FRANCE 1940

Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform... Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform... 2
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Grand Illustrated Book of the Gardien de la Paix Uniform and Its History

L20210069
€37.87
Rediscover the great chapters of French history through the evolution of the gardien de la paix and his uniforms, from 1829 — the year the world's first uniformed police force was created — to the present day. By the very nature of their profession, the gardiens de la paix found themselves at the heart of our history; they took part in it, often out of...
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MAY–JUNE 40, the Invader's Gaze — Unpublished German... MAY–JUNE 40, the Invader's Gaze — Unpublished German... 2
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MAY–JUNE 40, the Invader's Gaze — Unpublished German Photographs of the Debacle

L20210060
€23.70
The present work revisits the German perspective on the Battle of France of May–June 1940. Unprecedented, drawn from a private collection of more than 2,000 photographs, this book presents essentially "private" images, in the sense that they were taken by the soldiers themselves as "souvenirs" to bring home — in which respect they fulfil the same role as...
Rouen 1940–1945: Through the Years of Occupation
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Rouen 1940–1945: Through the Years of Occupation

L20210053
€25.59
When a passionate local historian meets someone who loves the city where he grew up, it inevitably ends in an exchange of stories and anecdotes. But when both share a passion for historical photographs, it draws them even closer together, and projects begin to take shape. Thierry Chion and Jonathan Sobielga share a love of photographic testimony depicting...
Bitter Victory — Southern Soldiers from June 1919 to June...
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Bitter Victory — Southern Soldiers from June 1919 to June 1940

L20210052
€11.85 €23.70
Following "Des soldats méridionaux dans la guerre 1914–1918" published in 2018, here is the second volume, entitled "Amère Victoire. Des soldats méridionaux, juin 1919 à juin 1940." The Treaty of Versailles in June 1919 resolved none of the rivalries between nations still bled dry by the war of 1914–1918. The Midi attempted to rebuild a different world,...
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INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to...
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INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to Special Operations: 80 Years of...

L20210049
€18.96
This work is a plea for intelligence and a tribute to those who practise it. The analysis of the past, from the "drôle de guerre" of 1940 onwards, allows us to trace the evolution of this discipline leading to the current Direction du renseignement militaire — through multiple experiences on various theatres: the Gulf, Chad, the Balkans, Cambodia and...
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1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1 1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1 2
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1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1

L20160212
€28.39
The French Soldier 1940. Volume 1. Uniform, headgear, badges, by Olivier Bellec. The French Army of 1939–40 was in the midst of transformation. The concepts that prevailed at the end of the 19th century regarding uniforms and equipment were giving way to more modern ones, stemming in particular from mechanisation and technical progress. The equipment then...
THEY FOUGHT May-June 1940 - Unpublished Photos and... THEY FOUGHT May-June 1940 - Unpublished Photos and... 2
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THEY FOUGHT May-June 1940 - Unpublished Photos and Testimonies of the Battle of France

L20200278
€23.70
The defeat of 1940 remains the greatest political and moral drama to have shaken France in the 20th century. Beaten in six weeks, the French have since retained the impression of an ill-equipped national army and a poorly commanded country, quicker to flee than to resist the enemy. More broadly, the "syndrome of forty" is a deep trauma in the collective...
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From Antwerp to Dunkirk - 1940 War Memoirs
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From Antwerp to Dunkirk - 1940 War Memoirs

L20200276
€17.06
This book traces the war of an ordinary soldier. In a sober style, Lucien Richard, a corporal conscripted into the 121st RI, gives a day-by-day account of the episodes of his campaign against Germany in 1940. Setting off like his comrades — confident and determined — to aid Holland, he is forced to face the reality: aircraft and tanks give the Germans an...
France 1940 – Massacred!
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France 1940 – Massacred!

L20200260
€23.70
The tragic fate of African and Indochinese soldiers in Picardy and Normandy No, this book has nothing demagogic about it — the author neither seeks to flatter nor to promote himself. Those put forward are the men themselves: the actors of the bloody fighting on the Somme in June 1940, the massacres of which African soldiers were victims, and those that...
1940 - A Strange Defeat
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1940 - A Strange Defeat

L20200193
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May–June 1940 Disaster, rout, shipwreck, collapse, catastrophe… The defeat of the French army in 1940 was experienced as a genuine shockwave. Its speed and brutality reinforced the ideological victory of the future Vichy government and plunged the country into the darkest hours of its history. Yet nothing seems able to shake the distorted view that...
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THE HISTORY OF THE MARINE INFANTRY THROUGH THEIR UNIFORMS THE HISTORY OF THE MARINE INFANTRY THROUGH THEIR UNIFORMS 2
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THE HISTORY OF THE MARINE INFANTRY THROUGH THEIR UNIFORMS

L20200147
€18.96
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bazeilles in 1870 — which is also the feast day of the Marine Infantry — the EMSOME (État-major spécialisé pour l'Outre-mer et l'Étranger) publishes with Histoire & Collections this work, which retraces the history of the Marine Infantry, formerly the Colonial Troops, through their uniforms....
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