the Second Reich between 1870 and 1873, then by the Third Reich in 1940–1944. From its vast remodelled citadel to the Vauban ramparts and its...
1940 THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK ON LAND AND AT SEA
In stock
€18.96
The Battle of Dunkirk of May–June 1940 is in fact little known: most authors, particularly Anglo-Saxon ones, focus on the evacuation that saved the greater part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and more than 120,000 French soldiers, yet a fierce battle was also fought.
THE GREAT WAR AT SEA
In stock
Bookshop

THE GREAT WAR AT SEA

L20190201
€26.54
The First World War marked the apogee of the battleship: these giants of the seas, heavily armoured and armed, manoeuvred in squadrons of a power never previously seen. 
DIEN BIEN PHU 1954
In stock
Bookshop

DIEN BIEN PHU 1954

L20190183
€17.06
The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, fought from 13 March to 7 May 1954, was the last battle of the Indochina War. It was also the longest engagement of the conflict and one of the bloodiest.
THE GREAT TANK WAR
Out of stock
Bookshop

THE GREAT WAR OF TANKS

L20190167
€28.34
Yves Buffetaut, with contributions by Bruno JurkiewiczIllustrations by Éric Schwartz
THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK - 26 May – 3 June 1940
In stock
"Where is the RAF?" This question was the leitmotif of the troops encircled in the Dunkirk pocket and awaiting re-embarkation, as they were subjected to the relentless air raids of the Luftwaffe.
THE CUISINE OF THE DARK AGES - Recipes and Dietary Advice from Anthimus
In stock
A Byzantine physician, Anthime, or Anthimus, is regarded both as the author of the first dietary treatise of our era and as the author of the only Merovingian cookery book. It is in fact one and the same work, De observatione ciborum. This culinary and dietary treatise is published in French for the first time by Ysec Éditions.
THE GREAT AERIAL WAR THE GREAT AERIAL WAR 2
Out of stock
Bookshop

THE GREAT AIR WAR

L20190127
€26.54
The Great War was the first conflict in which aviation played a predominant role.
OUTDOOR GASTRONOMY OUTDOOR GASTRONOMY 2
  • -50%
In stock
Bookshop

OUTDOOR GASTRONOMY

L20190126
€9.45 €18.91
70 recipes to eat well on hikes and treks Nutrition / Techniques / Equipment
History of the 1st Polish Armoured Division - 1939-1945: The Phoenix Odyssey
In stock
On the morning of 1 September 1939, 4,000 men set out to face German forces south of Kraków. They came from the 10th Cavalry Brigade, the only large motorised unit in the Polish army, and unknowingly embarked on an unprecedented epic. Holding three Wehrmacht divisions in check to the eastern borders of Poland, they managed despite the defeat to cross into...
Vercingetorix Vercingetorix 2
  • -50%
In stock
Bookshop

Vercingetorix

L20180085
€9.48 €18.96
This work, published in 1901 by Hachette, is by Camille Jullian, then professor at the University of Bordeaux. This study traces the history of the Arverni tribes and the fate of their last king, Vercingetorix, leader of the uprising against Roman occupation in 54 BC.
Ancient Roman Cuisine
In stock
Bookshop

Ancient Roman Cuisine

L20180001
€9.48
This recipe book from ancient Rome is primarily inspired by the works of the celebrated Apicius, chef to emperors Augustus and Tiberius, at the dawn of the Common Era.
Showing 25-48 of 58 item(s)

Purchase a gift voucher