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The Tragic History of the 16. Pz.-Div. during the Battle...
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The Tragic History of the 16. Pz.-Div. during the Battle of Stalingrad December 1942 -...

L20240194
€23.70
From the vast yet extensive literature on the history of the Battle of Stalingrad, here is a comprehensive study of a German armoured division engaged against a Soviet army north of Stalingrad. This sector, named "The Stalingrad Barrier", was defended by the soldiers and tank crews of the 16. Pz.-Div. from late August 1942 until 2 February 1943, the date...
Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP 2
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Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP

L20240156
€21.71
« I grew up in Pont-l'Évêque in the silence of what had happened under the Occupation. Of course I knew that Doctor Étienne Grandrie had been deported, as had the charcutier Émile Pidoux and the lawyer Henri Féquet. I also knew that my grandfather, Jules Letac, had been elected mayor in December 1944. But does one truly know what happens when an enemy...
14-18 - OREP 14-18 - OREP 2
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14-18 - OREP

L20240155
€27.39
"Nothing was ever the same again as it had been before…" On 4 August 1914, just over a month after the assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne, Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, predicted: "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." The eclipse would...
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Women in the Service of France - 1939-1940 Women in the Service of France - 1939-1940 2
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Women in the Service of France - 1939-1940

L20240146
€28.34
Drawing on the experience of the Great War, women supported by militant feminists undertook a reflection on the role of women in wartime. Studies and initiatives were numerous and covered every field: the Air Force, the Army, support for soldiers, air first aid, parachuting... Before long, the "drôle de guerre" put an end to these promising deliberations...
The D-Day Ports - The Allies Nearly Faced Disaster
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The D-Day Ports - The Allies Nearly Faced Disaster

L20240145
€19.81
Recounting the history of the D-Day ports by relating events as they are commonly recorded does not allow for a full understanding of the overall arrangements established by General Morgan to carry out Operation Overlord, whose objective was the final collapse of the Reich. I It clearly distinguishes between the Normandy beaches and ports, usable in the...
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THE HEDGEROW WAR - Two Months in the Hell of the Bocage... THE HEDGEROW WAR - Two Months in the Hell of the Bocage... 2
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THE HEDGEROW WAR - Two Months in the Hell of the Bocage (June-August 1944)

L20240120
€24.55
The hedgerow war was arguably the most gruelling fighting undertaken by American troops in Europe, before the Hürtgen Forest and the Ardennes counter-offensive. In the weeks following the Landings, the GIs found themselves confronted with an unexpected environment whose significance high command had not truly grasped. The bocage proved to be a deadly trap...
TRIVIAL PURSUIT D-DAY – Normandy Landings TRIVIAL PURSUIT D-DAY – Normandy Landings 2
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TRIVIAL PURSUIT D-DAY – Normandy Landings

L20240113
€20.75
The Trivial Pursuit game dedicated to the Normandy landings. Test your general knowledge about the Landings with this unique edition of Trivial Pursuit D-Day featuring 600 questions! In which Norman city did de Gaulle deliver his first speech on 14 June 1944? What is the emblem of the British 6th Airborne? What is the name of the famous American war...
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The Occupation in Normandy
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The Occupation in Normandy

L20240106
€37.82
This collection of previously unpublished photographs invites the reader to discover the period of occupation in Normandy through the eyes of the German occupier. More than 500 images, all taken from soldiers' personal albums, are brought together here. They show us their daily lives — training, fortifications, reviews and official visits, as well as...
Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated...
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Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated Port – Testimony of Daily Life

L20240105
€28.34
More than a chronicle, Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated Port is the sensitive collection of words given by veterans and gathered twenty years ago on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. This work brings together their long-held memories, their testimonies — for the most part previously unpublished — of four...
BERNARD DARGOLS, A French GI at Omaha Beach
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BERNARD DARGOLS, A French GI at Omaha Beach

L20240104
€18.86
A young Parisian student, Bernard Dargols was on an internship in New York when war broke out in 1939. His family, who had remained in France, was threatened by the antisemitic laws of the Vichy regime. Bernard Dargols then decided to enlist in the American army, convinced that he would be more effective there in fighting the occupying forces. Having...
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One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen...
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One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen for France on 6 June 1944

L20240103
€15.07
In the early hours of 6 June 1944, 177 naval commando riflemen, under the command of Philippe Kieffer, landed at Colleville-sur-Orne. Their mission was to take the town's casino, converted into a bunker, and neutralise the German defences. By the evening of 6 June, the French unit of No. 4 Commando had suffered heavy casualties. Nearly a quarter of the...
Yellow Stars in Normandy
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Yellow Stars in Normandy

L20240102
€23.60
Willed by Marshal Pétain, the Statute on Jews was promulgated on 3 October 1940. Alongside this French legislation, the Nazi occupier put in place its own ordinances. Census-taking and Aryanisation were the prelude to the Final Solution. From 1942 onwards, arrests and round-ups followed one another in rapid succession, sending nearly a thousand Jews...
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