HISTORY

1939–1945 Small and Grand History 1939–1945 Small and Grand History 2
Out of stock
Bookshop

1939–1945: Small and Grand History

L20220130
€23.70
The Second World War occupies, regrettably, the summit of the table of horrors of all the wars that Humanity has known and that the planet has endured since time immemorial. This book set out to recall, in a factual manner, with independence and realism, the main phases of this exceptional conflict, the major military confrontations between the...
View
The Blue Squadron – Lebanon–Chad 1977–1979 The Blue Squadron – Lebanon–Chad 1977–1979 2
Out of stock
Bookshop

The Blue Squadron – Lebanon–Chad 1977–1979

L20220129
€17.06
The author speaks of training, command and combat, but this account is above all a story of men — and more besides.Dominique Delort notably commanded a Battalion at the ESM de Saint-Cyr, the 5th RIAOM in Djibouti, Operation Noroit in Rwanda, the Joint Operational Centre (COIA) in Paris, the French Forces in the Antilles, then the North-West Land Region....
View
The Armenian Genocide
Out of stock
Bookshop

The Armenian Genocide

L20220126
€14.22
The extermination of the Armenians constitutes the first genocide of the twentieth century. While in the last third of the nineteenth century the massacres targeting Armenian populations were numerous and terrible within the Ottoman State, in 1915 it was a matter of the eradication of a millennial human community from the Anatolian plateau by a state...
View
The Battle of Stonne: A Head-on Clash during the Battle of France
In stock
Bookshop

The Battle of Stonne: A Head-On Clash During the Battle of France

L20220118
€32.99
The Battle of Stonne recounts the story of the French soldiers who halted a German offensive advance in the pre-Ardennes zone south of Sedan, from 14 May 1940 onwards.This work seeks to fill a serious gap by shedding light on an episode of the Battle of France completely ignored by the French of today. It thus runs counter to received ideas and proves...
Dawn at the Gates of Hell
Out of stock
Bookshop

Dawn at the Gates of Hell

L20220111
€21.61
DAWN AT THE GATES OF HELL tells the story of four young volunteers who enlisted in the Naval Infantry at the age of 17 — from their basic training as young soldiers to the death of some and the end of their posting at the Bab el Assa position on the Moroccan border for the others.The Algerian War was drawing to a close in 1960. The efforts of the French...
View
From the Meuse to the Danube 1944–1945
In stock
Bookshop

From the Meuse to the Danube 1944–1945

L20220107
€22.75
June 1940. As the French armies began a general retreat on the orders of General Weygand, Commander-in-Chief, the inhabitants of the border regions with Germany and Belgium evacuated their towns and villages before an enemy advancing rapidly.The exodus was short-lived: France signed the armistice on 25 June. A long period of occupation of national...
The End of the Gleiniger Mystery – August 1944: the Liberation of Limoges
Out of stock
Bookshop

The End of the Gleiniger Mystery — August 1944, the Liberation of Limoges

L20220097
€21.61
On 21 August 1944, the German authorities occupying the Limousin region had a meeting at 8 p.m. with representatives of the Resistance to sign the act of surrender of the city of Limoges, thus allowing the Maquisards of Georges Guingouin, who surrounded the city, to enter without bloodshed. But there was only one German captain to receive them at the...
View
Guide to National and Ministerial Orders
Out of stock
Bookshop

Guide to National and Ministerial Orders

L20220093
€18.96
This guide is intended as the indispensable working document for all those within our central and decentralised administrations who are responsible for drawing up nomination files for our honorary distinctions on behalf of French or foreign citizens put forward for possible appointment to one of our French national or ministerial orders. The document...
View
Elevated to DIGNITY — Memoirs 1923–1954
Out of stock
Bookshop

ELEVATED TO DIGNITY - Memoirs 1923–1954

L20220092
€30.84
"Elevated to Dignity…" is the story of a young man who comes of age in the mid-1940s.His path is far from ordinary. Of very modest origins, Lucien Le Boudec had considered becoming a priest, a schoolteacher, a meteorologist, or even a civil engineer… The war decided otherwise.To escape the STO, he joins the FFI and finds himself launched into a military...
View
The Second World War: The Tragedy of a Century
Out of stock
Bookshop

World War II, the Tragedy of a Century

L20220091
€26.54
The Second World War was the most gigantic military conflict of all time, both in terms of the harshness of the fighting endured by the soldiers involved, and the malicious consequences for civilian populations and the devastating effects on homes and the organisation of territories. It shook states to their foundations and shaped the world as we know it...
View
DE LATTRE – The German Campaign 1945
In stock
Bookshop

DE LATTRE The German Campaign 1945

L20220090
€17.06
February 1945: General de Lattre de Tassigny and his First French Army stand before the Rhine. He is the first since Turenne and Napoleon to be in a position to cross it by force. The Americans are not in favour. No matter — supported and encouraged by General de Gaulle, he crosses the Rhine in strength on 31 March 1945 at Gemmersheim. He is about to...
Cannons and Men, History of Artillery Cannons and Men, History of Artillery 2
Out of stock
Bookshop

Cannons and Men: A History of Artillery

L20220088
€27.49
Since the fourteenth century, artillery has been at the heart of every battle that has shaped the history of France. To write an exhaustive history of it is a daunting challenge to which several volumes would barely do justice. Such a work would need to address, in detail, the evolution of equipment and weapons systems, of organisations, of employment —...
View
Showing 229-240 of 556 item(s)

Purchase a gift voucher

Gift Vouchers