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1796–1797: From the Bridge of Arcole to the Battle of Rivoli
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1796–1797: From the Bridge of Arcole to the Battle of Rivoli

L20190013
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In 1796, the Directory resolved to strike at the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Two armies failed in Germany, while the small Army of Italy, under Bonaparte's command, conducted a lightning and brilliantly conceived campaign that crushed the Austrians.
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History of the 1st Polish Armoured Division - 1939-1945: The Phoenix Odyssey
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History of the 1st Polish Armoured Division - 1939-1945: The Phoenix Odyssey

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On the morning of 1 September 1939, 4,000 men set out to face German forces south of Kraków. They came from the 10th Cavalry Brigade, the only large motorised unit in the Polish army, and unknowingly embarked on an unprecedented epic. Holding three Wehrmacht divisions in check to the eastern borders of Poland, they managed despite the defeat to cross into...
THE ARMORED REGIMENTS OF THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION
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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.
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The 2nd Armored Division - "Leclerc"
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The 2nd Armoured 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".
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General Lardant - Soldier of the Mountain Troops
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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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Honour, Not Honours – Memoirs, Volume 1: With the 2e 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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OTTO SKORZENY. THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN THE THIRD REICH

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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"!
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