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CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion 2
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CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion

L20260019
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IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND LEGIONNAIRES WHO, UNDER THE ORDERS OF CAPTAIN DANJOU, FOUGHT ONE AGAINST FORTY FOR ELEVEN HOURS ON 30 APRIL 1863 AT CAMERONE. « LIFE RATHER THAN COURAGE ABANDONED THESE FRENCH SOLDIERS » This work is the fictionalised historical account of those eleven hours of siege as seen through the incredulous and stunned eyes of Alonso...
TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard...
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TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard a B1 Bis Tells His Story

L20250187
€21.80
1940: Discover the firsthand account of a B1 bis tank commander, Second Lieutenant Robert Lauvin, officer of the 15th BCC, presented by Stéphane Bonnaud. Follow the trials and hardships faced by the crew of a B1 Bis during the Battle of France: from the Marne, through Montcornet and Picardy, to the retreat of the débâcle… Between castor oil, the chalk of...
OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. 2
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OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M.

L20250180
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Omaha Beach is certainly one of the most famous of the five D-Day landing sectors. It was on this 7 km-long beach, backed by cliffs, that American troops suffered their heaviest losses on 6 June 1944. Facing the Americans, the Wehrmacht's 716th Infantry Division defended the beach with machine-gun nests, kilometres of barbed wire, thousands of mines,...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WAR. From Mesopotamia to Ukraine
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF WAR. From Mesopotamia to Ukraine

L20260016
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5,000 years of the art of war in 200 pages Since the dawn of humanity, war has determined the life and death of individuals and peoples. From the 3rd millennium BC, with the refinement of weapons and tactics, the phenomenon of warfare gathered momentum across the steppes of Central Asia, in Mesopotamia and in ancient China. Subsequently, ancient Greece,...
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 FRENCH IN THE KOREAN WAR - BF/ONU 1950–1953

L20250174
€65.40
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...
Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 2 -...
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Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 2 - France Belgium

L20250172
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This second volume continues the saga of this battalion, marked by the gradual arrival of the second generation of paratroopers, drawn from later training cycles, qualified throughout 1944 and arriving as replacements. These men did not fundamentally alter the battalion's identity, but they represent a transition in its history. The often youthful faces...
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Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 1 -...
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Five-O-Niners - 509 Parachute Infantry Battalion Vol 1 - Africa Italy

L20250171
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This first volume traces the history of the battalion during a period when it still bore the identity forged by its founding generation, drawn from the earliest American parachute formations. As the first Army paratroopers to enter combat during Operation Torch, they were the pathfinders, the first in the nation to test this unconventional mode of warfare...
1870–1871: A Conflict Through Images - Carnet de la... 1870–1871: A Conflict Through Images - Carnet de la... 2
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1870–1871: A Conflict Through Images - Carnet de la Compagnie d'Elite & Sabretache

L20250169
€18.96
The Franco-Prussian War is a conflict largely unknown to our contemporaries. It must be said that everything was done to erase from history the defeat that precipitated the fall of the Second Empire, beginning with the removal of this event from history books as early as the Third Republic. Later it would be overshadowed by the bloody but glorious war of...
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The Napoleonic Wars in History
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The Napoleonic Wars in History

L20250163
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Historiography and contributions to the history of war The history of the Napoleonic Wars is itself an object of historical study. Narrated and theorised by witnesses and participants from the years following the fall of the Empire and the death of Napoleon, the Napoleonic war has been studied, taught, depicted and re-enacted for two centuries, in step...
THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500...
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THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF HISTORY 2nd edition - 2,500 Years of Naval Warfare

L20250158
€37.87
The names of Actium, Lepanto, Trafalgar and Jutland resonate as so many confrontations that have entered History with a capital H. The warship became a weapon in its own right, ceaselessly evolving and transforming. Yet, however devastating these countless battles may have been, they also contributed to the greatness of humanity. For if conflicts...
THE PROVENCE LANDINGS - The Second World War in Colour
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THE PROVENCE LANDINGS - The Second World War in Colour

L20250157
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The Provence landings of 15 August 1944 were the best-organised and most successful amphibious operation of the entire war, from Operation Torch on the African coast to Overlord on the shores of Normandy. It must also be recalled that both operations — Overlord in Normandy and Dragoon in Provence — had been conceived by the Americans as two phases of a...
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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - The Second World War in Colour
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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - The Second World War in Colour

L20250156
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The battle that took place in the Ardennes massif between 16 December 1944 and the end of January 1945 is most often referred to as the Battle of the Ardennes. In the United States, this battle — the largest in which American soldiers participated on the Western Front — is known as The Battle of the Bulge. The Americans likened it to a "bulge" of some 80...
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