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THE WAR IN SEINE-MARITIME - Stories of Objects
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This book is, above all, an encounter — between a Norman historian and a Seine-Maritime museum dedicated to the Second World War. A museum from Forges-les-Eaux with its many treasures, accumulated and staged since 1986 by the Association Départementale du Souvenir de la Résistance (ADSRD). Thierry Chion is a journalist, writer and member of the board of...
THE OTHER TERROR AFTER THE LIGHTNING – THE 11th MARINE...
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From the remote reaches of Ouaddaï in Chad to the plains of the Euphrates in Iraq, the Bigors of the 11th have been deployed on every overseas operational theatre for more than 40 years. Heir to the 1st Colonial Artillery Regiment, whose memory it carefully preserves through the battle honours inscribed on its standard, the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment...
THE CUNNING WINS! – An Anthology of Wartime Deception THE CUNNING WINS! – An Anthology of Wartime Deception 2
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What does military deception consist of? Is it indispensable for victory, as Sun Tzu claims, or merely incidental, as Clausewitz suggests? How has it been used throughout the centuries? What is the situation today? With what results? Does one have the right to deceive one's adversary in all circumstances and by all means? Are there rules, a doctrine? Does...
DE GAULLE IN HELMET – A New Approach to the Drama
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A gripping account of a brief but violent period in the life of General de Gaulle who, from 28 May to 5 June 1940, resisted the Germans on the Somme at the head of five hundred tanks.
ALSATIAN PRIESTS CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE REMEMBER
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AROUND TEN PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNTS BRING BACK TO LIFE THE FATE OF YOUNG ALSATIANS DESTINED FOR THE PRIESTHOOD, IN AN ANNEXED ALSACE-MOSELLE, CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE FROM AUGUST 1942 INTO THE GERMAN ARMY.
LETTERS TO ELISE - A History of the Franco-Prussian War...
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Through nearly 250 previously unpublished letters, discover for the first time the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 through the eyes of Prussian soldiers: from the entry into the war to the repatriation of troops to Germany, through the first battles in Alsace and Lorraine, the fighting against the Army of the Loire, the siege of Paris, and the Commune —...
THE MAQUIS OF FRANCE – SITES OF MEMORY
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Beyond the honours and commemorations, let us remember what the Maquis were… Who were their leaders? Why were young Frenchmen driven to resist by the compulsion of an unacceptable reality, without having fought as free men? The refusal of the STO for some, of the Occupation for others, made them outlaws in the eyes of the Vichy authorities, pushing them...
GUSTAV MERTSCH - The Artillery of the Leibstandarte SS...
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Through a fascinating collection of testimonies and numerous photographs from veterans of the "LSSAH" division, the German author Thomas Fischer takes us into the world — often poorly understood — of artillery… and what is more, that of the 1st Waffen-SS division! A welcome change from the Panzers or the Grenadiere, the world of the Artilleristen is just...
THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY
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THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY

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The elimination of collaborators by the Resistance, outside any judicial framework, between 1943 and 1946 in Normandy Spread over three years, from 1943 to 1946, the so-called wild purge claimed around a hundred victims in Normandy. This figure must be set against the legal purge carried out between 1944 and 1947: 39 individuals were shot after being...
INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment... INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment... 2
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It is 1799 when the 76th demi-brigade d'infanterie, then part of the Army of Helvetia under General Masséna, lost its colours in the engagement at Sernft against the Austrians. Later incorporated into the VI Corps of the Grande Armée, the 76th Line Regiment, commanded by Colonel Faure-Lajonquière, fought at Elchingen on 14 October 1805, a victory that...
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