FORGOTTEN BATTLES HISTORICONE

Mexican Campaign 1862-1867 - Carnets de la Sabretache Mexican Campaign 1862-1867 - Carnets de la Sabretache 2
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Initially hailed by the apologists of the Second Empire as the "greatest idea of the reign" of Emperor Napoleon III, the French army's expedition to Mexico ended, after several years of a gruelling and brutal campaign, in a humiliating withdrawal in 1867.This unhappy episode, which marked the beginning of the regime's military decline, nonetheless leaves...
CELTIC OPPIDUM CELTIC OPPIDUM 2
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CELTIC OPPIDUM

J20250005
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Ancient strategy game for 2 or more players. OPPIDUM (the name for Celtic fortified towns) is a simulation game set in modern-day France, Belgium, and England during the first century BC. It recreates the many battles fought by Celtic tribes to resist Caesar's ambitions. The Celtic Oppidum is a set of 3 complementary map boards for the OPPIDUM game....
OPPIDUM - Skirmishes in the Age of the Gallic Wars OPPIDUM - Skirmishes in the Age of the Gallic Wars 2
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Ancient strategy game for 2 or more players. ​​​​OPPIDUM is an immersive ancient strategy game that plunges you into the heart of the great battles of the 1st century BC. ​ Relive the historic clash between Celtic tribes and Roman legions across present-day France, Belgium, and England, as Caesar extends his empire. Choose your side and play as Gauls,...
THE ANARCHY - Siege Warfare in Normandy and England, 12th... THE ANARCHY - Siege Warfare in Normandy and England, 12th... 2
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Medieval strategy game for 2 or more players. THE ANARCHY is the name given to the civil war of 1135–1154 over the succession of Henry I Beauclerc, King of England and Duke of Normandy. It pitted Stephen of Blois against the 'Empress' Matilda, wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet. This war was a succession of sieges. It is an opportunity to bring all the siege...
AGER SANGUINIS - The Normans in Northern Syria in the... AGER SANGUINIS - The Normans in Northern Syria in the... 2
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AVAILABLE APRIL 2026 Medieval skirmish game for 2 or more players. AGER SANGUINIS (The Field of Blood, named after a battle lost by Roger of Antioch in 1119) presents the fierce fighting of the descendants of Bohemond of Taranto, son of Robert Guiscard and founder of the Principality of Antioch in northern Syria in the 12th century. The game brings...
MONTGISARD - The Templars in the Holy Land at the Time of... MONTGISARD - The Templars in the Holy Land at the Time of... 2
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Medieval skirmish game for 2 or more players. MONTGISARD is the name of the battle won by Baldwin IV, the Leper King of Jerusalem in 1177 against Saladin's Egyptian army. This game is an expansion for AGER SANGUINIS and introduces new Templar counters as well as famous figures such as Raynald of Châtillon, Balian of Ibelin and the Leper King himself. The...
Wattignies - 15-16 October 1793 Wattignies - 15-16 October 1793 2
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Wattignies - 15-16 October 1793

L20250145
€18.96
In the late summer of 1793, the French Republic stood on the brink of collapse. Engaged in a war against a powerful coalition of European states, it had suffered defeat after defeat since the spring, and on all its borders its territory was being invaded. On 8 September 1793, by seizing victory at Hondschoote in Flanders over their Anglo-Hanoverian...
The Fall of Dien Bien Phu
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The Fall of Dien Bien Phu

L20250119
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« Military authorities [believed] that Communist troops would be incapable of taking Dien Bien Phu. Giap's soldiers came and it was a horror, with a tragic end beneath shellfire and torrential rain. The men waded through mud, blood, urine, excrement, rats and pestilential odours. The wounded were operated on in the midst of this charnel house, with no...
CASTILLON 17 July 1453 - France Wins the Hundred Years' War CASTILLON 17 July 1453 - France Wins the Hundred Years' War 2
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On 17 July 1453, a decisive turning point in the history of France. Before the stronghold of Castillon, supported by the cavalry of Pierre II, Duke of Brittany, the troops of Charles VII commanded by Jean de Bueil and the Bureau brothers faced the Anglo-Gascon forces one final time, led by an experienced but ageing captain, John Talbot. This final battle,...
Franche-Comté July 1815 - The Swiss Invade France
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The Swiss Invade France At the beginning of July 1815, a few days after his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated and embarked for his final exile on the island of Saint Helena. At the same time, one million foreign soldiers, drawn from some thirty European nations and states, swept across France and occupied virtually the entire territory. Taking...
Valmy, 20 September 1792 Valmy, 20 September 1792 2
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Valmy, 20 September 1792

L20240044
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Live free or die! The author retraces this founding historical episode of the 1st French Republic. It all begins with the flight of Louis XVI and the royal family, halted at Varennes-en-Argonne on 21 June 1791. The French would see in his failed attempt to leave France a flagrant collusion with foreign powers. Following bitter debate, during which each...
REIMS - 28 October 1359 - 18 May 1360 REIMS - 28 October 1359 - 18 May 1360 2
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Edward III's chevauchée broke before Reims, the City of Coronations. In 1359, Edward III of England held John II the Good prisoner after his crushing defeat at Poitiers (1356). France was slow to pay the enormous ransom for its sovereign. Weary of waiting, Edward decided to mount an expedition to have himself crowned King of France at Reims. The City of...
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