HISTORY

THE ARMORED REGIMENTS OF THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION
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When it was formed in 1943, General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division was equipped with three armored regiments that would form its spearhead: the 501st Tank Combat Regiment, drawn from the Free French Forces, the 12th African Chasseurs Regiment and the 12th Cuirassiers Regiment, both drawn from the Army of Africa.
The 2nd Armored Division - "Leclerc"
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It was around fighters of the Free French from the earliest days that Leclerc would build the 2nd armoured division, with one objective: to make it the instrument capable of fulfilling the oath sworn at Koufra on 2 March 1941, "to lay down arms only when our colours, our beautiful colours, fly over the cathedral of Strasbourg".
General Lardant - Soldier of the Mountain Troops
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In the late 1880s, alpine light infantry battalions and alpine infantry regiments were formed. This marked the birth of troops specialised in mountain warfare.
Honour, Not Honours - Memoirs, Volume 1: With the 2nd REP in Algeria
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This account is a testimony to the Algerian War, to the military operations in which the author — a paratroop officer in the Foreign Legion — took part, as well as to the generals' putsch of April 1961. On graduating from officer school in 1954, Pierre Montagnon — top of his class — chose the Legion's paratroopers. He remained with them until 1961, first...
OTTO SKORZENY. THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN THE THIRD REICH OTTO SKORZENY. THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN THE THIRD REICH 2
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An extraordinary figure, shaped by history, Otto Skorzeny became, from the end of the Second World War onwards, "the most wanted man in Europe" — if not "the most dangerous man in the Third Reich"!
EPOPEES THE DRAGOONS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO 1918 BRETEGNIER LELIEPVRE EPOPEES THE DRAGOONS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO 1918 BRETEGNIER LELIEPVRE 2
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This work invites you to discover the fascinating dragoons, accomplished cavalrymen who traversed the history of France from the 17th century to the end of the First World War.
Versailles Kommandantur 1944–1945, Volume 2 Versailles Kommandantur 1944–1945, Volume 2 2
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Under the generic term "Versailles Kommandantur", this second work presents the events that took place in Versailles between 1944 and 1945. We will discover the workings of the Versailles Milice Française and the S.D., better known as the Gestapo. The confrontation with the Resistance, and the reprisals.
Versailles Kommandantur 1940–1943, Volume 1 Versailles Kommandantur 1940–1943, Volume 1 2
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Writing about the German Occupation in Versailles and its surroundings requires the historian to immerse himself in an impressive mass of documents held in archives in France and abroad.
Saint Germain-en-Laye Kommandantur 1940–1944, Volume 1 Saint Germain-en-Laye Kommandantur 1940–1944, Volume 1 2
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Under the generic term "Kommandantur" we present events, facts, and previously unpublished testimonies, all linked by the omnipresence of the occupier. Through this chronology, we discover the fates of the key figures of collaboration during this period in Saint-Germain and its surroundings, but also those of the Resistance.
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