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1940 THE BLOCKHOUSES OF THE ARDENNES - Useless Sentinels
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1940 THE BLOCKHOUSES OF THE ARDENNES - Useless Sentinels

L20220364
€23.70
While the fortification of the north-eastern borders was virtually complete, the General Staff decided to erect a series of advanced concrete posts along the German border, known as « maisons fortes ». Tasked with raising the alarm in the event of a surprise attack and triggering the demolition of infiltration routes towards the fortified line, these...
Underground Shelters of Paris - Forgotten Refuges of the...
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Underground Shelters of Paris - Forgotten Refuges of the Second World War

L20220302
€12.23
Beneath Paris, the shelters remain. More precisely, those decreed by the Passive Defence on the eve of the Second World War. Several thousand — a few hundred of which were equipped to respond to the possibility of a gas attack — were thus fitted out in the basements of buildings, in the Métro, or even in the old quarries. Many were never dismantled....
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Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City 2
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Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City

L20220297
€37.87
Beneath the City of Light, the fascinating shadow of the underground. Ancient quarries, sewers, the Métro, catacombs — Paris is riddled with tunnels! The book traces the construction of underground Paris: how the gypsum and limestone terrain was excavated to build the city's buildings and monuments; how the catacombs formed when insalubrious cemeteries...
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2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2
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2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century BC to the Atlantic Wall

L20220177
€59.72
2000 YEARS OF FRENCH FORTIFICATION From the 4th century BC to the Atlantic Wall Oppida, castles, fortified churches, and urban ramparts dot the French landscape, while forts and Maginot works near the borders evoke former barriers. Why this omnipresent fortification? Historians, architects, and urban planners seek, for various reasons, an answer. They...
Artillery and Fortifications
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Artillery and Fortifications

L20220045
€25.59
Proceedings of the study day of 9 April 2005 at the Artillery Museum of Draguignan. Written by some of the finest specialists in this field, Artillery and Fortifications sheds often fresh light on little-known questions.
The History of Every Lighthouse in France
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The History of Every Lighthouse in France

L20210127
€28.34
This book is a landmark publication from Ouest-France: in 320 pages, it tells the story of every lighthouse in France, without exception. This is an exhaustive inventory of lighthouses in France, compiled by the author as part of a research commission requested by the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Culture. The work, illustrated with a great...
La Redoute Ruinée, Sentinel of the Col du...
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La Redoute Ruinée, Sentinel of the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard

L20210116
€34.12
Perched at 2,400 m., the fort of the Redoute dominates the Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, watching over it like a sleeping sentinel. Since the Neolithic period, this pass has been one of the main routes for crossing the Alps. Over the centuries, it was developed to facilitate passage. In the Petit-Saint-Bernard region, the post of the Redoute Ruinée was...
ROBERT THOMAS, RESISTANCE FIGHTER AND CARTOGRAPHER OF THE... ROBERT THOMAS, RESISTANCE FIGHTER AND CARTOGRAPHER OF THE... 2
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ROBERT THOMAS, RESISTANCE FIGHTER AND CARTOGRAPHER OF THE ATLANTIC WALL

L20210082
€28.44
Robert Thomas was the chief cartographer of this network in Normandy! Pascal Hourblin finally reveals the exceptional role played by this shadow warrior in the Liberation of France. The British Secret Intelligence Service tasked him with drawing up and transmitting hundreds of the most accurate possible overlays and plans of the German coastal defences in...
The Maginot Line - Design, Construction, Fate
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The Maginot Line - Design, Construction, Fate

L20210071
€18.96
The Maginot Line is the third French fortified system. While its construction is explained by the prevailing context of the interwar period, it is also explained by a centuries-old pattern of behaviour aimed at securing French borders.
Civil and Military Architecture from the Middle Ages to...
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Civil and Military Architecture from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century

L20210059
€32.23
Civil and Military Architecture is a pioneering work of the nineteenth century, one of the very first to classify manor houses, house façades and fortified castles, and to organise the history of architecture into chronological periods. Turning the pages amid the ever-present illustrations, the reader travels through the history of France and perceives...
In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of Chevalier Allent...
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In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of Chevalier Allent 1772–1837

L20200204
€11.37 €22.75
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...
VERDUN THROUGH THREE WARS 1870 - 1945
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VERDUN THROUGH THREE WARS 1870 - 1945

L20200148
€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...
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